PREFACE 



An Arab proverb says, "True happiness is only to be 

 found in two places — on the back of a horse and in the 

 arms of the woman you love." 



Whether this happiness is divided fifty-fifty between 

 the horse and the woman is rather a delicate matter; so to 

 save the feelings of the ladies, maybe we had better not 

 discuss it; but on one thing we will all agree, including the 

 ladies, and that is, that a great deal of happiness has been 

 derived from the back of a horse. 



Foxhunting and hunting-journalism are two quite dif- 

 ferent sports. The uninitiated are too prone to picture 

 hunting as largely composed of elbows and legs, broken 

 bones, scratched noses, and love affairs. That all of these 

 do exist in the hunting-field, I will admit; but think for a 

 moment of the other benefits to be derived. They are so 

 numerous, it would be folly for me to undertake to write 

 them down. ■ 



Just as long as men and fair women have red blood in 

 their veins and sporting spirits, hunting will continue; but 

 hunting-journalism may disappear any minute, princi- 

 pally owing to the assassination of the poor journaHsts. 



They say it is always a mistake to apologize for one's 

 efforts, but I must; and I offer them to the editors of The 

 Tatler and The Sporting and Dramatic News of London, for 

 the many sayings of their gifted correspondents that I 

 have appropriated. To my other friends — well, maybe 

 they won't be friends after they read these humble efforts; 

 but I do offer my most sincere thanks to Miss Dorothy 

 Mather and Mr. Benjamin Chew for their kind assistance. 



J. S. R. 



