Part 2

A DARN ON A BLUE STOCKING. A Story of To-day. By G. G. CHATTERTON. 2s. 6d. net.

THE MYSTERY OF THE CORDILLERA. A Tale of Adventure in the Andes. By A. MASON BOURNE. Illustrated. 3s. 6d. net.

THE LURE OF FAME. By CLIVE HOLLAND, Author of "My Japanese Wife." 3s. 6d. net.

THE OLD ECSTASIES. A Modern Romance. By GASPARD TOURNIER. 4s. 6d. net.

THE TANTALUS TOUR. A Theatrical Venture. By WALTER PARKE, joint-author of "Les Manteaux Noirs," and other comic operas. Illustrated. 2s. 6d. net.

SPORTING SOCIETY

SPORTING SOCIETY

SPORTING CHAT AND SPORTING MEMORIES

STORIES HUMOROUS AND CURIOUS; WRINKLES OF THE FIELD AND THE RACE-COURSE; ANECDOTES OF THE STABLE AND THE KENNEL; WITH NUMEROUS PRACTICAL NOTES ON SHOOTING AND FISHING

FROM THE PEN OF

VARIOUS SPORTING CELEBRITIES AND WELL-KNOWN WRITERS ON THE TURF AND THE CHASE

EDITED BY FOX RUSSELL

Illustrations by Randolph Caldecott.

IN TWO VOLUMES--VOL. II.

LONDON BELLAIRS & CO. 1897

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 R. BIRD THOMPSON