CONTENTS 



The Influence of Field Sports on Character 

 By Sir Courtenay Boyle 



Old-Fashioned Angling 



By Captain K. Bird Thompson 



Partridge Day as it Was and as it Is 

 By "An Elderly Sportsman" 



Simpson's Snipe .... 



By Terence le Smithe 



Podgers' Pointer .... 

 By Ben B. Brown 



The Dead Heat .... 



By "Old Calabar" 



Only the Mare .... 



By Alfred E. T. Watson 



Hunting in the Midlands . 

 By T. H. S. EscoTT 



A Military Steeplechase 



By Captain R. Bird Thompson 



How I Won my Handicap 

 Told by the Winner 



The First Day of the Season and its Results 

 By " Sabretache " 



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