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... course . Our Hippo- drome is a lawn of living velvet , and the animals trained for it are as dainty as the scene of their exploits . But English thorough - bred stock has a wider range of action than mere flat racing . It furnishes the ...
... course . Our Hippo- drome is a lawn of living velvet , and the animals trained for it are as dainty as the scene of their exploits . But English thorough - bred stock has a wider range of action than mere flat racing . It furnishes the ...
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... course . I will not affront the readers of these pages by adducing proofs , to show the stuff of which such assertions is made . I saw hundreds of races run last year without a single casualty of any fatal nature to the animals engaged ...
... course . I will not affront the readers of these pages by adducing proofs , to show the stuff of which such assertions is made . I saw hundreds of races run last year without a single casualty of any fatal nature to the animals engaged ...
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... course of his travels , who is at present , and has been for several years consulting his pleasure in circumventing the lions of Central Africa . This pastime he pursues in a pit , the mouth of which is baited with a dead rhinoceros ...
... course of his travels , who is at present , and has been for several years consulting his pleasure in circumventing the lions of Central Africa . This pastime he pursues in a pit , the mouth of which is baited with a dead rhinoceros ...
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... course of the year upon which we have entered will be marked by one of the most memorable movements in the history of our national career . The arrangements for that great congress of civiliza- tion , which in 1851 is to show the chef d ...
... course of the year upon which we have entered will be marked by one of the most memorable movements in the history of our national career . The arrangements for that great congress of civiliza- tion , which in 1851 is to show the chef d ...
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... course making the run exactly their ten minutes longer than the reality . It must be want of “ heart ” -mind , I do not mean courage ; far be it from me to im- pugn the valour of nine out of every ten men who wear the garb of the chase ...
... course making the run exactly their ten minutes longer than the reality . It must be want of “ heart ” -mind , I do not mean courage ; far be it from me to im- pugn the valour of nine out of every ten men who wear the garb of the chase ...
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