Pierce Egan's sporting anecdotes, (original and selected) of the turf, the chase, the ring, and the stage; 1827 (1827)
Pierce Egan (1772-1849) · leaf 327
those two vessels being alternately a-head no less than seven times, the Don rounded the flag-boat at Wandsworth first, and, after as hard a struggle back again, won by about two hundred yards. The Venus was third, and the rest distanced. The Will o’the Wisp carried away her stay-fall-block at…
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