History of the Turf in South CarolinaRussell & Jones, 1857 - 259 pages |
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1st heat 2d heat Alston's Arabian Aratus beat Bedford Bertrand Jr Boston bred Capt Carolina Jockey Club Charleston Charlotte Russe Club Purse.-2 mile dam by imp day-Second Race.-Jockey Club Eclipse England filly Flimnap foaled Friday Gallatin Glencoe Godolphin Godolphin Arabian Green's Hampton's ch Handicap Race Harrison's ch Hephestion imp'd imported horse J. B. Richardson's Jockey Club Purse John Kosciusko Lady Lady Morgan Little Venus mare Maria Marplot McPherson's mile heats Millwood Monarch Mucklejohn O. P. Hare's O'Brien Smith paid forfeit pedigree Priam Purse.-2 mile heats Race week racer Richardson's ch rider Rosa Lee Rowton Sally Sally Taylor Saturday season second heat second race Shark Singleton's b. f. Sir Archy sold South Carolina Jockey sport stallion Sweepstakes Thursday Time-1st heat Timoleon Turf Virginia Wade Hampton's Washington Course Wednesday weight for age winning Wynn's ch
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Page 121 - Be copy now to men of grosser blood, And teach them how to war! — And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture; let us swear That you are worth your breeding : which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base, That hath not noble lustre in your eyes. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot; Follow your spirit: and, upon this charge, Cry — God for Harry! England! and saint George ! [Exeunt.
Page 206 - Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?
Page 205 - The other turns to a mirth-moving jest, Which his fair tongue, conceit's expositor, Delivers in such apt and gracious words That aged ears play truant at his tales And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse.
Page 197 - Special meetings may be called by the President, or in his absence, by the VicePresident, or by any three members of the Board of Governors.
Page 198 - Horses are not entitled to start without producing a proper certificate of their age, if required, at the time appointed in the articles, except where aged horses are included, and in that case a junior horse may enter without a certificate as to age, provided he carry the same weight as the aged.
Page 153 - Bow'd down by degrees, he bends on to his fate ; Blind, old, lean, and feeble, he tugs round a mill, Or draws sand, till the sand of his hour-glass stands still.
Page 199 - If a better be absent on the day of running, a public declaration of the bet may be made on the Course, and a demand whether any person will make stakes for the absent party, and if no person consent to do so, the bet may be declared void.
Page 198 - No person shall start more than one horse of which he is the owner, either wholly or in part, and either in his own name or that of any other person, for any race for which heats are run.
Page 198 - Where a plate or subscription is given for the winner of the best of three heats, a horse, to win the prize, must be the actual winner of two heats, even though no horse appear against him for both or either of the beats.
Page 8 - ... verum ubi plura nitent in carmine, non ego paucis offendar maculis, quas aut incuria fudit aut humana parum cavit natura.