The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'., Volume 28John William Carleton 1852 |
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... plate - pro- bably in his leap . Barcelona walked over for the Queen's Guineas ; and then came the Fern Hill Stakes , nine nominations , and four at the post . They laid 5 to 2 on Vaultress , and she won in a canter by a dozen lengths ...
... plate - pro- bably in his leap . Barcelona walked over for the Queen's Guineas ; and then came the Fern Hill Stakes , nine nominations , and four at the post . They laid 5 to 2 on Vaultress , and she won in a canter by a dozen lengths ...
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... Queen's Plate articles , that is as regards weights and dis- tance , have just been revised by order of Lord Jersey , Master of the Horse . The alteration in the weights lets the old horses , five and six years old especially , more ...
... Queen's Plate articles , that is as regards weights and dis- tance , have just been revised by order of Lord Jersey , Master of the Horse . The alteration in the weights lets the old horses , five and six years old especially , more ...
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... Queen's Plate being run for , and much time unnecessarily wasted , the eyes of the multitude turned to the board ... Queen Dido , half - a - dozen coursers set themselves in array for the Liverpool Cup , " in specie , " value 200 sovs ...
... Queen's Plate being run for , and much time unnecessarily wasted , the eyes of the multitude turned to the board ... Queen Dido , half - a - dozen coursers set themselves in array for the Liverpool Cup , " in specie , " value 200 sovs ...
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... Plate , 100 sovs . bonus , and 15 a - piece for stakes - five for a field ; betting , 6 to 5 against Vaultress , and ... Queen's Plate for mares . The favourite was Hesse Homberg ; the winner 162 THE RACING IN AUGUST .
... Plate , 100 sovs . bonus , and 15 a - piece for stakes - five for a field ; betting , 6 to 5 against Vaultress , and ... Queen's Plate for mares . The favourite was Hesse Homberg ; the winner 162 THE RACING IN AUGUST .
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... Queen's Plate very easily . He was as big as a bull , and lathered tremendously after his 100 guinea breather . Every one , of course , said that he ought to have won the Derby , if the ground had suited him ; but we have yet to be ...
... Queen's Plate very easily . He was as big as a bull , and lathered tremendously after his 100 guinea breather . Every one , of course , said that he ought to have won the Derby , if the ground had suited him ; but we have yet to be ...
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50 sovs aged agst amusement animal appearance Bay Middleton beat betting Birdcatcher blood-hounds canter Charlton chase colt Corfu Cotherstone course Daniel O'Rourke deer Derby Doncaster Duke Epsom fancy favour favourite field fillies five years old Flatman foal four years old gallop gentleman Goodwood ground Guelma half a length handicap head Hetman honour horse hounds hunter hunting huntsman Irish Birdcatcher jockey kennel Lady leg byes Leger legs look Lord Exeter's mare master meet mile morning never Newmarket Nogo once Osborne's owner Oxbridge pack Plate Priam quarters Queen's Plate race ride saved his stake scene season six years old sovs sport sportsman Squire stable stag Stockwell Stony Cross subs subscribers Sweepstakes Teddington thing three years old trainer turf two-year-olds walk week winner paid young
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Page 277 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
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