LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Amstead Abbey Frontispiece 



Emblematic Title " The Life of a Sportsman " . To face ditto 

 " Yoicks ! Tally-ho ! Look out for the pastry " . . Pags 13 

 " He'll leather two such chaps as that !" . . . .18 



"Soho!" 23 



Bagging the badger ........ 27 



"You are worth double what i gave for you ! " . . . 38 



" He's heart of oak !" 43 



Portrait of Dick Knight, after B. Marshall .... 49 



" His reverence swims like a cork !" .... .50 



" ' Who-whoop ! I've done it ! " . . . . . .55 



Hunting the marten cat ........ 56 



The otter hunt 58 



" What's the price of the young nag, miller <" ... 61 



The shallows below the mill 63 



The Prince of Wales Birmingham coach .... 76 



" H. for Windsor ; go along, Bob !" 80 



" Never mind 'em, they won't hurt !" 89 



Bibury meeting in its palmy days ..... 97 



The tandem 98 



<f All Captain Askham's. sir " % 117 



" He is among the dead" ....... 119 



Flapper-shooting on the great lake in the Park . . . 146 

 *' Mr. Ridge ways' good health now" ..... 151 



" Follow my leader " ........ 192 



A meet with his Grace the Duke of Rutland .... 196 



A night scene with Sir Thomas Mostyn ..... 221 



