240 THE SPORTING WORLD. 



CHAPTER XL 



The dissecting the different characters of these 

 small fry of the sporting world is not quite so 

 easy as many persons may imagine ; the cha- 

 racters are so varied that all that can be done 

 is to hit on as nearly as we can the general 

 description of person representing the different 

 individuals forming the majority of those repre- 

 senting each class. "We have not in this case, 

 to mention the name of the noble down to the 

 humblest (or in sooth the least respectable of 

 plebeians), but we have now to do with occa- 

 sionally a man entitled to our respect, and who 

 it would be far better if his name was un- 

 recognised in such places, down to the lowest 



