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to death before the bullet reaches him. Thus, 

 though I do not urge as many do that the 

 attributes of the prize fighter render him more 

 available as a soldier than other men, still it 

 must be allowed that the man of fearless manly- 

 habit is a very superior being to his reverse, 

 for more or less he will show in all he does. 

 It actuates the disposition as well as the person, 

 and I say without hesitation that the same 

 straightforward feeling that causes the exhibition 

 of manly conduct, that calls forth our approba- 

 tion and admiration, actuates the mind also. 



I believe I have now gone through the 

 principal characters that compose the Sporting 

 World. As most men have some reason for 

 commencing a volume on any subject I state 

 those which actuated me on commencing this. 



Certain observations falling from a person 

 in company and corroborated by others present 

 of the same clique reprehensive of Sportsmen 

 induced me to reflect on the cirsumstance, and 



