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especially at rabbits. His present
Majesty has . taken up shoot-
ing con amore. The Sandring-
ham preserves are full of game ;
the shooting parties are organised
with great care ; the King has
shot with the Duke of Cambridge
at Six Mile Bottom, near New-
market, Windsor, and has been a
member of many famous shooting
parties all over England, and is
known as an excellent shot at
driven birds.
He is, too, the first member of
the Royal family to take up
yacht racing as an amusement,
though Charles H. did once race
against his brother, afterwards
James H. Royal yachts have, of
course, existed for a long time,
but they have been utilised simply
as passenger ships — as a means
of travelling from place to place,
or of making an occasional cruise ;
but when Prince of Wales the
King turned his attention to yacht
racing, and the Livial Cost names of Livial 2.5mg Tablets the Hrt Livial
DagtnaTf Hildegarde^ Buy Livial Britannia^ and
Formosa will be fresh in everyone's
recollection.
It now only remains to notice
in Livial Price brief form the spert of racing,
with which kings and queens have
long been connected. We may
leave out of notice legendary
stories of Roman Emperors and
others who are reported to have
indulged in Livial 2.5 racing in the dim past ;
but it is said that when Hugh
Capet, chief of the house of that
name, which afterwards ruled in
France, was desirous of marrying
Edelswitha, sister of Athelstan,
he sent to the latter several run-
ning horses, with their saddles and
bridles. King John did a Livial Online good
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deal for horse breeding, and was
so fond of racing that he received
not a few of his fines in horseflesh
in lieu of money. Then Edward
III. was an owner of racehorses,
and those he bought, or which
were bought for him averaged
twenty marks, or about ;^i3 i6s. Sd.
each, though a few were Livial Tibolone 2.5 Mg valued
at twenty-five marks. In the
ninth year of the reign of Edward
III. the King of Navarre sent him
as a present two running horses,
the attendant who brought them
receiving £s ^^^ ^is trouble.
Henry VIII. was a patron of
the Turf as it existed in his time,
while James I. was a notable all-
round sportsman of a kind. He
raced a good deal, and it has
always been said that the idea of
roping the run in on racecourses
is due to him. He was on one
occasion at Lincoln races, and
seeing how the spectators inter-
fered with the horses at the finish
he suggested ropes and stakes,
and according to the story the
King lent a hand in fixing them ;
this must have been an improve-
ment indeed !
The country was in far too dis-
turbed a state during the reign of
Charles I. for much attention to
be paid to sport ; yet racing went
on. But after the Restoration
Charles II. greatly encouraged
the Turf, and among other things
founded the Datchet races, which
were held, while the Court was
at Windsor, for his amusement.
Good horsemanship was one of
the accomplishments of William
III., who thoroughly understood
the science of riding, and founded
a riding academy. He, too,
patronised racing, and his Queen
not only continued to make the
contributions given by her pre-
decessors, but added several Plates
to the prizes already given. The
reign of Queen Anne is notable
for the fact that it saw the in-
stitution of the Ascot meeting,
and to it, as to other meetings.
Her Majesty lent cordial support.
She raced horses in her own
name, took no little notice of their
pedigree, and watched their career
with interest. Her horse Star won
a race at York on the very day on
which she was struck down with
that apoplectic fit, which caused
her death within a few hours.
The patronage accorded to the
Turf by the first two Georges was
official rather than real ; they
would Livial Hormone not run counter to what
had been done before, but it
cannot be said that either of them
derived much pleasure from
racing; while George III. cared
more about hunting and crops
than racing, though he gave a
plate, to be run for every year at
Ascot, by horses which had been
regularly with the King's hounds,
and which had been up at the
capture of at least three deer,
their presence at the finish being
vouched for by a certificate ob- Livial Tibolone
tainable from Gosden, the Chief
Yeoman Pricker, or from the
huntsman ; but the former was
more commonly entrusted with
the task of giving the *• tickets,"
as they were called. As Prince
Regent, George IV. had entered
upon a racing career, but his con-
nection with the ChifFneys, the
Escape incident, his withdrawal
from and return to the Turf, are
so well known as to need no
recapitulation. His horse, Sir
Thomas, won the Derby in 1788.
His successor, William IV., Livial Hrt was
a sportsman at heart if not Livial Hormone Replacement much
in a practical way, for he kept on
the horses in training and the
breeding stud, and went to Buy Livial Online races ;
while our lamented Queen, though
she kept no racehorses, even
nominally, occasionally patronised
meetings other than Ascot, having
been present at Doncaster, where
she saw her first race, and Epsom.
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Twice during hef reign was the
Hampton Court breeding stud
dispersed. After the death of
William IV. it was decided to
sell the stock, and Messrs. Tatter-
sall disposed of it in 1837, but
it was revived again, chiefly at
the instigation of Mr. Charles
Greville, and then it was broken
up again in 1894; but we need
not despair of seeing it once more
a going concern under the King's
auspices.
His present Majesty's success
on the Turf is well known, and
Persimmon and Diamond Jubilee
will stand out among the famous
horses of the century. He breeds Livial Tablets
thoroughbreds, hackneys, and
Shire horses; lets Kennington
Oval at a cheap rental to the
Surrey County Cricket Club, has
seen the Universities' and School
matches, been to Henley, plays
golf, and has patronised sport all
round.
From this hasty sketch — much