The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 120A. Constable, 1864 |
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Page 118
... weights for age , would usually afford no sport , no excitement , and consequently no opportunity for speculation , because all the horses would have been run out , and two or three at most would be left to contend for the prize . The ...
... weights for age , would usually afford no sport , no excitement , and consequently no opportunity for speculation , because all the horses would have been run out , and two or three at most would be left to contend for the prize . The ...
Page 143
... weights for age , greater encouragement would be given to the better class of horses . But this also may be doubted . As we have said before , the powers of every horse on the Turf are well known by the time he is four years old , and ...
... weights for age , greater encouragement would be given to the better class of horses . But this also may be doubted . As we have said before , the powers of every horse on the Turf are well known by the time he is four years old , and ...
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