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October 24, 1868.3 THE TOMAHA WK. 181
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October 24, 1868.3 The Tomaha Wk. 181
October 24 , 1868 . 3 THE TOMAHA WK . 181
French Pictures For The English. Bv J Ul...
FRENCH PICTURES FOR THE ENGLISH . Bv J ules Canard .
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Letter The VII " . Cours —Ingratitude » at " Nu . - The markJt " Reward . " " Epsom " of a Salts Fox-shooter . " " JLe / Ponch yude "? The Race . Why Nelusko was Beaten Le Perfide Albion . To the Editor of the " Gamin de Paris . " Hotel of the Two Worlds Oct . 16 and , 1868 St . Cloud . , Leicester square , My dearly-beloved and much-respected Redacteur , — in To my my last extreme communication surprise , gave the day great 's and sport general I described dissatisfaction to you in the " conte \ " They called me a " vulpecide "—a " muff "—a " hombog . " It appears that the fox is an animal held sacred by occasionall the Eng y lish occurs —so ) much its name so and that pedigree when one is is at once killed added ( which to a sort of Koran called "The Foxes Book of Martyrs . " As bari I have ans are said most before strange , the and habits brutal and . Be customs this as of it these may , bar my - broug glorious ht upon day ' s " me sport derisio , " culminating n and ignominy with the , instead shooting of fame of a and fox , ber " la But g I loire said come / " when , I have Ah 1 ! I something last was addressed disgusted to tell ! you that . If I you had will been remem to see - the , il Gentlemans-Jocke ' -Caesarewitch you -Steeple-Chase " at " Numarket . " It is true , and now the time has arrived for describing These it barbarous . islanders ( who can never enjoy themselves except when they are most miserable ) always wait for a wet day before the case going on this to a occasion " meetin . " The of" gentlemans rain was pouring -jocke ' s down . " Such , the was fog roared was as when thick the as butter " drag , the " was lightning brought flashed round , and to the the door thunder . It was a long black carriage on four wheels . It was heavily draped with corner draped black . . It I velvet am was told drawn , and that had by when four a p it lume black is used of horses black by any , also feathers one else plumed at but each and the we " gentlemans climed , covering -jocke ' s " ourselve it is called s with a " the hears universal . " Upon " mac this -intosh " drag " " and shielding ourselves from the rain by the use of umbrellas . By and by my friend Smith ( who was one of our party ) called out to me
" "Jules Nay , , friend here is , " something I replied , " to it drink is too . " early in the morning for thy ' gingere-pop '—my head is not strong—1 have the * hot copperes ! * ' " Never mind , " said he , forcing into my hand a white mixture It is , the " here * Epsomsalt is something !'" to make thee * sportin . ' Come , drink I tasted it ; it was nasty . I would have declined , but they urged upon me that one could not be a " gentlemans-jockd " without drinking it . It comes from Derbe * wholesale , and is sold retail in hampers at a place called " Fortnum-mason . " To become " sportin " 1 drank it . to To every our one great ' s extreme chagrin surprise , at about , the twelve sun appeared the rain . ceased It was , and the , first time I had seen him since my arrival in England ! And now we drove on to the " cours . " I have been called upon the like to witness of what many now met horrible spectacles . I have , but been I have to never an execu seen - my gaze tion Halliday for — murder still neither at the of these " Ole-baile tragedies , " to equalled a " burlesq in " intensity of Sir brutal notice the piece . babarians Read ( it was a ? little a play further ) presented and say , on , are this not occasion these , English to my * ' Nu But -m wait ark ^ t . a " moment The piece , I is wish so terrible here to that say I willing something ly break about off for a moment to delay the history of its horrors . So for a second I speak about " Nu-markdt . " the As " rac a curiosity -cours , at perhaps this celebrated it will be spot as well . As to you map may out imagine for you , it it is is full " spor of tin " obstacles . " . " Yes , England may be barbarous , but To assist you , then , here is
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A MAP OF "NU-MARKET RAC-COURS . " BV Jules Canard .
The Start . Two Miles of Ploughed Field . ist Obstacle . —The " Bul-finch . " Four Miles of " Mac-adam . " n J , = % tr ¦ - » o Jj 2 nd Obstacle . —The " Wir-fens . " ~ ^ . .,, o o * -i g ~ 1 Four Miles of " Granit . " 3 rd Obstacle . —The " Hed-ges . " A Mile of " Dis-tans . "
The Winning Post . j notion There what , that the is a " very cours rou " g of h sketch the " , Gentlemans but it will - g Jocke ive you -Caesare some - ! , are witch " - sportin Steeple ! - " Chase Race " is like . Oh ! certainly , the English j already But now been to mentioned return to . To that that horrible piece more spectacle terrible which than has an
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Oct. 24, 1868, page 181, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_24101868/page/9/
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