Pierce Egan's Book of Sports, and Mirror of Life: Embracing the Turf, the Chase, the Ring, and the Stage : Interspersed with Original Memoirs of Sporting Men, EtcT.T. Tegg and J. Tegg, 1832 - 414 páginas |
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Página 18
... bets were laid - such as a gallon of ale to two quarts of heavy whet , and a bottle of rum to a quartern of max ; both parties were very sanguine as to the verdict ; there- fore , it was the ' Barbatic against the Prad ; ' and , on the ...
... bets were laid - such as a gallon of ale to two quarts of heavy whet , and a bottle of rum to a quartern of max ; both parties were very sanguine as to the verdict ; there- fore , it was the ' Barbatic against the Prad ; ' and , on the ...
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... betting was very limited , time being backed to a small amount only at two to one . The articles having stipulated that the match should be performed on Sunbury Common , it was agreed that it should be done over a five- mile piece ...
... betting was very limited , time being backed to a small amount only at two to one . The articles having stipulated that the match should be performed on Sunbury Common , it was agreed that it should be done over a five- mile piece ...
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... betting , except the umpires and referee . 5. Both down - Gaynor uppermost . 6. The face of Neal looked red , but nothing more . He stopped . in a most scientific style , two hits . Exchanges , when Gaynor laughed , and pointed at his ...
... betting , except the umpires and referee . 5. Both down - Gaynor uppermost . 6. The face of Neal looked red , but nothing more . He stopped . in a most scientific style , two hits . Exchanges , when Gaynor laughed , and pointed at his ...
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... betting , that I happened once accidentally to meet him in a chapel , when he , without the least hesitation , offered me a wager of 3 to 2 that he would mention the time by five minutes nearer than I did , when old Spintext had ...
... betting , that I happened once accidentally to meet him in a chapel , when he , without the least hesitation , offered me a wager of 3 to 2 that he would mention the time by five minutes nearer than I did , when old Spintext had ...
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... bets ; and he brings his dog - cart with him , after the races , to Tattersall's to carry off the large sums he wins to ... betting against the winning horse ; in fact , Spaniel was never named as having any chance by the knowing ones ...
... bets ; and he brings his dog - cart with him , after the races , to Tattersall's to carry off the large sums he wins to ... betting against the winning horse ; in fact , Spaniel was never named as having any chance by the knowing ones ...
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