Athletics and football . IBRARIES 3 9088 00583 3793. DEDICA TION THE PRINCE OF WALES. Badminton : March, 18S7. Having received permission to dedicate these volumes,the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes,to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,I do so feeling that I am dedicating them to one of thebest and keenest sportsmen of our time. I can say, frompersonal observation, that there is no man who canextricate himself from 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 bi
Athletics and football . IBRARIES 3 9088 00583 3793. DEDICA TION THE PRINCE OF WALES. Badminton : March, 18S7. Having received permission to dedicate these volumes,the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes,to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,I do so feeling that I am dedicating them to one of thebest and keenest sportsmen of our time. I can say, frompersonal observation, that there is no man who canextricate himself from 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 ha^d, 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 iswel
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