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Brixton (S W elaspre From an original)
S.W. elaspre 09 From an original painting by H. Delaspre.
Brixton
Nature suggested to man the feasibility of locomotion in the air quite as early as she water and the earth, but it has remained for the…
Backfire
An undesirable and premature igniting of the charge in the cylinder, causing the explosive effect to act on the piston as it ascends…
Benzine
A distillate from petroleum, similar to naphtha. Can well be used in the carburettor. Do not confuse it with the coal-tar product…
Brixton – Battery
W H Cortheim C Simpson. trippette rh.co.uk. 1908, many new records had been established, and soon the Wrights succeeded in beating all…
Butterflies of the British Isles
1906-The Moths of the British Isles, 1907, R. South (Warne); The Butterflies and Moths of Europe, W. F. Kirby (Cassell), 1906-07; The…
Block Ball – Break-back
A ball in play touched by a spectator or by one of the batting side when not actively engaged in the game. A ball deliberately batted so…
Bearing Rein
A fixed strap which is fastened at one end to the bridle, at the other to the hook on the saddle pad. By its means the horse is prevented…
Bits
The steel contrivance attached to the bridle inserted in the horse's mouth, to which the reins are attached. Bits are of many patterns, but…
Bye – Boot
A run made when the ball has not touched the bat or person of the batsman, and "no-ball" or "wide" has not been called. In old-fashioned…
Brake
(1) A block of wood or iron faced with leather or india-rubber pressed by a lever at will upon the tyre. Its application to coaches was…
Breast Harness
A form of harness adopted occasionally, which does away with the collar and gives the horse a breast-strap instead to work against…
Bridle
That part of the harness which is put upon the horse's head. It consists of a long strap or cheekpiece running down the horse's head, to…
Bridoon or Bradoon
The separate snaffle bit to which in harness the bearing rein is attached. In the case of saddle horses the bridoon is another name for the…
Boot-tread – Bulger
The iron step on the front boot used in mounting the fore part of a coach. A horse is to said to bore when he gets his head down and leans…
Bay
A reddish nut-brown colour. Usually the term is applied to dark horses, but when a light bay is spoken of, a horse of yellow sunlight…
Brixt On
S.W. effect, a stirring and most exciting pastime, demanding from its followers good lungs, a sound heart, abounding energy, some…
Bunker – Berks
Originally a natural sand hole on the golf course. Now used also of artificially made hazards filled with sand or gravel. The hole or holes…
Burst
The first part of the run if the hounds get away close to their fox. Burst him.- (Of a fox), killed in the burst.
Backer
A deer that has passed maturity, and has begun to diminish in size of body and horn as old age comes on. Also called BATER. Bay.-(1) The…
Browne's – Blanch
A noisy hound; one which gives tongue when not on to line. A fox released when required; the term had its origin in the practice of some…
Backwater
To turn the blade of the oar so that the inside of the curve is towards the bows of the boat, and to effect the stroke by pushing when the…
Brocket – Breast-race
A two-year-old stag; also called KNOBBER or KNOBBLER. (Several of the old terms for deer at various ages are now never used.) The lowest…
Bumping Races
Races in which, owing to the number of competitors, or to the narrowness of the course, it is impossible for all to start abreast, and in…
Bibliography
Brookes, Art of Angling; Rock and Sea-Fishing, 1801; Lord, Sea-Fish, and How to Catch them, 1863; Young, Sea-Fishing as a Sport, 1872; The…
Bucket – Bexhill Meeting
A plunge forward with the body when the stroke is concluded before the arms have been straightened out, and the hands at least passed the…
Blackpool Meeting – Baerlin
i. 154 British Daimler Co., i. 130 i. 152, 153, 156, 157, 158, 160, 185 Château Thierry Hill Climb, i. 153 Circuit des Ardennes, i. 140…
Bailey – Ballot
artificial, i. 50; iv. 123 - Cornish Pilchard, iv. 126 Culloch, or Colley, i. 66 natural, i. 50 pike, iii. 331 sea-fishing, iv. 122 Baker…
Balls – Bardsley
Galiot de, iii. 266 Ba-min (Polynemus tylus), i. 69 tetradac- Sir Frederick, ii. 152 Bancroft (of Swansea), ii. 241
Barker – Bass
Thomas, i. 43 Barnes (or Berners), Juliana, i. 43 Capt. Charles, iv. 410, 438 - John, i. 419 Barracouta (Thyrsites), i. 202 Barracuta…
Bear
Himalayan Black (Ursus torquatus), i. 218, 245, 246 Isabelline (Ursus isabellinus), i. 218, 219, 245 Kodiak Island (U. arctus middendorfi)…
Bass – Beaton
11. 112; iii. 35 Bass-fishing (Asia Minor), iv. 120 Bernard, ii. 162 Bayeux tapestry, ii. 181
Beaufort – Bell
Peter, iii. 1, 5, 10, 16 Thoughts upon Hunting, ii. 442; iii. 48 W. F. Holt, ii. 152 Begtie (Lates calcarifer), i. 69, 70 Beisa (Oryx…
Bellamy – Beresford
M., i. 144 Bellamy (Coach guard), ii. 154
Berlin Museum – Big Game
Edmund, An Approved Treatise of Hawks and Hawking, ii. 184 Duke of (James II.), ii. 436
Billiards – Bischoff
ii. 378 Bird's Nesting, i. 313-314 Birds of Ireland (Ussher and Warren), ii. 412
Bisley – Bloodhound
Prizes, iv. 46 Bison (Bos americanus), i. 314- 320; ante, i. 248 European (Bos bonasus), i. 247, Fenwick, iii. 50 Blackbuck (Antilope…
Breeders' Association – Bolton
ii, 94 Hunt Club, ii. 94 See Duiker, Blue Blue Rock (pigeon), iii. 325
Bombita – Bowline Knot
i. 369 Bongo (Boöcerus euryceros), i. 327. Ante, i. 255 Bonito (Sarda), iv. 314 Bontebok (Damalis pygargus), i. 83, 260 iii. 2 Book of the…
Bowline Stretching – Bramson
Lord, ii. 432 Bradford (U.S.A. Yachtsman), iv. 433 Bradford Club (Football), ii. 240 W. G. H., ii. 61 Branicki family, ii. 430
Brasier – Britten
Albert, ii, 152 Lord, iv. 425, 426 Bream (Abramis brama), i. 348; ante, 63 Bream (Pagrus, &c.), iv. 114 Sea (Pagellus centrodontus), i. 348…
Broadsword – Bryne
Alexis, iii, 205 -Henri, iii, 205 A. de Capel, A Winter in Lapland and Sweden, iv. 187 - Sir Victor, i. 262, 267; iv. 10
Buccleuch – Bull-Running
India, i. 359-361 Indian (Bos bubalus) i, 319, 359-361 Red or Short-horned (Bos pumilus), i, 319 Bull (deck game), ii. 67 iii, 246…
Bulls and Bull-Fighting – Burton
i. 361-369 John, ii. 416
Bush – Britomart
Capt. H. S., i. 449 Bush Pig (Potamochærus africanus), 1, 371 Bushbuck(Tragelaphus scriptus), i. 254 Büsing, Adolf, iv. 393 the Great (Otis…