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 enterprize1845 |
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Side 44
... favorites , " inasmuch as he has no engagement previous to the race . Of course I am not now prepared to say who will be selected for the mount , but Nat is an immense favorite with the party , and perhaps , it would not be an easy task ...
... favorites , " inasmuch as he has no engagement previous to the race . Of course I am not now prepared to say who will be selected for the mount , but Nat is an immense favorite with the party , and perhaps , it would not be an easy task ...
Side 47
... favorite ! It seems , at the time of my " Remarks , " that His Grace of Rich- mond's lengthy colt THE LAIRD - O'COCKPEN is destined to be the representative of the Goodwood firm - that is , as far as the great Derby . race is concerned ...
... favorite ! It seems , at the time of my " Remarks , " that His Grace of Rich- mond's lengthy colt THE LAIRD - O'COCKPEN is destined to be the representative of the Goodwood firm - that is , as far as the great Derby . race is concerned ...
Side 49
... favorite " has hardly a friend to " bonnet him up " -so much for consistency on the Turf ! But after all , betting men are like sheep going to water , for only let one " bell - wether " take the lead , and the flock are pretty certain ...
... favorite " has hardly a friend to " bonnet him up " -so much for consistency on the Turf ! But after all , betting men are like sheep going to water , for only let one " bell - wether " take the lead , and the flock are pretty certain ...
Side 55
... favorite from the many proofs that he has given of his goodness , caught my attention ; but , notwithstanding the Huntsman's assertion to the contrary , I can- not but think that his legs were never so straight as his best friends could ...
... favorite from the many proofs that he has given of his goodness , caught my attention ; but , notwithstanding the Huntsman's assertion to the contrary , I can- not but think that his legs were never so straight as his best friends could ...
Side 69
... favorites , that the " Old Year " has not been allowed to " go out " without some expensive jollifications . - ALARM still heads the poll , notwith- standing the efforts made by the Stradbroke division to oust him from the premiership ...
... favorites , that the " Old Year " has not been allowed to " go out " without some expensive jollifications . - ALARM still heads the poll , notwith- standing the efforts made by the Stradbroke division to oust him from the premiership ...
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Side 319 - ... which broke their waves and turned them into foam. And sometimes I beguiled time by viewing the harmless lambs ; some leaping securely in the cool shade, whilst others sported themselves in the cheerful sun ; and saw others craving comfort from the swollen udders of their bleating dams.
Side 307 - You see the ways the fisherman doth take To catch the fish ; what engines doth he make ! Behold how he engageth all his wits ; Also his snares, lines, angles, hooks, and nets ; Yet fish there be, that neither hook nor line, Nor snare, nor net, nor engine can make thine : They must be groped for, and be tickled too, Or they will not be catch'd, whate'er you do.
Side 319 - ... which broke their waves, and turned them into foam : and sometimes I beguiled time by viewing the harmless lambs, some leaping securely in the cool shade, whilst others sported themselves in the cheerful sun ; and saw others craving comfort from the swollen udders of their bleating dams.
Side 281 - Plate is run for shall have the power to order an examination of the horse's mouth by competent persons, and to call for all such evidence as...
Side 263 - Course (about one mile and three quarters) : the owner of the second horse to receive 100 sovs. out of the Stakes.
Side 111 - Birt, who resided among them and wrote in the year seventeen hundred and twenty-five, relates that he has seen the places which they occupied, and which were known by being free from the snow that deeply covered the ground, except where the heat of their bodies had melted it. The same writer represents a chief as giving offence to his clan by his degeneracy in forming the snow into a pillow before he lay down.
Side 110 - ... the habit of concentrating their affections within the narrow precincts of their own glens or the limited circle of their own kinsmen — and the necessity of union and self-dependence in all difficulties and dangers, combined to form a peculiar and original character. A certain romantic sentiment, the offspring of deep and cherished feeling, strong attachment to their country and...
Side 27 - ... fill up to the brim, We'll drink, if we die for't, a bumper to him.
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