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... Stakes was not thought much of . Clementina won in her usual form , which is good , but her field was rather indifferent . There was a sporting match between Messrs . O'Brien and Greville for a 2 THE RACING SEASON OF 1847 .
... Stakes was not thought much of . Clementina won in her usual form , which is good , but her field was rather indifferent . There was a sporting match between Messrs . O'Brien and Greville for a 2 THE RACING SEASON OF 1847 .
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sporting match between Messrs . O'Brien and Greville for a thousand each the odds on the honourable clerk of the Privy Council ; but the fortune on the honourable — that is , on Mr. O'B . For a sweepstakes of 100 sovs . each , h . ft ...
sporting match between Messrs . O'Brien and Greville for a thousand each the odds on the honourable clerk of the Privy Council ; but the fortune on the honourable — that is , on Mr. O'B . For a sweepstakes of 100 sovs . each , h . ft ...
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... match ; and The Hero , with 2 to 1 on him , as well as the 261bs . extra ( avoirdupois ) , was beaten easily by a length . Can't they do some- thing with this Cup to insure a tolerable exhibition for it ? Assault had , just previous to ...
... match ; and The Hero , with 2 to 1 on him , as well as the 261bs . extra ( avoirdupois ) , was beaten easily by a length . Can't they do some- thing with this Cup to insure a tolerable exhibition for it ? Assault had , just previous to ...
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... match : both carried 8st . 13lbs . The odds were 3 to 1 on the loser . People cried out because at the eleventh hour and fifty - ninth minute Loadstone was declared not to start . Those persons were not , as we were , present during the ...
... match : both carried 8st . 13lbs . The odds were 3 to 1 on the loser . People cried out because at the eleventh hour and fifty - ninth minute Loadstone was declared not to start . Those persons were not , as we were , present during the ...
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... Match against the Duke of Bedford's Eothen , 7st . 7lb . In 1847 Van Tromp , ridden by J. Marson , ran third for the Derby at Epsom - Won by Mr. Pedley's Cossack , Mr. Bourerie's War Eagle second , and twenty - nine others not placed ...
... Match against the Duke of Bedford's Eothen , 7st . 7lb . In 1847 Van Tromp , ridden by J. Marson , ran third for the Derby at Epsom - Won by Mr. Pedley's Cossack , Mr. Bourerie's War Eagle second , and twenty - nine others not placed ...
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