NOTE 



The joint authors of this book beg to acknowledge 

 the courtesy of the proprietors of the undermentioned 

 publications for permission to reprint many of the sketches 

 and verses contained herein : — The Field, Punch, Illus- 

 trated Sportmg and Dramatic News, Baily's Sporting 

 Magazine, Fores' s Sporting Notes and Sketches, Bad- 

 minton Magazijie, Country Life, The Shooting Times, 

 Fishi?ig Gazette, Scottish Field, South Africa, The Globe, 

 Eve7iing Standard, Daily Mail, The Tatler, and Town 

 Topics. 



