INTRODUCTION ix 



'Nimrod' are held in high regard by all 

 who are competent to judge. 



The most important of ' Nimrod's ' con- 

 tributions to sporting literature are The 

 Chace, The Turf, and The Road, and his 

 Life of John Mytton. The first-mentioned 

 work, in whole and in part, has passed 

 through several editions, and been illus- 

 trated by H. Alken. This work was con- 

 tributed, shortly after his removal to the 

 Continent, to the Quarterly Review, where 

 it appeared in three instalments, and was 

 first published in book form in 1837 by the 

 famous publishing house of Murray. They 

 appeared anonymously. 



The Chace was the first of this series of 

 papers, and appeared in the periodical men- 

 tioned for March 1832, and was entitled 

 ' English Fox-hunting.' It gives c the famous 

 description of an ideal run with the Quorn 

 under Mr. Osbaldeston's mastership.' 



The Road appeared in the next volume to 

 that of The Chace in the Quarterly, and 

 was ostensibly a review of Dr. Kitchener's 



