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Página 87 - the owner of the second horse to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes, ' which are to be made at Messrs. Weatherby's office in London before ' starting, or not entitled to receive though a winner. The winner
Página 398 - inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, -Leave not a wreck behind.'
Página 140 - midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men. To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess,'— and
Página 72 - thirteen Royal Plates of 100 guineas each,' annually run for, as also the high prices that are constantly given for horses of strength and size, are sufficient to encourage breeders to raise their cattle to the utmost size and strength possible, it
Página 252 - Oh ! our hearts were weary waiting, Waiting for the May, Waiting for the pleasant rambles, Where the fragrant hawthorn brambles With the woodbine
Página 100 - is a tight roll of paper, about one-eighth of an inch in thickness, which (like the buffer of a railway carriage) gives with the action of the powder and lessens the recoil. After five years' experience with breech-loaders, during which I have made a series of practical experiments^ I have come to the conclusion that,
Página 87 - Weatherby's office in London before ' starting, or not entitled to receive though a winner. The winner ' to pay 100 sovs. towards the police and regulations of the course,
Página 101 - steel) begin to wear, and are no longer to be depended upon. It is mistaken policy, and false economy, to purchase any other than a first-class gun, which, with ordinary care, will last longer than half a dozen cheap ones of inferior workmanship, and give infinitely more satisfaction, to say nothing of the great additional security against accidents.
Página 201 - mare that produces a mare.' This is corroborated by the Prophet Mahomet, who says: ' Let mares be preferred, their bellies are a ' treasure, their backs the seat of honour.' ' The greatest blessing ' is an intelligent wife, or a mare that produces plenty of foals.
Página 101 - I have seen some of these inferior guns throw shot pretty fairly to begin with, but after a short time they invariably fall off, both in their strength and regularity of shooting, become shaky and even dangerous, for the locks (being made of soft metal instead of the