Sporting Anecdotes, Original and Selected

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Excerpt from Sporting Anecdotes, Original and Selected: Including Numerous Characteristic Portraits of Persons in Every Walk of Life Who Have Acquired Notority From Their Achievements on the Turf, at the Table, and in the Diversions of the Field, With Sketches of the Various Animals of the ChasThe Captain's favourite pursuits have ever been the art of agriculture as the serious business of his life, and the manly sports, as his amusement or recreation The improvement of his extensive estates has occupied much of his attention, and by pursuing the plan ad ted by his immediate predecessor, has greatly augments the value of his property, which is still increasing, and at the pre sent period it is thought, produces ten thousand pounds annually.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.