CONTENTS 



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Sporting of the Past and the Present Day . 1 



By " Old Calabar " 



Down the Beck ..... 23 



By G. Christopher Davies 



An Apology for Fishing . . . .45 



Dogs I Have Known ..... 58 

 By Captain R Bird Thompson 



November Shooting . . . . .85 



By "Old Calabar" 



Sporting Adventures of Charles Carrington, Esq. 94 

 By " Old Calabar " 



My First Day's Fox-Hunting . . .121 



By the Owner of " Iron Duke " 



My First and Last Steeple-Chase . . .139 



A Story of a "Dark "Horse 



Salmon-Spearing . . . . .165 



Carpe Diem . . . . . .182 



By the Author of " Mountain, Meadow and Mere " 



Newmarket . . . . . .192 



By Captain K. Bird Thompson 



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