LIST OF ILLUSTRATrOI^rS 



1. Ainstead Abbey ...... 



2. Emblematic Title — ' The Life of a Sportsman 



3. ' Yoick.s ! Tally-ho ! Look out for the pastry ' 



4. ' Never mind 'em — they won't hurt ! ' 



5. ' He'll leather two such chaps as that ' 



6. Bagging the badger ..... 



7. ' You are worth double what I gave for you ! ' 



8. ' He's heart of oak ! ' . 



9. Portrait of Dick Knight, after B. INLarshall 

 10. ' His reverence swims like a cork ! ' . 

 IL ' Who-whoop ! I've done it' 



12. Hunting the marten cat .... 



13. The otter hunt 



14. ' AVhat's the price of the young nag, miller ?' 



15. The shalloAvs below the mill 



16. The Prince of Wales — Birmingham coach 



17. ' H. for Windsor ; go along, Bob ! ' . 



18. Bibury meeting in its palmy days 



19. ' All Captain A skham's, sir ' 



20. ' He is among the dead ' . . . . 



21. Flapper-shooting on the great lake in the Park 



22. ' Mr. Ridgeways' good health — noiv' . 



23. 'Soho!' 



24. ' Follow my leader ' ..... 



25. A meet with His Grace the Duke of Rutland 



26. A night scene with Sir Thomas Mostyn 



27. ' Not Handel's sweet music more pleases the ear, 



Than that of tlie hounds in full cry ' 



28. ' The check ' — ' For a moment a sheep-foil now baffles the scent' 



29. The four-in-hand .... 



30. The three teams ..... 



31. The race for the Welter Stakes . 



32. ' Fox-hunting for ever ! ' . 



33. The tandem 



34. Mr. jNIusters hunted by his hounds 



35. Our hero's first run with his own hounds 



36. ' The Master of the Raby Hunt — one cheer 



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