The Merry Gee-Gee : how to breed, break, and ride him for ard away; and the noble art of backing winners on the turf
264 pages
English

The Merry Gee-Gee : how to breed, break, and ride him for'ard away; and the noble art of backing winners on the turf

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Gee-Gee.lle fUewy :'>;X^. :v;^K-« toHorn film.Btteak and Hid%Bpedd, «fid of BaekingRi»t|4obl«The Tarf.th«Ofttaiojaei«s THE MERRY GEE-GEE THE MERRY GEE-GEE Ibow to Bree&, 36rea{5, anb 1R(&e llJitn or'art) Hwa?f AND r^y^ NOBLE ART OF BACKING WINNERS ON THE TURF BY LYALLG.J. LONDON F. V. WHITE & CO. BEDFORD STREET, STRAND, W.C.[4, 1899 CONTENTS PAGECHAPTER How I CAME TO WRITE A BoOK . . II. i6II. Breeding III. Breaking 52 81IV. Riding For'ard away 115V. backing WinnersThe Noble Art ofVI. 158ON THE Turf THE MERRY GEE-GEE MERRY GEE-GEETHE CHAPTER I HOW I CAME TO WRITE A BOOK Newmarket theReturning home from other evening after a particularly un- successful and being in an extra-week, contemplative mood, the thought recurred to me, as It had so often done before, that I would, by one vehement resolve — real copper-bottomed,a armour-plated, —life-and-death resolution bind myself never to back another horse In a race. blackFinancial matters were about as 2 THE MERRY GEE-GEE as could be with me, and I had taken a week's racing, thinking and hoping to play up a few sovereigns by judicious investment, but it had ''come off crabs" (to use a familiar turf vulgarism), as It generally does when lastone goes as a extremity and to stop a gap.

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Gee-Gee.lle fUewy
:'>;X^. :v;^K-« toHorn
film.Btteak and Hid%Bpedd,
«fid
of BaekingRi»t|4obl«The
Tarf.th«Ofttaiojaei«sTHE MERRY GEE-GEETHE MERRY GEE-GEE
Ibow to Bree&, 36rea{5, anb 1R(&e llJitn
or'art) Hwa?f
AND
r^y^ NOBLE ART OF BACKING WINNERS
ON THE TURF
BY
LYALLG.J.
LONDON
F. V. WHITE & CO.
BEDFORD STREET, STRAND, W.C.[4,
1899CONTENTS
PAGECHAPTER
How I CAME TO WRITE A BoOK . . II.
i6II. Breeding
III. Breaking 52
81IV. Riding
For'ard away 115V.
backing WinnersThe Noble Art ofVI.
158ON THE Turf

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