A Dictionary of Sports: Or, Companion to the Field, the Forest, and the Riverside. Containing Explanations of Every Term Applicable to Racing, Shooting, Hunting, Fishing, Hawking, Archery, Etc. ... With Essays Upon All National Amusements |
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... mile for it . two furlongs and twenty - four yards in length : abbreviated A. F. See RACE COURSES . that it has great power in relieving | forth ;. ACIDS . The name of a very powerful class of substances em- ployed in veterinary practice ...
... mile for it . two furlongs and twenty - four yards in length : abbreviated A. F. See RACE COURSES . that it has great power in relieving | forth ;. ACIDS . The name of a very powerful class of substances em- ployed in veterinary practice ...
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... MILE . One mile eighteen yards : abbreviated , An . M. See RACE COURSES . : ANCHYLOSIS . A stiff joint . Some divide this disorder into the true and false the true , where the bones are united so as to become as it were one ; the false ...
... MILE . One mile eighteen yards : abbreviated , An . M. See RACE COURSES . : ANCHYLOSIS . A stiff joint . Some divide this disorder into the true and false the true , where the bones are united so as to become as it were one ; the false ...
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... Mile - End , where they man dwelling with Englishmen , usually met , and practised with should have an English bow of his them . From his expertness in hand- own height , which is directed to be ling the bow , every good shooter made of ...
... Mile - End , where they man dwelling with Englishmen , usually met , and practised with should have an English bow of his them . From his expertness in hand- own height , which is directed to be ling the bow , every good shooter made of ...
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... miles A meeting of the Society of the Royal British Bowmen took place at Condover Park , Shrewsbury , the mansion of E. W. Smythe Ŏwen , Esq . in September , 1833. In addi- tion to the members of the society ( all of rank ) , about two ...
... miles A meeting of the Society of the Royal British Bowmen took place at Condover Park , Shrewsbury , the mansion of E. W. Smythe Ŏwen , Esq . in September , 1833. In addi- tion to the members of the society ( all of rank ) , about two ...
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... miles . " The following anecdote from the Sporting Maga- zine will prove that the ass , when in condition , is so far exalted in the scale as nearly to approach the horse . " On my return , " says the writer , " from Epsom races , on ...
... miles . " The following anecdote from the Sporting Maga- zine will prove that the ass , when in condition , is so far exalted in the scale as nearly to approach the horse . " On my return , " says the writer , " from Epsom races , on ...
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