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... mile as if it had been the run in , with an old Arab yclept Monarch , to whom he gave the weight of a man , or thereabouts . I never saw such a race in my life . That some idea may be formed of the home stable , it may be observed that ...
... mile as if it had been the run in , with an old Arab yclept Monarch , to whom he gave the weight of a man , or thereabouts . I never saw such a race in my life . That some idea may be formed of the home stable , it may be observed that ...
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... Miles ' Boy , Lord Zetland's Helias , and Lord G. Bentinck's Projectile . 2 to 1 against Van Tromp . Won cleverly by a length . At Goodwood , ridden by J. Marson , he won the Lavant Stakes of 50 sov . each , 30 ft . , beating Mr ...
... Miles ' Boy , Lord Zetland's Helias , and Lord G. Bentinck's Projectile . 2 to 1 against Van Tromp . Won cleverly by a length . At Goodwood , ridden by J. Marson , he won the Lavant Stakes of 50 sov . each , 30 ft . , beating Mr ...
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... stand such a fast thing as these hounds had first across the country towards Islip , and then from that point to Oxford , a distance of ten or eleven miles ? It a run , needs no comment ; it was impossible 18 A PEEP AT THE PROVINCES .
... stand such a fast thing as these hounds had first across the country towards Islip , and then from that point to Oxford , a distance of ten or eleven miles ? It a run , needs no comment ; it was impossible 18 A PEEP AT THE PROVINCES .
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... o'er him in his stride , And onward struggling still - he died . This gallant fox , in TarWood found , Had cross'd full twenty miles of ground ; But nigh two hours the open kept , As stout 20 A PEEP AT THE PROVINCES .
... o'er him in his stride , And onward struggling still - he died . This gallant fox , in TarWood found , Had cross'd full twenty miles of ground ; But nigh two hours the open kept , As stout 20 A PEEP AT THE PROVINCES .
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... miles off . This is not so . Those acquainted with game know that they live and die in the fields where they first saw the light . But even if such was not the case ; if game were given to rambling , the ave- rage would be the same . If ...
... miles off . This is not so . Those acquainted with game know that they live and die in the fields where they first saw the light . But even if such was not the case ; if game were given to rambling , the ave- rage would be the same . If ...
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