Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 254
anelement of true sport about the early steeple-chases, and though it would be absurd to saythat the modern chase contains nothing of thekind, the whole nature of the thing has com-pletely altered. A good idea of the old-fashionedbusiness maybe gained from the description of thematch between Mr.… … The Favourite out of it. does not run away, and steeples are not itinerant.But the origin of the word is sufficiently clear.Steeplechases were first of all spins acrosscountry, and some prominent landmark had tobe named as a goal. A steeple stood highest ;and so, when men who desired to test…
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