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Page 152
... race done and won , he returned at a walk to his paddock . In two years upon the Grand Circuit he had never missed a meeting nor ever lost a race . With something of awe I watched him as he passed between the high stone posts of the ...
... race done and won , he returned at a walk to his paddock . In two years upon the Grand Circuit he had never missed a meeting nor ever lost a race . With something of awe I watched him as he passed between the high stone posts of the ...
Page 204
... race - card from his pocket- " in the fifth race .... Can you read ? No ? Can your son ? Well , Semyon , here you are , read it ! " Sheepishly , syllable by syllable , the boy floundered through the printed lines under Nikita's ...
... race - card from his pocket- " in the fifth race .... Can you read ? No ? Can your son ? Well , Semyon , here you are , read it ! " Sheepishly , syllable by syllable , the boy floundered through the printed lines under Nikita's ...
Page 240
... race filled me with indignation . According to it , the winner got away well , but the favourites were hampered at the start and either could have beaten the Irish trained horse , only that they just didn't . The race was won by half a ...
... race filled me with indignation . According to it , the winner got away well , but the favourites were hampered at the start and either could have beaten the Irish trained horse , only that they just didn't . The race was won by half a ...
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In the Beginning | 5 |
The Country of the Houyhnhnms | 13 |
Baron Munchausen Acquires A Horse | 29 |
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