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to literature, and to write a book upon sport. He 

 suggested the idea to a publisher, who approved 

 of it, but a friend advised him to see the editor of 

 the Sporting Magazine instead. Mr. Apperley at 

 first repudiated the advice, saying that no gentleman 

 would write for such a cockney publication, but 

 eventually followed his friend's advice. The result 

 was that his first article upon " Fox-hunting in 

 Leicestershire " appeared in the New Year's 

 Number of the Sporting Magazine for 1822, and 

 he was connected with the magazine from that 

 date till it ceased to exist in 1829. During this 

 period, however, he again moved to Beaurepaire 

 House, in Hampshire, where he speculated in 

 scientific farming, and, as may easily be imagined, 

 lost his money. He afterwards declared that 

 Hampshire was the worst hunting country over 

 which he had ever ridden. . . . 



When the Sporting Magazine became defunct, 

 in 1829, owing to internal disputes, and Mr. 

 Apperley was at liberty to become a free lance, he 

 had won his literary spurs, and his success was 

 assured. The Quarterly Review^ Erasers^ The New 

 Monthly., The Encyclopedia Britannica, and The 

 Morning Herald sought contributions from his pen. 



G. F. Underhill. 



The Druid ^c> 



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(Henry Hall Dixon) 



Half sportsman and half poet. 



HENRY HALL DIXON, born 1822, died 

 1870 ; sporting writer, well known through 

 his pseudonym " The Druid " was the son of a 

 cotton manufacturer, and was educated at Rugby 



