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The encyclopaedia of sport (1897)

Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 236

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estminster is a typical owner who raceshabitually for the most distinguished prizes theturf offers ; but he did not hesitate to enter hisDerby winner Bend Or in handicaps, the sire ofOrmonde having won the City and Suburbanthe spring after his Epsom triumph, and havingfailed the same autumn in the… … Getting Off. thoroughbred. The principal handicaps, never-theless, have frequently an interest of their own—on certain occasions, when really good horsesare called upon to perform very difficult tasks,and succeed in accomplishing them in hand-some fashion, a very great and special interest.The…

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