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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... favourite pastime - nay , with the young almost the engrossing business of the winter months ; and Sir Charles was too well situated for its pleasures , not to become an ardent votary of the chase . He was young , spirited , full of ...
... favourite pastime - nay , with the young almost the engrossing business of the winter months ; and Sir Charles was too well situated for its pleasures , not to become an ardent votary of the chase . He was young , spirited , full of ...
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... favourite horses latterly , and one of his most uncertain was The Ruler , for whom George Francis wasted to 5st . 10lb . oz . in the Cesarewitch , and then left off , quite unable to reach the 5st . 9lb . The last time we saw him was at ...
... favourite horses latterly , and one of his most uncertain was The Ruler , for whom George Francis wasted to 5st . 10lb . oz . in the Cesarewitch , and then left off , quite unable to reach the 5st . 9lb . The last time we saw him was at ...
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... favourite , Ariosto , met my eye the other day , in a sale - stable in London , and corky and gay he looked . I hear from Middleham that Ellington's half - brother , Wardersmarke , is a little bay horse , strong , but not with ...
... favourite , Ariosto , met my eye the other day , in a sale - stable in London , and corky and gay he looked . I hear from Middleham that Ellington's half - brother , Wardersmarke , is a little bay horse , strong , but not with ...
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... favourite . Two Turfites have come to desperate grief at last , and furnished endless gossip for the West - end , along with that brace of sporting solicitors , who did things in such style with their horses , their wines , and their ...
... favourite . Two Turfites have come to desperate grief at last , and furnished endless gossip for the West - end , along with that brace of sporting solicitors , who did things in such style with their horses , their wines , and their ...
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... favourite throughout the winter , but that was not the case ; while the public running of those which stood in the highest estimation was of that equivocal nature , that no one could accredit them in their respective positions from any ...
... favourite throughout the winter , but that was not the case ; while the public running of those which stood in the highest estimation was of that equivocal nature , that no one could accredit them in their respective positions from any ...
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Seite 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?
Seite 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...
Seite 199 - Won by half a length, a length and a half between the second and third, and a length between the third and fourth.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 113 - Won by two lengths, three lengths between the second and third. The...
Seite 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...