The Sporting Magazine or Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of the Turf, the Chace, & every other Diversion Interesting to the Man of Pleasure, Enterprise & Spirit, Vol 42, April - September 1813 by Various - 1813

Printed for J Wheble, London, 1813. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Half leather with marbled covers and banded decorated spine with spine-labels, text in 2 columns per page. Bumped corners and wear at spine-ends and board edges. Top 6th portion of spine is missing. Leather on front hinge is cracked and back cover is detatched. Binding is otherwise sound, some very occasional foxing. Includes 5 plates; frontis “The Chariot Race”, vignette title with “The Beagle”, “Dogs Fighting” facing page 53, “Sorcerer” facing page 101 and “The Fox, The Heron and the Eel” facing page 174. No other plates are present. Contents Includes: April Stables at Errol House, Perthshire Betting at Tattersall’s Colour of Devonshire Childers Distemper in Dogs Rural Sport of Bat Fowling New Comedy called “Education” Crib taking Leave of Pugilism Warrant to take Greyhounds for Charles II Life of Djezzar Pacha Curious Particulars of the Sea Gull An expert Female Shot Ancient Tradition at Tolleshunt-Knights, Essex Boxing between Molineux and Carter Natural History of Mules Account of the Louwa or Fishing Bird Singular Dexterity of a Goat Quail Shooting Races at Verdun Poetry; Heathenish Medley, Fashionable Illness, Essex Stag Hunt, The Woodpecker, The Courtesan May Stabling for a Country Seat Performance and Produce of Queen Mab The English Bitch and the Armenian Colonel Stage Coaches Extracts from Dr Parkinson’s Treatise on Management of Parturient Animals Horse Causes; Melton v Cooper and Vardel v Black Spasm in a Colt Great Foot Race between Cross and Rainer The Cossack’s Mode of catching Game, Hare Hunting, etc. Hunting Song in favour of Lord Lonsdale’s Hunt June Pedigree of the Stallion Sorcerer Best Method of Feeding Game Cocks Antiquity of Chester Races New Drama “Lose No Time” Cocking at Manchester and Newton Proposal for a new Marriage Act The Horse and the Heriot Shooting for the Siller Gun Connubial Auctions of the Ancients Mr Manton’s Patent Sir Frank Standish – Siege of Duxbury Hall July Crossing the Breed of the Race Horse Coombes v Games – Action to recover value of unsound horse The Reverend Pugilist, one of the true Church Militant Court Martial on Lieutenant Delap Hunting and Angling Sale of Brood Mares at Tooley Hall Natural History of the Serpent Frequent Accidents at Races The Fox, Heron and Eel John Beard’s Diary August Sibillation of Racing Grooms Bettings for the St. Leger Stakes Turkish Game of Djerid Pugilism between Ford and Harmer Egham Races Mr Adam Eve’s Match against Time Morals, Manners and Amusements of the People of New Spain Sporting Law Cases at the late Assizes Fatal Duelling September Best Method of Shoeing the Horse Origin of King Stagg Bridge in Dorsetshire Account of the Squirrel of Louisiana New Game-Law Enactments Jackals and Wild Swine of Persia The View Halloo; or, Folly in Praise of all the World Colonel Delap and Lord Montford Wild Horses of America Index Racing Calendar No dust jacket, as published. Bookplate for Junior Carlton Club on inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 57019081110..