A HISTORY OF 

 STEEPLE-CHASING 



BY 



WILLIAM C. A. BLEW, M.A. 



Author of "The Quorn Hunt and its Masters" 



(Editor of Vyner's " Notitia Venatica," and Radcliffe's 



" Noble Science of Fox-Hunting '') 



WITH 28 ILLUSTRATIONS CHIEFLY DRAWN BY 

 HENRY ALKEN 



12 OF WHICH ARE COLOURED BY HAND 



LONDON 



JOHN C. NIMMO 



BOSTON: L. C PAGE AND CO. 



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