History of the British Turf: From the Earliest Period to the Present Day, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1840 - Horse-racing |
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History of the British Turf, from the Earliest Period to the Present Day James Christie Whyte No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 82 - Grace !" leaped over him, and pursued his sport. Such an apparent want of feeling, we might presume, was properly resented : not so ; on being assisted to remount by his attendants, the Duke said, "That young man shall have the first good living that falls to my disposal ; had he stopped to have taken care of me, I never would have patronized him.
Page 499 - This is at the period when the horses are in full exercise, to which they come by degrees. The boy that can best regulate these degrees among those of light weight, is generally chosen to lead the gallop ; that is, he goes first out of the stable, and first returns. 'In the time of long exercise, this is the first brushing gallop. A brushing gallop signifies that the horses are nearly at full speed before it is over, and it is commonly made at last rather up hill. Having all pulled up, the horses...
Page 503 - ... he must have gone headlong down. His first astonishment and fear were so great, that he stood for some time breathless and motionless : then, gradually recollecting himself, his back became curved, his ears erect, his hind and fore leg in a position for sudden retreat; his nostrils from an inward snort burst into one loud expression of horror ; and rearing on his hind legs, he turned short round, expressing all the terrors he had felt by the utmost violence of plunging, kicking, and other bodily...
Page 499 - ... race-horse never trots. He must either walk or gallop ; and in exercise, even when it is the hardest, the gallop begins slowly and gradually, and increases till the horse is nearly at full speed. When he has galloped half a mile, the boy begins to push him forward without relaxation for another half-mile. This is at the period when the horses are in full exercise, to which they come by degrees. The boy that can best regulate these degrees among those of light weight is generally chosen to lead...
Page 31 - Indeed, the oldest sportsman on the stand thought she must have won. In running the last mile the odds were in favour of Mr Flint. Never, surely, did a woman ride in better style. It was difficult to say whether her horsemanship, her dress, or her beauty, were most admired — the tout ensemble was unique. Her dress was a leopard-coloured body, with blue sleeves, the rest buff and blue cap.
Page 48 - He placed himself where the animal was to make a push, or where the race was to be most strongly contested. From this spot he eyed the horses advancing with the most immovable look ; he breathed quicker as they accelerated their pace ; and, when they came opposite to him, he rode in with them at full speed, whipping, spurring, and blowing as if he would have infused his whole soul into his favorite racer.
Page 500 - ... time, which is first employed in gratifying his hunger, and recovering from his weariness. All this is performed,, and the stables are once more shut up, about nine o'clock. Accustomed to this life, the boys are very little overcome by fatigue, except that early in the morning they may be drowsy. I have sometimes fallen slightly asleep at the beginning of the first brushing gallop. But if they are not weary, they are hungry, and they make themselves ample amends for all they have done. Nothing...
Page 30 - Knavesmere that did on the day when Bay Malton ran, or when Eclipse went over the course, leaving the two best horses of the day a mile and a- half behind. Indeed, expectation was raised to the highest pitch from the novelty of the match. Thousands from every part of the country thronge'd to the ground.
Page 496 - I suppose, liking the answers I gave to his questions, to our very great joy, agreed to take me upon trial. In the course of my life, there have been several changes, that each in their turn, greatly affected my spirits, and gave me advantages far beyond what I had ever before enjoyed : of these gradual elevations, this was the first. I should now be somebody. I should be entrusted with the management of one of that race of creatures that were the most admired and beloved by me : I should be well...
Page 31 - Thornton; afterwards appeared Mr. Flint. They started a little past four o'clock. The lady took the lead for upwards of three miles in a most capital style. Her horse, however, had much the shorter stroke of the two. When within a mile from home, Mr.