The Encyclopaedia of Sport and Games

Every sport and game of the Edwardian world in four volumes — from angling and ballooning to yachting — written by the people who did them, Theodore Roosevelt on big game among them.

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15 entries in this part of The Encyclopaedia of Sport and Games.

Reins

The straps, usually about an inch broad, fastened on either side of the horse's mouth, and carried back over the harness to the driver's…

Russia

and Greece. In all these countries the great bulk of the quails taken for the markets are captured in nets of various kinds, supplemented…

Rejon – Roll

A kind of dart or spear. An animal, applied to a bull.

Rule of the River

The general rule of the Thames is that up-stream boats keep to the sides, and down-stream boats to the middle of the river. This, however…

Retrievers

iii. 388 Rabywood (Foxhound), ii. 444 Raccoon, iii. 270 Hunting, iii. 270 Racing, iii. 389-448 Betting, iii. 428; Rules of, 447 Breeding…

Row Over – Raddle

If in a heat or race a boat has no opponent to meet, it is compelled to row over the course in order to claim a victory. Hence, a row over…

Radice – Rankine

iv. 356 erguson, iv. 356 Ramblers' Club (Yorks), iii. 232 ii. 155 Ranelagh (Polo) Club, iii. 358

Ransford – Redwood

V., i. 463 "Raouf" (Arabian Stallion), ii 429 Black (Mus rattus), iv. 9 Brown (Mus decumanus), iv. 9

Regattas – Rhebok

see under Rowing Reid (yacht builder), iv. 402 C., ii. 241 Capt. Mayne, ii. 3, 4 Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), iv. 15-17. Ante i. 264 Reins…

Rhebok – Rider's Strain

vaal or Grey (Pelea capreola) i. 83, 258 iv, 19-25. Ante i. 226 In India, iv. 24 In the Lado Enclave, iv. 22 In Sominland, iv. 22 In South…

Ridgway – Robertshaw

iv. 25-31 High School, iv. 28 Hounds, iv. 27 Ladies', iv. 29 Military, iv. 29 Ordinary, iv. 25 iv. 34 Rifles (various), iv. 31-36

Robertson – Rolls

A. R., ii. 241 H., iv. 43τ W. F., iii. 392, 404 Rock-fishing (Filey Brigg), iv. 119 José, i. 361 Roedeer (Capreolus caprea), iv. 47-50…

Rookery – Rouse

Theodore, i. 241, 245 Hunting Trips of a Ranchman, iii. 372 Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter, i. 245 Ranch Life and the Hunting…

Rousseau – Rusa

iv. 53-88 Bumping races, iv. 74, 75 Cambridge, at, iv. 73 Cambridge, various races at, iv. 73 G. D (ed.), Ornithological Miscellany, iii…

Russell

Lord John, Memorials Chas. James Fox, iii. 48 - J. Scott, iv. 370, 386 Rype (Lagopus subalpina, L. alpina), iv. 88-90 Sack Race…

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