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Charles James Apperley

“Nimrod was the first hunting scribe to bring the sport to a national audience”

Charles James Apperley

Charles James Apperley (1777-1843) wrote in The Sporting Magazine under the pseudonym Nimrod. His features, hunting and racing reports were hugely popular and extremely influential.

ONLY a hunting correspondent and sporting scribe would have the audacity to use

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