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Excerpt from The Pictorial Gallery of English Race Horses: Containing Portraits of All the Winners of the Derby, Oaks and St. Leger Stakes, During the Last Twenty Years; And a History of the Principal Operation of the Turf
Recovery, a chesnut horse, 15 hands 2 incheshigh, was bred by Colonel Wilson in 1827; his sire Emilius, his dam, C amarine's dam, by'ruben S, out oftippitywitchet, by Waxy. In 1830, Recovery started ten times and won thrice; namely, a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. Each, at the Newmarket First Spring Meeting, for all beating Toso, Glenartney, Spaniard, Versatility, and others; the Members' Plate, at Ipswich, two-mile heats,beating Scarlet runner, Screw driver, Naughty Tommy and Talma and the Duke Of Bedford's Plate, at Bedford, one mile and a half, beating Taglioni, Frederica, Whip, Apuntador, and Amoret. In 1831, Recovery, then the property of Mr Turner, ran six races, two of which he won - The Croxteth Stakes, at Liverpool, beating Perseverance, Rex, Brambilla, Specula tion, Lady Constance, Her Highness, The Captain, and But ter?y; and, at the same Meeting, the Stand Cup of 100 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. Each, thirty-three subscribers, two miles and a distance, Birmingham being his only competitor. - Betting: 4 to 1. On Birmingham. At Knutsford, for a Piece of Plate, value 100 sovs.. Three miles, Recovery having fallen lame in the race, ran second to Birmingham, beating The Cardinal and Moss Rose.
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Recovery, a chesnut horse, 15 hands 2 incheshigh, was bred by Colonel Wilson in 1827; his sire Emilius, his dam, C amarine's dam, by'ruben S, out oftippitywitchet, by Waxy. In 1830, Recovery started ten times and won thrice; namely, a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. Each, at the Newmarket First Spring Meeting, for all beating Toso, Glenartney, Spaniard, Versatility, and others; the Members' Plate, at Ipswich, two-mile heats,beating Scarlet runner, Screw driver, Naughty Tommy and Talma and the Duke Of Bedford's Plate, at Bedford, one mile and a half, beating Taglioni, Frederica, Whip, Apuntador, and Amoret. In 1831, Recovery, then the property of Mr Turner, ran six races, two of which he won - The Croxteth Stakes, at Liverpool, beating Perseverance, Rex, Brambilla, Specula tion, Lady Constance, Her Highness, The Captain, and But ter?y; and, at the same Meeting, the Stand Cup of 100 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. Each, thirty-three subscribers, two miles and a distance, Birmingham being his only competitor. - Betting: 4 to 1. On Birmingham. At Knutsford, for a Piece of Plate, value 100 sovs.. Three miles, Recovery having fallen lame in the race, ran second to Birmingham, beating The Cardinal and Moss Rose.
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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.
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Author(s) - George Tattersall
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ISBN - 9780265798669
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Page Count - 536
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Page Count - 538
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