THE SPORTING WORLD. 33 



in such conduct, but not all. As well might it 

 be said that it was something like this, if in the 

 absence of chess and billiards I declined playing 

 all fours, and pitch and toss ; for it matters 

 little whether we cannot be amused by an in- 

 ferior game, or whether if we pursue the supe- 

 rior one we are forced to partake of it in an 

 inferior way, both are repellant to the ideas and 

 habits of him who has enjoyed superior amuse- 

 ment, and that partaken of, if not with eclat, 

 at least with credit. 



To attempt to designate the different in- 

 dividuals, who either in their own or other 

 persons' estimation come under the denomination 

 of the Sporting World, would be an almost 

 endless task, and then leave that task incomplete; 

 for be it observed, the Sportsman and the 

 Sporting man **id est" one of the Sporting 

 World, are distinct and often quite opposite 

 characters. 



To particularise, we should not describe such 

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