Lord William Beresford, V.C., Some Memories of a Famous Sportsman, Soldier and WitMenzies, Stuart, Mrs.
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Lord William Beresford, V.C., Some Memories of a Famous Sportsman, Soldier and Wit
Menzies, Stuart, Mrs.
Beresford, William Leslie de la Poer, Lord, 1847-1900
Whitney, Mr. W. C., becomes Lord William’s racing partner, 300
Wilkins, Mr. C. A., C.S., 269
Williams, Colonel and Mrs. Owen, 35
Williams, Capt. G. A., 269
Willson, Mr. (trainer), 248, 289
Wilson, Lady Sarah, 283
Wombwell, Sir George, 35, 314
Women of India, The, 150
Wood, Captain, 34, 225
Wood, Sir Evelyn, his fighting force, 82
Woods, Mr., 34
Woolmer, Captain, 258
Yorke, The Hon. Alec, 8
Yorke, Hon. Elliot, 8
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been
corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within
the text and consultation of external sources.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text,
and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained; for example,
collar-bone, collarbone; body-guard, bodyguard; race-horse,
racehorse; affirmatory; undauntable; hebetude; horsy; tiffin.
Pg ix: ‘Sporting Contempories’ replaced by ‘Sporting Contemporaries’.
Pg 10: ‘near Beresford’ replaced by ‘nearby, Beresford’.
Pg 60: ‘up unconcious’ replaced by ‘up unconscious’.
Pg 99: ‘aide-de-camps’ replaced by ‘aides-de-camp’.
Pg 103: ‘been ricochetting’ replaced by ‘been ricocheting’.
Pg 154: The handwritten column headings in this chart are names of
game animals. Two names are unclear, and are shown as ‘S???’
and ‘K???’. Some numbers were also unclear; reasonable guesses
have been made.
Pg 200: ‘philanthrophy, while’ replaced by ‘philanthropy, while’.
Pg 218: “aide-de-camps’” replaced by “aides-de-camp’s”.
Pg 321: ‘to Indi as’ replaced by ‘to India as’.
Index: ‘Fripp’ replaced by ‘Fripps’.
Index: ‘Goodijack’ replaced by ‘Godjack’.
Index: ‘Umvalovsi’ replaced by ‘Umvaloosi’.
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Memories of a Famous Sportsman, Sol, by Mrs. Stuart Menzies
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