. Chasing & racing : some sporting reminiscences. Hunting -- Great Britain; Horses; Horse-racing -- Great Britain. CHAPTER IV LTHOUGH well placed in our cosy little maisonette in South Audley Street, my soul panted for more space and purer air. A son had been born to me, and I wanted him brought up amid the glories of Nature ; moreover, I was keen on some real sport with horse and hound, rod and gun. Pony racing and pigeon shooting were all very well in their way. The latter pastime (which has been falsely accused of posing as a sport) aroused the competitive spirit which has, from my earl
. Chasing & racing : some sporting reminiscences. Hunting -- Great Britain; Horses; Horse-racing -- Great Britain. CHAPTER IV LTHOUGH well placed in our cosy little maisonette in South Audley Street, my soul panted for more space and purer air. A son had been born to me, and I wanted him brought up amid the glories of Nature ; moreover, I was keen on some real sport with horse and hound, rod and gun. Pony racing and pigeon shooting were all very well in their way. The latter pastime (which has been falsely accused of posing as a sport) aroused the competitive spirit which has, from my earliest days, been one of my most marked charac- teristics. I may have something to say about my experiences in this connection later on. For the moment I will content myself by boldly asserting that all sport is cruel, and were pigeon shooting a sport, which it is not^ it must be written down as no more cruel than most gunning activities, and far less than some. Having seriously contracted this wander-lust I began my search for a likely pitch, and found it in the advertisement pages of our time-honoured Field: ** A fine and ancient Abbey with kennels, stabling, 22 bedrooms, standing in its own well-timbered grounds, with 1500 acres shooting and first-rate 46. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cox, Harding, 1854-1944. New York : Dutton
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