Sporting anecdotes, original and selected; 1825 (1825)
Pierce Egan (1772-1849), George Cruikshank, and Robert Cruikshank · leaf 201
y-eyed steeds” to the Ram Inn, at New- market, which was most happily at hand, and to this his lordship’s most fervent prayers and ejaculations had been ardently directed ; into the yard they suddenly bounded, to the dismay of ostlers and stable-boys, who seemed to have lost every faculty upon the… … SNoWBALL, what dog e’er gained a greater name? Scarce one ; for swifter never ran than thee ; And dear to memory as thou art to fame, Will coursers prize OLD SNowBALUL’s pedigree. Young Wonder gaz’d to see thee scour the field, While the loud “ Bravo!” spoke from ey’ry tongue! Alas! poor hare, thy…
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