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,... The New sporting magazine - Página 1221841Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| 1839 - 612 páginas
...prepare themselves for the contest. The horses on their part are not without emulation : they tremble, are impatient, and continually in motion. At last, the signal once given, they start, devour the course, and hurry along with unremitting swiftness. The jockeys, inspired with the... | |
| Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1829 - 452 páginas
...contest (such as, being used to ride, know how to manage the horses with judgement) : the grand point is, to prevent a competitor from getting before them. The horses, on their parts, are not without emulation : they tremble, are impatient, and continually in motion ; and at... | |
| 1831 - 420 páginas
...way. Three jockeys, or sometimes only two, as the match is made, prepare themselves for the contest. 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 start, devour the course, and hurry... | |
| Pierce Egan - 1832 - 426 páginas
...way. Three jockeys, or, sometimes only two, as the match is made, prepare themselves for the contest. 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 start, devour the course, and hurry... | |
| William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 640 páginas
...contest ; such as being used to ride know how to manage their horses with judgment : the grand point is, to prevent a competitor from getting before them....part, are not without emulation, they tremble and arc impatient, and are continually in motion : at last the signal once given, they strike, devour the... | |
| William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 618 páginas
...horses witfc judgment : the grand point is, to prevent a competitor from getting before them. Tfa* horses, on their part, are not without emulation, they tremble and are impatient, and are continually in motion : at last tbe signal ooo* given, they strike, devour the course, bur. rying... | |
| Joseph Strutt - 1838 - 500 páginas
...contest ; such as bein«used to ride know how to manage their horses with judgment : the grand point is, to prevent a competitor from getting before them....without emulation, they tremble and are impatient, and are continually in motion: at last the signal once given, they strike, devour the course, hurrying... | |
| James Christie Whyte - 1840 - 616 páginas
...the contest, (such as being used to ride know how to manage horses with judgment.) The grand point is to prevent a competitor from getting before them....their part, are not without emulation. They tremble, are impatient, continually in motion, and at last, the signal once given, they strike, devour the course,... | |
| Charles Knight - 1841 - 440 páginas
...horses are ordered to withdraw out of the way, while the jockeys prepare themselves for the contest. The horses on their part are not without emulation— -they tremble and are impatient and constantly in motion. At length, the signal once given, they start, devour the course, and hurry along... | |
| Henry Mead - 1846 - 254 páginas
...contest ; such as being used to ride, know how to manage their norses with judgment : the grand point is, to prevent a competitor from getting before them....without emulation, they tremble and are impatient, and are continually in motion ; at last, the signal once given, they strike, devour the course, hurrying... | |
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