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Excerpt from The Race for the Mitre Probably the cleverest party is backing the Badger, a horse of some Substance, but whose understandings were so dickey not´long ago that it was reporte… More...

Excerpt from The Race for the Mitre Probably the cleverest party is backing the Badger, a horse of some Substance, but whose understandings were so dickey not´long ago that it was reported he had dropt his Aspirations. It is certain, however, now, that he will be brought to the post fit to run for his life; and under the able assistance Of Crying Andy, his condition has of late sensibly improved. He is a tall, upstanding horse, with great stride and power, but the touts who are hostile to him declare that he has a mean style of going, and is rather deficient in quality. This Opinion, however, is thought by many good judges to be founded on prejudice. The money is on in the right quarters, and great care will be taken with him by his party. Being subject to sunstroke, he will be walked to´ the course on the Shady side of the Street, and will be steered by the Collingwood post-boy,-in the well~ known Orange colors of his Sporting owner. Still, good as his Stock is generally reckoned to be, if he wins it must be by a terribly close Shave. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Excerpt from The Race for the Mitre Probably the cleverest party is backing the Badger, a horse of some Substance, but whose understandings were so dickey not´long ago that it was reported he had dropt his Aspirations. It is certain, however, now, that he will be brought to the post fit to run for his life; and under the able assistance Of Crying Andy, his condition has of late sensibly improved. He is a tall, upstanding horse, with great stride and power, but the touts who are hostile to him Taschenbuch > Sachbuch > Ratgeber > Sport > Allgemeines & Lexika, Forgotten Books<