25G THE SPORTING WORLD. 



I am convinced either call for such reprehension, 

 thus showing that I am quite as indifferent as 

 regards the opinion of that part of the Sporting 

 World as I am to the opinion of any other 

 class of men whose conduct calls for censure. 

 I trust, however, that as regards the latter I 

 have done even them justice by bringing forward 

 any palliative or redeeming clause in their 

 favour, and thus giving them the advantage of 

 it in the estimation of their fellow men. 



If my reader has thus found me fair and just 

 towards those I reprobate, and joins me, which 

 I am quite sure he will, in giving me credit 

 for not saying anything of such characters that 

 they do not deserve, is it too much to hope 

 that he will on the other hand give me the 

 same credit as to what I have said when eulo- 

 gising the character of the true sportsman. 



And now, in conclusion, though I trust I 

 am no egotist, no partial judge of my own 

 conduct, and still less, let me hope, of my own 



