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Identifier: motoringaboard00pres (find matches)
Title: Motoring aboard
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Presbrey, Frank Spencer, 1855- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: New York, The Outing publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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cated in this country. I amsure it would appeal particularly to motorists inthe United States if an organization could beformed to take over some of the famous oldhouses in the East and operate them under themanagement of an organization of similar scopeand plan. We learned at Ye Olde Bell that there was along police trap just beyond Bawtry and thisadvance information probably saved us troubleas the road was so perfect and so straight thatthe temptation to let our Loco out was almostirresistible. We held it dow^n, however, to aboutfifteen miles an hour until we were safely beyondthe trouble; from there into Doncaster, a dis-tance of about twenty miles, we made good timeas there were no steep hills and no traps. As we passed through Doncaster, we had anopportunity of seeing the celebrated race course,in the center of a great park, where the famousSt. Leger was to be run about two weeks later.This race was established in 1778 and has beenrun annually since. Many of the finest horses 168
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jfrom Eonbon to ^cotlanb in England were in training there and scores ofthem were out on the track for a practice gallopwhen we passed. While we did not know anyof the names of the sleek-limbed beauties we hadthe satisfaction of feeling that we had seen thebest horses in England, even if we were not ableto identify them. 169

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