The noble science : a few general ideas on fox-hunting, for the use of the rising generation of sportsmen, and more especially those of the Hertfordshire hunt club . he recreation,the general good, there is nothing to bear a momentscomparison with hunting, taking it relatively, or collec-tively ; taking it as affecting the physical condition of THE NOBLE SCIENCE. 7 men, or that noblest animal in the creation (as hehas been styled), the horse, I will only add to the motto, Floreat sclentia the heartfelt aspiration, esto perpe-tuaT—May it flourish till time shall be no more! Andnow, in proceedin
The noble science : a few general ideas on fox-hunting, for the use of the rising generation of sportsmen, and more especially those of the Hertfordshire hunt club . he recreation,the general good, there is nothing to bear a momentscomparison with hunting, taking it relatively, or collec-tively ; taking it as affecting the physical condition of THE NOBLE SCIENCE. 7 men, or that noblest animal in the creation (as hehas been styled), the horse, I will only add to the motto, Floreat sclentia the heartfelt aspiration, esto perpe-tuaT—May it flourish till time shall be no more! Andnow, in proceeding with my comments upon the mannerin which I would see it conducted (a work commencedoriginally for my own occupation during the leisurehours of summer), let me say that, if I should be thehumble means of awakening the attention of any oneindividual to the real interests, or tend in the slightestdegree towards the promotion of that sport to whichI have been addicted from my cradle, with which 1 havebeen for the last eight years most intimately connected,and to which (apart from higher considerations) I mustever remain devoted, I shall have gained my end. f-.
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