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at Fairbourne is very practical. The locomotive shed is fitted with lifting gear, and there are drop and in pection

... were a very small and select coterie. The Count was very interested in railways and up to the time of his death in a racing accident was gathering material to build a I S-in. gauge railway in the grounds of his home at Higham' Park, Essex. A famous line ...

Published: Thursday 06 September 1962
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1811 | Page: 49 | Tags: none

DUBLIN STILL THE ULTIMATE HORSE SHOW

... Dublin. Yet such was the achievement of Alan Lillingston from Co. Limerick, a leading GR until he broke his neck in a racing accident four years ago, and one of the few amateurs ever to have won the champion hurdle at Cheltenham, which he did on Winning ...

Published: Thursday 15 August 1968
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2103 | Page: 50 | Tags: none

ROSES THAT CAME BY ACCIDENT

... ROSES THAT CAME BY ACCIDENT 534 COU TRY LIF E-SEPTEMBER 4, 1969 By CYRIL C. HARRIS M ST things that happen in nature follow very strict rules, but there are exceptions. One of t hese digressions Although R. rugosa has been the parent of a considerable ...

Published: Thursday 04 September 1969
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2393 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

THE CASE FOR MOTOR RACING

... since the days of chariot racing in Roman arena . Like the charioteers of R ome the racing driver of today belongs to an elite, whose earnings appear a tronomic to the ordinary individual. There is, ho·wever, more in motor racing than the plea ure and excitement ...

Published: Thursday 01 June 1967
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2965 | Page: 85 | Tags: none

THE INTERNATIONAL TROPHY RACE

... TROPHY TROPHY TROPHY TROPHY RACE A rl.._ important all types, throughout Europe, the International Trophy at Silverstone, Northamptonshire, organised for the Exp·ress by the British Racing Drivers' the racing naturally., Race . This important 2000 c.c. ...

Published: Thursday 14 May 1953
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2477 | Page: 47 | Tags: none

SALOONS ON THE RACE TRACK

... product. had and the in Mk exciting saloon-car racing, between Moss and Hawthorn Jaguars will never sponsored the class standard-car racing: touring-car championship of their 75th anniversary celebrations, race at Silverstone part and the forgotten by those ...

Published: Thursday 17 October 1974
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2271 | Page: 108 | Tags: none

RACING DEVELOPMENTS AND THE PRIVATE CAR

... whatever looks right is right. - RACING RACING RACING DEVELOPMENTS DEVELOPMENTS DEVELOPMENTS AND THE PRIVATE PRIVATE PRIVATE PRIVATE T HE Hours tragic Race by practice impossible of gas to being true that sports/racing cars cases, little ...

Published: Thursday 07 July 1955
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2095 | Page: 67 | Tags: none

A NEW RACING LEGEND

... 17 50 132 24.0 95.03 I 52.94 50 147.90· 48 I 3 1 43.6 9 1.90 133 00.4 88.75 !42.83 47 NEW NEW RACING RACING RACING RACING LEGEND LEGEND Trophy Drivers' Racing 14th exciting demonstrated that m.p.h. the record both speed much they reliability ...

Published: Thursday 17 May 1962
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2127 | Page: 50 | Tags: none

RACING NOTES THE EVOLUTION OF SPEED

... greatest race-horse yet foaled, and, for another, there was ample evidence by that time to suggest that Eclipse would have been out of his element competino-against modern thoroughbreds. When attempting to a e the merits of Eclipse as a race-horse one ...

Published: Thursday 01 September 1955
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2715 | Page: 56 | Tags: none

RACING NOTES THE STEEPLECHASE-JOCKEY PROBLEM

... insufficient professionals to go round, added to which several of the amateurs who won races were members of family concerns, who, though as keen as anyone else to win races, are permit-holders as opposed to profc sional trainers who rely on the sport for ...

Published: Thursday 26 January 1961
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1689 | Page: 35 | Tags: none

RACING 0 N THIN ICE

... coincided with my vi it, ensuring perfect conditions. The Flat racing provides a tremendous spectacle as the jockeys, desperate to save their mounts from the painful RACING RACING RACING RACING RACING 0 N JAMIE ...

Published: Thursday 22 February 1996
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 663 | Page: 76 | Tags: none