Racing Life of Lord George Cavendish Bentinck, M. P. and Other Reminiscences |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 37
Page 40
... Epsom , just before the Derby of 1848 . I remarked at the beginning of this chapter that it would have been enough for me to state that I was the son of a trainer , and born at New- market , in explanation of the fact that I myself ...
... Epsom , just before the Derby of 1848 . I remarked at the beginning of this chapter that it would have been enough for me to state that I was the son of a trainer , and born at New- market , in explanation of the fact that I myself ...
Page 50
... Epsom engagements . The inconveniences then experienced in getting horses from Newmarket to Epsom have often led me to admire the foresight and sagacity of Lord George Bentinck , who pre- dicted that railways would entirely ...
... Epsom engagements . The inconveniences then experienced in getting horses from Newmarket to Epsom have often led me to admire the foresight and sagacity of Lord George Bentinck , who pre- dicted that railways would entirely ...
Page 69
... Epsom and won the Oaks on May 20 , 1836 , and was immediately despatched on foot to Newcastle- on - Tyne , where on June 22 she won the Northum- berland Plate , having taken nearly a month to walk 300 miles from Epsom to Newcastle , it ...
... Epsom and won the Oaks on May 20 , 1836 , and was immediately despatched on foot to Newcastle- on - Tyne , where on June 22 she won the Northum- berland Plate , having taken nearly a month to walk 300 miles from Epsom to Newcastle , it ...
Page 73
... Epsom . The site selected by the present Duke of Port- land for his breeding establishment at Welbeck Abbey , upon which he has erected extensive buildings and formed very complete and well- arranged paddocks , is the very spot which it ...
... Epsom . The site selected by the present Duke of Port- land for his breeding establishment at Welbeck Abbey , upon which he has erected extensive buildings and formed very complete and well- arranged paddocks , is the very spot which it ...
Page 78
... Epsom to run for the Derby and Oaks . Many a favourite on arriving at Epsom was unable to start , from being amiss on the day . It was usual for New- market horses to reach Epsom or the neighbour- hood three weeks or a month prior to ...
... Epsom to run for the Derby and Oaks . Many a favourite on arriving at Epsom was unable to start , from being amiss on the day . It was usual for New- market horses to reach Epsom or the neighbour- hood three weeks or a month prior to ...
Other editions - View all
Racing Life of Lord George Cavendish Bentinck, M.P. and Other Reminiscences John Kent,Francis Charles Lawley No preview available - 2015 |
Common terms and phrases
Ascot Bay Middleton beat beaten betting canter career Charles cloth Colonel Anson colt Cotherstone course Crown 8vo Crucifix Danebury Derby Disraeli Doncaster Duke of Portland Duke of Richmond Earl engaged Epsom exclaimed father favourite Fcap fifth Duke filly Flatman fourth Duke Francis Villiers friends gallop Gaper George's Glasgow Goodwood Cup Goodwood stable Grace Greville guineas half Harcourt House honoured horses Illustrations jockey Kent lengths letter Lord George Bentinck Lord George Cavendish Lord March Lordship Lothario mare match Meeting mile Miss Elis Mostyn never Newmarket paddocks Payne Post 8vo Prince race race-course race-horses Red Deer remarked replied ridden riding rode Scotland Sir William Gregory St Leger Stakes at Newmarket starters stone stud Surplice Surplice and Loadstone Third Edition thought three-year-old tion took trained trainer trial Turf two-year-old Villiers vols Welbeck Abbey winner yearlings
Popular passages
Page 472 - HAMILTON. Lectures on Metaphysics. By Sir WILLIAM HAMILTON, Bart, Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in the University of Edinburgh. Edited by the Rev. HL MANSEL, BD, LL.D., Dean of St Paul's ; and JOHN VEITCH, MA, Professor of Logic and Rhetoric, Glasgow.
Page 466 - BOSCOBEL TRACTS. Relating to the Escape of Charles the Second after the Battle of Worcester, and his subsequent Adventures. Edited by J. HUGHES, Esq., AM A New Edition, with additional Notes and Illustrations, including Communications from the Rev. RH BARHAM, Author of the
Page 478 - A Manual of Palaeontology, for the Use of Students. With a General Introduction on the Principles of Palaeontology.
Page 485 - FERRIER. 12 vols. crown 8vo, £2, 8s. Christopher in his Sporting-Jacket. 2 vols., 8s. Isle of Palms, City of the Plague, and other Poems. 4s. . Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life, and other Tales. 4s. Essays, Critical and Imaginative. 4 vols., 16s. The Noctes Ambrosianse. 4 vols., 16s. Homer and his Translators, and the Greek Drama. Crown 8vo, 4s.
Page 467 - BURTON. The History of Scotland : From Agricola's Invasion to the Extinction of the last Jacobite Insurrection. By JOHN HILL BURTON, DCL, Historiographer-Royal for Scotland. New and Enlarged Edition.
Page 474 - Professor of Public Law and of the Law of Nature and Nations in the University of Edinburgh. New Edition, Revised and much Enlarged. Svo, 18s. The Institutes of the Law of Nations. A Treatise of the Jural Relation of Separate Political Communities.
Page 478 - On the Structure and Affinities of the Genus Monticulipora and its Sub-Genera, with Critical Descriptions of Illustrative Species. Illustrated with numerous Engravings on wood and lithographed Plates.
Page 482 - STEPHENS. The Book of the Farm ; detailing the Labours of the Farmer, Farm-Steward, Ploughman, Shepherd, Hedger, Farm-Labourer, Field-Worker, and Cattle-man. Illustrated with numerous Portraits of Animals and Engravings of Implements, and Plans of Farm Buildings. Fourth Edition. Revised, and in great part Re-written, by JAMES MACDONALD, FRSE, Secretary Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland.
Page 477 - Cessios, and Sequestrations; and the Winding-up of Joint-Stock Companies in Scotland ; with Annotations on the various Insolvency and Bankruptcy Statutes ; and with Forms of Procedure applicable to these Subjects.
Page 477 - ... the Winding-up of Joint-Stock Companies in Scotland ; with Annotations on the various Insolvency and Bankruptcy Statutes ; and with Forms of Procedure applicable to these Subjects. By JAMES MURDOCH, Member of the Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow. Fifth Edition, Revised and Enlarged, 8vo, £i, ios.