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THE FINEST SPORT 



\ QUESTION that has been put to me 

 -^^^ more than once is the following : — 

 " You have a good deal of all-round experi- 

 ence, what do you consider the finest sport ? " 

 And a very difficult question it is to answer. 

 In the smoking-room, of an evening, the 

 finest sport is generally that which we have 

 that day been enjoying, whether it happens 

 to have been a quick thing with the Blank- 

 shire, a big day at the rocketers, '' as high as 

 they make them," a productive tramp through 



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