The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'., Volum 24John William Carleton 1850 |
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Side 72
... birds by the 12th of August last year prevented the usual amount of destruction , and hence there was a much better stock preserved for breeding this season . The winter , although severe , was not observed to have been injurious to the ...
... birds by the 12th of August last year prevented the usual amount of destruction , and hence there was a much better stock preserved for breeding this season . The winter , although severe , was not observed to have been injurious to the ...
Side 88
... bird . The captive thus released , away she flies , And beats with clapping wings the yielding skies . His bow already bent , Eurylas stood : His winged shaft with eager haste he sped ; The fatal message reached her as she fled : She ...
... bird . The captive thus released , away she flies , And beats with clapping wings the yielding skies . His bow already bent , Eurylas stood : His winged shaft with eager haste he sped ; The fatal message reached her as she fled : She ...
Side 89
... birds . ' Oh , yes , ye will get a fine bag the day ; and I am thinking it will hold to be a fine day . Yes , there is a good sprinkling of birds in Glen Mivart , and there are many more broods than I remember to have seen amongst the ...
... birds . ' Oh , yes , ye will get a fine bag the day ; and I am thinking it will hold to be a fine day . Yes , there is a good sprinkling of birds in Glen Mivart , and there are many more broods than I remember to have seen amongst the ...
Side 91
... bird fell a victim to my second shot : " down charge " went Port , licking his lips , and down went Kedger a long way above us with his head in the air ; Sandy merely remarked , " There is mair grey - fowl before the dogs ; " and it was ...
... bird fell a victim to my second shot : " down charge " went Port , licking his lips , and down went Kedger a long way above us with his head in the air ; Sandy merely remarked , " There is mair grey - fowl before the dogs ; " and it was ...
Side 92
... birds are a good size , and consequently a fairish mark ; they gene- rally get up at about the right distance , and there are no hedges , trees , or people at work to make it necessary to rap them down at any par- ticular moment ; the ...
... birds are a good size , and consequently a fairish mark ; they gene- rally get up at about the right distance , and there are no hedges , trees , or people at work to make it necessary to rap them down at any par- ticular moment ; the ...
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20 added 25 added 25 sovs 50 added 50 sovs aged 9st back his stake Bay Middleton beat Capt carry 5lb Charlton Cotherstone Dockeray Epirus extra fillies 8st five 9st five years old Flatman four 8st four years old geldings allowed 3lb Gentlemen Goodwood Graham's half a length half-bred Handicap Sweepstakes Harkaway heats horse received back hounds hunting Jenny Lind Lady Lanercost Lord Clifden's Lord Exeter's mares and geldings Marson mile Newmarket old 7st old and upwards old colts 8st once round otter owner paid 5 sovs Pitsford Plate of 50 Queen's Plate race ran a bye saved his stake second and third second horse received six and aged six years old sold for 100 sport subscribers Sweepstakes Team Valley three years old Whitehouse winner paid Won by half Won easily won the stakes
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Side 44 - ... who will not grieve that such a race has been shortened, though not always keeping the straight path, such a light extinguished, though sometimes flaming to dazzle and to bewilder ? One word on this ungrateful subject ere we quit it for ever.
Side 373 - I have here offered, than that music, architecture, and painting, as well as poetry and oratory, are to deduce their laws and rules from the general sense and taste of mankind, and not from the principles of those arts themselves ; or, in other words, the taste i£ not to conform to the art, but the art to the taste.
Side 266 - I'd ha' you sober, and contain yourself, Not that your sail be bigger than your boat; But moderate your expenses now, at first, As you may keep the same proportion still; Nor stand so much on your gentility, Which is an airy and mere borrowed thing From dead men's dust and bones, and none of yours, Except you make or hold it.— Who comes here?
Side 141 - ... for the evening. The Hottentots, without any reason, made their fire about fifty yards from mine ; they, according to their usual custom, being satisfied with the shelter of a large dense bush. The evening passed away cheerfully. Soon after it was dark we heard elephants breaking the trees in the forest across the river ; and once or twice I strode away into the darkness some distance from the fireside, to stand and listen to them. I little, at that moment...
Side 149 - , 1 1 >. . fillies 8st. 41b. ; the owner of the second horse to receive a sum equal to 10 per cent...
Side 330 - Th' unpeopled rivulet, and gladly hears The huntsman's early call, and sees with joy The jovial crew, that march upon its banks In gay parade, with bearded lances arm'd. The subtle spoiler of the beaver kind, Far off perhaps, where ancient alders shade The deep still pool, within some hollow trunk Contrives his wicker couch : whence he surveys His long purlieu, lord of the stream, and all The finny shoals his own. But you, brave youths, Dispute the felon's claim ; try...
Side 4 - Horses are not entitled to start without producing a proper certificate of their age, if required, at the time appointed in the articles, except where aged horses are included, and in that case a junior horse may enter without a certificate as to age, provided he carry the same weight as the aged.
Side 142 - The rest of my people rushed about, shrieking and yelling as if they were mad. I was at once angry with them for their folly, and told them that if they did not stand still and keep quiet the lion would have another of us ; and that very likely there was a troop of them. I ordered the dogs, which were nearly all fast, to be made loose, and the fire to be increased as far as could be. I then shouted Hendrick's name, but all was still.
Side 142 - Suddenly the appalling and murderous voice of an angry, blood-thirsty lion burst upon my ear within a few yards of us, followed by the shrieking of the Hottentots. Again and again the murderous roar of attack was repeated. We heard John and Ruyter shriek,
Side 57 - TUESDAY. — The Tyro Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added; for two yean old colts Sst.