Stable Talk and Table Talk: Or, Spectacles for Young Sportsmen, المجلد 2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846 |
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الصفحة 72
... drawing - room it may be tolerated ; but in the hunting field it is as misplaced , ridiculous , and in fact disgust- ing , as stable or kennel observations and conversation would be in a lady's boudoir . Let us not , however ...
... drawing - room it may be tolerated ; but in the hunting field it is as misplaced , ridiculous , and in fact disgust- ing , as stable or kennel observations and conversation would be in a lady's boudoir . Let us not , however ...
الصفحة 86
... drawn , " & c . He was not drawn , however , and won a good length , though not in a canter as was wished . I was innocent of any intention that he should , but not innocent enough to be cajoled into any alteration of the weight . I ...
... drawn , " & c . He was not drawn , however , and won a good length , though not in a canter as was wished . I was innocent of any intention that he should , but not innocent enough to be cajoled into any alteration of the weight . I ...
الصفحة 97
... drawn fine . Any man accustomed to look at race - horses can judge whether a horse appears to be in that condition a horse should be on coming to the post ; but I am quite clear no man but the trainer can tell whether a horse is or is ...
... drawn fine . Any man accustomed to look at race - horses can judge whether a horse appears to be in that condition a horse should be on coming to the post ; but I am quite clear no man but the trainer can tell whether a horse is or is ...
الصفحة 133
... draw either , if we want to exceed five miles an hour . It is hardly fair towards those who know what it is to be carried to tell others who do not , that such cobs as I have mentioned are such as they should get if they wish to ride ...
... draw either , if we want to exceed five miles an hour . It is hardly fair towards those who know what it is to be carried to tell others who do not , that such cobs as I have mentioned are such as they should get if they wish to ride ...
الصفحة 144
... drawing than when ridden . We will suppose a horseman to be a moderate weight , 13st . in his saddle : it quite clear that , be he the best . or worst horseman living , he cannot make his weight either lighter or heavier than the real ...
... drawing than when ridden . We will suppose a horseman to be a moderate weight , 13st . in his saddle : it quite clear that , be he the best . or worst horseman living , he cannot make his weight either lighter or heavier than the real ...
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