THE SPORT OF RAJAHS 

 anything but foolhardiness, except 

 under special circumstances. 



Moreover, the quarry is not only 

 fast and crafty, but he is also plucky, 

 powerful, and cruel ; he enters fully 

 into the spirit of the chase, and he 

 will generally give you a good fight 

 as well as a good run for your 

 money. 



That pig- sticking has an affinity to 

 the sport of all true British sports- 

 men — viz., fox-hunting — cannot be 

 ^^^ denied, but that there exists a neck- 

 and-neck resemblance between them 

 is not so easy to see. Yet much 

 midnight oil and gas, liquid and 

 tobacco smoke, have been consumed 

 in country-house billiard-rooms over 

 the discussion and comparison of 

 their respective merits. 

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