Nimrod's Hunting Reminiscences: Comprising Memoirs of Masters of Hounds, Notices of the Crack Riders and Characteristics of the Hunting Countries of England |
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... Brooks - Leicestershire Graziers - Covers of Leicestershire - Billesdon Coplow - Ashby Pasture - Oaldby - Kirby Gate - Barkby Holt -Baggrave Spiny - Bunny Wood - Burdett's Cover - Cream Lodge Gorse - Glen Gorse— Green's Gorse - John ...
... Brooks - Leicestershire Graziers - Covers of Leicestershire - Billesdon Coplow - Ashby Pasture - Oaldby - Kirby Gate - Barkby Holt -Baggrave Spiny - Bunny Wood - Burdett's Cover - Cream Lodge Gorse - Glen Gorse— Green's Gorse - John ...
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... Brook - Colonel Brook - Mr . Buck - Mr . G. Butler - Bill Barke - Jack Barnford - Billy Breton - Sir E. Baker - Bill Bean - Will Barrow- Captain Baird - Mr . De Burgh - Sir James Boswell . • CHAPTER V The late Duke of Cleveland - Crack ...
... Brook - Colonel Brook - Mr . Buck - Mr . G. Butler - Bill Barke - Jack Barnford - Billy Breton - Sir E. Baker - Bill Bean - Will Barrow- Captain Baird - Mr . De Burgh - Sir James Boswell . • CHAPTER V The late Duke of Cleveland - Crack ...
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... brook that he covered some inches more than nine yards from hind - foot to hind - foot ! Yet the other historic water - jump is even wider , spanning a full ten yards in all , over the Belvoir brook , the crack riders being Mr. Wing ( a ...
... brook that he covered some inches more than nine yards from hind - foot to hind - foot ! Yet the other historic water - jump is even wider , spanning a full ten yards in all , over the Belvoir brook , the crack riders being Mr. Wing ( a ...
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... brook a succession of those casualties which will arise in fox - hunting , so many causes producing them , and it too often happened that when he lost his temper he lost his fox . ' Can a criticism be sharper pointed than this one ? The ...
... brook a succession of those casualties which will arise in fox - hunting , so many causes producing them , and it too often happened that when he lost his temper he lost his fox . ' Can a criticism be sharper pointed than this one ? The ...
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... Brook " ; and 6. " Swishing at a Rasper . " Nimrod's references are to Plates I and 4. As regards Plate 4 , " Going in and out Clever , " we are told that " the figure delineated . . . was intended for Sir Watkin Williams Wynn , and is ...
... Brook " ; and 6. " Swishing at a Rasper . " Nimrod's references are to Plates I and 4. As regards Plate 4 , " Going in and out Clever , " we are told that " the figure delineated . . . was intended for Sir Watkin Williams Wynn , and is ...
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