Fencing . a bustling and pushing crowd ofhorsemen, when a fox breaks covert, more dexterouslyand quickly than His Royal Highness ; and that whenhounds run hard over a big country, no man can take aline of his own and live with them better. Also, whenthe wind has been blowing hard, often have I seenHis Royal Highness knocking over driven grouse andpartridges and high-rocketing pheasants in first-rate vi DEDICATION workmanlike style. He is held to be a good yachtsman,and as Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron islooked up to by those who love that pleasant andexhilarating pastime. His encourage
Fencing . a bustling and pushing crowd ofhorsemen, when a fox breaks covert, more dexterouslyand quickly than His Royal Highness ; and that whenhounds run hard over a big country, no man can take aline of his own and live with them better. Also, whenthe wind has been blowing hard, often have I seenHis Royal Highness knocking over driven grouse andpartridges and high-rocketing pheasants in first-rate vi DEDICATION workmanlike style. He is held to be a good yachtsman,and as Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron islooked up to by those who love that pleasant andexhilarating pastime. His encouragement of racing iswell known, and his attendance at the University, PublicSchool, and other important Matches testifies to hisbeing, like most English gentlemen, fond of all manlysports. I consider it a great privilege to be allowed todedicate these volumes to so eminent a sportsman asHis Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and I doso with sincere feelings of respect and esteem and loyaldevotion. PREFACE A FEW LINES only are necessary to explain the objectwith which these volumes are put forth. There is nomodern encyclopaedia to which the inexperienced man,who seeks guidance in the practice of the various BritishSports and Pastimes, can turn for information. Somebooks there are on Hunting, some on Racing, someon Lawn Tennis, some on Fishing, and so on ; but oneLibrary, or succession of volumes, which treats of theSports and Pastimes indulged in by Englishmen—andwomen—is wanting. The Badminton Library is offeredto supply the want. Of the imperfections which mustbe found in the execution of such a design we are viii PREFACE conscious. Experts often differ. But this we may say,that those who are seeking for knowledge on any of thesubjects dealt with will find the results of many yearsexperience written by men who are in every case adeptsat the Sport or Pastime of which they write. It is topoint the way to success to those who are ignorant ofthe sciences they aspire t
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