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HENRY CONSTABLE

... . FEW lads of late years have risen so quickly to the high position he has already attained for himself by his straight forward conduct and devotion to his duties as the subject of this notice, Henry Constable. The son of a small trades man, he was born at Birmingham on the 10th of April, 1851, and at a very early age removed with his father to Harrow, where, however, the humbleness of the ...

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PHILIP

... PHILIP. Mb. Henry Irving to wiiom it is now the duty of drama tists to 'write up' has been provided with a new character by Mr. Hamilton Aide. The drama called Philip, although somewhat melodramatic, has been so tastefully mounted j by the spirited manager of the Lyceum, and is so well 1 acted by the company engaged, that it goes much better than many a superior work produced at theatres ...

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... ,,r _ i i x, S? _ r-=^c: REGISTERED AT THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE FOR TRANSMISSION ABROAD. No. 3.-- vol. i. SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1874. price sixpence. J By Post, 64D. ...

LORD GRANVILLE

... . IN addition to those of its members more intimately con nected with Turf legislation, the Jockey Club can boast of more than one statesman on its bead-roll. The honoured name of General Peel recalls memories of Orlando's Derby, and the marvellous ability of Lord George in welding together the chain of evidence which was to render Goody Levy's name a reproach among men, and the mention of ...

MELBOURNE

... . , according to the Stud Book, was foaled in 1834 (a year memorable for the excellence of its Port vintage), and is therein described as a brown colt by Humphrey Clinker out of a Cervantes mare, his breeder being Mr. H. Robinson. His pedigree, which we tabulate below, will be found full of the famous Godolphin Arabian blood, though if we are to believe in the fidelity of stable portraits of ...

ARGUS

... ABGUS. As a companion picture to that of the Druid given in last week's number, we now present our readers with the portrait of his contemporary, Argus, whose feuilletons were so well known in the Post only a few years ago, and who was the talented driver of Our Yan from the commencement of Baity's Magazine. Most of the biographies of magnates of the sporting world which adorned the ...