x THE TURF 



Traveller? Oracle, 3rd edition, 1828, and 

 Jervis' Horse and Carriage Oracle, ist 

 edition, 1807, 3rd edition, 1828. 



The second volume of ' The Sportsman's 

 Classics ' is a careful reprint of these two 

 papers which have become English Sporting 

 Classics. 



The Turf appeared in the Quarterly for 

 July 1833. Apperley was undoubtedly in- 

 defatigable in research for material for his 

 literary work ; and * as a gentleman jockey 

 he occasionally put in a not discreditable 

 appearance at hunt-meetings.' On this 

 subject, as on allied themes, ' Nimrod ' 

 wrote with a graphic pen. 



The Turf constitutes the third volume of 

 this series of reprints. 



It may be added that ' Nimrod ' returned 

 to his native country. He died in Upper 

 Belgrave Place, London, on May 19, 1843. 



The head- and tail-pieces, title, and full- 

 page illustrations are from the facile pen 

 of Mr. Herbert Cole. 



J. P. B. 



