Stable Talk and Table Talk: Or, Spectacles for Young Sportsmen, المجلد 2 |
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الصفحة 36
Most of my hunting friends must, I am sure, recall to their recollections how often
they have seen two men with hounds on a bit of galloping ground racing at each
other on horses of equal pretensions, equal in size and strength, but carrying ...
Most of my hunting friends must, I am sure, recall to their recollections how often
they have seen two men with hounds on a bit of galloping ground racing at each
other on horses of equal pretensions, equal in size and strength, but carrying ...
الصفحة 37
Our country gentleman forgets this; and now, though no dabbler in politics, it
strikes me that in d-g the income tax, he forgets that if he has 50l. a-year less
income, he has quite an equal pull on the other side in the price of what he wants
to buy, ...
Our country gentleman forgets this; and now, though no dabbler in politics, it
strikes me that in d-g the income tax, he forgets that if he has 50l. a-year less
income, he has quite an equal pull on the other side in the price of what he wants
to buy, ...
الصفحة 49
Let two men of about equal weight and pretensions in running make a match to
run fifty yards, the one to carry a man of moderate weight, say 11st., on his back,
the other to run unloaded, but to give the weighted man 25 yards; the loaded man
...
Let two men of about equal weight and pretensions in running make a match to
run fifty yards, the one to carry a man of moderate weight, say 11st., on his back,
the other to run unloaded, but to give the weighted man 25 yards; the loaded man
...
الصفحة 50
A friend of mine , who knew a good deal more than I ever did of sporting matters ,
though I could not but think sometimes he was a little wild in his opinions , used
to say , “ If 7lb . is equal to a distance in a race , what must it be in a day's hunting
...
A friend of mine , who knew a good deal more than I ever did of sporting matters ,
though I could not but think sometimes he was a little wild in his opinions , used
to say , “ If 7lb . is equal to a distance in a race , what must it be in a day's hunting
...
الصفحة 53
Snip is equal if not superior to the others in another particular his stern is as hard
as a rhinoceros's hide . But to return to the horse that has not and the one that
has been hunted . The first has probably ordinary action in his walk and gallop ...
Snip is equal if not superior to the others in another particular his stern is as hard
as a rhinoceros's hide . But to return to the horse that has not and the one that
has been hunted . The first has probably ordinary action in his walk and gallop ...
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