Title page for "How to Qualify for a Meltonian". (Primary Title)
Henry Thomas Alken, English, 1785–1851 (Artist)
Printed in center: How to Qualify for a Meltonian. / Addressed to all would-be Meltonians. / MY motive is, to give some little instruction for the qualification of a Meltonian, and at / the same time to warn all aspiring persons of the difficulty they have to encounter even in the / endeavor at perfection in this extreme of Sporting excellence. The next big thing to being / a man of high consideration, is to be taken for one: to be thought in any way like a Mel- / tonian is honour quantum suf. for ninety-nine in a hundred. / You have here six conspicuous points of Meltonianship, accompanied with some slight re- / marks ; and should any one have the good fortune to accomplish but three out of the six, he / will stand a fair chance of being taken for another---at any rate, that he is not himself. / BEN TALLY-HO. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 14 / 1A" and "2"
Paul Mellon Collection
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