15 



duce ; (a doubtful compliment, it must be owned !) 

 and what may appear yet more extraordinary to 

 the readers of the Sporting Magazine, unless they 

 are familiar with Nimrod's letters, as bold riders 

 and as accomplished sportsmen as could be found 

 in the Quorn hunt even in its best days. London 

 is not less proverbial for its fine horses than for 

 the beauty of its women and the talents of its men. 

 To return to my subject, — I flatter myself that 

 my reader by this time knows his own mind, and 

 duly appreciates the importance of doing so, before 

 he goes into the market ; I will therefore proceed 

 to introduce him to some of my horse-dealing 

 acquaintance. 



