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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... once imbibed the notion that he could stay little , it is doubtful whether the stable will ever quite get it out of their heads . Four - leaved Shamrock seems to have a patent for third or fourth place . The trial of the Short - horn ...
... once imbibed the notion that he could stay little , it is doubtful whether the stable will ever quite get it out of their heads . Four - leaved Shamrock seems to have a patent for third or fourth place . The trial of the Short - horn ...
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... once sparse and dull . As they said in the Re- form Bill spasm , " The Queen has done it all . " Sedbury and Arsenal were both saddled and led about to the last at the bottom of the course ; though why the former should come out ...
... once sparse and dull . As they said in the Re- form Bill spasm , " The Queen has done it all . " Sedbury and Arsenal were both saddled and led about to the last at the bottom of the course ; though why the former should come out ...
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... once stopping to rest , or even speak to a friend ; but the meeting " would not work . " As good luck would have it , we were seated in the return train under the cold shade of Windsor Castle , when the door opened , and in dashed the ...
... once stopping to rest , or even speak to a friend ; but the meeting " would not work . " As good luck would have it , we were seated in the return train under the cold shade of Windsor Castle , when the door opened , and in dashed the ...
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... once ; and when they were opened , there were long deep furrows of matter on each side of the back - bone . One or two have since been blistered instantly , which seemed to arrest the complaint . The reports of foxes are still not great ...
... once ; and when they were opened , there were long deep furrows of matter on each side of the back - bone . One or two have since been blistered instantly , which seemed to arrest the complaint . The reports of foxes are still not great ...
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... Once upon the trail , it follows the scent with unerring accuracy and resolute perseverance , through all intricacies and in the darkest night . The proof of this is to be found in the fact that a keeper , who was much annoyed by the ...
... Once upon the trail , it follows the scent with unerring accuracy and resolute perseverance , through all intricacies and in the darkest night . The proof of this is to be found in the fact that a keeper , who was much annoyed by the ...
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The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the transactions of the turf ... Visualização integral - 1840 |
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Página 60 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Página 212 - REMEMBER the glories of Brien the brave, Tho' the days of the hero are o'er ; Tho' lost to Mononia-)- and cold in the grave, He returns to KinkoraJ no more.
Página 192 - Should I turn upon the true prince ? Why, thou knowest, I am as valiant as Hercules: but beware instinct; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter ; I was a coward on instinct.
Página 188 - And thou oppos'd, being of no woman born, Yet I will try the last. Before my body I throw my warlike shield : lay on, Macduff ; And damn'd be him that first cries,
Página 283 - See how the well-taught pointer leads the way ; The scent grows warm ; he stops : he springs the prey; The fluttering coveys from the stubble rise, And on swift wing divide the sounding skies ; The scattering lead pursues the certain sight, And death in thunder overtakes their flight.
Página 69 - Mine honest friend," replied Diana, "do not, if you will be guided by my advice, bait your hook with too much humility; for, ten to one, it will not catch a single compliment. You know I belong to the unpopular family of Tell-truths, and would not flatter Apollo for his lyre.
Página 120 - Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend : God never made His work for man to mend.
Página 280 - I was hunting a young pointer, the dog ran on a brood of very small partridges: the old bird cried, fluttered, and ran tumbling along just before the dog's nose till she had drawn him to a considerable distance, when she took wing, and flew still farther off, but not out of the field: on this...
Página 15 - ... of her rider, and will answer to the stimulus of the voice, whip, or spur. A craven or a rogue is not to be thought of as the " mother of a family ; " and if a mare belongs to a breed which is remarkable for refusing to answer the call of the rider, she should...
Página 125 - One of the ablest ministers in London was a blacksmith in Dundee, and another was a watchmaker in Banff. The late Dr. Milne, of China, was a herd-boy in Rhyne. The principal of the London Missionary Society's College at Hong-Kong was a saddler in Huntly, and one of the best missionaries that ever went to China was a tailor in Keith. The leading machinist on the London and Birmingham railway, with .£700 per annum, was a mechanic in Glasgow.