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Charles Bindley (1795/6–1859) was a British sporting writer, who concentrated on horses and
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;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Bindley, Charles 1795 births 1859 deaths 19th-century English writers English journalists
Charles Bindley (1795/6–1859) was a British sporting writer, who concentrated on horses and field sports
Field sports are outdoor sports that take place in the wilderness or sparsely populated rural areas, where there are vast areas of uninhabited greenfields. The term specifically refer to activities that mandate sufficiently large open spaces an ...
, particularly hunting and stable management. He became known under his pseudonym, Harry Hieover.
Life
On his own account, Bindley's background included a fox-hunting father, service in Ireland, and sojourns mainly in Leicestershire and Lincolnshire. He wrote for a number of major sporting periodicals. In November 1858, in poor health, he left London forBrighton
Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London.
Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
, where he was the guest of his friend Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 2nd Baronet. He died there on 10 February 1859, aged 63.
Works
Bindley published: * ''Stable Talk and Table Talk, or Spectacles for Young Sportsmen'', 2 vols. 1845–6 * ''The Pocket and the Stud, or Practical Hints for the Management of the Stable'', 1848 * ''The Stud for Practical Purposes and Practical Men'', 1849 * ''Practical Horsemanship'', 1850 * ''The Hunting Field'', 1850 * editor,Delabere Blaine
Delabere Pritchett Blaine (1768–1845) was an English veterinary surgeon and Professor of Animal Medicine.
Biography
Blaine at one stage ran a veterinary infirmary in Wells Street, Oxford Street, London. From about 1812 he was in partnership the ...
's ''Encyclopædia of Rural Sports'' (1852)
* ''Bipeds and Quadrupeds'', 1853
* ''Sporting Facts and Sporting Fancies'', 1853
* ''The World: How to square it'', 1854
* ''Hints to Horsemen: Shewing how to make Money by Horses'', 1856
* ''Precept and Practice'', 1857, reprinted articles from '' The Field''
* ''The Sporting World'', 1858
* ''Things worth knowing about Horses'', 1859.
For '' Bentley's Miscellany'' Bindley wrote a fiction series, "The Two Mr. Smiths, or the Double Mistake".
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External links
Online Books page
;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Bindley, Charles 1795 births 1859 deaths 19th-century English writers English journalists