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of the Badminton Library), Mr. W. C. A. Blew (historian of 

 the Quorn), and the late Mr. H. Nevill Fitt and others, 

 whose books are standard works of reference on the sub- 

 ject. 



I am further indebted to Mr. W. M. Meredith, who dis- 

 covered the plates of Old Belvoir ; to my friend Mr. Tresham 

 Gilbey, who so liberally permitted me to reproduce portraits 

 from the pages of Bailfs Magazine ; to my sister Miss Dale, 

 who gave material assistance in the necessary researches 

 in the library of the British Museum ; and to the librarian 

 and staff of the London Library. Nor can I conclude this 

 preface without a word of thanks to the Rev. the Provost of 

 Queen's College, Oxford, who very kindly answered some 

 questions for an old pupil concerning Michel Maittaire, and 

 lastly to the editor of the Sportswoman's Library, to whose 

 knowledge of sport and literary faculty I owe much in the 

 preparation of this book for the press. 



So much kindly help and encouragement have made my 

 self-imposed labour a delightful task. 



E. I. U. S. Club, 



i6, St. James's Square, S.W. 



