, Affection of the Arabian Horse 9
/ Abernethy, Dr., and the Fo\ Hunter 15
A new Song, to an Old Tune, by a Cove from
the West 28
Antiquity of Wrestling ib.
Archery 41
A day at Epsom Races 59
Advantages arising from having Dummy for
your Partner at Whist 64
Attachment of Animals 107
A Sportsman of the Old School 110
Animal Kindness 137
Account of a .Mermaid 143
Appearance of tue late Queen of France (Marie-
Antoinette) at a Boar Hunt 144
Anecdotes of Animals 159
Adventures ot a Pet Pig. 168
Alligator Hunt; or, Travellers see Strange
Things 171
A thorough-bred Dog hates a bad Shot -2".s
A Bear cauglit napping 233
Archery (continued) 242
A Capital Pointer 250
Another Disposal of a Snake 269
Attachment of Spiders to their Young '^85
A Murderer singled out by a Dog 287
Antiquity of Hawking 309
A Rhyming Cricketer 344
Aquatic Sports ; or Life on the Water 353
Anecdote of the late King George IV. and liis
Grooms 3
A dialogue between two Costard-Mongers, re-
specting the Gentleman-Coachman on the
Brighton Road
Anecdote of Abraham Cann 53
of King William IV., his remarks to a
[Nobleman at a Prize Fight 55
An impartial Review of the Sporting World 57
Animated description of Epsom Races the
Derby of 1831, after the manner ot" Goldfinch 63
Anecdote of the late Lord Chancellor Thurlow,
and Mr. Melliph, of Sporting Notoriety 69
Anecdote of Mr. Hone respecting the talents of
Mr. R.obert Cruickshank 73
An outline of Tom Moody, the Crack Huntsman 82
Anecdotes of " Old Amen," the Parish Clerk... 84
Anecdote of the late Mr. Thrale, the great brewer 98
A Saucy rolling blade am I, a- Flash Song 146
Anecdotes of the original Mr. Christie, his ta-
lents as an Auctioneer 181
Anecdote of the late Rev. Mr. Bate Dudley 182
A Sketch of the late Tom Best, Esq., a crack
shot 228
A Picture of the interior of the King's Bench
during its gaiety ib.
Archery, as a School ornament 247
Archeis, both on foot and mounted horses 953
Anecdotes concerning the Swell Tinman,
Hooper, the Boxer; and also the late Lord
TJarrymore 261
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Advice gratis to Young Boxers, by an Old Pu-
gilist * ib-
A list of the crnc/c, or clever " Toms" in the
Literary World 1*
A Taglioni in her line, in the Country, Miss
Kick-her-heels 22
Account of Mr. llyley's visit to a Tavern in
Carey Street, kept by Mr. John Gully, ac
companied by the late Jack Emery - 12
A Copy of Lord Byron's letter to Johu Jackson,
Esq i3
A Bit of fun for the Jolly Tars of Old England. . 289
A Sportsmau's Excuse to his Friend ; or, " it
won't tit '/" 320
A furious Bull stopped in his career by the notes
of a Fid ilc 339
A Sketch of a low Comedian, Mr. Ephraim
Mug-Cutter 23
A touch of the pathetic although not exactly
after the manner of Sterne 27
A touch of the Fancy in China. .; 384
A Capital Marksman 379
A match between two Pigeons 380
Advice respecting Shooting well, by an old
Sportsman ib.
A Fowling Piece should not be fired more than
twenty or twenty-five times without being
washed 382
A thorough Sportsman, the hanricst fellow in the
World.... ! :. 3S3
Argufying the Topic ; or, a word or two in fa-
vour of the persons who compose the Sporting
World 76
Arabian Horse, rirst introduced in the reign of
Henry 1 94.
A Jockey in training 128
A Dwarf served up in a cold pie to Charles I.
at a masque, to his consort Henrietta-Maria. . 16
A true Sportsman is always a man of gallantry. 144
An Apple shot from a man's head with a Kille. . ib.
A Hare run down by the late Col. Thornton, on
horseback 133
All sorts of fighting have been celebrated 121
A time for every thing 263
A Nautical Monkey 289
A Magistrate's ' pithy speech ' to the Boxers re-
specting a Fight 297
A Swan's first love IS*
Attention of Pigeons ib.
Aquatic Hen ib.
Adam, had he have been fly to Milling, would
have taught his Sons to box 171
A Friend at Court, its great advantages 74
An Apartment of an Author 210
' Aha, the Fox, and after him they ran' 2J 1
Archery was first introduced to the English in
rather an unpleasant manner at the battle of
Hastings 122,
At Wednesbury there was a Cocking 154
Ancient and Modern Coursing 387
408
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A good dog, but a capital hare, is also essential
to good Coursing 389
\ Greyhound, according to law in the olden
times, was not to be kept by any person infe-
rior to a Gentleman 390
A band of Pongos (Ourang-Outangs) stealing the
wife of a settler at the Cape 394
A child suckled by a female Ourang-Outang, the
Queen of the Pongos 397
Angling Contest 401
Byron's, Lord, taste for Boxing 13
J. . Kullock, the fancy Waterman's lament 106
Birmingham, the winner of the St. Leger stakes
at Doncaster in 1830; the property of Mr.
Beardsworth 113
Boxer, the worn out 14-3
Hunch of Fives, instead of Knives K>0
Brilliant Steeple Chase at St. Albaus 101
Buckle, Francis, the Jockey 185
Beavers 27 1
By Purling Stream in Shady Dell I 275
Bets as to Cricket 352
Bill Put-em-along, a Sketch 6
Battles fought by Dick Curtis , . . 27
Bright Phoebus though Patron of Poets below. . . 245
Bows and Arrows were the Arms used by the
Militia in the olden times 252
Bird's eye viovv of a Steeple Chase 1C3
Bell, Mr. John, the late, his enterprising disposi-
tion Proprietor of Bell's Weekly Messenger.. 181
Brook Hawking 309
Battle of Brains 18
Byron, Lord, fond of Sparring 13
acquaintance with the slang lan-
guage 14
British Lads and Blade Millers C6
Battles of Tom Spring 72
Belcher, Tom- as a Landlord 71
Beckford, Peter, Esq., his thoughts upon Hunt-
ing 58
Bull-finch fence, in Leicestershire, a description
of 214
Baboons hunted with Dogs 292
Bull, the, attack upon Tom Cribb, and naivete
of the latter true to Nature 269
Belief of the Hottentots that Monkeys can
speak 292
Bees, description of 159
Boxing Matches do not tend to debase, demora-
lize, or brutalize us as a Nation 171
Beneath this turf, pent in a narrow grave 77
JBelvoir hounds, a very old established pack. . . . 216
Boxing, one of the honourable methods of an-
noyance and defence 121
Book for every body 2
Suffalo : at the Cape of Good Hope 398
Black and White ; or a shy how to win a Bet.... 400
Blood, in every sort animal, has a striking supe-
riority 391
Birmingham, the topper 401
Canine Ingratitude 64
urious Sporting Bond . . : 80
Curious case at Four handed Cribbage 107
Canary Bird, account of 108
Colonel Thornton, a sketch of the late 131
Chinese Gamestress : Young Hoo v. Old Fat 136
Conference between an Angler, a Hunter, and a
Falconer; each commending his recreation... 137
Cockpit, the 145
Carrier Pigeons 173
Coya, the 176
Corinthians, the, at Melton Mowbray, starting
to join the hunt 210
Come, Anglers come, for work prepare 275
Cricketers, the 338
Cricketing in France 310
Curious match of Cricket, between Twenty-two
Greenwich Pensioners eleven men with one
leg, against eleven with one arm 349
"Change for the better, both in the manners and
dress of Stage Coachmen 7
Court of Conscience Field (a barbatic) versus
Wells.gent 17
Conversation on a Race Course, in defence of
Englishmen a fig for Family pride 62
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Captain D , of Sporting notoriety 68
Choice Spirits, a description of . 69
Curious and expensive Wardrobe belonging to
the late Mr. Howell 102
Conversation at the Melton Mowbray Club, after
a hard day's ruu 221
Comparisons made on the Flash Language, in-
serted in a work of Mr. Moore's, the cele-
brated Poet, by the Editor of the Book of
Sports, in justification of his own character. . . 263
Compliment paid to Mr. Jackson by the late
Lord Byron
Cash, ready ; its advantages in Society
Cornish Hug, the, in Wrestling 32(3
Cumberland and Westmoreland Wrestling for a
Silver Cup and other Prizes 335
Climbing up a greasy pole for a leg of Mutton. . 205
Conversation between Jem Burn and Phil Samp-
son respecting the merits of Young Sam as a
Boxer 302
Cherry Bounce ; a Parody 38
Characteristic account of a Fox Hunt 86
Carney, Mr., a great Racket player, and also
celebrated for throwing a heavy weight S
Come Sportsmen to the Fens repair 379
Chalk Farm, a slang phrase ; explanation of it.. 82
Cromwell, Oliver, had a Stud of Race Horses. . 96
Canary Bird not known in England until the
Fifteenth Century 108
Cleopatra feasted by Mark Antony with eight
wild boars roasted whole at one supper 140
Cock-fighting, not noticed earlier than Henry II. 146
Count Sandore, an Hungarian Nobleman, dis-
tinguished himself as a celebrated Hunter at
Melton Mowbray 218
Comparative use of the Bow and the Musket.. . 249
Chugan, a game similar to Cricket, a favourite
recreation of the Kings and Chiefs of Persia. . 310
Cockney Bee Hive 160
Come, Sportsman, away, the morning how fair.. 313
Come, come, my good fellows, attend to my song 375
Come you v/ho love the pastime of the fields 376
Come then you hardy youths who wish to save
us I.:. 380
Counties of Cornwall and Devon celebrated for
Wrestling 326
Come bring me to my limber gad 276
Cheer up, fill your glass, for while fortune ifl
brewing 268
Coursing, its great antiquity 385
Coursing clubs in various parts of the Kingdom. 3
Curious Coursing Anecdote 392
Card of Admission to the Gallery of Lord Rivers 386
Crossing the Greyhound with the English Bull
dog.. 390
Dedication of the Book of Sports to George
( x *h%ldestou, Esq i".
Dantel Dabb, one of the Crack Club 14
Doings and Sayings in the Prize Ring, Curtis
and Perkins
Tom Gaynor and Ncal 43
Tom Brown and Dobell.. . 18s
Young Sam and Neal 198
Do. Second Battle 296
Harry Jones & Frank Redman 396
Decapitated Fighting Cock 78
Dr. Franklin's Advice to a Young Sportsman. . . 80
Description of a Fox Chase by a French Gentle-
man 89
Desperate Fight between some Sword-fish and a
\\hale 172
Disappointed Sportsman 267
Determined Robber and the Snake 209
Desperate Struggle between a Man and a Mas-
tiff for Life :
Dublin Regatta
Duke of Buckingham's Yacht
Description of a Sailing Match, nearly sixty
years since
Don Giovanni, a crack Sailing Boat
Duke of Bedford, the late, a good whip
Description of a Race
the Club at the Stag's Head, in
Tom Moody's Village
Death of Tom Moody
272
358
355
ib.
356
3
51
83
INDEX.
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Donkey Races at Northfleet 2t>4
Description of a Cockpit i ui
run with Fox Hounds 218
Tom Owen's Sporting parlour, at
Northfleet.
Do they ever go a second Time ? 274
Doctor Nowell, Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, a
celebrated Angler, died at the advanced age of
ninety-five 281
Duke of St. Albans, attempts of the, to revive
the Sport of Hawking 306
Different species of Hawks. . - 307
Duke of Richmond, the late, a great Cricketer,
and fond of Athletic Sports 338
Duke of Hamilton's great stroke at Cricket ib.
Dogs, attachment to, by the late Duke of Nor-
folk 291
Dick Curtis was as brave a youth 28
Lancaster tor .flooA-iiig against Cambridge for
AM-work 6
Descriptive talent of Mr. Smithen 63
Description of Tom Moody's celebrated "View
Halloo!" 83
Datfy Club ; a sketch of 70
Desborough, Hill, a well-known chanter of the
late Charles Dibbin's Sea Songs, at Margate.. 101
Double Shooting, for 200 sovs 377
.Description of Pigeon Shooting 371
Death, Mr., Werry cruel to the Fancy 75
Description of a Cockpit, at Lima, in South
America 153
Decline of Archery after the death of Charles 11. -J4i
Death of a Pugilist ; or the ruling passion
strong in death the end of Stockman 75
Death blow to the hopes of the Fancy 74
Difficult to determine when the first regularly
appointed Pack of Fox-hounds appeared
amongst us 211
Difficult to increase, or even to preserve hounds,
adhering to the same breed 217
Do not leave oft' Fishing early in the evening. . . . 320
Desperate broad-sword light between those cele -
brated French Marshals, Junot and Lanucr... 120
Different perfections of the Greyhound 390
Epitaph on a Sportsman 77
Extirpation of beasts and Birds 90
Epitome of the points of Whist 112
Excellence of Yankee Rifle Shooting 144
Excellent and elegant copy of verses upon two
Cocks fighting, by Dr. R. Wild 150
Epitaph by the Editor of the Book of Sports, on
Happy Jerry 2:>1
Extinct Animals 303
Epitaph, on John Small, a Cricketer 330
Extraordinary Female Cricket Match :9
Emulation of Nightingales 3.")2
Extraordinary conduct of the late Tom Shelton,
the boxer, hanging himself to a lamp-post, in
compliance with a debt of honour ; and as-
saulting a Police officer, for preventing him
making a second attempt. His trial at the
Quarter Sessions for the above assault 231
Eloquent harangue by a Barber, in a horse case 18
Entertainment given in the Island of Tongata-
boo, to Captain Cook 31
Extracts from Mr. Litt's Wrestliana, as to the
different modes of obtaining falls in Wrestling 322
Epsom and Ascot Kaces contrasted 50
Emery, Jack, the late ; his patronage to the
Fancy 06
Epitaph on Highflyer 180
Epping Hunt, description of it 195
Expenses attached to hunting establishments.. . 217
Effects of the poisoned arrow 251
Elephant Fights 316
Emperor of the Court of Fun 33
Enquiry into the Title and Origin of the Green
Uoom 22
Enterprising mind of Mr. Rothschild 98
Exercise, the best Physic 15
Extraordinarygrief exhibited by a Male Ostrich
for the loss of a female bird 107
English Archers, superior to those of other
Countries 243
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Each part he shone in. but excelled in none. ... ti7
Epiius, a river, that puts out any lighted torch,
and kindles any torch that was not lighted .. . 278
Express command for the Ourang-Outang, Happy
Jerry, to attend at Windsor Castle, by his late
Majesty, George IV .......................... 291
Easy enough to diminish the size and power of
the animal you wish to breed ................. 217
Frederic II. of Prussia, his attachment to dogs 9
Finish of Tom Moody, the crack Huntsman ____ 81
Field Sports tor March ....................... 104
- April ......................... 187
- May .......................... 253
- June ......................... 314
- July ......................... 383
Fancy Parody, " The Minstrel Boy to the War
is gone" .................................... 112
Finish of the Sporting Kill-Bull at Cripplegate.. 137
Fox Chase of the Sea ......................... 155
Fight between a Terrier and an Opossum ....... 173
Fisherman's Glee .............................. 275
Falconry among the Ancients .................. 3H
Female Cricketers ............................. 346
Fogo, Jack., Poet Laureate to the Prize Ring,
sketch of ........ ............................ 75
FANCY, the, not a jot worse than their Neigh-
bours ....................................... 77
Fallacy of Turf Knowledge, as to which Horse
is to Win ................................... 3
First articles required by a Young Angler ...... 283
I'niulness fur betting; the character of Sporting
Men ........................................ 50
First start of the Swell Dragsmau, a stylish af-
fair altogether ............................... 3
Flash Poetry, by the late Lord Byron .......... 14
Fencing, a few words respecting it, as an ac-
complishment. .............................. 122
Fal-de-ral tit, a Song ......................... '.' lot)
Flash Description of the Epping Stag Hunt. . . . 197
Frampton, Mr., the celebrated Jockey, in the
reign of Queen Anne ........................ 79
Fox Hunter, the Jolly, too much for the Doc-
tor ......................................... 15
Tour gretittst Pests of the Metropolis .......... go
Four Packs of Fox Hounds divide the County
of Leicester ................................. 214
Flock of Pigeons immense numbers scarcely
credible ..................................... 238
Flint, Mr., who rode the Match against the
Lady of Col. Thornton ...................... 130
Forty Matches, and ten large pieces of plate, were
won by Snowball, having accepted every chal-
lenge, from whatever dogs of different Coun-
tries were brought against him ............... 390
Fair play is a Briton's motto ................... 172
Fortune in men has some small difference made
Fifty brace of Greyhounds kept at one time, by
the late Lord Oiford ........................ 38
Going to see the Fight, by Tom Hudson ; a song
Great Trotting Match between Miss Turner and
Rattler ....................................
Great ornament to the town of Birmingham ;
Mr. Beardsworth's Repository and Carriage
Mart ........................................
Gallant and Spirited Race at Knavesmire, in
Yorkshire, for 500 gs. and 1000 gs., bye, four
miles, between the late Col. Thornton's Lady"
and Mr. Flint .............................. *
Great Black Fight between Manuel Victoriue
and Lalla Soortee ...........................
Golden Eagle ..................................
Gambler, the ..................................
Grand Cricket Match for 1000 gs., between the
Bury and Mary-le bonne Clubs ...............
Gravesend Regatta ......................... . \ \
Gratitude in a Bull .......................... \\
Great Wrestling Match between Polkinghorne
and Abraham Cann ..........................
Getting the Johnny Raws in a string ...........
Goodman, Sam, one of the Brighton Dragsmen,
a sketch of ..................................
Gregson, Bob, the celebrated Pugilist, a sketch
of ..........................................
General Meeting of the Archers in England ____
129
1.57
^07
230
.-349
^/.g
313
340
66
244
410
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George Cruikshank, Esq 104
Gully, John, Esq., a sketch of his movements hi
the Sporting World 57
Game of Une, Deux, and Ciiique, explained .. . 61
Gibbons, Bill, late ; the Prize Ring maker his
importance in the Fancy 74
Gentlemanly Drasman, the late Harry Steven-
son ; a regular swell with the Ribbons a
sketch of him 4
Gibbon's, Jem, the singer a sketch of. 101
Great Shooting 376
Great Success of Mr. Osbaldeston 379
Greyhound, bitch, suckling a litter of six rabbits 143
Good Cocks of all colours 148
Great change taken place, and in^prowmenta
made in Melton Mowbray 213
Goodricke, Sir Harry, Hart., celebrated for his
fine kennel of hounds, and numerous excel-
lent hunters in his stables 217
Game of Rackets, explanation of 226
Good Hounds are not easily replaced 218
Going back to the good old practices of our fore-
fathers. ..'. 341
Greece, the birth-place of the Arts, encouraged
Pugilism 171
Great creature in the Sporting world 66
Game, not so plentiful as it is now 215
Game Cock, colour of, immaterial 148
Hanoverian Boar Hunt 126
Hippopotami, the, or Water Elephant 127
How to catch, cook, and eat a .lion 143
Hunting the Bear 207
Hark ! the horn gives the signal to rise song,
Original 224
Hare Hunt, extraordinary 236
Horse Racing in Africa., , ,,,.,.,.....,.. 254
Humming Bird 271
Hunting by Steam 272
Happy Jerry, late of the Zoological Gardens 290
Hunting Frolic of Henry IV 303
Hawking 305
Hawking Banquet at Knole 307
, a Ballad 313
Horse Chase upon the Frozen Sea 317
Hints for Anglers 320
H erne Bay Pier Regatta 364
Hunting the Hare ; a song 86
Home, is home! sweet home ! *.. 64
Heavy Whet, a parody 37
Hudibras's description of a Newsmonger 183
Humourous letter from the late Col. Thornton
to a Friend, respecting the report of his death 134
Habits of the late John Howell, Esq 100
How to win a game of Cribbage without holding
a single Point 107
Hunting is a game for Princes and noble persons 140
How to choose a Game Cock 148
Horse, called the Hunter, great change taken
place 212
Hooper, the Fighting Tinman, dressed up as a
Parson at Vauxhall 261
Herculean Match of Mr. Osbaldeston, riding 200
miles in 8 hours and 39 minutes 402
How often have I blest the coming day 259
His house is known to all the Milling train 65
He from the world had cut off a great man 14
Hare-finders, persons employed for Coursing. . . . 386
John Day a pathetic Ballad 8
John Howell, Esq., the Sporting Tailor! 97
Inventions of Man to save his Life 235
Ingenuity of a Beaver at Paris 236
Izaak VV alton, a sketch of 276
Interesting description of a Cricket Match, ia a
Country Village, by Miss Mitford 341
Introduction to the Book of Sports 1
Inimitable Talents ; Harlequin Phillips jump-
ing down his own throat 23
Impromptu the Lion now has got a stall 38
Immense strength possessed by the Ourang-
Outang 293
It is a pleasant place that Margate Still 99
I never says nothing to Nobodv 103
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Interesting Anecdotes of poor Hoskins, the
Racket Master in the King's Bench Prison,
during his confinement of Thirty-eight years ! ! 227
Importance attached to the HAT of a Meltonian,
according to Mr. Perring, of the Strand ...... 223
Jerry Hawthorn's description of Tattersall's.. . . 178
Jumping in Sacks ............................ 265
James I., fond of Field Sports and Horse-racing. 96
Jack Bunting's Cat could fetch and carry ....... 105
Imperial model of Female beauty .............. 144
Increased pace of hounds and horses in hunting. 212
Jockey in Petticoats : ....................... 13a
Inferiority of the Ancients, compared with the
Moderns in a Milling point of view .......... 171
Isle of Dogs, the, derived its name from being the
depot of the Spaniels and Greyhounds ot lid-
ward 111 ..................................... 386
King George IV.'s attachment to horses ........ 172
- Coronation Fleet .............. 350
- - attached to the manly game of
Cricket ..................................... 344
Kent, George, the late, Reporter of Fights, &c.,
well known to the Sporting World, as an ex-
traordinary character ; a sketch of ......... 68
Kennel and Stables at Quordou Hall, the once
celebrated residence of the great Mr. Meynell 214
Killing clean, a Sporting phrase .............. 381
Killed with kindness .......................... 168
Love of Bears ............................
Last words and Testament of Robert Logic, Esq.
Ludlow Fight Poetry .........................
Love-sick Sporting Willy .....................
Laws of the Turf ..............................
- lload ..............................
- Cricket, a.? approved by the Mary-le-
bonne Club ..................................
Laws respecting Hawking ................... r . .
Ludicrous Angling Anecdotes ...................
Little Tommy, an Anecdote ....................
Let Philosophers prate about Reason and Rules.
Lord Kennedy and Mr. Arrowsmith ............
Life in the Country ...........................
Leaping over six five-barred gates, in six mi-
nutes, by the late Col. Thornton ..............
Londoners, their pursuits as to Sporting affairs,
and character ...............................
Larks claws ..................................
Leicester, rendered famous as a Hunting country
by Mr. Meynel ..............................
Lend me a horse, my friend Bob, for to morrow
Lo! Spring's gay herald, fluttering with delight
Long-haired, curl-tailed Greyhounds, were bred
originally from the wolf-dog ..................
Lord Rivers and Mr. Gully, an anecdote re-
spectingHare Park ..........................
Lord Kivers's stock of Greyhounds, at one time,
allowed to be one of the finest in England
Monody on the Rat Killer, Dog Billy ..........
Miseries attached to Hunting, a blank day .....
Melodious Rice Bird ..........................
Mersey Regatta
Margate Regatta
Mr. Teazer,
, leader of a Band, a second Orpheus,
amongst the Provincials .....................
Mr. Lushington, a dangerous acquaintance to
Boxers ......................................
Members of the Four-in-hand Club, with their
leader, Mr. Charles Buxton ..................
My friend is the man I would copy through life
Moonraker and Grimaldi, two favourite horses..
Mr. Justice Heath's opinion, delivered from the
Bench, that persons assembling to amuse them-
selves with donkey-racing, women running for
shifts, &c. are no breaches of the peace ......
Major Campbell, a first-rate Racket player ......
Mortality in the Prize Ring ...................
Mutton Chops, a Parody ...... " ................
Miss Scream-out ! a professional singer .........
Mendoza, Dan, father of the Prize King ; a
sketch of ....................................