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... second fiddle to the Melody colt amongst the Stockbridge division . The Newmarket Craven Meeting was looked forward to by the Derby betters with considerable interest . The Riddlesworth decided the fate of poor Glenorchy , who ...
... second fiddle to the Melody colt amongst the Stockbridge division . The Newmarket Craven Meeting was looked forward to by the Derby betters with considerable interest . The Riddlesworth decided the fate of poor Glenorchy , who ...
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... Second Spring Newmarket Meeting was a very vapid affair ; the only race of interest being the Rowley Mile Plate . This little trifle was won by Amurath , an outsider in the Derby odds , but as it was " a race , " the betting on the ...
... Second Spring Newmarket Meeting was a very vapid affair ; the only race of interest being the Rowley Mile Plate . This little trifle was won by Amurath , an outsider in the Derby odds , but as it was " a race , " the betting on the ...
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... second , third , and fourth horses the leading favourites , but by some unaccountable blunder they had overlooked Little Wonder , a runner of note in the Houghton Meeting of the previous year against Assassin , giving eight pounds ...
... second , third , and fourth horses the leading favourites , but by some unaccountable blunder they had overlooked Little Wonder , a runner of note in the Houghton Meeting of the previous year against Assassin , giving eight pounds ...
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... second prize of 201. to the Marquis of Exeter for 3 years and 9 months old Durham steer , bred by his lordship . The oxen of the Earl of Warwick , Mr. Loft , and the Duke of Bedford , were commended ; and those of Mr. Bailey , and of Mr ...
... second prize of 201. to the Marquis of Exeter for 3 years and 9 months old Durham steer , bred by his lordship . The oxen of the Earl of Warwick , Mr. Loft , and the Duke of Bedford , were commended ; and those of Mr. Bailey , and of Mr ...
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... second prize , of 151. , and a silver medal , to his Grace the Duke of Bedford , of Oakley , for a pen of Leicester wethers , 20 months old , fed and bred by his Grace . Messrs . Sanday and Purser's pens were commended . CLASS XIII ...
... second prize , of 151. , and a silver medal , to his Grace the Duke of Bedford , of Oakley , for a pen of Leicester wethers , 20 months old , fed and bred by his Grace . Messrs . Sanday and Purser's pens were commended . CLASS XIII ...
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Página 411 - O now, for ever, Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition...
Página 94 - Tradition, legend, tune, and song Shall many an age that wail prolong ; Still from the sire the son shall hear Of the stern strife and carnage drear Of Flodden's fatal field, Where shivered was fair Scotland's spear And broken was her shield ! XXXV Day dawns upon the mountain's side.
Página 167 - Epaminondas, for example, one of the greatest generals and most perfect characters that Greece ever produced, was a patron of, as well as conspicuous in, all such exercises ; and it is gravely stated in history that a knowledge of the art of wrestling gave to the Thebans under his command the battle of Leuctra, and decided the fate of Sparta. Having read of all this, his wonder ceased at finding that master of the wrestling art, Hippomachus, declare that he could discover his scholars at a distance,...
Página 122 - The grand point is to prevent a competitor from getting before them. The horses, on their part, are not without emulation ; they tremble and are impatient, and are continually in motion. At last, the signal once given, they strike, devour the course, hurrying along with unremitting velocity.
Página 170 - Presently the whole village became alarmed for the safety of Master Francis. Out ran the apothecary from his house, and the mother of one of the Amstead housemaids from hers, both insisting on some of the lookers-on interfering, and putting an end to the fight. It happened, however, that the coachman had walked down to the village with his young master, and he stoutly asserted that Master Francis was "all right.
Página 224 - This opinion is embraced without even an attempt being made to discover the component parts of manure, or to become acquainted with its nature. In addition to the general conditions, such as heat, light, moisture, and the component parts of the atmosphere, which are necessary for the growth of all plants, certain substances are found to exercise a peculiar influence on the development of particular families.
Página 22 - No place in the United States presents such a series of events, interesting in themselves, and permanently affecting, as they occurred, its progress and prosperity. Five times its flag has changed, three different sovereignties have claimed its allegiance, and since it has been held by the United States, its government has been thrice transferred; twice it has been besieged by the Indians, once captured in war, and once burned to the ground."* On the 13th of September, 1759, a battle occurred between...
Página 245 - They tell me that six more horses, and a few more couples of hounds than he now has, would do ; and I am sure you could hunt fox as well as you do hare." Dick. — "Your papa will never keep foxhounds, sir. He is the best master of harriers this day in England, but don't take delight in. fox-hunting. Then, again, sir, you are wrong about thinking I could hunt fox as well as I do hare. When you turns fox-hunter, which no doubt you will do when you gets...
Página 167 - ... carrying meat from the shambles; or that crowns of olive should have been bestowed by the Eleans on boys of his own age, who had excelled in gymnastic exploits. Nor was the art of boxing exhibited to his young, but aspiring mind, in less glowing colours. He found not only that Milo, one of the athletae of his day, could knock down a bull by a blow of his arm, but, by the example of Dares, that the science of self-defence, as the modern term is, was not beneath the notice of a prince. So far from...
Página 359 - ... woods. Each raft was eighty or ninety feet long, with a small house erected on it; and on each was a stack of hay, round which several horses and cows were feeding, while the paraphernalia of a farm-yard, the...