 | Thomas Lister Ribblesdale (4th Baron) - 1897 - 434 páginas
...cannot help thinking that his riding to hounds may have been a little wanting in geniality — perfect in form and satisfying in result— but somehow wanting...steeplechase Jem Mason rode Lottery over a locked gate 5 ft. 6 in. high, off a newly-stoned road, in preference to a hairy bullfinch at the side. ' I'll be hanged,'... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1898 - 524 páginas
...cannot help thinking that his riding to hounds may have been a little wanting in geniality — perfect in form and satisfying in result — but somehow wanting...which makes riding over an intricate country with some people so amusing. In a point to point steeplechase Jem Mason rode Lottery over a locked gate... | |
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... horsemanship was as stainless as King Arthur's morals. But I imagine his riding appealed to the head rather than the heart. As we have seen, the expression on his features was severe and serious, and I cannot help thinking that his riding to hounds... 