A collective noun (or collective name) is a name which denotes or represents a number of individual items. For example, a number of sheep together is known as a 'flock'. The word 'flock' is the collective noun for a number of sheep. Some items have multiple collective nouns, for example a collection of goats can be known as a 'herd', a 'tribe' or a 'trip'.
Ambush is the collective noun for a group of tigers.
Army is the collective noun for a group of frogs, ants,
Array is the collective noun for a group of hedgehogs.
Badelynge is the collective noun for a group of ducks on the ground.
Bale is the collective noun for a group of turtles.
Barren is the collective noun for a group of mules.
Basket is the collective noun for a group of plums.
Battery is the collective noun for a group of barracuda.
Bazaar is the collective noun for a group of guillemots.
Bed is the collective noun for a group of clams.
Bench is the collective noun for a group of bishops, magistrates.
Bevy is the collective noun for a group of quail, roes, swans, pheasants, ladies.
Brace is the collective noun for a group of bucks.
Brood is the collective noun for a group of chickens.
Building is the collective noun for a group of rooks.
Bunch is the collective noun for a group of grapes, flowers.
Bundle is the collective noun for a group of asparagus.
Business is the collective noun for a group of ferrets.
Caravan is the collective noun for a group of camels.
Cast is the collective noun for a group of hawks, falcons.
Cete is the collective noun for a group of badgers.
Charm is the collective noun for a group of goldfinches.
Chatter is the collective noun for a group of budgerigars.
Chattering is the collective noun for a group of choughs.
Chine is the collective noun for a group of polecats.
Clamour is the collective noun for a group of rooks.
Clous is the collective noun for a group of gnats.
Clowder is the collective noun for a group of cats.
Clump is the collective noun for a group of trees.
Cluster is the collective noun for a group of grapes, spiders.
Clutch is the collective noun for a group of eggs.
Clutter is the collective noun for a group of spiders.
Colony is the collective noun for a group of gulls, frogs, penguins, ants, beavers.
Company is the collective noun for a group of widgeon, parrots.
Congregation is the collective noun for a group of plovers.
Convocation is the collective noun for a group of eagles.
Covert is the collective noun for a group of coots.
Covey is the collective noun for a group of partridges, grouse.
Crash is the collective noun for a group of rhinoceros.
Bubba Smith (real name Charles Aaron Smith) is an American actor and former professional football player. He was born in 1945 at Beaumont, Texas. An American Football player, he played for the Baltimore Colts from 1967 to 1971, the Oakland Raiders from 1973 to 1974 and for the Houston Oilers from 1975 to 1976, but is best known to film goers as 'Hightower' in the Police Academy series of films. Research Bubba Smith
The Derby Stakes is the most famous horse-race in the world. It is run over 2400 meters on EpsomDowns in England on the last Wednesday in May or the first Wednesday in June by colts and fillies three years old. It was founded in 1780 by and named after Edward Smith Stanley, the 12th Earl of Derby. The races were originally known as the Epsom Races, and were famous in Victorian England as the most popular of the English horse-races, being patronised by all classes of people together. Research Derby Stakes
Horse racing is a sport of ancient origin, having been practised among the Greeks and Romans. The institution of horse-races in England belongs to a very remote period. The first regular horse-races, however, did not take place until the reign of James I. The prize then consisted of a gold or silver bell, whence we have the expression 'to bear away the bell.'
The successors of James I down to Queen Anne were all more or less attached to the sport. Under George I horse racing became more and more flourishing, and the sport continued to grow in importance during the remainder of the century. The two most celebrated horses of that period were Flying Childers (foaled in 1715) and Eclipse (foaled in 1764), which long had the reputation of being the fleetest horses that ever ran. The former ran four miles in 6 minutes, 48 seconds, carrying 9 stone. 2 lbs. The latter was never beaten.
None of the English sovcreigns was more devoted to horse racing than George IV. Between 1784 and 1792, while Prince of Wales, he gained 185 prizes, including the Derby of 1788,.
Horse racing was introduced into France from England, and during the reign of Louis XIV, and still more during that of Louis XV, was pursued with the utmost enthusiasm. The French Revolution put an end to it for a time, but the sport was revived by Napoleon. Horse-races, mostly upon the English model, have also been introduced into various other countries.
The principal varieties of horse racing are flat-racing, or racing on level ground; steeple-chasing, or racing over ground not specially prepared for the purpose; hurdle-racing, in which the horses have to leap over obstacles purposely placed in the way; and match trotting. This last kind of race is a favourite one in America, where the best trotting horses are to be found, but in England it is not much practised. Steeple-chases and hurdle-races take place in the winter months, the chief English event of the season being the Grand National Steeple-chase, run over a course of 4 miles 1000 yards at Aintree, near Liverpool.
Formerly all races were what is called weight-for-age races, that is, a specified difference in weight was conceded by the older horses. But it was found that when races were conducted on this plan the best horses came to be known, and the inferior ones withdrew, not venturing to compete with them, so that the race resulted in a walk-over. Hence arose the practice of handicapping, that is, of adjusting as nearly as possible the weight to be carried to the previously ascertained powers of the horse, so as to reduce the chances of all the horses entered to an exact equality. Since the introduction of this practice handicap races became a favourite sport. The principal weight-for-age for two-year-olds was the Middle Park Plate, called the Middle Park Stakes after 1940, first run in 1866 and run over six furlongs; and for the three-year-olds the principal for both colts and fillies are the Two Thousand Guineas, the Derby, and St Leger, and, for fillies only, the One Thousand Guineas and Oaks.
The rules guiding flat-racing in Britain are framed by the Jockey Club, founded in 1750, and whose list of membership formerly included the names of the leading noblemen and gentlemen of the sporting world. A similar body, the Grand National Hunt Committee, govern all steeple-chasing and hurdle-racing events; while the rules of betting are nominally under the control of the Committee of Tattersall's Subscription Rooms. The breeding of thoroughbred horses is often a very profitable business. The pedigrees of all thoroughbred horses are registered in the stud-book, so that if any particular animal is omitted in that register the inference is that its pedigree is not without some blemish more or less remote. Research Horse Racing
The St Leger Stakes (St Leger Sweepstakes) is an English horse-race forming the third leg of the English triple crown. It was founded in 1776 by Colonel Anthony St Ledger, though not named St Leger Sweepstakes until 1778, and is run by colts and mares in September on the Town Moor at Doncaster over 2900 meters. Research St Leger Stakes
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