The Sporting Repository: Containing Horseracing, Hunting, Coursing, Shooting (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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This book is both a timely and fascinating collection of writing on an ever-popular subject: the lives and habits of sporting men. The author was particularly well-situated to bring together such a collection given his access to the very highest ranks of sporting society. This book provides the reader with profound insights into the world of sport in the years following the Napoleonic Wars. The author gives us chapters on fox-hunting, coursing, angling, archery, and trotting matches. He also includes a selection of anecdotes about great sportsmen and their deeds. The book provides a valuable record of the practices and attitudes towards sportsmanship in this period and will undoubtedly appeal to any sports enthusiast.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is both a timely and fascinating collection of writing on an ever-popular subject: the lives and habits of sporting men. The author was particularly well-situated to bring together such a collection given his access to the very highest ranks of sporting society. This book provides the reader with profound insights into the world of sport in the years following the Napoleonic Wars. The author gives us chapters on fox-hunting, coursing, angling, archery, and trotting matches. He also includes a selection of anecdotes about great sportsmen and their deeds. The book provides a valuable record of the practices and attitudes towards sportsmanship in this period and will undoubtedly appeal to any sports enthusiast. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781334366017_0
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