 | 1841 - 560 sivua
...their horses with judgment ; the grand point being to prevent a competitor from getting before them. The horses, on their part, are not without emulation. They tremble, and are impatient, and continually in motion. At last, the signal once given, they hurry aJong with unremitting velocity.... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 442 sivua
...prepare themselves for the contest. The horses, on their part, are not without emulation, they tremble, are impatient, and are continually in motion ; at last, the signal once given, they strike, devour the course, hurrying along with unremitting velocity. The jockeys, inspired with the... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 618 sivua
...horses witfc judgment : the grand point is, to prevent a competitor from getting before them. Tfa* horses, on their part, are not without emulation,...impatient, and are continually in motion : at last tbe signal ooo* given, they strike, devour the course, bur. rying along with unremitting velocity.... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 640 sivua
...their horses with judgment : the grand point is, to prevent a competitor from getting before them. The horses, on their part, are not without emulation, they tremble and arc impatient, and are continually in motion : at last the signal once given, they strike, devour the... | |
 | Joseph Strutt - 1838 - 500 sivua
...their horses with judgment : the grand point is, to prevent a competitor from getting before them. The horses, on their part, are not without emulation,...continually in motion: at last the signal once given, they strike, devour the course, hurrying along with unremitting velocity. The jockeys, inspired with the... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1841 - 440 sivua
...A shout is raised, and the common horses are ordered to withdraw out of the way, while the jockeys prepare themselves for the contest. The horses on...without emulation— -they tremble and are impatient and constantly in motion. At length, the signal once given, they start, devour the course, and hurry along... | |
 | Henry Mead - 1846 - 254 sivua
...their norses with judgment : the grand point is, to prevent a competitor from getting before them. The horses on their part are not without emulation,...continually in motion ; at last, the signal once given, they strike, devour the course, hurrying along with unremitting velocity. The jockies inspired with the... | |
 | John Thomas Smith - 1849 - 472 sivua
...way to the tournaments and other feats of arms used in Smithfield. — Stow's " Survey of London." are not without emulation ; they tremble, and are...continually in motion : at last, the signal once given, they strike — devour the course, hurrying along with unremitting velocity. The riders, inspired with the... | |
 | 1850 - 688 sivua
...horses with judgment, their grand point is of course to prevent a competitor from getting before them. " The horses, on their part, are not without emulation...impatient, and are continually in motion ; at last a signal once given they strike— devour the course, hurrying along with unremitting velocity, and... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1850 - 688 sivua
...before the wary purchasers parted with their treasured gold, their qualities were tried upon the spot. " The horses, on their part, are not without emulation;...impatient, and are continually in motion ; at last a signal once given they strike—devour the course, hurrying along with unremitting velocity, and... | |
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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. 
