History of the British Turf: From the Earliest Period to the Present Day, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1840 |
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Página 104 - Grace !" leaped over him, and pursued his sport. Such an apparent want of feeling, we might presume, was properly resented : not so ; on being assisted to remount by his attendants, the Duke said, " That young man shall have the first good living that falls to my disposal; had he stopped to have taken care of me, I never would have patronized him.
Página 565 - This is at the period when the horses are in full exercise, to which they come by degrees. The boy that can best regulate these degrees among those of light weight, is generally chosen to lead the gallop ; that is, he goes first out of the stable, and first returns. 'In the time of long exercise, this is the first brushing gallop. A brushing gallop signifies that the horses are nearly at full speed before it is over, and it is commonly made at last rather up hill. Having all pulled up, the horses...
Página 567 - I had enough ; rich to me was the rag that kept me warm ; and heavenly the pillow, no matter what, or how hard, on which I could lay my head to sleep. Now I was warmly clothed, nay gorgeously ; for I was proud of my new livery, and never suspected that there was disgrace in it ; I fed...
Página 569 - ... he must have gone headlong down. His first astonishment and fear were so great, that he stood for some time breathless and motionless : then, gradually recollecting himself, his back became curved, his ears erect, his hind and fore leg in a position for sudden retreat; his nostrils from an inward snort burst into one loud expression of horror ; and rearing on his hind legs, he turned short round, expressing all the terrors he had felt by the utmost violence of plunging, kicking, and other bodily...
Página 613 - Saddler, the Chifneys, &c., we need not say much, their deeds being almost daily before us. But looking at the extraordinary results of these men's deeds, who will not admit racing to be the best trade going ? Talk of studs, talk of winnings, talk of racing establishments ! Our Graftons, Richmonds, Portlands, and Clevelands, with all their means and appliances to boot...
Página 565 - ... race-horse never trots. He must either walk or gallop ; and in exercise, even when it is the hardest, the gallop begins slowly and gradually, and increases till the horse is nearly at full speed. When he has galloped half a mile, the boy begins to push him forward without relaxation for another half-mile. This is at the period when the horses are in full exercise, to which they come by degrees. The boy that can best regulate these degrees among those of light weight is generally chosen to lead...
Página 598 - With those in high repute, from about three weeks before Easter to the end of October ; but a week or ten days are quite sufficient for a rider to reduce himself from his natural weight to sometimes a stone and a half below it.
Página 70 - He placed himself where the animal was to make a push, or where the race was to be most strongly contested. From this spot he eyed the horses advancing with the most immovable look ; he breathed quicker as they accelerated their pace ; and, when they came opposite to him, he rode in with them at full speed, whipping, spurring, and blowing as if he would have infused his whole soul into his favorite racer.
Página 614 - Chifuey) the two Messrs. Chifney were stable-boys to Earl Grosvenor at eight guineas a-year, and a stable suit. They are now owners of nearly the best horses, and — save Mr. Crockford's — quite the best houses in their native town. There is the son of the ostler of the Black Swan, at York, betting his thousands on the heath, his neckerchief secured by a diamond pin. Then to crown all, there is Squire Beardsworth of Birmingham, with his seventeen racehorses, and his crimson liveries, in the same...
Página 566 - ... time, which is first employed in gratifying his hunger, and recovering from his weariness. All this is performed,, and the stables are once more shut up, about nine o'clock. Accustomed to this life, the boys are very little overcome by fatigue, except that early in the morning they may be drowsy. I have sometimes fallen slightly asleep at the beginning of the first brushing gallop. But if they are not weary, they are hungry, and they make themselves ample amends for all they have done. Nothing...