# Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 16, 1890

Author: Various

Genre: Punch

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12305

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Punch%2C+or+the+London+Charivari%2C+Volume+99%2C+August+16%2C+1890+Various&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

There is in sport, as in Society, a class of men who aspire perpetually towards something as perpetually elusive, which appears to them, rightly or wrongly, to be higher and nobler than their actual selves. But whereas a man may be of and in Society, without effort, by the mere accident of birth or wealth, in sport, properly understood, achievement of some kind is necessary before admission can be had to the sacred circle of the elect. What the snob is to Society, the Spurious Sportsman is to sport; and thus where the former seeks to persuade the world that he is familiar with the manners, and accustomed to the intimate friendship of the great and highly placed, the latter will hold himse...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/punch-or-the-london-charivari-volume-99-august-16-1890-12305/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/punch-or-the-london-charivari-volume-99-august-16-1890-12305/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/punch-or-the-london-charivari-volume-99-august-16-1890-12305/chapters/3/index.md)