Excerpt from The Sportsman's Dictionary: Containing Instructions for Various Methods to Be Observed in Riding, Hunting, Fowling, Setting, Fishing, Racing, Farriery, Hawking, Breeding and Feeding Horses for the Road and TurfThe mind of man is incapable of a constant application, either to stud} or business, it is therefore highly necesstiry to felieve it, at convenient seasons, by such relaxations as mty refresh its faculties, and recruit the animal sfirits that have been dissipated by laborious pursuits, or'a length of strict attention. And when the amusements to which we ham-(seem. On such occasions, are friendly to health, delightful to the senses, andperfcctly consistent with innocence, the)? Have all the recommendations we can possibly desire.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 the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.