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ATHLETIC EXERCISES
(from Benjamin Silliman's Journal of Travels...1805, 1806)
July 9.--- Having never seen the Aquatic Theatre, at Sadler's Wells, a little out of London on the west, I went thither this evening with an acquaintance.
In our way we passed over an extensive field of green grass, where a company of young men were playing at ball. This climate is so temperate, that even such violent exercise may be indulged in with safety and pleasure, at a season of the year when, In America, the heat is almost intolerable. I have worn broad cloth and cassimere thus far this summer, and have found no occasion for those light stuffs which, in the United States, are so welcome during the sultry heats of July.
The mode of playing ball differs a little from that practised in New-England. Instead of tossing up the ball out of one's own hand, and then striking it, as it descends, they lay it into the heel of a kind of wood shoe; the shoe is hollowed out from the instep back to the heel, and upon the instep a spring is fixed, which extends within the hollow to the hinder part of the shoe; the ball is placed where the heel of the foot would commonly be, and a blow applied on the other end of the spring, raises the ball into the air, and, as it descends, it receives the blow from the bat.
They were playing also at another game resembling our cricket, but differing from it in this particular, that the perpendicular pieces which support the horizontal one, are about eighteen inches high, and are three in number, whereas with us they are only two in number, and about three or four inches high.
The young men of England are very active, and play with much adroitness and vigour. Their habits of activity contribute much to that appearance of florid health which is so remarkable in the youth of this country.
ANGLING:
A method of catching fish, singly, by means of a baited hook, appended to a rod and line. Various methods are suggested, by those who treat on angling, for attracting fish to the spot. In standing waters, this is by no means difficult; a quantity of grains, chopped worms, or other food, is thrown by way of invitation. In small running streams, those to whom they belong can easily confine their fish in any given part; but, in rivers, the following expedient is employed: a box made of tin, and capable of holding several hundred worms, is to be procured. It must be pierced with holes sufficiently large to permit the escape of the worms, and furnished with a weight that will cause it to sink, and a line to draw it back at pleasure. This being lowered into the water, the worms will crawl out, the fish assemble, and the angler, who throws his hook higher up the stream and suffers it to be carried down with it, if there be no pike in the neighbourhood, succeeds in his design. The angler is recommended to keep himself out of sight of the fish, by standing under a tree, or so far from the water that he can but just observe the float. The rod is to be kept in a moderate state of moisture; as if too dry it is brittle, and if too wet, rotten. In a pond, the best place for the angler to take his stand is usually that used by cattle. In rivers, if bream is fished for, it should be in the deepest and most quiet places; if eels, under overhanging banks: perch are to be expected in clean places, where the stream is swift; and chub in deep-shaded holes: roach are most commonly found in the same places as perch, and trout only in swift and clear streams. The best season is from April to October: the cooler the weather, in the hottest months, the better; but in winter, on the contrary, the warmest day is the most promising. A cloudy day, after a moonlight night, is always favourable; as the fish avoid feeding by moonlight, and are therefore hungry. Warm, lowering days are always coveted by anglers.
COMPANY OF GOLFERS
This society was instituted in 1754, and consists of such noblemen and gentlemen of this and the neighbouring counties chiefly as are fond of the game of golf. They hold a meeting at St Andrews once every month, and play once every year for a silver club belonging to them, which, when won, confers upon the victor the dignity of captain of the golfers for the ensuing year. As a memorial of his prowess, he appends to the club a ball of the same metal with itself, and inscribed with his name, his arms, and the date of his victory. The first of these balls, from inscription, appears to have been appended on the 14th of May 1754, by William Landale, merchant in St Andrews. The silver club and balls are of the same size with the common clubs and balls used in playing the game, viz. the club four feet long and the balls each about five quarters of an inch in diameter. The club with its balls weighs twelve pounds averdupois.
Since the institution of this society, upwards of four hundred members have been admitted into it, and at present it consists of about half that number.
From the inscriptions on the first balls, the society, during the early part of their institution, appear to have met in the month of May to play for the silver club; but they now hold this annual competition in October. It seems to have been instituted soon after the discontinuance of the competition for the silver arrow, for the last medal affixed to the arrow, as before noticed, is dated in 1751.
But though the silver club be played for apparently every year on the links of St Andrews, yet the dignity of captain of the company is really elective. For as regular attendance on all the meetings of the society, a duty indispensably incumbent on the Captain, might be highly inconvenient, or even impossible for some gentlemen, who might win the club, it is always fixed before proceeding to the field who is to return victorious in the contest for this honour. And though it is entered on the records of the society that such a gentleman, on such a day, and in such a party, won the silver club by striking the ball into the hole at a certain number of strokes, this part of the record is fictitious, and well known to be no test of good play.
The society, therefore, that they might have such a test, and a real record of the best players in their number, purchased, in 1806, an elegant gold medal, to be played for annually on the links of St Andrews, and on which medal the winner gets inscribed his mane and the date of his victory.
He is medalist for the year, and retains the badge of such honourable distinction till such time as it can be taken from him by real superiority of play. He is obliged to wear his medal at all golf-meetings, at St Andrews, and no other golfer, in the presence of the medalist, can be allowed to boast of his play or the superiority of his prowess on the links.
When the medal shall be filled up with names, it will be deposited, along with the silver club and balls, as a real record of the best players in the society, and a new medal provided. The medal was first played for on the 3d of October 1806, and won by Walter Cook, Esq. writer to the signet, Edinburgh.
As golf is believed to be a game peculiar to the Scots, and, on account of the particular nature of the ground required in playing it, not generally understood even among them, it may be proper, in speaking of such a place as St Andrews, where the sport is admitted to have been long found in great perfection, to give an idea of the nature of this elegant amusement.
When it was first introduced is not known, but it is undoubtedly ancient; for in the fifteenth century we find it to have been so much in vogue as to be an object of attention to the legislature. The parliament of Scotland assembled under James II. in 1457, passed an act prohibiting golf, as being found to interfere too much with the acquisition of dexterity in archery, an accomplishment in those days of much consequence to the safety of the state.
The ground over which golf is played, is in Scotland called links, and is usually a particular sort of sandy soil in the neighbourhood of the sea-shore, its surface mostly covered with short close grass, here and there interrupted by breaks, pits, and inequities. These interruptions are necessary to impart interest to the game, for where the ground is completely smooth, and nothing of that sort in it, the sport becomes insipid, there being then little opportunity of exhibiting dexterity of play. Good golfing-ground, therefore, must be of a variegated aspect, and, to be in much estimation a mile or more in extent.
The track along which the players proceed is denominated the course, and may be either rectilinear, or a figure of any number of sides. Holes are made in the ground of about four inches in diameter, and at the distance of four hundred yards or a quarter of a mile from each other, and the object of the game is to strike a ball from one of these holes into the next with as few strokes as possible. A game may be said to terminate at each of these holes, and their number is not limited, but depends on the nature of the ground.
Balls are used of about five quarters of an inch in diameter, and weighing from twenty-six to thirty drams averdupois. They are made of strong alumed leather, and stuffed with feathers. The feathers are forced in at a small hole left in the covering, which the maker applies to his shoulder, and the operation is continued till the ball acquires a degree of hardness and elasticity scarcely credible to those who have not seen it. The balls are afterwards boiled, and when dry painted with white oil paint to exclude the water and render them easily seen. In playing, they are struck with a bat or club of about four feet in length, having a small, tapering, elastic shaft, with a crooked head, into which is run a quantity of lead to render it heavy, and it is fortified by a piece of horn before. A good player, with one of these clubs, will strike a ball to the distance of one hundred and eighty or two hundred yards. Every golfer has a variety of clubs differently formed, and adapted for playing in different situations of the ball, and in different stages of the game. A set consists of four at least, viz. the common, or play club, the spoon, the putter, and the iron; but most golfers have ten or a dozen different sorts. The common club is used when the ball lies fair on the ground, the spoon, when in a hollow, the iron when among sand or gravel, and the putter when near the hole.
A match may consist of two or more players, but no proficient at golf ever plays in one exceeding four, that number being allowed to be the most elegant and convenient. Each side has a ball, and the rule is, that at the beginning of a hole or game, the play may elevate his ball to what height he chuses for the convenience of striking, and this is done by means of a little sand or earth, and is called teeing; but after the first stroke has been made the ball must be played from the spot where it chances to lie. And, whichsoever of the balls lies farthest back, or at the greatest distance from the hole to which the party are proceeding, must be always played till it get before the other. For ease to the memory in counting, these strokes only are regarded, by which the one party in playing has exceeded the other.
Thus, suppose A and B to be engaged in a match. A plays off, and then B. A's ball lies farthest behind, and, therefore, by the rules of the game, he is obliged to play again. This is called playing one more, or the odds. But A misses his ball, or sends it only to so short a distance that it is not yet so near the mark as B's. A must therefore play a third time, and this is called playing two more; and should it so happen that, even at this stroke, he does not get his ball laid nearer to the hole than that of B, he must then play three more, and so on.
When B then plays, he is said to play one off three; and if he plays a second time, in order to get before it, he is said to play one off two; and if a third time, one off one, or the like. Then whichsoever of the two plays first again, plays the odds. But if when B played one off two, or one off three, A had been to play the next, he would have then played two more, or three more respectively. If the party consist of four, the rule is the same, except that the two partners on each side play alternately. If the ball be struck into the hole at the like, or an equal number of strokes on both sides, the hole is said to be halved, and goes for nothing.
To play this game well requires more dexterity and practice than is commonly imagined. But an idea of its difficulty may be formed by considering the smallness of the object struck compared with the largeness of the circle described in the swing round with the club;--the accuracy required to keep the course, and to measure the force, applied in such a manner as to avoid hazards and overdriving the ball when approaching the end of the range;--also the judgement requisite to determine the most advantageous club to be used in any given situation of the ball, as well as the allowance to be made for the force and direction of the wind, when there happens to be any, and the nature and bias of the ground.
From its calm and placid aspect, this game to some appears at first less amusing than others of more bustle; but to most who have got a knowledge of its nature, it is interesting in the highest degree.
It is an elegant amusement, and eminently conducive to health. The exercise is in the open air, and the mode in which the club is swung round is by some thought to be favourable to the free play of the lungs. The ground over which it is played is generally dry and wholesome; and it possesses this eminent advantage over most other athletic games, that we can always proportion our exertion to our inclination and the state of the weather, for in no part of the game is there any struggle instituted which depends upon agility or rapidity of motion. Whether it be a violent or a gentle exercise entirely depends on the quickness with which we walk. Nor are we, as at the game of cricket and others of a similar nature, under the necessity or over-heating ourselves at one time, and then condemned to idleness and inactivity at another. The exertion at golf is nearly uniform throughout.
RACE HORSES
(from Joseph Ballard's "England in 1815")
Going into a wholesale hosier's warehouse with a friend who was making purchases, we received an invitation to look at the hosier's race-horses; in the stable behind the warehouse are two which he kept for his amusement. One of them he offered to back against any horse in England for 500 l. He showed us a cup which this animal had won at Newmarket races. His parlor was ornamented with the portraits of these favorite animals. This I thought pretty well for a hosier.
Doncaster Races
(from Joshua White's "Letters on England," written in 1810)
My arrival in Doncaster happened to be at the period of the races, and with thousands of others I walked out to see the favourite sport of Englishmen. Going up High-street, I almost fancied myself, for a moment, translated to London, such was the strong resemblance of it to Piccadilly. It is very wide, about a mile in length, and filled with spacious and elegant buildings.
When I reached the race-ground, I proposed to my companion, Mr. J......, to take a stand on the top of a large brick building, erected for the accommodation of spectators. I ascended half way to the stair-case, when I met the keeper, and being informed the price was one guinea for each person for a seat during the races, I returned and mixed with the crowd on foot.
The race soon commenced, on a space well adapted for the purpose; and the horses are prevented from leaving the track by a neat railing.
An immense crowd attended to partake of the diversion, and I here saw more of fashionable equipage, pomp, and parade, than I did in the metropolis of the British empire.
Show-men, jugglers, and mountebanks were not wanting to attract the gaze of the plebeian crowd, and to take their money for their ludicrous diversions, and petty exhibitions.
(from Benjamin Silliman's Journal of Travels...1805/1806)
Near Doncaster I observed the extensive race grounds for one of the favourite amusements of the English.
In this instance, an elliptical space, two miles in circumference, was enclosed by a fence; the horses run around this space on a fine green sward, and are kept from flying off, by an exterior railing.
Contiguous to the ground there is also a large building which serves as a kind of office or stand for the gamblers of the turf, who are very numerous in Yorkshire. But, racing is fashionable, all over England, and is even encouraged by parliamentary and royal countenance, for the alleged purpose of improving the breed of horses.
The breed of race horses is probably the only one which is improved by the encouragement given to races, but, even if it were a general improvement, extending to the useful horses of the country also, and could be promoted in an equal degree in no other way, would it not be at least questionable whether the advantage gained would be sufficient compensation for the wide spreading corruption of morals, and dissipation of time and money, which is produced by this fascinating amusement.
Fox Hunting
(from Robert Southey's "Letters from England," written in 1802)
Foxes are imported from France in time of peace, and turned loose upon the south coast to keep up the breed for hunting. There is certainly no race of people, not even the hunting tribes of savages, who delight so passionately as the English in this sport. The fox-hunter of the last generation was a character as utterly unlike any other in society, and as totally absorbed in his own pursuits, as the alchemist. His whole thoughts were respecting his hounds and horses; his whole anxiety, that the weather might be favourable for the sport; his whole conversation was of the kennel and stable, and of the history of his chases. One of the last of this species, who died not many years ago, finding himself seriously ill, rode off to the nearest town, and bade the waiter of the inn bring him in some oysters and porter, and go for a physician. When the physician arrived he said to him, "Doctor, I am devilish ill,--and you must cure me by next month, that I may be ready for fox-hunting." This whoever was beyond the doctor's power. One of his acquaintance called upon him some little time after, and asked what was his complaint. "They tell me," said he, " 'tis a dyspepsy. I don't know what that is, but some damn'd thing or other, I suppose!"--a definition of which every sick man will feel the force.
But this race is extinct, or exists only in a few families, in which the passion has so long been handed down from father to son, that it is become a sort of hereditary disease. The great alteration in society which has taken place during the present reign, tends to make men more like one another. The agriculturist has caught the spirit of commerce; the merchant is educated like the nobleman; the sea-officer has the polish of high life; and London is now so often visited, that the manners of the metropolis are to be found in every country gentleman's house. But though hunting has ceased to be the exclusive business of any person's life, except a huntsman's, it is still pursued with an ardour and desperate perseverance beyond even that of savages; the prey is their object, for which they set their snares or lie patiently in wait:--here the pleasure is in the pursuit. It is no uncommon thing to read in the newspapers of a chase often or twelve leagues,--remember, all this at full speed, and without intermission,--dogs, men, and horses equally eager and equally delighted, though not equally fatigued. Facts are recorded in the annals of sporting, how the hunted animal, unable to escape, has sprung from a precipice, and some of the hounds have followed it; and of a stag, which after one of the unmerciful pursuits, returned to its own lair, and leaping a high boundary with its last effort, dropped down dead, the only hound which had kept up with it to the last, dying in like manner by its side. The present king, who is remarkably fond of the sport, once followed a deer till the creature died with pure fatigue.
BOXING MATCH - 1801
(from Pierce Egan's Boxiana, published in 1812)
After some time having elapsed, occasioned by the interruption of Magistrates, a stage was erected at Hurley-bottom, a few miles distant from Maidenhead, on November 25, 1801--Joe Ward and a Bristol lad, filled the usual offices for BELCHER--and Harry Lee attended as BOURKE'S second, and Rhodes as his bottle-holder--The odds were nearly two to one on setting-to upon BELCHER.
First round.---BOURKE did not give much signs of improvement from his tuition--several blows were exchanged, BOURKE gave BELCHER a terrible blow under his right eye that made him reel--they closed, and fell.
Second, third, and fourth.--Blows were the leading features in these rounds. Science was not displayed by either of the combatants.
Fifth---BOURKE had his nose laid open by a severe hit from BELCHER, and floored.--TEN to one on JEM--no takers.
Sixth---Shyness was prominent; but BELCHER put in a blow upon BOURKE''S forehead, the blood now issued copiously from all parts of his head, that his second found it a difficult task to keep him clean.
Seventh, eighth, and ninth.---The former two were of little consequence; but in the latter BELCHER was thrown with considerable violence.
Thirteenth.---Milling was the signal, and this round displayed a fine specimen of their talents for hammering. The best round in the fight.
Sixteenth.---BOURKE completely done up--yet too much pride to confess he was beat, and his second declared that the fight was over.
NEW LISTS OF GOLD CUPS, &c. WON AT DONCASTER AND RICHMOND, YORKSHIRE
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FOR the following, we are obliged to a very accurate correspondent; and though a similar List to was given in our fourth and fifth volumes, in 1794-4, the present not only comes down to 1803, including eight additional years, but further, contains a part of the pedigree of each horse, not included in the former Lists.
COLD CUPS WON AT DONCASTER
| Owners of Horses. |
Year
|
Cup
|
Horses Names.
|
Got by.
|
Dam by.
|
| Lord A. Hamilton |
1766
|
1
|
Charlotte | Blank | Slip by |
| Duke of Cleveland |
1767
|
2
|
Meaburn | Mirza | |
| Mr. Bethell |
1768
|
3
|
Laura | Lofty | Regulus |
| Mr. W. Castle |
1769
|
4
|
Tantrum | Cripple | Hampton Court Childers |
| Mr. Fenton |
1770
|
5
|
Liberty | Turner's Sweepstakes | Old Cade |
| Mr. Wentworth |
1771
|
6
|
Mark | Young Mogul | Tartar |
| Ditto |
1772
|
7
|
Ditto | Ditto | Ditto |
| Hon. J. S. Barry |
1773
|
8
|
Forrester | Dionysius | Regulus |
| Sir Harry Harpur |
1774
|
9
|
Juniper | Snap | Blank |
| Ditto |
1775
|
10
|
Ditto | Ditto | Ditto |
| Sir Thomas Gascoigne |
1776
|
11
|
Tuberose | Herod | Bolton Starling |
| Sir Harry Harpur |
1777
|
12
|
Pilot | Dainty Davy | Blank |
| Lord Rockingham |
1778
|
13
|
Phorion | Sampson | Godolphin Arabian |
| Mr. Bethell |
1779
|
14
|
Magnum Bonum | Match'em | Swift |
| Mr. Burdon |
1780
|
15
|
Duchess | Le Sang | Oroonoko |
| Mr. Douglas |
1781
|
16
|
Crookshanks | Florizel | Brilliant |
| Ditto |
1782
|
17
|
Ditto | Ditto | Ditto |
| Mr. Garforth |
1783
|
18
|
Faith | Pacolet | Match'em |
| Sir J. L. Kaye |
1784
|
19
|
Phenomenon | Herod | Eclipse |
| Lord A. Hamilton |
1785
|
20
|
Alexander | Legiathan alias Mungo | Blank |
| Mr. Garforth |
1786
|
21
|
Fairy | Highflyer | Young Cade |
| Sir George Armstrong |
1787
|
22
|
Stargazer | Ditto | Match'em |
| Duke of Bedford |
1788
|
23
|
Bustler | Florizel | Ditto |
| H.R.H. the Prince of Wales |
1789
|
24
|
Tot | Carabineer | Sampson |
| Mr. Dodsworth |
1790
|
25
|
Abba Thulle | Young Marske | Chatsworth |
| Mr. Hutchinson |
1791
|
26
|
Young Traveller | King Fergus | Trunion |
| Ditto |
1792
|
27
|
Overton | Ditto | Herod |
| Ditto |
1793
|
28
|
Oberon | Highflyer | Eclipse |
| Ditto |
1794
|
29
|
Beningbrough | King Fergus | Trunion |
| Sir Charles Turner |
1795
|
30
|
Hambletonial | Ditto | Highflyer |
| Sir. H.V. Tempest |
1796
|
31
|
Ditto | Ditto | Ditto |
| Sir Frank Standish |
1797
|
32
|
Stamford | Sir Peter Teazle | Eclipse |
| Ditto |
1798
|
33
|
Ditto | Ditto | Ditto |
| Sir. H.V. Tempest |
1799
|
34
|
Cockfighter | Overton | Weazle |
| Mr. Garforth |
1800
|
35
|
Dion | Spadille | Pacolet |
| Mr. Wentworth |
1801
|
36
|
Chance | Lurcher | Hyder Ally |
| Mr. Brandling |
1802
|
37
|
Alonzo | Pegasus | Highflyer |
| Lord Strathmore |
1803
|
38
|
Pipator | Eclipse |
COLD CUPS WON AT RICHMOND
| Owners of Horses. |
Year
|
Cup
|
Horses Names.
|
Got by.
|
Dam by.
|
| Duke of Cleveland |
1759
|
1
|
Dainty Davy | Traveller | Fox Cub |
| Ditto |
1760
|
2
|
Ditto | Ditto | Ditto |
| Ditto |
1761
|
3
|
Ditto | Ditto | Ditto |
| Ditto |
1762
|
4
|
Ditto | Ditto | Ditto |
| Ditto |
1763
|
5
|
Ditto | Ditto | Ditto |
| Mr. Hutton |
1764
|
6
|
Silvio | Cade | Hobgoblin |
| Mr. Fenwick |
1765
|
7
|
Le Sang | Changeling | Lord Portmore's Whitenose |
| Lord Rockingham |
1766
|
8
|
Shadow | Snap | Young Standard |
| Mr. Wentworth |
1767
|
9
|
Chatsworth | Blank | Shepherds Crap |
| Mr. Hutton |
1768
|
10
|
Navigator | Adolphus | |
| Lord Rockingham |
1769
|
11
|
Jack O | Godolphin Hunter | Traveller |
| Mr. Bell |
1770
|
12
|
Denmark | Regulus | Croft's Partner |
| Mr. Cornforth |
1771
|
13
|
Shepherdess | Shepherds Crap | Blank |
| Mr. Hartley |
1772
|
14
|
Towzer | Alcides | Jessamy |
| Sir. J. L. Kaye |
1773
|
15
|
Perditta | Herod | Sloe |
| Mr. Wentworth |
1774
|
16
|
Ancaster | Blank | Lord Gower's Tortoise |
| Sir Harry Harpur |
1775
|
17
|
Pilot | Dainty Davy | Blank |
| Mr. Stapleton |
1776
|
18
|
Tuberose | Herod | Bolton Starling |
| Mr. Bethel |
1777
|
19
|
Nightingale | Match'em | Cub |
| Mr. Peirse |
1778
|
20
|
Tuberose | Herod | Bolton Starling |
| Mr. Bethel |
1779
|
21
|
Honest Robin | Black Prince | Regulus |
| Mr. Burdon |
1780
|
22
|
Duchess | Le Sang | Oroonoko |
| Mr. Garforth |
1781
|
23
|
Weazle | Herod | Eclipse |
| Sir Rowland Winn |
1782
|
24
|
Miracle | Le Sang | Syphon |
| Ditto |
1783
|
25
|
Ditto | Ditto | Ditto |
| Sir J. L. Kaye |
1784
|
26
|
Phenomenon | Herod | Eclipse |
| Mr. Peirse |
1785
|
27
|
Rosina | Ameranthus | Herod |
| Mr. Hutchinson |
1786
|
28
|
Pitch | Shark | Whistlejacket |
| Mr. Wentworth |
1787
|
29
|
Poor Soldier | Eclipse | Omar |
| Ditto |
1788
|
30
|
Ditto | Ditto | Ditto |
| H.R.H. the Prince of Wales |
1789
|
31
|
Tot | Carabineer | Sampson |
| Lord Lauderdale |
1790
|
32
|
Scorpion | Pllmio | Match'em |
| Mr. Dodsworth |
1791
|
33
|
Abba Thulle | Young Marske | Chatsworth |
| Sir J. F. Leicester |
1792
|
34
|
Smoker | Pilot | Herod |
| Mr. Clifton |
1793
|
35
|
Abba Thulle | Young Marsek | Chatsworth |
| Sir John Webb |
1794
|
36
|
Constant | Highflyer | Snap |
| Mr. Wilson |
1795
|
37
|
Eliza | Ditto | Eclipse |
| Mr. Milbauke |
1796
|
38
|
Sober Robin | Ruler | Herod |
| Sir William Gerard |
1797
|
39
|
Garswood | King Fergus | Chatsworth |
| Sir. H. V. Tempest |
1798
|
40
|
Lotcatcher | Young Marske | Highflyer |
| Ditto |
1799
|
41
|
Cockfighter | Overton | Weazle |
| Ditto |
1800
|
42
|
Richmond | Walnut | Paymaster |
| Lord Darlington |
1801
|
43
|
Agonistes | Sir Peter Teazle | Woodpecker |
| Sir William Gerard |
1802
|
44
|
Asheton | Beningbrough | Sir Peter Teazle |
| Mr. G. Hutton |
1803
|
45
|
Saxoni | Delpini | Phenomenon |
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COLOURS OF MR. EDITOR, SHOULD you think the following worth inserting, I hope it will find a place in your Magazine; as to contribute to such a publication will always be my most anxious wish. The colours, as here described, are worn by the riders of noblemen and gentlemen, who, although upon the turf, and most of them members of the Jockey Club, are not inserted among the colours in the Racing Calendar. I have the honor to be, Sir, your's humbly, L.D. |
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Lord Graves, Mr. Coxe, and Mr. Wilton ---Orange; black cap. Mr. Bullock --- Rose coloured satin, trimmed with black velvet; black cap. Mr. Clift --- Glack; cap, the same. Mr. Corrie --- Green; black cap. Mr. Watson --- White satin, trimmed with orange; black cap. Mr. Howard --- Pink. Lord C.H. Somerset --- Orange; Mr. C. Day --- brown, red sleeves; black cap Mr. Biggs --- Yellow; green cap. Lord Craven -- White; pink cap. Mr. Scrope --- Dark blue satin, trimmed with green; purple velvet cap. Mr. Buckle --- Purple and white striped satin; cap the same. Mr. Talbutt and Mr. Weller --- Brown, light blue spots; black cap. Mr. T. O. Smythe --- Black, and green sleeves; white cap. Lord Milsingtown --- Green; orange cap. Mr. Broadhurst --- Pink; cap the same. Mr. Howorth, Major Rooke, and Mr. Pusey --- Orange; black cap. Mr. Blake --- Grey; light blue cap. The Earl of Oxford --- Yellow; black cap. Sir C. Turner --- Purple and yellow spots. Colonel Charlton, Mr. Goselen, Mr. Girdler, and Mr. Oldfield --- Black The Marquis of Donegall --- Scarlet satin; gold button holes; black cap. Mr. Miles --- Red; black cap Mr. P. Clerke, Mr. Byndloss, Mr. Abbey, Mr. Branthwayt, and Mr. Jolliffe --- Yellow satin, black cap. Mr. Macey --- Straw and putplr striped; cap the same. Sir F. Evelyn --- Yellow; red cap. |
Mr. Adams --- Purple and red, broad stripe. Mr. Sutton --- Pink and white, very narrow stripe, cotton; black cap. Mr. Elton --- Green, with orange sleeves; black cap. Mr. Annesley --- Sky blue; black cap. Mr. Herring --- Yellow and black, quartered; cap the same. Mr. balgrave --- Black, with white sleeves; black cap. Mr. Mills --- White; black cap. Hon. Mr. Dillon --- Yellow satin, light blue sleeves; yellow and red striped cap. Mr. C. Graeme, and Mr. Welsh --- Lilac; black cap. Mr. Pigott --- Pompadour. Mr. H. L. Dillon --- Light blue; black sleeves and cap. Sir T. Wallace, and Mr Asheton, Smilt --- Purple and orange stripe; black cap. Mr. Fuller --- Scarlet; cap same. Mr. Bethel Coxe --- Brown, red sleeves, blue cap. Mr. W. P. Taylor --- Mazarine blue; black cap. Mr. Jones, Mr. Scott, and Mr. Hill --- Purple and white striped satin; black cap. Major Snell --- Light blue, pink sleeves; yellow cap. Capt. Fletcher --- Scarlet; black sleeves and cap. Mr. Perren --- Black and white, cross stripedl. Mr. Golding --- Red; green and white striped cap. Mr. Bandon --- White, brown sleeves; white cap. Mr. G. Seville --- Pink; white cap. Mr. Cholmondeley --- Light blue; black cap. Sir H. Williamson --- Pink and white. |
