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1
Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man
Cockbird had done his eight qualifying days without the slightest mishap or the
least sign of unsoundness. He was so delightfully easy to handle that my
assurance as a rider had increased rapidly. But in the period of preparation
Dixon and I, ...
2
Guide to Pheasant Hunting
And yes, I've seen more than one cockbird capable of kicking the tail feathers of
any barnyard brawling banty rooster. And all right, so maybe there is just a little
visual similarity between a pheasant and — boy, I hate to say this — your
ordinary ...
3
Siegfried Sassoon: A Life
In December 19 10, he bought a horse called Cockbird from Edgar Newgass of
Frant, near Weirleigh, who had been at Henley House with him and had given up
hunting because of a bad heart. Sassoon rode Cockbird in eleven point-to- ...
4
Blood Sport: Hunting in Britain Since 1066
Cockbird flies a fence with a watery ditch on the take-off side. 'How topping,' I
think, 'to be alive and well up in the hunt;' and I spurt along the sound turf of a
green park and past the front of a square pink Queen Anne house with blank
windows ...
5
The Homing World Stud Book
well for the day." (Q) "Len can we move onto the period of introducing the hen to
the cockbird before basketing the cockbird?" (0) "I wonder at times if this is really
necessary as I feel sure my cockbirds would race home well without seeing the ...
6
Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)
Will ye come an' show the boys some o' ye tricks, belike?” Jack wasinthe yard
again, shaking hands withLongarmed Jake. “Good ony'! Goodon y'!”cried old
Jake. “Ye're a cockbird in fine feather! What'sa wench between two gentlemen!
Shake ...
7
The Image of the English Gentleman in Twentieth-Century ...
His learning process begins with the sudden realization that his horse, Cockbird,
mobilized with him, 'was now my only tangible link with the peaceful past' (MFM,
p. 244); McKenzie writes that 'Sherston brings his horse into the army as part of ...
Dr Christine Berberich,
2013
8
The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston
things and Cockbird shot over this one beautifully. (Stephen told me afterwards
that he'd "never seen a horse throw such an enormous lep".) We went on up a
long slope of firm pasture-land, and I now became aware of my responsibility; my
...
9
The Sportsman's Anthology
"I hear there's a very hot lot entered for the Heavy Weights," I said, as I watched
him polishing away at Cockbird's glossy coat. My tone was, perhaps, a shade
extenuatory. I couldn't bring myself to speak of Brown- rigg of the 'Blues.
Robert Fulton Kelley,
1944
10
The memoirs of George Sherston: Memoirs of a fox-hunting ...
watched him polishing away at Cockbird's glossy coat. My tone• was, perhaps, a
shade extenuatory. I couldn't bring myself to speak of Brownrigg of the 'Blues.'
Dixon straightened himself and passed his hand along Cockbird's back. "Don't
you ...
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Sankranti recipes: Chakkarai Pongal, Kodi Kura
In villages, Sankranti is marked by cockbird fights. Sumeera Choudary, a designer from the city explains that the person whose bird loses the ... «Times of India, Янв 14»
Good season for the county's young hunters
Kyle participated in an organized youth hunt near Blue Marsh Lake in Berks County, and took this beautiful cockbird. A seventh-grader at ... «Lancaster Newspapers, Окт 12»
BACK TO A LAIDBACK WORLD
That is the eye-catching image of the black cockbird with a red comb holding a dragonfly in its beak (picture). Painted against an emerald ... «Calcutta Telegraph, Янв 12»