Boy Woodburn: A Story of the Sussex Downs

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, New Age, History, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book Boy Woodburn: A Story of the Sussex Downs by Alfred Ollivant, Library of Alexandria
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Alfred Ollivant ISBN: 9781465621825
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Alfred Ollivant
ISBN: 9781465621825
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English

The Spring Meeting at Polefax was always Old Mat's day out. And it was part of the accepted order of things that he should come to the Meeting driving in his American buggy behind the horse with which later in the day he meant to win the Hunters' Steeplechase. There were very few sporting men who remembered the day when Mat had not been a leading figure in the racing world. For sixty years he had been training jumpers, and he looked as if he would continue to train them till the end of time. Once it may be supposed he had been Young Mat, but he had been Old Mat now as long as most could recall. In all these years, indeed, he had changed very little. He trained his horses to-day at Putnam's, the farm in the village of Cuckmere, over the green billow of the Downs, just as he had done in the beginning; and he trained the same kind of horses in the same kind of way, which was entirely different from that of other trainers. Mat rarely had a good horse in his stable, and never a bad one. He kept his horses in old barns and farm-stables, turning them out on to the chalk Downs in all seasons of the year with little shelter but the lee of a haystack or an occasional shed. "I don't keep my hosses in no 'ot-house," he would say. "A hoss wants a heart, not a hot-water bottle. He'll get it on the chalk, let him be."

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The Spring Meeting at Polefax was always Old Mat's day out. And it was part of the accepted order of things that he should come to the Meeting driving in his American buggy behind the horse with which later in the day he meant to win the Hunters' Steeplechase. There were very few sporting men who remembered the day when Mat had not been a leading figure in the racing world. For sixty years he had been training jumpers, and he looked as if he would continue to train them till the end of time. Once it may be supposed he had been Young Mat, but he had been Old Mat now as long as most could recall. In all these years, indeed, he had changed very little. He trained his horses to-day at Putnam's, the farm in the village of Cuckmere, over the green billow of the Downs, just as he had done in the beginning; and he trained the same kind of horses in the same kind of way, which was entirely different from that of other trainers. Mat rarely had a good horse in his stable, and never a bad one. He kept his horses in old barns and farm-stables, turning them out on to the chalk Downs in all seasons of the year with little shelter but the lee of a haystack or an occasional shed. "I don't keep my hosses in no 'ot-house," he would say. "A hoss wants a heart, not a hot-water bottle. He'll get it on the chalk, let him be."

More books from Library of Alexandria

Cover of the book Harmonies of the World by Alfred Ollivant
Cover of the book Gnostic John The Baptizer: Selections from The Mandæan John-Book, TogeTher with Studies on John and Christian Origins, The Slavonic Josephus' Account of John and Jesus and The Fourth Gospel Proem by Alfred Ollivant
Cover of the book The Love That Prevailed by Alfred Ollivant
Cover of the book The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History by Alfred Ollivant
Cover of the book Small Horses in Warfare by Alfred Ollivant
Cover of the book A Wild Education by Alfred Ollivant
Cover of the book Witty Toasts by Alfred Ollivant
Cover of the book The Secret of the Ninth Planet by Alfred Ollivant
Cover of the book One of Our Conquerors (Complete) by Alfred Ollivant
Cover of the book A Young Hero by Alfred Ollivant
Cover of the book Ancient Egyptian, Assyrian, and Persian Costumes and Decorations by Alfred Ollivant
Cover of the book History of the United Netherlands From the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, Complete (1584-1609) by Alfred Ollivant
Cover of the book The Bishop and the Boogerman by Alfred Ollivant
Cover of the book The Bright Face of Danger: Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire by Alfred Ollivant
Cover of the book The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism (Complete) by Alfred Ollivant
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy