"Plater" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... racing has been completely revolutionised by the rail. The posting race-horse van was a luxury in which only the wealthiest could indulge to a limited extent, but now the owner of a string of thoroughbreds, or a single plater, can train in the South or the North, and in four and twenty hours reach any leading course in the kingdom; carrying with him, if deemed ...
— Rides on Railways • Samuel Sidney
... T. A. Menzier and expose of a prominent railroad official —Arrest of Barton R. Zantzinger, involving Milnor Jones—Arrest of John Henry Skinner Quinn, alias J. Y. Plater, alias Simpson, a spy— Arrest of E. R. Rich, a ...
— Between the Lines - Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After • Henry Bascom Smith |
