Article: Horse Racing: 'Sarge' back to earn more stripes on a tough mission; 2.45 YORKSHIRE CUP.(Sports)

Article: Male fears and fantasies in Harriet Prescott Spofford's "The ...
West Virginia University Philological Papers;  September 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Prescott Spofford, whose story "The Black Bess," published in 1868, identifies not ... s fears and fantasies. (1) "The Black Bess" is related by a nameless male narrator ... Margaret was constantly beside me, the Black Bess was ready for me, and Christmas Day ...

Article: Lifeboat tows home Black Bess.
Whitby Gazette (Whitby, England);  July 8, 2008 ;     350 words ... ... Staithes harbour on Monday morning by the village's lifeboat. The lifeboat was launched at 5.45am to guide the boat named Black Bess into the harbour after the skipper became concerned about the sea conditions. The skipper of the 18-foot boat called the ...

Article: DICK TURPIN UNMASKED; He's celebrated as a romantic folk hero. In ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  January 24, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... ballads, books and even a Carry On film testify to the derring- do of Dick Turpin, the courage of his matchless mare, Black Bess, and the achievement of their headlong ride together from London up the Great North Road to York. Yet, as a new book reveals ...

My Black Bess / words by Andrew B. Sterling ; music by ...
NYPL Digital Gallery;  January 1, 1934 ;     267 words ...

Article: We won't stand and deliver the [pounds sterling]9billion; ...
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  June 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Byline: RICHARD DYSON FOUR million Prudential policyholders will be told by letter in thecoming weeks that they should not, after all, expect cash payments from aproposed carve-up of the [pounds sterling]9 billion 'inherited estate' locked up in theinsurer's with-profits fund. Estimates had put

Article: Horse Racing: HORSE WHO MADE THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE; TRIBUTE TO ...
The Racing Post (London, England);  August 5, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... simply fade away.And so it goes with Sergeant Cecil, whose glorious career came to a close ... only numbers you need to know about Sergeant Cecil are these: he is one horse in a million ... unremarkable at four, understated at five - Sergeant Cecil burned on a slow fuse. When the flame ...

Article: A meteoric rise from betting-shop fodder to front-page stardom; ...
The Racing Post (London, England);  December 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... blue-collar for the bluebloods, but Sergeant Cecil's exploits in 2005 entitled him to ... the eye. No horse has ever done what Sergeant Cecil did: win the three great staying handicaps ... betting-shop cannon-fodder. That was Sergeant Cecil when the season started - by its end ...