36 THE SPORTING WORLD. 



SPORTING CHARACTERS. 



The Stag Hunter. 



The Owner of Race Horses who is at 

 the same time a Leg. 



The Better. 



The Steeple Chaser. 



The Match Maker against Time. 



The Pedestrian. 



The Pigeon and Wager Shot. 



Owners and Feeders of Game-Cocks. 



The Fancy, comprising a variety of 

 characters. 

 An awful array truly of spurious against 

 legitimate sporting. But let us recollect that 

 although We may condemn some of these pursuits 

 as not being to the taste of the true Sports- 

 man, we must not pass wholesale condemnation 

 on those pursuing them. And even in those 

 that we can but regard with unmitigated 

 reprobation, though the pursuit may in itself 

 be of a nature to merit this, we must not set 



