An Almanac of Twelve Sports
Rudyard Kipling




Rudyard Kipling

An Almanac of Twelve Sports





1898





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		Here is a horse to tame —
		Here is a gun to handle —
		God knows you can enter the game
		If you'll only pay for the same,
		And the price of the game is a candle —
		One single flickering candle!




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Hunting


		Certes it is a noble sport
		And men have quitted selle and swum for't,
		But I am of a meeker sort
		And I prefer Surtees in comfort.

		Reach down my "Handley Cross" again.
		My run, where never danger lurks, is
		With Jorrocks and his deathless train
		Pigg, Binjimin and Arterxerxes!

January.




Coursing


		Most men harry the world for fun —
		Each man seeks it a different way
		But "of all daft devils under the sun
		A grey'ound's the daftest" said Jorrocks J.

February.




Racing


		The horse is ridden – the jockey rides —
		The backers back – the owners own
		But … there are lots of things besides,




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