May strength the sportsman's nerves in vigour brace;
May cruelty ne'er stain with foul disgrace
The well-earned pleasures of the chase.
May the love of the chase never interrupt our attention of the
welfare of the country.
May every sport prove as innocent as that of the field.
May the bows of all British bowmen be strong, their strings sound, and may their arrows fly straight to the mark.
May we always run the game breast high.
May those who love the crack of the whip never want a brush to
pursue.
May the heart of a sportsman never know affliction but by
name.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
The three A's:
Abundance, abstinence, and annihilation.
Abundance to the poor.
Abstinence to the intemperate.
Annihilation to the wicked.