Cross country with horse and hound . con of the First Baptist Church 194 The way in which they will afterward fool some silly old goose 206 Hark to Bluebells, hark to Bluebells, cries the huntsman 216 Canadian seven-eighths thoroughbred ladys hunter . .232 We saw three or four riders go to grass 256 It is an old move and has worked beautifully on many oc-casions 264 Their heads go up, their music ceases. Again they are at a check 268 She is turned out on the lawn in front of the house, where the grasses are tenderest and sweetest 278 Not a man on the place knows enough to do my work . 298 The


Cross country with horse and hound . con of the First Baptist Church 194 The way in which they will afterward fool some silly old goose 206 Hark to Bluebells, hark to Bluebells, cries the huntsman 216 Canadian seven-eighths thoroughbred ladys hunter . .232 We saw three or four riders go to grass 256 It is an old move and has worked beautifully on many oc-casions 264 Their heads go up, their music ceases. Again they are at a check 268 She is turned out on the lawn in front of the house, where the grasses are tenderest and sweetest 278 Not a man on the place knows enough to do my work . 298 The colt out of old Jane by Devil-to-Pay 304 There were eight of us at it, and seven got in . . .318 From scent to view — Hie, hie, hie, hie! 328 Break him, my beauties, break him ! ^^^ TRUE SPORT AND SPORTSMANSHIP ?The note of a hound, ever sweet to the leave you no feeling of pain; It drives away sorrow and drives away fear. Just hark at them now as they fly to the cheerWith a crash on the velvety plain. POEMS IN PINK. TRUE SPORT AND SPORTSMANSHIP THE WORD SPORTSMAN DEFINED ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SPORTS-MEN COMPARED AMERICAN SCHOOL AND COLLEGE SPORTS lEFORE we consider hunting as a sport, let uscome to an understanding as to the meaningof the words sportsman, sporting man, and sport. In England a sporting man is onewho bets on horse-races, follows the circuit, keeps game-birds or bulldogs for fighting, or runs a gambling-saloon,and is reckoned in good society as altogether beyond thepale of respectability. On the other hand, to speak of aman as a sportsman is to speak of one who is fond offishing, yachting, shooting, or hunting — hunting in Eng-land always meaning riding to hounds, while going for gamewith a gun is spoken of as shooting. To say of a man inEngland that he is a good or genuine sportsman means thatin all such games of sport he plays fair and is gentlemanly,honourable, and open-handed. He asks no favours and grantsnone, winning or losing on his personal me


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