The Sportswoman's Library, Vol. 2 of 2

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...

Of course it entailed backing out, but as the yacht fortunately was a very handy vessel, this was safely accomplished. Such little incidents, which lend a piquancy to cruising d...

A little stranger from over the water appeared this year (1892), to the order of Miss Winnie Sutton. _Wee Winn_, however, did not belie her somewhat ambitious appellation, as is...

Punts in those days only cost from £4 to £5, and we soon had several. Our eldest son was promised a boat as soon as he could swim, which hurried matters, and a new punt was laid...

One thing in hunting the red deer impresses people very strongly who have only seen foxhunting, and that is the way hounds tail on the moor. Several explanations of this are giv...

On the other hand it should be remembered that to some women who are more or less of invalids, and who would yet rather not go out at all than leave off before the run is over,...

Whether you have one of these, or an upstanding creature which looks all, and perhaps, more than he is, let him be as near thoroughbred as you can afford to buy him. I think, my...

Sea trout also belong to the migratory species, and of them it may be said, shortly, that they are, in appearance much like miniature salmon, and have game and fighting qualitie...

I must not forget to mention dry-fly fishing, which is particularly suitable for women. This form of angling is usually necessary in chalk streams, where trout will often refuse...

There are so many things to be mentioned in speaking of driving that it is difficult to know where to begin, what to leave out, and what to mention. I cannot do better than begi...

Before I end I cannot help mentioning one whip whose driving I have always particularly admired, and that is Ernest K. Fownes, of Rocket fame. I have often had the pleasure of s...

You should always have your cycle dusted over and any mud carefully wiped off, directly you return from a ride. To prevent damage to the enamel, the mud should be wiped very gen...

Lawn-tennis, though still in its youth, may with some justice lay claim through its prototypes, Longue paume, Pallone, Tennis, etc., to an illustrious ancestry; the connection b...

The position of the feet and body in lawn-tennis is of the utmost importance. The player should await her stroke standing facing the net with the feet a little apart, and the we...

23.--The players shall change sides at the end of every set, but the Umpire, on appeal from either party, before the toss for choice, shall direct the players to change sides at...

+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+ | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15·4 | 15·5 | 30· | 30·...

The Scoring Shows that in the first Game the score ran, and would have been called thus: "15--love, 30--love, 30--15, 40--15, 40--30, game (A.B.);" in the second Game: "Love--15...

YACHT-RACING, Article on, by Miss Barbara Hughes, 1 Amateur described, 28 American boats heading classes, 47 Association Rules, should be known by heart, 19 Chief characteristic...