The Sportswoman's Library. Vol. I. [Illustration: _THE MARCHIONESS OF WORCESTER._] THE SPORTSWOMAN'S LIBRARY. EDITED BY FRANCES E. SLAUGHTER. VOLUME I. [Illustration] WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS AND OLD PRINTS. WESTMINSTER: ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE & CO., 2, WHITEHALL GARDENS, 1898. * * * * * DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO THE MARCHIONESS OF WORCESTER A KEEN SPORTSWOMAN AND WIFE OF ONE OF THE FOREMOST SPORTSMEN OF THE AGE. BIRMINGHAM: PRINTED AT THE GUILD PRESS, 45, GREAT CHARLES STREET. THE SPORTSWOMAN'S LIBRARY. Vol. I. Contents. Preface. 1. Englishwomen and Sport The Editor. 2. Fox Hunting Mrs. Burn. 3. Hare Hunting The Editor. 4. Shooting The Hon. Mrs. Lancelot Lowther. 5. Fishing for Tarpon Mrs. Murphy-Grimshaw. 6. Archery Mrs. Berens and Miss Walrond. 7. Skating Miss May Balfour. 8. Golf Miss Starkie-Bence. 9. Croquet Mrs. Spong. Appendix A. Golf Rules and Glossary. Appendix B. Croquet Rules. PREFACE. When I look at the completed MSS. of the first volumes of the _Sportswomans' Library_, I feel deeply grateful to the many good sportswomen who have aided me in my work, not only for the great stores of practical knowledge they have brought to bear on the several subjects of which we have treated, but for the way in which they have collaborated with me. For this my warmest thanks are due to them one and all. The object we have placed before us, is to give women the information and help they are not likely to find in those books, which are written chiefly from a man's point of view, and we have therefore avoided, as far as possible, trenching on ground that has been already adequately covered by those who, to sportsmen and sportswomen alike, are the best authorities on the various subjects. If, therefore, our writings sometimes seem to be wanting in completeness, it is, I venture to think, to be attributed to this cause.