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The Sportswoman's Library, v. 2

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The Sportswoman's Library.

Vol. II.

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From a Sketch by W. L. Wyllie, A.R.A. For The Sportswoman's Library.

PUNTS RACING.

(THE START.)

THE
SPORTSWOMAN'S LIBRARY.

EDITED BY

FRANCES E. SLAUGHTER.

VOLUME II.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
W. L. WYLLIE, A.R.A., CUTHBERT BRADLEY,
AND FROM PHOTOGRAPHS.

WESTMINSTER:
ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE & CO.,
NEW YORK:
LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO.,
1898.

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DEDICATED
BY PERMISSION TO THE
MARCHIONESS OF WORCESTER
A KEEN SPORTSWOMAN AND WIFE
OF ONE OF THE FOREMOST
SPORTSMEN OF THE AGE.

BIRMINGHAM:
PRINTED AT THE GUILD PRESS. 45, GREAT CHARLES STREET.

THE SPORTSWOMAN'S LIBRARY.

Vol. II.

When I look at the completed MSS. of the first volumes of the Sportswoman's Library, I feel deeply grateful to the many good sportswomen who have aided me in my work, not only for the great stores of practical knowledge they have brought to bear on the several subjects of which we have treated, but for the way in which they have collaborated with me. For this my warmest thanks are due to them one and all.

The object we have placed before us, is to give women the information and help they are not likely to find in those books, which are written chiefly from a man's point of view, and we have therefore avoided, as far as possible, trenching on ground that has been already adequately covered by those who, to sportsmen and sportswomen alike, are the best authorities on the various subjects. If, therefore, our writings sometimes seem to be wanting in completeness, it is, I venture to think, to be attributed to this cause.

When I first gathered round me the body of contributors, some of whom were personally unknown to me, I could but feel that the many threads I held in my hand might prove to be a very "tangled skein," before the work was brought to completion. This foreboding, however, I am glad to say, was entirely without foundation, for each writer threw herself into her part with such genuine determination to do the best she could for the matter of her work, that the minor details as to the manner in which it should be given to the world, did not assume undue proportions, and there has been nothing to throw the slightest shadow over the harmony in which we have worked. That the effort we have thus jointly made to give some help to our sister-sportswomen may be successful, is to wish the writers the best reward they can have, for the labour they have bestowed.

Besides my fellow workers, I have a debt of gratitude to discharge to all who have so kindly assisted me. Foremost among these I must acknowledge the valuable help given by Lady Gifford, Mrs. Pryse-Rice, Mrs. Cheape,

	Preface.
1.	Cruising and Small Yacht Racing on the Solent.	Miss Barbara Hughes.
2.	Punt Racing.	Mrs. W. L. Wyllie.
3.	In Red Deer Land.	Mrs. Penn-Curzon.
4.	Chase of the Carted Deer.	The Editor.
5.	Women's Hunters.	The Editor.
6.	Otter Hunting.	Mrs. Wardell.
7.	Salmon Fishing, with Notes on Trout and Coarse Fishing.	Susan, Countess of Malmesbury.
8.	Fly Fishing.	The Editor.
9.	Driving.	Miss Massey-Mainwaring.
10.	Cycling.	Mrs. A. C. Hills.
11.	Fancy Figures and Musical Rides.	Miss Van Wart.
12.	Tennis.	Miss Maud Marshall.
Appendix A.	Glossary of Nautical Terms.
Appendix B.	Rules of Lawn Tennis.

قراءة كتاب The Sportswoman's Library, v. 2