Sporting Anecdotes Original And Select Including Characteristic Sketches Of Eminent Persons Who Have Appeared On The Turf By An Amateur Sportsman I E Pierce Egan

This delightful collection of sporting anecdotes and sketches offers a unique window into the world of horse racing and other popular sports during the 19th century. The author, known only as the Amateur Sportsman, was a keen observer of human nature and a gifted storyteller. His book is sure to delight readers of all ages who are interested in the history of sports and the people who participate in them. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The genesis for this book was a 1969 compilation in which Peter Lovesey and Tom McNab described all books on track and field to date. Both authors have had a lifetime interest and involvement in athletics and the present work builds on that knowledge and expertise to give the reader a definitive guide to the UK literature of track and field. This super bibliography includes an extensive introductory overview of the literature by Tom McNab, as well as annotations contributed by all three compilers. The compendium covers the history, theory and practice, and personalities of athletics as well as special chapters on athletics in literature and the visual arts.

Excerpt from Sporting Anecdotes, Original and Select: Including Characteristic Sketches of Eminent Persons Who Have Appeared on the Turf; With an Interesting Selection of the Most Extraordinary Events Which Have Transpired in the Sporting World; A Correct Description of the Animals of Chase These may be considered as forming the principal outline of the following work; and, it is presumed, that no apology need be offered for the work itself. When books multiply, and opportunities for reading be come comparatively rare, it may be deemed an acceptable service to facilitate the means of acquiring knowledge. Those gentlemen, whose ardour leads them to the boisterous, but healthful, sports of the field, can hardly be considered as possessing much time for extensive or laborious study: yet, that they are anxious to be well acquainted with the very mmutm of the pleasures they so cor dially enter into, is certainly not an unfair deduction: to enable them, therefore, to acquire that information, is the professed object of the following work; and to the Sporting World in general it will certainly prove a source of amusement, instruction, and advantage. 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.