Arthur Yates, Trainer and Genetleman Rider: An Autobiography

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Grant Richards Limited, 1924 - Horse-racing - 278 pages
 

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Page 182 - ... oakrail, Here courage shall serve, and there craft can avail. The seasoned old horse does his timber with ease ; The young ones jump water as wide as you please ; But the wisdom of age, and the four-year-old's fire, Are helpless alike if you ride them at Wire ! Great Heavens ! rash man, what a crowner you come ! Your collar-bone broken, two ribs, and a thumb ; While the pride of your stable lies stretched on the plain, And the friend of your heart never rises again ; Then bitter the curses you...
Page 117 - MY DEAR TOMMY, — Let me know for certain whether you can ride for me at Liverpool on The Lamb. I dreamt twice last night I saw the race run. The first dream he was last and finished amongst the carriages. The second dream, I should think an hour aftenvards, I saw the Liverpool run.
Page 182 - ... Great Heavens ! rash man, what a crowner you come ! Your collar-bone broken, two ribs, and a thumb ; While the pride of your stable lies stretched on the plain, And the friend of your heart never rises again ; Then bitter the curses you launch, in your ire, At the villain who fenced his enclosure with Wire ! 'Tis cruel to see, in the cream of a run, A dozen fine fellows enjoying the fun, Struck down at a moment to writhe in the dirt, Dismounted, disgusted, both frightened and hurt ! While behind...
Page 117 - He won by four lengths, and you rode him, and I stood above the winning post at the turn. I saw the cerise and blue sleeves and you as plain as I write this. Now let me know as soon as you can, and say nothing to anyone.
Page 171 - Reds if there was no legal prohibition. Any amusement which creates alliances and augments friendly acquaintance adds to the strength of the Empire, for united we stand ; and the monotony of human life is relieved by every salutary diversion. I finish by a quotation from an ancient writer: — 'We, in our shortsighted wisdom, deem ourselves superior to our progenitors and ridicule their pastimes and pursuits, forgetting that in a few years another generation will hustle us off the stage, and...
Page 171 - Almighty to bless and prosper them ; and he adds that we are bound to encourage cock-fighting among ourselves and to discourage it among all foreign nations. If cocking, which formerly was a grand sport with the great nobles of this kingdom, be now a sin, I am an old and hardened sinner. In 1827, in command of the ' Rainbow,' I brought ten English-bred cocks from Sydney to Malacca, and fought ten battles with a Chinese merchant who had defeated all the Malays. We won every battle, and I would go...
Page 189 - Shall brook and bull-finch rise in vain To stop him as he swept the plain, With eagle eye and manly grace, A pilot in the storm of chase. Farewell, old friend ! and though we mourn Thy body to the cold earth borne, We joy to know thy spirit bold Is fettered by no earthly mould— That better mounted thou wilt be Winging thy way to a fair countrie ; That though thy horn is silent here, A livelier horn will greet thy car: 'Tis but a check that gives the pain; Thou'rt ' gone to ground
Page 182 - ... or statement bearing on any examination, investigation or audit made by him, or under his direction, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred ($100.00) dollars nor more than one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars, or shall be imprisoned for a term of not less than three months nor more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment, for each time and for each item in which he may so falsify such reports.
Page 140 - He first ran in 1878, and the next year won the Sefton Steeplechase at the Liverpool Autumn Meeting, but was disqualified on the ground of insufficient description. In 1880 he was fifth to Empress in the Grand National, and on this occasion was successful, as we have seen, being subsequently sold to Mr.
Page 130 - I never regretted my decision, for not only had I met with more than my share of success during my ten years in the saddle, but there wasn't one of the big events in the steeplechase world that I hadn't won twice over. Besides," he added naively, " if the truth must be told, I loved hunting far more than racing.

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