Now! Then! 2025! - Yorkshire On This Day

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You sportsmen all both great and small, one moment now attend,
And listen with attention to these verses I have penn’d,
‘Tis of the Flying Dutchman I mean to sing my lay,
And tell you all the prizes too that he has borne away.
To the Flying Dutchman drink success who has so nobly run,
He’s beat the famous Voltigeur and show’d them how ’twas done.

The first place was Newmarket the Flying Dutchman run,
Where the July stake and a sweepstake of 400l. he won;
And then he went to Liverpool, believe me what I say,
A sweepstake of 1200l. the Dutchman bore away.
To the Flying Dutchman, &c.

At Doncaster in 1848, the truth I do unfold,
He carried off the champion stakes, likewise the two year old;
And then in 1849 he went to Epsom town,
And won the Derby stake 6,320l.
To the Flying Dutchman, &c.

Then in July, at Liverpool, no horse would with him run,
He walked over twice and there 850l. he won;
From there he went to Doncaster, and through the pelting rain,
With Charley Marlow on his back the Ledger did obtain.
To the Flying Dutchman, &c.

The foal stakes then at Doncaster, which was 400l. more,
No horse would run against him so the Dutchman he walked o’er;
Then at Newmarket he was match’d, but the Dutchman, I believe,
A forfeit of 500l. from Honeycomb received.
To the Flying Dutchman, &c.

Then for the Belivor stake the famous Flying Dutchman ran,
He took the prize; then at Ascot Heath the Emperor’s cup he won;
And at Goodwood too he won the prize, then to Doncaster came up,
He there was beat by Voltigeur running for the cup.
To the Flying Dutchman, &c.

Upon the thirteenth day of May in 1851,
The Flying Dutchman and Voltigeur upon York race course did run,
‘Twas for a thousand sovereigns, believe me what I say,
Which the Flying Dutchman has won and borne the prize away.
To the Flying Dutchman, &c.

No other horse was ever known to do what he has done,
For more than twenty thousand pounds in prizes he has won;
With Marlow mounted on his back, believe me what I say,
He never run a race but one, but he took the prize away.
To the Flying Dutchman, &c.

So to conclude and make an end, and finish up my song,
Unto the brave lord Eglinton, Flying Dutchman does belong,
So fill your glass and let it pass, and give a loud huzza,
For the Flying Dutchman stands unrivalled at the present day.
To the Flying Dutchman, &c.

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You sportsmen all both great and small, one moment now attend,
And listen with attention to these verses I have penn’d,
‘Tis of the Flying Dutchman I mean to sing my lay,
And tell you all the prizes too that he has borne away.
To the Flying Dutchman drink success who has so nobly run,
He’s beat the famous Voltigeur and show’d them how ’twas done.

The first place was Newmarket the Flying Dutchman run,
Where the July stake and a sweepstake of 400l. he won;
And then he went to Liverpool, believe me what I say,
A sweepstake of 1200l. the Dutchman bore away.
To the Flying Dutchman, &c.

At Doncaster in 1848, the truth I do unfold,
He carried off the champion stakes, likewise the two year old;
And then in 1849 he went to Epsom town,
And won the Derby stake 6,320l.
To the Flying Dutchman, &c.

Then in July, at Liverpool, no horse would with him run,
He walked over twice and there 850l. he won;
From there he went to Doncaster, and through the pelting rain,
With Charley Marlow on his back the Ledger did obtain.
To the Flying Dutchman, &c.

The foal stakes then at Doncaster, which was 400l. more,
No horse would run against him so the Dutchman he walked o’er;
Then at Newmarket he was match’d, but the Dutchman, I believe,
A forfeit of 500l. from Honeycomb received.
To the Flying Dutchman, &c.

Then for the Belivor stake the famous Flying Dutchman ran,
He took the prize; then at Ascot Heath the Emperor’s cup he won;
And at Goodwood too he won the prize, then to Doncaster came up,
He there was beat by Voltigeur running for the cup.
To the Flying Dutchman, &c.

Upon the thirteenth day of May in 1851,
The Flying Dutchman and Voltigeur upon York race course did run,
‘Twas for a thousand sovereigns, believe me what I say,
Which the Flying Dutchman has won and borne the prize away.
To the Flying Dutchman, &c.

No other horse was ever known to do what he has done,
For more than twenty thousand pounds in prizes he has won;
With Marlow mounted on his back, believe me what I say,
He never run a race but one, but he took the prize away.
To the Flying Dutchman, &c.

So to conclude and make an end, and finish up my song,
Unto the brave lord Eglinton, Flying Dutchman does belong,
So fill your glass and let it pass, and give a loud huzza,
For the Flying Dutchman stands unrivalled at the present day.
To the Flying Dutchman, &c.

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