A dictionary of sports; or, companion to the field, the forest, and the river side. Containing explanations of every term applicable to racing, shooting, hunting, fishing, hawking, archery, etc. ... With essays upon all national amusements / By Harry Harewood.

  • Harewood, Harry, pseud.?
Date:
1835
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Credit: A dictionary of sports; or, companion to the field, the forest, and the river side. Containing explanations of every term applicable to racing, shooting, hunting, fishing, hawking, archery, etc. ... With essays upon all national amusements / By Harry Harewood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BAY strength, sharpens the appetite, and emboldens the hawk. BATTLE-ROYAL, among cock- ers. A fight in which three, five or seven cocks are pitted together; the bird that stands the longest is of course the winner. At one period this was a favourite mode of fight- ing, but has deservedly fallen into disrepute. BAWK (in Angling). A knot in a hair or link of a line; if not speedily rectified the line will break in that place. BAY. To bark’as a dog does; among huntsmen, deer are said to bay, when after they are hard run they turn head against the hounds. BAY COLOUR. A bay horse is what we commonly call red, in- clining to chestnut. This colour varies several ways: a dark bay, or light bay, according as it is more or less deep: and likewise dapple bays. All bay horses have black manes, which distinguish them from the sorrel, that have red or white manes. BAYARD. A bay horse. BAY BOLTON, (originally call- ed Brown Lusty, and afterwards Whitefoot, and Bay Bolton) was eminent both for his figure and run- ning, and likewise as an excellent stallion: he was bred by Sir Mat- thew Pierson, Bart. of Yorkshire; his sire was a large gray horse, bred by Sir William Strickland, Bart. called Hautboy, son of Wilkes’ Old Hautboy. Bay Bolton’s dam was a black mare of Sir Matthew Peir- son’s, got by Makeless, son of the Oglethorp Arabian ; out of a daugh- ter of Brimmer,— Diamond, and out of a full sister to Old Merlin. At York, in 1710, Bay Bolton (then five years old, and called Brown Lusty ) the first time of his running, won a gold cup, against eight six years old horses, a case exceedingly rare, especially at a place so emi- nent, and in a county, at that time, renowned above all others, in these kingdoms, for producing high bred horses, and the greatest number of BAY 35 them: Bay Bolton also won the subscription purse at Middleham Moor, and the rich prize at Quain- ton Meadow; he then became the property of his Grace the Duke of Bolton, and was brought to New- market, where he won a. match against the Duke of Somerset’s Wyndham, one against Sir Matthew Peirson’s Merlin, and two against Mr. Frampton’s Dragon; after which he became a stallion in the Duke of Bolton’s stud, and died at Bolton Hall, Yorkshire, about the year 1736, being then upwards of thirty years of age. Bay Bolton was own’ brother to Mr. Panton’s Lamprey, a good runner. BAY MALTON, the first pro- duce of his dam, was foaled 1760 ; he was bred by Mrs. Ayrton of Mal- ton, who sold him to the Marquis of Rockingham. Bay Malton (full brother to Treasurer) was got by Sampson (a son of Blaze) dam by Cade (a son of the Godolphin Ara- bian) grandam Lass of the Mil] by Traveller (a son of Croft’s Partner) ; great grandam Miss Makeless, by Young Greyhound; great great grandam (sister to Miss Barforth, commonly called Wilkie’s mare) by Partner, Woodcock, Croft’s Bay Barb, Makeless, Brimmer, Dickey Pierson, Burton Barb mare. Bay Malton’s dam was lent by Mr. Fenton to his daughter (Mrs. Ayrton) at her wedding dinner, for one year; when Mr. Preston, who was of the party, requested Mrs. A. to send the mare to his horse Samp- son, the produce of which was Bay Malton; and, if we except Trea- surer, was the only one that could race, although she bred several others to Sampson, Shakspeare, Engineer, and a bay colt to Lord Rocking- ham’s Arabian. Performances.—1764, May 22d, Bay Malton won a subscription of 20 gs. each at Malton for four years old, three miles, beating Mr. Thomp- son’s gr. c. Snap, by Snap, who threw his rider. In April, 1765, Bay Malton won