Excerpt from Riding, Driving and Kindred Sports In preparing the Sports Library for the younger generation of sportsmen, the Publisher and the Editor had the following ideas in view: - They intended that the books should be written by sportsmen of the younger generation in thorough sympathy with the needs of younger athletes and twentieth century ideas. They hoped where necessary and practicable to deal with the cost of each sport, and also to show the public that many sports which are considered beyond the means of the ordinary man, are quite within the reach of all who are really interested. It was proposed that the medical aspect of Sports should also be touched upon in a practical way, and useful advice given to the tyro. 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.

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