The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the transactions of the turf, the chace, and every other diversion interesting to the man of pleasure and enterprize |
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... Plate ) -174 . F Family Party , A ( illustrative of the Engraving ) -132 . Future Hopes - by Cecil - 218 . G Gamos , Winner of the Oaks , 1870 : Description and Per- formances of - by Castor ( with Plate ) -99 . Guy May ; or , Born to ...
... Plate ) -174 . F Family Party , A ( illustrative of the Engraving ) -132 . Future Hopes - by Cecil - 218 . G Gamos , Winner of the Oaks , 1870 : Description and Per- formances of - by Castor ( with Plate ) -99 . Guy May ; or , Born to ...
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... Plate ) -418 Pigeon Shooting in India - 455 Pigskins , The , in Foreign Lands -358 Present Resources 280 - by Cecil- K R Kingcraft , Winner of the Derby , 1870 ; Description and Per- formances of by Castor ( with Plate ) -26 ...
... Plate ) -418 Pigeon Shooting in India - 455 Pigskins , The , in Foreign Lands -358 Present Resources 280 - by Cecil- K R Kingcraft , Winner of the Derby , 1870 ; Description and Per- formances of by Castor ( with Plate ) -26 ...
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... Plate , and both ran second ; while each was the highest two - year - old winner of her year . Both were second in the Oaks , and the verdict on each occasion was " easily by a length . " Achievement was second in two races at Ascot ...
... Plate , and both ran second ; while each was the highest two - year - old winner of her year . Both were second in the Oaks , and the verdict on each occasion was " easily by a length . " Achievement was second in two races at Ascot ...
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... Plate , we could not help reflecting on the curious policy of some owners . Poor Breadalbane , who might have achieved a first class reputation at a mile , was completely ruined by being persistently started for long races ; and now a ...
... Plate , we could not help reflecting on the curious policy of some owners . Poor Breadalbane , who might have achieved a first class reputation at a mile , was completely ruined by being persistently started for long races ; and now a ...
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... plate with 2 sovs . entry " to the fund " was not a bad speculation , especially if twenty horses entered ; and a handicap " 10 sovs . each with 50 added , 3 ft . to the fund , " was equally " good business . " 5. No race meeting shall ...
... plate with 2 sovs . entry " to the fund " was not a bad speculation , especially if twenty horses entered ; and a handicap " 10 sovs . each with 50 added , 3 ft . to the fund , " was equally " good business . " 5. No race meeting shall ...
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15 agst 30 agst 7st 4lb 8st 7lb aged agst Lady bad fourth bad third Beating Blair Athol Brennus Butler Cannon canter Capt Ch f Chaloner Cheddington Chesnut Clifden colt Coprolite course cricket Derby filly Fordham four lengths Goater Gradwell Gray half a length Handicap Plate head Herbert Hibberd horse Hudson Hunt hunter hurdles Huxtable Jarvis Jeffery Jewitt Kenyon Killick King King Tom Knight lengths between second look Lynham Maidment mare Masaniello match Miss Harper never Newhouse Newmarket Newminster Osborne Parry Plate Hp Plate of 501 Queen Queen's Plate race Rapparee Rataplan Rowell Royal second and third six lengths Snowden sport Stakes Hp Steeple Chase Stockwell Sweepstakes Thormanby three lengths Tibthorpe tween second Vainables Webb Wilson winner Won by four Won by half Won by three Won by three-quarters Won easily Wyatt YEARLINGS young yr olds
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Page 381 - O! many a shaft at random sent Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word at random spoken May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!
Page 450 - Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly," death itself awakes ? Can'st thou, O partial sleep ! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Page 257 - Then came the Autumn all in yellow clad As though he joyed in his plenteous store, Laden with fruits that made him laugh, full glad That he had...
Page 80 - Commonwealth, as an attempt to establish a separate bloc. Let us beware lest in changing the form, we lose the substance; or, for appearance's sake, sacrifice reality. I am told that, somewhere, over the grave of one who did not know when he was well off, there is the following epitaph: "I was well; I wanted to be better; and here I am.
Page 153 - Over-weight, weight specified for his horse to carry, and no more, unless a declaration has been made to the Clerk of the Scales of the extra weight the jockey is about to carry one half an hour before the time fixed for the said race, and the extra weight shall be appended to the horse's number when it is put up. In default of such declaration the horse carrying more than...
Page 50 - That hour, o' night's black arch the key-stane, That dreary hour he mounts his beast in; And sic a night he taks the road in As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last ; The rattling showers rose on the blast ; The speedy gleams the darkness swallowed; Loud, deep, and lang the thunder bellowed.
Page 346 - ... foot-ball. The scholars belonging to the several schools have each their ball ; and the city tradesmen, according to their respective crafts, have theirs. The more aged men, the fathers of the players, and the wealthy citizens, come on horseback to see the contests of the young men, with whom, after their manner, they participate, their natural heat seeming to be aroused by the sight of so much agility, and by their participation in the amusements of unrestrained youth. Every Sunday in Lent,...
Page 257 - Autumn all in yellow clad, As though he joyed in his plenteous store, Laden with fruits that made him laugh, full glad That he had banished hunger, which to-fore Had by the belly oft him pinched sore.
Page 223 - PRISONER OF CHILLON. MY hair is gray, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night, As men's have grown from sudden fears: My limbs are bow'd, though not with toil, But rusted with a vile repose, For they have been a dungeon's spoil, And mine has been the fate of those To whom the goodly earth and air Are bann'd, and barr'd — forbidden fare...
Page 346 - ... skill. The hope of victory animates every one. The spirited horses neigh, their limbs tremble, they champ their bits, and, impatient of delay, cannot endure standing still. When at length " The charger's hoof seizes upon the course," the young riders having been divided into companies, some pursue those that go before them without being able to overtake them, whilst others throw their companions out of their course, and gallop beyond them. In the Easter holydays they play at a game resembling...