Download or read book Fifty Years of My Life in the World of Sport at Home and Abroad, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by John Dugdale Astley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fifty Years of My Life in the World of Sport at Home and Abroad, Vol. 1 of 2 AS Sir John has more than once in these pages kindly alluded to my connection with his book, and the share that I took in persuading him to set to work on it, I trust that I may be allowed to explain one or two points very briefly. First, it has been a great pleasure to me to have been of use to him, and in ever SO small a degree to have been the means of inducing him to jot down his experiences, for the amusement of his friends and the General Public. I trust also that it may be borne in mind that I have as much as possible endeavoured to preserve his style of composition, and his peculiar phraseology - not invariably an easy task. His. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.