William Day's reminiscences of the turfLondon : [s.n.], 1886 |
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Admiral Admiral Rous afterwards Alvediston amongst Ascot asked Bay Middleton beat beaten believe better betting bought brother Cambridgeshire canter Cesarewitch Chester Cup course curious Danebury Derby Doncaster doubt Duke Dulcibella Epsom Etwall fact Farrance father favourite fond fortune gave gentleman give Goodwood guineas Gully hands Harry Hill heard Hobbie Noble honour horses jockey Joe Miller John knew large stake Leger lived looked Lord George Bentinck Lord Palmerston Lord William Powlett lordship lost mare matter Merry Merry's Messrs mile never Newmarket Oaks occasion owner Padwick Parker Parr Queen's Plate race racecourse racehorse remember replied result ridden riding rode seen sold soon sport stable Starkey Stockbridge stud success Swindell thing thought told took trained trainer trial turf two-year-old victory weight whilst William winner Woodyates Wreford yearlings
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Page 347 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it ? No. Doth he hear it ? No. Is it insensible then ? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? No. Why? Detraction will not suffer it : — therefore I'll none of it : Honour is a mere scutcheon/ and so ends my catechism.
Page 122 - It is the blue ribbon of the turf," he slowly repeated to himself, and sitting down at the table, he buried himself in a folio of statistics.
Page 279 - When now I think you can behold such sights, And keep the natural ruby of your cheeks, When mine are blanch'd with fear.
Page 440 - A man convinced against his will, Is of the same opinion still...
Page 158 - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
Page 306 - Won by a length, the same between the second and third, and four lengths between the third and fourth.
Page 104 - Or it may have been but an illustration of the familiar adage that ' one man may steal a horse, whilst another may not look over the gate.
Page 74 - Indebted to his memory for his wit, and to his imagination for his facts...
Page 196 - Making them lightest that wear most of it: So are those crisped snaky golden locks "Which make such wanton gambols with the wind, Upon supposed fairness, often known To be the dowry of a second head, The skull that bred them in the sepulchre.
Page 348 - Honour is like that glassy bubble That finds philosophers such trouble ; Whose least part cracked, the whole does fly, And wits are cracked to find out why...