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 enterprize1840 |
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... carry high weight . The consequence was , that such horses as proved deficient in the first requisite were yet found immeasurably superior , as chargers , to the dragoon horses of any other country in strength , bone , and substance ...
... carry high weight . The consequence was , that such horses as proved deficient in the first requisite were yet found immeasurably superior , as chargers , to the dragoon horses of any other country in strength , bone , and substance ...
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... carried by a horse whose powers are two or three stone above the weight he has to bear , the " cherishing care of a husband " will doubtless suggest an argument in favor of the utmost encouragement being given to the breed of strong ...
... carried by a horse whose powers are two or three stone above the weight he has to bear , the " cherishing care of a husband " will doubtless suggest an argument in favor of the utmost encouragement being given to the breed of strong ...
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... carried in triumph to Methven Castle . A few words in explanation may be necessary to convey a clear idea of this mode of hunting . Deer are fond of following and re- tracing the paths which they have formerly pursued , and continue to ...
... carried in triumph to Methven Castle . A few words in explanation may be necessary to convey a clear idea of this mode of hunting . Deer are fond of following and re- tracing the paths which they have formerly pursued , and continue to ...
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... carrying 10st . 11th . ( Col. Gilbert ) , the Home Stakes of 10 sovs . each , 2 ft . , with 50 added , beating Why - not . Same Meeting , 8st . ( Wheeler ) , she won the City Purse of 60 sovs . added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sovs ...
... carrying 10st . 11th . ( Col. Gilbert ) , the Home Stakes of 10 sovs . each , 2 ft . , with 50 added , beating Why - not . Same Meeting , 8st . ( Wheeler ) , she won the City Purse of 60 sovs . added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sovs ...
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... carrying a little extra weight , by " jumping Jim Crow , " and " wheeling about and turning about for three months at the rural and salubrious village of Brixton ? Proh pudor ! we cannot bear to think on't ! What could Sir Robert and ...
... carrying a little extra weight , by " jumping Jim Crow , " and " wheeling about and turning about for three months at the rural and salubrious village of Brixton ? Proh pudor ! we cannot bear to think on't ! What could Sir Robert and ...
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20 added 25 added 25 sovs 50 added 50 sovs aged agst animal Bay Middleton beating Belshazzar betting bred breed Broadwath Brutandorf byes Camel Captain Club Colonel colt Crucifix Derby distance Ditto Doncaster Duke Duke of Orleans Emilius favorite filly fish foaled Gentlemen Godolphin Arabian Goodwood Cup Grey half-bred Handicap Hetman horse to receive hounds hunting Lady Langar Launcelot Leger Liverpool Lord Albemarle's Lord Eglinton's Lord Exeter's Lord George Bentinck's Maid mare Match Mickleton miles Miss Moloch Mulatto Muley Moloch never Newmarket Oaks once round Owner Physician placed:-Mr PLATE of 50 Priam race receive back rider Royal salmon season second horse shew Sir Hercules Sister sold sport Sportsman STAKES of 25 subs Sultan Sweepstakes taken Thornhill's Thousand Guineas Stakes three-year-olds and upwards Turf two-year-olds Velocipede XXI.-SECOND yachts young
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Էջ 194 - Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife ! To all the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name.
Էջ 202 - I never hurt fair maid in all my time, Nor at my end shall it be ; But give me my bent bow in my hand, And a broad arrow I'll let flee; And where this arrow is taken up, There shall my grave digg'd be.
Էջ 203 - What have you done to me?" replied coolly the prisoner: "you killed with your own hands my father, and my two brothers; and you intended to have hanged myself: I am now in your power, and you may take...
Էջ 90 - From the rich peasant cheek of ruddy bronze, And large black eyes that flash on you a volley Of rays that say a thousand things at once, To the high dama's brow, more melancholy, But clear, and with a wild and liquid glance, Heart on her lips, and soul within her eyes, Soft as her clime, and sunny as her skies.
Էջ 263 - My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer, A-chasing the wild deer and following the roe — My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go!
Էջ 98 - While the Cock, with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the...
Էջ 252 - As inward love breeds outward talk, The hound some praise, and some the hawk ; Some, better pleased with private sport, Use tennis, some a mistress court : But these delights I neither wish Nor envy, while I freely fish.
Էջ 409 - I have fired ; and in no one instance has he spoiled my shot. I may mention a proof of his sagacity : Having a couple of long shots across a pretty broad stream, I stopped a mallard with each barrel, but both were only wounded. I sent him across for the birds : he first...
Էջ 409 - ... to bring them both, but one always struggled out of his mouth ; he then laid down one, intending to bring the other, but whenever he attempted to cross to me, the bird left fluttered into the water ; he immediately returned again, laid down the first on the shore, and recovered the other ; the first now fluttered away, but he instantly secured it, and, standing over them both, seemed to cogitate for a moment — then, although on any other occasion he never ruffles a feather, deliberately killed...
Էջ 159 - ... of fish and such other fish as aforesaid, together with the baskets and package as aforesaid, which shall have been delivered to any such constable or other peace officer with all convenient speed before some justice or justices or magistrate of the county city or place where the offence shall be committed, for such offender to be dealt with according to law; and on the conviction of any such offender or offenders for any such offence before any such justice or justices or magistrate as aforesaid,...