Excerpt from The Cream of Leicestershire: Eleven Seasons' Skimmings, Notable Runs and Incidents of the Chase, (Selected and Republished From "the Field") True and hearty thanks do I offer to my fellow sports men in Leicestershire, who during all these years have never cavilled at aught I wrote, have never resented such use as, in my capacity as correspondent of the Field, I was ofttimes obliged to make of their names; but who have invariably given tacit encouragement, and if needed, ready help, to one of their number whose first aim they knew was to see sport, his next to reproduce it as truly as he could. I must further be allowed to express my gratitude to my old and consistent friends the Proprietors and the Editor of the Field, for allowing me to republish material that was originally furnished for them, while, on my good fortune in securing the able and spirited co-operation of Mr. Sturgess, I have every reason to congratulate my readers as much as myself. 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.