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Excerpt from The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Vol. 2: January to June, 1896 Cycling. See Cycling in the High Alps, ' Early Days of Bicycling, ' 'with a Cycle in Jutland.' 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 technology to digitally reco...

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. 4: January to June, 1897 It is seldom one finds such roe shooting as in the circum stances we have sketched, but the roe is always a great addition to the battue in the North. A chartered denizen of the wastes and woods, he seeks the deepest solitudes of extensive plantations. Hence he is scarcely the ornament of the landscape he ought to be, for he rarely shows. Strolling quiet...

Excerpt from The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Vol. 14: January to June 1902 What is the charm of motor-cars? It is not to be wondered at that those who are unacquainted with them detest them. Until some six or seven years ago I was among the number of horse-owners who regard the new method of transit as a noisy nuisance, and although I am still alive to the drawbacks attending the introduction of something entirely new in so old...

Excerpt from The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, 1898, Vol. 7 Fishing. See Fire Fishing on the Italian Riviera, ' New Light on the Salmon, ' Our Sailors at Play, ' Gillaroo Fishing on Lough Melvin, ' Finner Whale Fishing, ' Story of a German Trout River.' 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 h...

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bTitle:/b Racing and 'Chasing: a collection of sporting stories ... With illustrations by C. E. Brock, H. M. Brock, etc.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, pri...

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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...

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 Racing World and Its Inhabitants But 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 Jo...

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...

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