Sporting Facts and Fancies

J. P. Wheeldon

• Publisher: Read Country Books
• Year: 2017
• eBook ISBN:
  9781473341425
• Print ISBN:
  9781473331457

This vintage book contains a collection of anecdotes and accounts related to various sporting experiences. Wonderfully written and both interesting and entertaining, "Sporting Facts and Fancies" will appeal to modern sporting enthusiasts and is not to be missed by collectors of vintage literature of this ilk. Contents include: "Miss Burton of Craigmuir", "The Hope of His House", "At Charlton Manor House", "A Morning with the Pike at the Heron's Haunt", "The Dean's Decision", "A Night Gallop for Dear Life", "Yellowhammer's Christmas Box", "Pigbury's Pond", "The Last Day in the Woods", "By Sedge and Stream in Winter Time", "Roach Fishing in Western Waters", "Thames Trouting on the Derby Day", "Fen Shooting at Huggins Carr Farm", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete the original artwork and text.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half title
• Title
• Dedication
• Preface
• Contents
• Miss Burton of Craigmuir
• Yellowhammer’s Christmas Box
• Pigbury’s Pond
• The Last Day in The Woods
• By Sedge and Stream in Winter Time
• Roach Fishing in Western Waters
• The Vicarage Garden.—The Vicar’s Pool
• Reminiscences of Bygone Days
• Carp Fishing on the Priory Water
• Thames Trouting on the Derby Day
• Fen Shooting at Huggins Carr Farm
• An Old-fashioned Christmas-tide
• Cheerless, Chill November
• “Le Roi est Mort! Vive le Roi!—Past and Present
• Daniel Darnall’s Difficulties
• Uncle John
• Guilty, or Not Guilty