- ANGLING,
- ARCHERY,
- BOXING,
- CANOES AND CANOEING,
- CRICKET,
- CROQUET,
- DRIVING,
- FENCING,
- FIVES,
- FOOT-BALL,
- GOLF,
- GYMNASTICS,
- HOCKEY,
- RACKETS,
- RIDING,
- ROWING,
- SAILING,
- SKATING,
- SLIDING,
- SWIMMING,
- TRAINING.
ATHLETIC SPORTS.
ANGLING.
“When I was a mere schoolboy,
Ere yet I learnt my book,
I felt an itch for angling
In every little brook.
“An osier rod, some thread for line,
A crooked pin for hook;
And, thus equipp’d, I angled
In every little brook.
“Where sticklebacks and minnows
Each day I caught in store,
With stone-roaches and miller’s thumbs:—
These brooks afford no more.