The Sporting Dictionary and Rural Repository, Volume 2 (of 2): Of General Information upon Every Subject Appertaining to the Sports of the FieldTaplin, William
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The Sporting Dictionary and Rural Repository, Volume 2 (of 2): Of General Information upon Every Subject Appertaining to the Sports of the Field
Taplin, William
Hunting -- Dictionaries; Sports -- Dictionaries
In the first Spring Meeting of 1791, he won the renewed 1400 guineas, a
subscription of 200 guineas each, half forfeit; beating _Pipator_;
fourteen having paid forfeit. In the second Spring Meeting he received
150 guineas forfeit of four, for a sweepstakes of 300 guineas each, over
the Beacon. The first Spring Meeting, 1792, he won the King's Plate at
Newmarket, beating those famous horses _Coriander_, _Gustavus_, and
_Toby_, with the odds ten to one against him at starting. At Stockbridge
he won 50_l._ beating _Thalia_. He won the King's Plate at Winchester;
walked over for a sweepstakes of 10 guineas each, five subscribers, at
Bedford; won the King's Hundred in the first October Meeting at
Newmarket, beating _Skylark_; and in the second a subscription of 60
guineas, beating _Skylark_ and _Espersykes_, with the odds against him
at starting. In 1793 he started but twice, and was beat each time by the
celebrated _Coriander_. In 1794, on the first day of the first Spring
Meeting at Newmarket, he won a 50_l._ plate, beating _Serpent_ and _No
Pretender_; about which time the DUKE of BEDFORD beginning to reduce his
racing establishment, _Skyscraper_ appeared no more on the turf. He has
hitherto covered at Woburn Abbey, in Bedfordshire; but is now announced
for the ensuing season, 1803, at Tytherton, near Chippenham, Wilts, at
TEN GUINEAS a mare, and _half a guinea_ the groom.
SLOT.—The impression of a deer's foot upon the earth, so as to be
perceptible, is then called _a slot_; and when, in consequence of
storms, rain, sleet, or extreme drought, the hounds cannot carry on the
scent, the huntsman and his assistants have no alternative, but to avail
themselves of every possible clue and information from the SLOT, to
prevent the disgrace of the HOUNDS being _beat_, and the deer _lost_.
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