THE SPORTING WORLD. 201 



A minor kind of enthusiasm frequently 

 induces men, particularly young ones, to 

 patronise and mix in scenes (sports as they are 

 called) that cannot be justified, and the hope 

 of making money or the wish to enjoy the 

 prestige of being held a sporting man may 

 induce them to associate with characters quite 

 at variance with that of the Sportsman. Will 

 such misguided persons permit one who has 

 seen much to tell them that such conduct and 

 pursuits will exclude them from the notice of 

 Sportsmen, and at best can but procure for 

 them the very undesirable and purchased civility 

 of the lowest characters of the Sporting World. 



