 | Natural history - 1831 - 420 pages
...contest. The horses on their part are not without emulation ; they tremble and are impatient, and are continually in motion. At last the signal once given,...brandish their whips, and cheer them with their cries.' This description reminds us of the more lengthened races of the present day, and proves the blood of... | |
 | Pierce Egan - Amusements - 1832 - 426 pages
...contest. The horses on their part are not without emulation : they tremble and are impatient, and are continually in motion. At last, the signal once given,...clap spurs to their willing horses, brandish .their whipSj and cheer them with their cries." This description reminds us of the more lengthened races of... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 442 pages
...along with unremitting velocity. The jockeys, inspired with the thoughts of applause, and the hopes of victory, clap spurs to their willing horses, brandish their whips, and cheer them with their cries." Morysou, in his facete Itinerary, 1617, records a strange prejudice, which in some measure, exists... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - Amusements - 1833 - 618 pages
...along with unremitting velocity. The jockeys, inspired with the thoughts of applause and the hopes of victory, clap spurs to their willing horses, brandish their whips, and cheer them with their cries." In the middle ages there were certain seasons of the year when the nobility indulged themselves in... | |
 | Joseph Strutt - Games - 1838 - 500 pages
...along with unremitting velocity. The jockeys, inspired with the thoughts of applause and the hopes of victory, clap spurs to their willing horses, brandish their whips, and cheer them with their cries." III.— HORSE-RACING SEASONS. In the middle ages there were certain seasons of the year when the nobility... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1841 - 440 pages
...part are not without emulation— -they tremble and are impatient and constantly in motion. At length, the signal once given, they start, devour the course,...willing horses, brandish their whips, and cheer them on with their cries." While this description reminds us of the races of the present day, it must be... | |
 | Henry Mead - Literary curiosa - 1846 - 254 pages
...hurrying along with unremitting velocity. The jockies inspired with the thoughts of applause and the hopes of victory, clap spurs to their willing horses, brandish their whips, and cheer them with their cries. In the middle ages there were certain seasons of the year when the nobility indulged themselves in... | |
 | John Thomas Smith - City dwellers - 1849 - 472 pages
...devour the course, hurrying along with unremitting velocity. The riders, inspired with the thoughts of applause and the hope of victory, clap spurs to...brandish their whips, and cheer them with their cries." A part of Smithfield was known at this time by the name of the Elms, from a number of those trees that... | |
 | Literature - 1850 - 688 pages
...along with unremitting velocity, and the jockeys, inspired with the thoughts of applause and the hopes of victory, clap spurs to their willing horses, brandish their whips, and cheer them with their voices." This was the first dawn of one of our principal sports, which has increased every year in... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1850 - 688 pages
...along with unremitting velocity, and the jockeys, inspired with the thoughts of applause and the hopes of victory, clap spurs to their willing horses, brandish their whips, and cheer them with their voices." This was the first dawn of one of our principal sports, which has increased every year in... | |
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The horses on their part are not without emulation ; they tremble and are impatient, and are continually in motion. At last the signal once given, they start, devour the course, and hurry along with unremitting swiftness. The jockeys, inspired with the... 
