Sporting Anecdotes, Original and Selected: Including Numerous Characteristic Portraits of Persons in Every Walk of Life who Have Acquired Notority from Their Achievements on the Turf, at the Table, and in the Diversions of the Field, with Sketches of the Various Animals of the Chase, to which is Added an Account of Noted Pedestrians, Trotting Matches, Cricketers, Etc., the Whole Forming a Complete Delineation of the Sporting World, Volume 1Johnstone and Van Norden, printers, 1823 - Sports |
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... Table, and in the Diversions of the Field, with Sketches of the Various Animals of the Chase, to which is Ad Pierce Egan. 3 3433 08239970 4 1919 GANSEVOORT - LANSING COLLECTION given to the New York. NYPL RESEARCH LIBRARIES Front Cover.
... Table, and in the Diversions of the Field, with Sketches of the Various Animals of the Chase, to which is Ad Pierce Egan. 3 3433 08239970 4 1919 GANSEVOORT - LANSING COLLECTION given to the New York. NYPL RESEARCH LIBRARIES Front Cover.
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... Animals of the Chase, to which is Ad Pierce Egan. ORIGINAL AND SELECTED ; INCLUDING NUMEROUS CHARACTERISTIC PORTRAITS OF PERSONS IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE . WHO HAVE ACQUIRED NOTORIETY FROM THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS ON THE TURF , AT THE TABLE , AND ...
... Animals of the Chase, to which is Ad Pierce Egan. ORIGINAL AND SELECTED ; INCLUDING NUMEROUS CHARACTERISTIC PORTRAITS OF PERSONS IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE . WHO HAVE ACQUIRED NOTORIETY FROM THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS ON THE TURF , AT THE TABLE , AND ...
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... Diversions of the Field, with Sketches of the Various Animals of the Chase, to which is Ad Pierce Egan. PUBLIC LIBRARY 12915A ASTOR , LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS R 1921 L DEDICATION . TO THE SPORTING WORLD . Better to hunt NEW YORK.
... Diversions of the Field, with Sketches of the Various Animals of the Chase, to which is Ad Pierce Egan. PUBLIC LIBRARY 12915A ASTOR , LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS R 1921 L DEDICATION . TO THE SPORTING WORLD . Better to hunt NEW YORK.
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... Animals of the Chase, to which is Ad Pierce Egan. fancying himself still listening to the charms of the view halloo ! The SPORTING HERO of the TURF , in his turn , animatedly detailing the fleet properties of his thorough - bred stud ...
... Animals of the Chase, to which is Ad Pierce Egan. fancying himself still listening to the charms of the view halloo ! The SPORTING HERO of the TURF , in his turn , animatedly detailing the fleet properties of his thorough - bred stud ...
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... Animals of the Chase, to which is Ad Pierce Egan. brated walking clerk in the city , by several miles . In December , 1799 , he accomplished 150 miles in two days , having walked from Fen- church - street to Birmingham , round by Cam ...
... Animals of the Chase, to which is Ad Pierce Egan. brated walking clerk in the city , by several miles . In December , 1799 , he accomplished 150 miles in two days , having walked from Fen- church - street to Birmingham , round by Cam ...
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Page 23 - In his native groves, mounted on the top of a tall bush or half-grown tree, in the dawn of dewy morning, while the woods are already vocal with a multitude of warblers, his admirable song rises preeminent over every competitor. The ear can listen to his music alone, to which that of all the others seems a mere accompaniment.
Page 38 - He was the best up-hill player in the world; even when his adversary was fourteen, he would play on the same or better, and as he never flung away the game through carelessness and conceit, he never gave it up through laziness or want of heart. The only peculiarity of his play was that he never volleyed, but let the balls hop; but if they rose an inch from the ground he never missed having them. There was not only nobody equal, but nobody second to him. It is supposed that he could give any other...
Page 40 - He could not have shown himself in any ground in England but he would have been immediately surrounded with inquisitive gazers, trying to find out in what part of his frame his unrivalled skill lay, as politicians wonder to see the balance of Europe suspended in Lord Castlereagh's face, and admire the trophies of the British Navy lurking under Mr. Croker's hanging brow. Now Cavanagh was as good-looking a man as the Noble Lord, and much better looking than the Right Hon.
Page 24 - He many times deceives the sportsman, and sends him in search of birds that perhaps are not within miles of him, but whose notes he exactly imitates ; even birds themselves are frequently imposed on by this admirable mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied calls of their mates, or dive with precipitation into the depths of thickets, at the scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow-hawk.
Page 41 - And the best of it is, that by the calculation of the odds, none of the three are worth remembering ! Cavanagh died from the bursting of a blood-vessel, which prevented him from playing for the last two or three years. This, he was often heard to say, he thought hard upon him. He was fast recovering, however, when he was suddenly carried off, to the regret of all who knew him.
Page 198 - I intended to put up, the landlord came forward, and a number of other persons who happened to be there, all equally alarmed at what they heard; this was greatly increased by my asking, whether he could furnish me with accommodations for myself and my baby. The man looked blank and foolish, while the others stared with still greater astonishment. After diverting myself for a minute or two at their expense, I drew my woodpecker from under the cover, and a general laugh took place.
Page 37 - His style of play was as remarkable as his power of execution. He had no affectation, no trifling. He did not throw away the game to show off an attitude or try an experiment. He was a fine, sensible, manly player, who did what he could, but that was more than any one else could even affect to do.
Page 37 - He could either outwit his antagonist by finesse, or beat him by main strength. Sometimes, when he seemed preparing to send the ball with the full swing of his arm, he would by a slight turn of his wrist drop it within an inch of the line.
Page 25 - ... and twenty others, succeed with such imposing reality, that we look round for the originals, and discover with astonishment that the sole performer in this singular concert is the admirable bird now before us.
Page 23 - His expanded wings and tail, glistening with white, and the buoyant gaiety of his action, arresting the eye, as his song most irresistibly does the ear, he sweeps round with enthusiastic...