Excerpt from The Sporting World: Author of "Stable Talk and Table Talk," "Hints to Horsemen, "the Proper Condition of Horses," "Sporting Facts and Fancies," "the Sportsman's Friend in a Frost," Etc Shop or other avocations, occasionally taking her to the play when they can get orders. Going to dine at Richmond or some such place on a Sunday with friends of the same class, and some times inviting or going to the houses of similar persons, all thinking precisely like themselves. Such persons seldom read, if they do they judge of the Sportsman by such books as Peregrine Pickle, which probably they read in early life, they only see what many Sportsmen were in days long gone by, or are guided by Opinions formed and handed down by their parents and religiously fostered by themselves. It will be found that their erroneous Opinions are constantly kept alive by their female friends indulging in remarks not very far from the following. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.