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  2. Stories of the Silks and Satins.

    "The Sport of Kings !" Many persons wonder why this regal title should be given to horse-racing, but a little study of the subject will show that the honor is ...

    Article : 221 words
  3. TALES OF SAHIB LAND.

    The weather chances from Intolerably hot to wet and warm during the monsoons In India, and sport is always at a standstill. A sky race meeting here and there ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,171 words
  4. A CLASSIC FLYER.

    We must go back about 2550 yearn to the 33rd Olympiad, however, to find horse-racing numbered amongst the national games of Greece, and even then it had ...

    Article : 373 words
  5. SCARCITY OF LIGHT WEIGHTS.

    One of the keenest of the Turf kingly patrons was King James I., and it is interesting to us to find that his head trainer was one George Alsopp. Alsopp ...

    Article : 170 words
  6. OLD-TIME TRAINING.

    Between the training of that Alsopp and our own trainers to-day a very great difference will be found, I fancy, for the ancient Alsopp was a follower of one ...

    Article : 1,335 words
  7. KINGS OF THE TURF.

    Getting back from the toilette to the Turf ; history proves that all England's kings, even from before the time of "Black Bill" the Conqueror, and "Red Bill," ...

    Article : 387 words
  8. ANCIENT DONCASTER.

    Next to the Epsom Derby, the Doncaster St. Leger is justly counted to be the greatest racing event in the Old World to-day. A very ancient State document ...

    Article : 433 words
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