Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, Volume 8

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1892

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Página viii - ... experience written by men who are in every case adepts at the Sport or Pastime of which they write. It is to point the way to success to those who are ignorant of the sciences they aspire to master, and who have no friend to help or coach them, that these volumes are written. To those who have worked hard to place simply and clearly before the reader that which he will find within, the best thanks of the Editor are due. That it has been no slight labour to supervise all that has been written...
Página viii - PREFACE. A FEW LINES only are necessary to explain the object with which these volumes are put forth. There is no modern encyclopaedia to which the inexperienced man, who seeks guidance in the practice of the various British Sports and Pastimes, can turn for information. Some books there are on Hunting, some on Racing, some on Lawn Tennis, some on Fishing, and so on ; but one Library, or succession of volumes, which treats of the Sports and Pastimes indulged in by Englishmen — and women — is...
Página vi - Highness knocking over driven grouse and partridges and high-rocketing pheasants in first-rate workmanlike style. He is held to be a good yachtsman, and as Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron is looked up to by those who love that pleasant and exhilarating pastime. His encouragement of racing is well known, and his attendance at the University, Public School, and other important Matches testifies to his being, like most English gentlemen, fond of all manly sports. I consider it a great privilege...
Página v - May 1885. HAVING received permission to dedicate these volumes, the BADMINTON LIBRARY of SPORTS and PASTIMES, to HIs ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, I do so feeling that I am dedicating them to one of the best and keenest sportsmen of our time. I can say, from personal observation, that there is no man who can extricate himself from a bustling and pushing crowd of horsemen, when a fox breaks covert, more dexterously...
Página 407 - With Contributions by LORD LOVAT, LORD CHARLES LENNOX KERR, the Hon. G. LASCELLES, and AJ STUART- WORTLEY. With 21 Full-page Illustrations, and 149 Woodcuts in the Text, by AJ STUART-WORTLEY, HARPER PENNINGTON, C. WHYMPER, JG MILLAIS, GE LODGE, and JH OSWALD BROWN. Vol.
Página 407 - CYCLING. By the EARL OF ALBEMARLE and G. LACY HILLIER. With 19 Plates and 44 Illustrations in the Text. Crown 8vo., 1os.
Página 216 - Had Petruchio been a falconer describing exactly the management of a real falcon of unruly temper he could not have done it in more accurate language.
Página 408 - By the EARL OF SUFFOLK AND BERKSHIRE, WG CRAVEN, the Hon. F. LAWLEY, ARTHUR COVENTRY, and ALFRED ET WATSON. With Coloured Frontispiece and 56 Illustrations in the Text.
Página 382 - MEETING. — A meeting appointed to take place on a certain day may, if a majority of the Committee and the Stewards (if appointed) consider the weather unfit for coursing, be postponed from day to day ; but if the running does not commence within the current week all nominations shall be void, and the expenses shall be paid by the subscribers, in proportion to the number of nominations taken by each. In the case of Produce Stakes, however, the original entries shall continue binding, if the meeting...
Página 384 - ... upon a balance of points according to the scale hereafter laid down, from which also are to be deducted certain specified allowances and penalties.

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