[Gutenberg 40301] • Sporting Society; or, Sporting Chat and Sporting Memories, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Excerpt from Sporting Society, Vol. 1 of 2: Or, Sporting Chat and Sporting Memories; Stories Humorous and Curious; Wrinkles of the Field and the Race-Course; Anecdotes of the Stable and the Kennel; With Numerous Practical Notes on Shooting and Fishing, From the Pen of Various Sporting Celebrities A

Now, the field sport which is perhaps pursued by a greater number of Englishmen than any other, and which is most zealously admired by its devotees, is fox-hunting. It is essentially English in its nature.

A fox-hunt to a foreigner is strange, 'tis likewise subject to the double danger Of falling first, and having in exchange Some pleasant laughter at the awkward stranger.

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