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Badininton Library to the thousands of sports- 

 men who cannot command the price of that 

 series. 



It is natural, perhaps, that the book on 

 Riding. Driving, Hunting, &:c., should come 

 hrst. In no country is the interest in horses 

 more widely felt than in England ; it extends 

 from the coster who drives his Russian pony to 

 the Derby, and the City clerk on his hired 

 hack enjoying Saturday afternoon, to the Earl 

 of Lonsdale and the Duke of Westminster. It 

 is anticipated that the motor cars and bicycles 

 will so reduce the price of horses that the 

 splendid exercise of riding will come within the 

 reach of many who have hitherto regarded it 

 as prohibitive. 



Mr. Dale needs no introduction to lovers of 

 horse-fiesh. Land and Water, the Field, and 

 the Badininton Magazine have published his 

 articles for many years, while he is well known 

 as the author of " Polo," Editor of the book 

 on Polo in the Badminton Library, "The 

 History of the Belvoir Hunt," &c., &c. Mr. 

 Dale is, perhaps, the greatest authority on Polo 

 in the United Kinodom ; while in huntino- and 

 racing there are few other men who have seen 

 so much sport at such a small expenditure of 

 cash. 



The second volume of the Sports Library 



