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  2. Stones of the Silks and Satins.

    Those rash and foolish faddists who would eradicate and utterly destroy horse-racing in an English-speaking country can have no idea how ancient and deeply-rooted ...

    Article : 401 words
  3. TALES OF SAHIB LAND.

    War on the frontiers ! Hot blood lust. savage tribe anger, the crimson heat of Berserkers battling against the flag of freedom, broken oaths of allegiance ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,037 words
  4. FINE HORSE—FINE WOMAN.

    The deposition of Richard II., and tho Wars of the Roses, gave a great "set-back" to racing in England, and many of the best English horses were sold to go ...

    Article : 275 words
  5. FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

    All the English monarchs, male and female, from "Black Bill," the Conqueror, and "Red Bill," Rufus, down to our own beloved Edward, were great upholders of ...

    Article : 584 words
  6. A HARD-RIDING CARDINAL.

    This reminds me that the one mighty Cardinal Wolsey owed his first promotion to his good horsemanship. It Booms that some the in the year 1504 Henry VIII. ...

    Article : 197 words
  7. THE PACE THAT KILLED.

    From the Privy Purse accounts of King Henry VIII. I find that in April. 1532. his head trainer, Powle, received 7/2 for making a bath for one of the Arab racers in ...

    Article : 273 words
  8. WHERE THE FIRST HORSES CAME FROM.

    Having seen where racing first started, let us now ascertain where the first race-horses came from. It is proved beyond doubt that although the early English had ...

    Article : 387 words
  9. A UNIQUE BET.

    It was a pity the giddy Germaine wasn't sent as a present to King Heary VIII., for it would be very interesting to note who would be "outed" first if they over ...

    Article : 98 words
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