Sporting sketches at home and abroad / by "Bagatelle."
Published / Created:
London : W. Swan, Sonnenschein and Allen, 15, Paternoster Square, E.C. ; 1879.London : Printed by Woodfall and Kinder, Milford Lane, Strand, W.C.
Physical Description:
vi, [2], 166 pages ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Most of the sketches have appeared ... in the pages of the Illustrated sporting and dramatic news..."--Preface
Contents:
A rum customer -- A chapter of accidents -- A divine, a defeat, and a dinner -- Three days with a vacillator -- The end of the season -- A trip to Boulogne -- Cricket under difficulties -- The Benares Bobbery hounds -- Our pig-sticking club -- Our races -- A frontier match -- Bear shooting in the Himalayas -- A day among the snipe -- A Central American cock pit -- How we won the cup in Central America -- Jottings of a shooting trip -- The gentleman horse dealer -- Coachmen -- Gentlemen jocks -- A chapter of proverbs.
Subject Terms:
Hunting -- Anecdotes. | Sports -- Anecdotes.
Contributors:
Woodfall and Kinder, printer. | W. Swan Sonnenschein & Allen, publisher.