The New sporting magazine, Volume 221851 |
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Page 76
... half - bred mare winning by half a length . The length of the tail told against the science of the handicapping . A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs , each , for all ages over two years old ; four subscribers , and all at the post ; course same ...
... half - bred mare winning by half a length . The length of the tail told against the science of the handicapping . A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs , each , for all ages over two years old ; four subscribers , and all at the post ; course same ...
Page 119
... half - bred retriever to assist in the chase . A stiff post - and - rail , with a deep dry ditch on each side , divided the field from the heath ; so , on doubling short , I gained the enclosure : in a second an awful crash was heard ...
... half - bred retriever to assist in the chase . A stiff post - and - rail , with a deep dry ditch on each side , divided the field from the heath ; so , on doubling short , I gained the enclosure : in a second an awful crash was heard ...
Page 135
... bred . We have now had the occurrence repeated twice of half - bred ones running second for the Derbys of the respective years , namely , Hotspur and Marlborough Buck . How much of the leaven of plebeian blood circulates in the veins of ...
... bred . We have now had the occurrence repeated twice of half - bred ones running second for the Derbys of the respective years , namely , Hotspur and Marlborough Buck . How much of the leaven of plebeian blood circulates in the veins of ...
Page 282
... half - bred inare , 4 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brown Filly by Annandale out of Abigail . . . . . . . . . 16 ... bred by Mr . Stevens , are in John Day ' s stable : - Eulogist , by Birdcatcher out of Eulogy ; Vaultress , by ...
... half - bred inare , 4 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brown Filly by Annandale out of Abigail . . . . . . . . . 16 ... bred by Mr . Stevens , are in John Day ' s stable : - Eulogist , by Birdcatcher out of Eulogy ; Vaultress , by ...
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... ( half - bred ) , four years old , 7st . 121b . wood ) . . Mr . Casidy ' s Nutbrown , four years old , 8st . 61b . ( Dean ) Mr . J . Osborne ' s Oxford Blue , four years old , 8st . llb . ( Osborne ) . . Mr . J . Cowley ' s Heart of Oak ...
... ( half - bred ) , four years old , 7st . 121b . wood ) . . Mr . Casidy ' s Nutbrown , four years old , 8st . 61b . ( Dean ) Mr . J . Osborne ' s Oxford Blue , four years old , 8st . llb . ( Osborne ) . . Mr . J . Cowley ' s Heart of Oak ...
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Page 5 - Let me play the fool : With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come, And let my liver rather heat with wine, Than my heart cool with mortifying groans. Why should a man, whose blood is warm within, Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster?
Page 13 - Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: Her labour is in vain without fear; Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding. What time she lifteth up herself on high, She scorneth the horse and his rider.
Page 125 - And raise my low-pitch'd thoughts above Earth, or what poor mortals love : Thus, free from lawsuits and the noise Of princes' Courts, I would rejoice ; Or, with my Bryan and a book, Loiter long days near Shawford brook...
Page 125 - There sit by him, and eat my meat, There see the sun both rise and set : There bid good morning to next day, There meditate my time away : And angle on, and beg to have A quiet passage to a welcome grave.
Page 20 - Moselekatse, had neither herd nor stall, but subsisted on locusts, roots, and the chase. They adopted this mode of architecture to escape the lions which abounded in the country. During the day the families descended to the shade beneath to dress their daily food. When the inhabitants increased, they supported the augmented weight on the branches, by upright sticks, but when lightened of their load, they removed these for firewood.
Page 211 - ... —the Stewards of the Jockey Club have decided that where a sum of money is given to be run for, without any stake being made by the owners of the horses...
Page 125 - I'll tell you, scholar, when I sat last on this primrose bank, and looked down these meadows, I thought of them as Charles the Emperor did of the city of Florence, "that they were too pleasant to be looked on but only on holidays.
Page 13 - Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them.
Page 18 - ... had not slept long when my light dreams were influenced by strange sounds. I dreamt that lions were rushing about in quest of me, and, the sounds increasing, I awoke with a sudden start, uttering a loud shriek. I could not for several seconds remember in what part of the world I was, or any thing connected with my present position.
Page 389 - But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery. By torch and trumpet fast arrayed, Each horseman drew his battle blade, And furious every charger neighed, To join the dreadful revelry.