THE SPORTING WORLD. 'ZJiT 



itself as much as possible to the characteristics 



of men, and describing the sports they engage 



in no further than is absolutely necessary to 

 the carrying out its object. 



THE MATCH SHOT 



cannot boast of his being of any public utility to 

 any one but the publican, at whose house and 

 grounds such matches usually come off. There are 

 doubtless a few gentlemen who engage in such ex- 

 ploits, but it can never be a gentlemanly pursuit 

 under its present auspices. Can it be otherwise? 

 A sport where twenty or thirty somewhat 

 equivocal characters, taking them generally, 

 meet, have an idle day of it, and finish by a 

 dinner or supper, as the case may be, at a 

 public house, must ever render it, while this 

 exists, an unfit amusement for a gentleman. 

 It is not sufficiently widely spread in its 

 attractions or accommodations to make it an 

 amusement for the public ; it is too exclusive j 

 not exclusive in a liirlit v.av, but exclusive as 



