Notes and Queries for Frederica

Category: Sport, Games, or Hunting Reference
Quote Category Chapter Notes Queries
jumping powder sport/game/hunting reference 7    
five-mile point sport/game/hunting reference 8    
toss at a regular rasper sport/game/hunting reference 8    
scenting-day sport/game/hunting reference 8    
Second Spring Meeting sport/game/hunting reference 9   How many meetings did Newmarket hold?
Subscription race sport/game/hunting reference 9    
point the leaders sport/game/hunting reference 12    
top-sawyer sport/game/hunting reference 12    
Jackstraws, Bilbo-catch, Speculation sport/game/hunting reference 12    
Four-Horse Club sport/game/hunting reference 13    
fishes and counters sport/game/hunting reference 14    
Pedestrian Curricle sport/game/hunting reference 14 The first practical two-wheeled muscle-powered machine appeared in 1817. Credit for its development goes to Baron Karl von Drais in Germany. He called it a velocipede in his patent application. He used this new device as an aid in getting around the grounds of the Grand Duke of Baden, where he was a landscape gardener. It has also been called "draisine", "swiftwalker", "dandyhorse", and "pedestrian curricle". For a history of Regency Cycling http:/homepages.ihug.co.nz/~awoodley/industry/bike.html  
hacks sport/game/hunting reference 14    
Melton man sport/game/hunting reference 16    
bullfinched at a regular stitcher sport/game/hunting reference 16    
Manton's New Patent Shot sport/game/hunting reference 16    
eye on Cocker sport/game/hunting reference 17    
Tulips of the Turf sport/game/hunting reference 17    
cheap prads sport/game/hunting reference 17    
incurable millers sport/game/hunting reference 17    
hanging off sport/game/hunting reference 20    
Jockey Club sport/game/hunting reference 23    
Ascot Races sport/game/hunting reference 23    

Last Updated on 7/29/99
By Lisa Borden
Email: lborden@pacbell.net