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ROBERT S. SURTEES— AN 

 APPRECIATION 



^EVEN or eight years ago a reviewer 

 *^-^ (who I venture to suppose was then 

 but young at his work), having to notice a 

 new edition of Handley Cross, contempt- 

 uously remarked that this class of work had 

 had a certain vogue a score of years before, 

 but might now be considered as quite out 

 of date, so that the object of reprinting 

 them was difficult to understand. This 

 dictum caused quite a stir in the sporting 



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