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He Is the keenest of keen sportsmen ; has 

 hunted elk, wolf, and bear in Sweden and in 

 the wildest parts of Russia ; has lived the life 

 of a peasant in one of Tolstoi's colonies during 

 the awful famine of 1892, marks of which 

 experiences it is probable he will carry to 

 his oTave. Besides distino^uishinor himself at 

 Hockey, he has been known on the football 

 field with the Casuals and the Old West- 

 minsters. Being a man of regular habits, he 

 has already chosen the sports he intends to 

 indulge in in old age ; and when the hockey 

 field knows him no more, fox-hunting and boat- 

 sailino- will claim him for their own. 



Ever since the introduction of Lacrosse 

 into England there has been no keener follow^er 

 than J. C. Izard, M.A. For many years he 

 has been one of the most popular masters of 

 the Leys School at Cambridge, which post he 

 undertook directly he left Trinity College. A 

 great deal of the renown of this school in the 

 world of sport has been due to his sportsman- 

 like teaching and his love of all athletics. He 

 is Vice-President of the South of England 

 Lacrosse Association, and was one of its hardiest 

 Centres at Cambridge. 



The Editor hopes to include in the third 

 volume of this Library treatises on boxing, 

 fencing, gymnastics, wrestling, and physical 



