CONTENTS 



26. SOME NOTABLE HORSE-BREAKERS 



27. HORSE-DEALERS AND HORSE-STEALERS 



28. THE ISLE OF MAN AND THE FIRST DERBY, AND 



GOODWOOD . 



29. HEROES OF THE LEASH 



30. THE COCKPIT . 



31. THE PRIZE RING 



32. THE NOBLE ART OF SELF-DEFENCE 



33. CHAMPIONS I HAVE KNOWN . 



34. GUN STORIES . 



35. DOG STORIES . 



36. RECOLLECTIONS OF RIFLE SHOOTING 



37. FISHING YARNS 



38. CRICKET, PAST AND PRESENT 



39. ARE CRICKETERS SHORT-LIVED? 



40. FOOTBALL AND ITS TRADITIONS 



41. A GOSSIP ON GOLF 



42. GIANTS OF THE LINKS 



43. THE ORIGIN OF POLO 



44. HOW POLO CAME TO ENGLAND 



45. THE BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH 



46. BLIND SPORTSMEN 



47. SPORTSMEN OF THE BENCH AND BAR 



48. A GOSSIP ON HUNTING MEN . 



49. AN OLD squire's DIARY AND A CAVALIER'S NOTE 



BOOK 



50. REMARKABLE RACING DREAMS 

 INDEX TO PERSONS MENTIONED IN THE BOOK 



PAGE 

 188 



197 



205 

 210 



221 

 231 

 244 

 252 



270 

 276 

 283 

 291 

 296 

 301 

 307 



320 

 330 



337 

 342 

 351 



362 



371 

 381 



