vi PREFACE. 



an enthusiastic love of the sport, keen observation, and a 

 life-long experience both in the Shires and in the Provinces. 

 Any merit there may be in the remarks I have made about 

 hunting belongs to him. 



I have to thank Mr. Scarth Dixon for some of the 

 instances I have mentioned in the chapter on race riding ; 

 Messrs. Champion and Wilton, Mr. T. U. Clarke and 

 Mr. Ford for their valuable professional advice on the 

 subjects of bridles and saddles, and Mr. Carl Norman, of 

 the Photochrom Company, for the great trouble he took 

 with the half-tone blocks. 



All the photographs, with the exception of the frontispiece 

 and Figs. 81, 88 and 243, were taken by my wife or by 

 myself. 



Yew Tree House, Crick, Rugby, 



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2Q>th December, 1900 



