INTRODUCTION. 



To those who, like myself, look to active, outdoor 

 sport as the chief means of lightening and brightening 

 life — or even as constituting its best enjoyment — I offer 

 these reminiscences. They will serve their purpose if, 

 with the aid of the spirited sketches that give point to 

 man}' of the scenes, they enable some few men and 

 womeii of like vein of thought to find an occasional 

 half-hour's amusement. 



To my old and kindly friends of the " Field," and to 

 the Editors of the several other papers from which these 

 jottings are culled, I tender my best thanks. 



E. PENNELL ELMHIRST. 



