item: #1 of 13 id: 11979 author: Cowper, William title: The Diverting History of John Gilpin Showing How He Went Farther Than He Intended, and Came Safe Home Again date: None words: 1925 flesch: 88 summary: Proofreading Team The Diverting History of John Gilpin One of R. Caldecott's Picture Books 1878 [Illustration: The Diverting History of John Gilpin] keywords: caldecott; gilpin; illustration; john cache: 11979.txt plain text: 11979.txt item: #2 of 13 id: 19041 author: Foote, John Taintor title: Blister Jones date: None words: 51532 flesch: 99 summary: I looks him over good 'n' he's O. K. I gets Mr. Van on the phone 'n' he comes up 'n' writes a check fur eighteen hundred, payable to Peewee. We goes inside 'n' there's a big sorrel geldin', with a blaize face, in a box-stall. keywords: away; bet; blister; boy; butsy; colt; day; dillon; door; eyes; fur; goin'; good; goodloe; guy; hamilton; hand; head; horse; hoss; judge; little; long; look; lookin; man; mare; micky; miss; new; nothin'; ole; peewee; race; right; sanford; stall; starts; time; track; van; way; win cache: 19041.txt plain text: 19041.txt item: #3 of 13 id: 23599 author: Smith, George O. (George Oliver) title: The Big Fix date: None words: 9510 flesch: 82 summary: Then since Mr. Joseph Barcelona is obviously not languishing in jail, it is patent that the police are not making full use of their talented extrasensory operators, nor the evidence thus collected. I said slowly, _If_ I were even thinking of working for Mr. Barcelona, I told him, I would be very careful never, never to mention it, you know. keywords: barcelona; derby; fix; gimpy; joseph; know; lady; lieutenant; mind; nora; taylor; tomboy; wilson cache: 23599.txt plain text: 23599.txt item: #4 of 13 id: 29093 author: Van Loan, Charles E. (Charles Emmett) title: Old Man Curry: Race Track Stories date: None words: 64989 flesch: 93 summary: Even if Old Man Curry was with us to-day, his sphere of action would be limited, unless he elected to play a game where the odds would be so immeasurably against him that he would be beaten long before he started. They tell me Old Man Curry got 'em all out of the Bible. keywords: 'em; bald; bet; betting; black; boss; boy; chance; colt; day; elisha; engle; frank; gabe; good; hand; head; henry; horse; hoss; jockey; judges; kid; look; man curry; mile; money; mose; owner; pitkin; price; race; reckon; right; ring; run; solomon; son; stand; suh; tell; thing; time; track; way; win cache: 29093.txt plain text: 29093.txt item: #5 of 13 id: 32554 author: O'Connor, John Lawrence title: History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921 date: None words: 44171 flesch: 79 summary: Take it all in all, one cannot help but say that they were a bad lot of Derby horses, and if such a horse as Ben Brush, Ornament, Halma or Alan-a-Dale had been there they would have looked like $200 selling platers. Well, if they are Derby colts, Pink Star will walk in. keywords: ben; betting; colt; crowd; dam; day; derby; favorite; field; fifth; finish; fourth; going; good; half; head; horse; imp; jockey; kentucky derby; lbs; lead; lengths; little; long; louisville; mile; neck; olds; place; pole; post; quarter; race; running; second; sir; stand; start; stretch; time; track; turn; value; way; winner; year cache: 32554.txt plain text: 32554.txt item: #6 of 13 id: 35618 author: Gould, Nat title: Fast as the Wind: A Novel date: None words: 57165 flesch: 92 summary: Adventures of Jimmie Dale, The. After House, The. keywords: ben; brack; brother; captain; carl; chance; course; day; dick; elroy; eyes; face; good; haverton; hector; know; leger; lenise; look; man; mew; money; mrs; night; picton; race; rascal; rita; robert; rolfe; rose; saw; sea; sir; tearaway; thought; time; torquay; win; woman; wonder; woodridge cache: 35618.txt plain text: 35618.txt item: #7 of 13 id: 36480 author: Gould, Nat title: The Sweep Winner date: None words: 52685 flesch: 94 summary: To Glen Leigh rain meant almost everything. I'm Glen--Glen Leigh, he said as he placed his hand on her shoulder. keywords: barellan; bellshaw; bill; craig; cup; eyes; fence; garry; glen; glen leigh; good; hadwin; horse; hut; jerry; jim; left; life; man; men; mintaro; money; nick; place; right; round; sweep; sydney; thought; time; way; woman cache: 36480.txt plain text: 36480.txt item: #8 of 13 id: 39631 author: Gould, Nat title: The Runaways: A New and Original Story date: None words: 50949 flesch: 89 summary: This she was doing when her maid knocked at the door and said Mr. Ulick Maynard had called to see her. When I can screw up my courage I will tell the Squire Ulick is innocent, but I cannot do it yet. keywords: courtly; day; door; eli; father; felix; going; hazelwell; hoffman; home; horse; irene; janet; left; london; man; maynard; mrs; night; random; return; room; saint; squire; thought; time; ulick; warren; way; year cache: 39631.txt plain text: 39631.txt item: #9 of 13 id: 40301 author: None title: Sporting Society; or, Sporting Chat and Sporting Memories, Vol. 1 (of 2) date: None words: 77268 flesch: 77 summary: ON EXMOOR We sons of Devon are, I doubt not, too prone to dwell and enlarge upon the fact that we are not quite as other men, that when all things were made none was made better than this, our land of sunny skies and mystic moors, of lane and hedgerow, of sea and river, where the balmy fragrance of Torbay invites the winter, and the chill grandeur of Exmoor repels the summer's heat; with goodness overflowing from Porlock to Penzance; the home of traditions and folkspeech that mark us out a people meet to enjoy the wholesomest clime under the canopy of heaven. As a rule, such men are to be avoided. keywords: animal; billy; birds; captain; chase; colonel; country; course; day; days; dog; dogs; fellow; fence; field; find; fish; fishing; fortescue; fox; friend; good; gun; half; hand; head; home; horse; hounds; hunting; keeper; lady; left; life; line; little; locker; look; major; man; mare; master; men; miles; morning; net; o'rooney; place; podgers; race; ride; right; room; round; run; running; salmon; second; shooting; shot; simpson; sir; sport; sporting; stag; thing; thought; time; water; way; work; yards; years cache: 40301.txt plain text: 40301.txt item: #10 of 13 id: 40302 author: None title: Sporting Society; or, Sporting Chat and Sporting Memories, Vol. 2 (of 2) date: None words: 79683 flesch: 80 summary: I never passed a happier evening than I did with my long-lost friend; we smoked our cigars and talked of old times and old things that had happened years ago, passed never to return again. George was delighted to see them; it put him in mind of old times, and he was always glad to know how matters were going on in his old corps. keywords: bit; bradon; captain; come; country; course; day; days; dog; dogs; eyes; fact; feet; fellow; field; find; fishing; fly; fox; friend; george; going; good; half; hand; having; head; home; horse; hounds; hunting; kate; left; life; look; man; master; meet; men; morning; people; place; race; ride; right; river; round; run; saw; season; shooting; sir; small; sport; stone; stream; taking; thing; time; trout; wall; water; way; work; years; young cache: 40302.txt plain text: 40302.txt item: #11 of 13 id: 53835 author: Nevill, Ralph title: Light Come, Light Go: Gambling—Gamesters—Wagers—The Turf date: None words: 115804 flesch: 63 summary: The minor forms of gambling, which serve to gratify the speculative instincts of ordinary mortals, have generally possessed little attraction for great men, whose minds would seem to have been occupied by more ambitious, though perhaps in essence not less speculative, designs. In the long run, however, he was a very considerable sum to the good, a comparatively small number of winning days having far more than compensated him for the large number of those on which the hundred francs had been speedily lost. keywords: bank; betting; cards; carlo; case; century; chance; club; cock; colonel; course; day; days; deal; death; dice; duke; end; england; english; fortune; francs; french; gamblers; gambling; game; gaming; general; gentleman; good; guineas; half; hand; having; hazard; horses; hours; house; john; king; law; left; life; london; lord; louis; man; matter; means; members; men; money; monte; mordaunt; morning; newmarket; night; number; order; paris; people; place; play; players; playing; pounds; present; public; quarante; question; race; racing; rooms; roulette; royal; run; sir; sporting; stake; street; sum; sums; table; time; trente; turf; wager; way; won; years cache: 53835.txt plain text: 53835.txt item: #12 of 13 id: 55323 author: Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) title: Garryowen date: None words: 81159 flesch: 88 summary: I beg your pardon, said Mr. French; then, starting back, Why, sure to goodness, if it isn't Mr. Dashwood! CHAPTER XI Come into the smoking-room, said Mr. Dashwood when they had shaken hands. That's Number 1. Mr. Dashwood applauded, and Mr. French continued. keywords: andy; bobby; car; dashwood; day; door; drumgool; effie; eyes; face; faith; french; garryowen; girl; giveen; good; half; hand; hat; head; horses; house; ireland; lady; left; letter; lewis; look; looking; man; mean; mind; miss; miss grimshaw; moment; money; moriarty; morning; mrs; open; people; piper; place; post; right; road; room; round; sea; sitting; sorr; thing; thought; time; voice; want; way; wid; window cache: 55323.txt plain text: 55323.txt item: #13 of 13 id: 56753 author: Whyte-Melville, G. J. (George John) title: Satanella: A Story of Punchestown date: None words: 76068 flesch: 81 summary: Bill, I fear, did the _other_ thing, for the fence was so high he never saw them turn, and jumped well into their midst, happily without doing any damage. The jackeens, whose habits were tolerably active, came down in good time, but the London young gentlemen dropped in, one later than another, gorgeously apparelled, cool, composed, hungry, obviously proud of being up and dressed at eleven o'clock, A.M. Miss Norah whispered to Satanella that she didn't like dandies, and dandies didn't like _her_! keywords: bill; black; blanche; captain; course; daisy; day; dear; door; douglas; eyes; face; friend; general; good; half; hand; head; heart; home; horse; irish; josephs; ladies; lady; left; life; london; looking; lushington; macormac; man; mare; men; mind; miss; miss douglas; moment; money; morning; mrs; norah; people; place; question; ride; right; room; round; satanella; soldier; stand; think; thought; time; voice; walters; way; woman; world cache: 56753.txt plain text: 56753.txt