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 enterprize1856 |
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... seems only to have had an acquired taste for hunting , and to have shown , on his first introduction to the chase , a very determined antipathy to following hounds . Patience and good usage , however , will succeed when all else fails ...
... seems only to have had an acquired taste for hunting , and to have shown , on his first introduction to the chase , a very determined antipathy to following hounds . Patience and good usage , however , will succeed when all else fails ...
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... seems screwed to his saddle ; whilst the rest of his body has a grace , even now , not surpassed by the finest horseman of our day . To see him cantering on a thorough - bred one ( for he hates anything else in all relations of life ) ...
... seems screwed to his saddle ; whilst the rest of his body has a grace , even now , not surpassed by the finest horseman of our day . To see him cantering on a thorough - bred one ( for he hates anything else in all relations of life ) ...
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... seems to have left very few general impressions behind it , except that Fly - by - Night was not " intended that journey , " and was not fit to run a yard , although everyone in the vicinity of the stable were on him , and are suffering ...
... seems to have left very few general impressions behind it , except that Fly - by - Night was not " intended that journey , " and was not fit to run a yard , although everyone in the vicinity of the stable were on him , and are suffering ...
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... seems more disposed to snap the jockey's head off . When Græculus Esuriens , who always seems as if his hinder parts did not belong to him , and cannot get over more than a T.Y.C. , finished third , one may judge of the strength of the ...
... seems more disposed to snap the jockey's head off . When Græculus Esuriens , who always seems as if his hinder parts did not belong to him , and cannot get over more than a T.Y.C. , finished third , one may judge of the strength of the ...
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... seem to be fast dying away on their native ground ; but , as the Stand receipts will fall into the Race Fund in 1858 , we may hope to see the list considerably amended . As it was , the present meeting had scarcely any direct bearing on ...
... seem to be fast dying away on their native ground ; but , as the Stand receipts will fall into the Race Fund in 1858 , we may hope to see the list considerably amended . As it was , the present meeting had scarcely any direct bearing on ...
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Página 94 - WOODMAN, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now. 'Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot; There, woodman, let it stand — Thy axe shall harm it not! That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea — And wouldst thou hew it down?
Página 183 - With the loud streams: and often, at the hour When issue forth the first pale stars, is heard, Within the circuit of this fabric huge, One voice — the solitary raven, flying Athwart the concave of the dark blue dome, Unseen, perchance above all power of sight — An iron knell ! with echoes from afar Faint — and still fainter...
Página 199 - Won by half a length, a length and a half between the second and third, and a length between the third and fourth.
Página 122 - Though sluggards deem it but a foolish chase, And marvel men should quit their easy chair, The toilsome way, and long, long league to trace, Oh! there is sweetness in the mountain air, And Life, that bloated Ease can never hope to share.
Página 175 - Muse ? Night and all her sickly dews, Her spectres wan, and birds of boding cry, He gives to range the dreary sky : Till down the eastern, cliffs afar Hyperion's march they spy, and glittering shafts of war.
Página 156 - ... may call in any other members of the Jockey Club to their assistance, or may refer the case to a general meeting, if the importance or difficulty of the matter in dispute shall appear to them to require it. The witnesses examined shall be required to sign their evidence, and if either party...
Página 301 - WHEN Time, who steals our years away, Shall steal our pleasures too, The memory of the past will stay, And half our joys renew.
Página 192 - And very often have we heard How men are killed and undone By overturns of carriages, By thieves, and fires in London; We know what risks all landsmen run, From noblemen to tailors; Then, Bill, let us thank Providence That you and I are sailors.
Página 113 - Won by two lengths, three lengths between the second and third. The...
Página 274 - Among the blooming heather," says Burns ; and it is chiefly in those parts of the country, where the moors and mountain sides are purple with the blossoms of the Erica, that tho black grouse must be sought for. It does not, however, mix with the red species, to which it is said to be a determined enemy ; so that some grouse preservers, observing that where the former increased the latter decreased, have latterly determined...