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Three miles was to be the trial length—a pretty good dose I thought for a horse
that had not had a gallop, much less a sweat. On my remarking that the horse
was not in a fit state to go a trial, I was informed “that did not signify.” Had the
horse ...
Three miles was to be the trial length—a pretty good dose I thought for a horse
that had not had a gallop, much less a sweat. On my remarking that the horse
was not in a fit state to go a trial, I was informed “that did not signify.” Had the
horse ...
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... which our field of sportsmen would very shortly be like the Irish miles—“if they'
re very long they're very narrow.” 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 ...
... which our field of sportsmen would very shortly be like the Irish miles—“if they'
re very long they're very narrow.” 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 ...
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We may not, perhaps, in racing phrase, “have got as long a length" into them ; but
so far as a burst of four miles goes, the nags are quite up to the mark. The pace
kills often now-a-days, and always will; but to horses in the condition they must ...
We may not, perhaps, in racing phrase, “have got as long a length" into them ; but
so far as a burst of four miles goes, the nags are quite up to the mark. The pace
kills often now-a-days, and always will; but to horses in the condition they must ...
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The old short wheelers ' reins did very well for six miles an hour ; but we should
get in a mess if we used them going sometimes fourteen over a hilly country .
Racing pace calls for racing practices ; and horses to go with hounds now must
all ...
The old short wheelers ' reins did very well for six miles an hour ; but we should
get in a mess if we used them going sometimes fourteen over a hilly country .
Racing pace calls for racing practices ; and horses to go with hounds now must
all ...
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He did not get either in the riding school; nor would he or any other man have
ever learned to ride a four-mile steeple-race by practising between four walls. His
head was given him before he saw the school, and I dare say the resolution too: if
...
He did not get either in the riding school; nor would he or any other man have
ever learned to ride a four-mile steeple-race by practising between four walls. His
head was given him before he saw the school, and I dare say the resolution too: if
...
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الصفحة 15 - Maunder's Historical Treasury; comprising a General Introductory, Outline of Universal History, Ancient and Modern, and a Series of separate Histories of every principal Nation that exists ; their Rise, Progress, and Present Condition, the Moral and Social Character of their respective Inhabitants, their Religion, Manners and Customs, &c.
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| العنوان | Stable Talk and Table Talk: Or, Spectacles for Young Sportsmen, المجلد 2 Stable Talk and Table Talk: Or, Spectacles for Young Sportsmen, Harry Hieover |
| المؤلف | Harry Hieover |
| الإصدار | 2 |
| الناشر | Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846 |
| أصلي من | جامعة كاليفورنيا |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 23 تشرين الأول (أكتوبر) 2007 |
| تصدير الاقتباس | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |