INTRODUCTION. 



To those who, like myself, look to active, outdoor 

 sport as the chief means of lightening and brightening 

 life or even as constituting its best enjoyment I offer 

 these reminiscences. They will serve their purpose if, 

 with the aid of the spirited sketches that give point to 

 many of the scenes, they enable some few men and 

 women of like vein of thought to find an occasional 

 half-hour's amusement. 



To my old and kindly friends of the " Field," and to 

 the Editors of the several other papers from which these 

 jottings are culled, I tender my best thanks. 



E. PENNELL ELMHIRST. 



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