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Excerpt from The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Vol. 2: January to June, 1896Cycling. See Cycling in the High Alps, ' Early Days of Bicycling, ' 'with a Cycle in Jutland.'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct ...

Excerpt from Racecourse and Covert SideStories, on precisely the same lines, may have the good fortune to find friends. Of this I am the more sanguine as Mr. John Sturgess, Who did so much for the success of the former volume, has again given me his most valuable assistance.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important...

Excerpt from The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Vol. 8: January to June, 1899Are those the proper qualifications for a guide and Francis Grey elevated his eyebrows and stroked his blonde moustache.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology...

Excerpt from The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Vol. 22: January to June 1906Spencer ever owned, and he declares he loved the little creature more than most bipeds he has met since. Fortunately a photograph of Chummy is preserved and here given. The horse was full of intelli gence, and when put in training soon learnt all that was to be known about racing. If a handkerchief were held up to do duty in elementary fashion for a starte...

Excerpt from The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Vol. 9: July to December, 1899I can't put a thing out 0' me hand but he's watching me to whip it away!' declaimed Mrs. Cadogan, with all the disregard of her kind for the accident of sex in the brute creation. 'twas only last night I was back in the scullery when I heard Bridget let a screech, and there was me brave dog up on the table eating the roast beef that was after coming out f...

Excerpt from The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, 1901, Vol. 12Is that a new horse, Bellew? Haven't seen you on him before, have I? I seem to know him too, ' and the Speaker examined the good-looking bay.He's brand-new, ' was the reply. 'a level-shaped one, I fancy. I picked him up here from a farmer chap called Cassidy.'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.for...

Excerpt from The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Vol. 6: January to June 1898By the time they were ready to start again, it became known that the mules had both fallen lame, and there was nothing for it but to stable them under a ledge of rock, and to push on as well as they could, each man with an extra load.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks...

Excerpt from Galicia: Her Forbears and Her OffspringIt is for this reason that I have undertaken to write an account Of Galicia, her F orbears and her Offspring, for she herself sprang from the'most aristocratic of parents, and her children include, besides a Derby winner, one who, notwithstanding that he missed that unique distinction, was beyond doubt the best horse in the Derby of his year, for I am of course speaking of Bayardo, who subseq...

Excerpt from The Racing World and Its InhabitantsBut though books about the Turf are numerous, I do not think that one has ever been written on the lines of the present volume, in which men professionally connected with racing in various capacities, and enthusiasts who have occupied themselves with the sport as devotedly as if it were their profession, discuss the branches of the subject with which they are most familiar. The Trainer, the Jock...

Excerpt from The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Vol. 5: July to December, 1897About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged c...

Excerpt from A Great Year Lord Glanely's HorsesLord Glanely not only Obtained his position at the head of the list, but did so handsomely by a margin of £7751. It appears Specially appropriate that the owner who attains supremacy should include the Derby among his year's spoils, and this was the case in 1919, the Blue Riband being won by a colt, Grand Parade, whose merit for reasons presently to be set forth has certainly been underrated, thou...

Excerpt from The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Vol. 5: July to December, 1897About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged c...

Excerpt from A Great Year Lord Glanely's HorsesLord Glanely not only Obtained his position at the head of the list, but did so handsomely by a margin of £7751. It appears Specially appropriate that the owner who attains supremacy should include the Derby among his year's spoils, and this was the case in 1919, the Blue Riband being won by a colt, Grand Parade, whose merit for reasons presently to be set forth has certainly been underrated, thou...

Excerpt from Racing and 'Chasing: A Collection of Sporting StoriesIN these days, when so many books are issued, some excuse seems to be required for the publication of a volume Of reprints. I can only plead the cordial recep tion which was given to my former books, Sketches in the Hunting Field, ' and 'race Course and Covert Side, ' by the critics and the readers to whom I eu deavoured specially to appeal. The world Of sport may be a limited o...

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Excerpt from The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Vol. 6: January to June 1898By the time they were ready to start again, it became known that the mules had both fallen lame, and there was nothing for it but to stable them under a ledge of rock, and to push on as well as they could, each man with an extra load.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks...

Excerpt from The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, 1901, Vol. 12Is that a new horse, Bellew? Haven't seen you on him before, have I? I seem to know him too, ' and the Speaker examined the good-looking bay.He's brand-new, ' was the reply. 'a level-shaped one, I fancy. I picked him up here from a farmer chap called Cassidy.'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.for...

Excerpt from English SportWith a View to subsequent appearance in book form I lately published in the Baa'minz'on Magazine, under the general title Masters of Their Arts, a series of papers intended to place on record the manner in which the chief English sports and pastimes were conducted and practised at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. Masters of Their Arts seemed appropriate, for the reason that those from whom I sought contribution...

Excerpt from The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Vol. 10: January to June 1900 Sounds followed that suggested the intemperate use of Mr. Freddy Alexander's pocket-handkerchief, but that were, in effect, produced by his struggle with a brand new hunting horn. To this demonstration about as much attention was paid by the nine couple of buccaneers whom he was now exercising for the first time as might have been expected, and it was br...

Excerpt from The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Vol. 8: January to June, 1899 Are those the proper qualifications for a guide and Francis Grey elevated his eyebrows and stroked his blonde moustache. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art te...