Knowledge

The Sporting Magazine

Source 📝

180:
occurred within the magazine's columns, acting as an additional check on the accuracy of material. The editor refused to settle disputes, but was very conscientious in supplying the best information available. Cumulatively, this provided an immense amount of detail. The journal transformed the subject by providing a treatment that was both deeper and more wide reaching in scope. Unlike its predecessors, it embraced everything that was regarded as sport and aimed at presenting an accurate, accessible record. By doing so, it mapped the subject out, presenting a thematic framework, which others were to develop. A range of issues that were to become associated with established sporting literature first became accessible to a wider audience via its columns.
101: 184:
embodied by the detailed calendar of forthcoming events that appeared every month. Improvements in communications generated rapid information dissemination and this inevitably favoured the daily and weekly press rather than the monthly, especially those that began devoting serious coverage to sport.
183:
By the early 1820s, the magazine was the fourth best-selling monthly periodical in London. However, it was still badly organized, information on varying topics simply being heaped together. Occasionally the magazine would copy articles from newspapers, but the coverage it offered was excellent,
179:
Much of the information in the magazine stemmed from the readers themselves, who were urged to contribute material. The editor insisted that information should be accurate, rejecting contributions where he had doubts. Readers would also respond to one another's letters and sharp debates often
199:
at lavish cost, from 1822 to 1827, to furnish beautifully written pieces on fox-hunting, that commenced the transformation of the magazine. Despite an increase in price, Nimrod's articles increased sales, which soon doubled, inevitably leading the magazine to pay still greater attention to
277: 311: 221:
between gentleman protagonists with pistols or swords was so common at the time, that the magazine had a regular monthly column called "Affairs of Honour" devoted to duels.
306: 87:. Its subtitle was "Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of the Turf, the Chase and Every Other Diversion Interesting to the Man of Pleasure, Enterprize, and Spirit". 192: 187:
Consequently, sales of the magazine shrank to just 1,500 by 1822, leading to the editor to introduce a new approach to the subject matter. From 1819
316: 301: 235: 326: 321: 122: 230: 148: 17: 130: 126: 255: 111: 115: 172:, had established a wide-ranging network of informants, writers and contributors throughout the 196: 195:
packs appearing two years later. However, it was the editor's decision to employ the author
8: 83:(1792–1870) was the first English sporting periodical to devote itself to every type of 207:
The magazine, followed by other papers, began to denounce cruelty to animals, such as,
236:
Link to the online archive of issues of The Sporting Magazine at Babel.Hathitrust.org
168:, but was able to offer extensive coverage of events nationally because the editor, 200:
fox-hunting. Nonetheless, contents remained quite varied, including, for instance,
70: 295: 212: 231:
Link to the first bound volume of The Sporting Magazine, Oct 1792 - Mar 1793
201: 204:. In addition, coverage became more contemporary and the layout improved. 191:
had been given increasing coverage, with the first comprehensive list of
188: 169: 100: 284:. Vol. 1. London, UK: Rogerson & Tuxford. 1793. p. 1. 208: 165: 173: 84: 218: 312:
Defunct sports magazines published in the United Kingdom
248: 164:
was established in 1792. The magazine was published in
215:
and horse feats, and encouraged action against them.
307:Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom 293: 129:. Unsourced material may be challenged and 149:Learn how and when to remove this message 14: 294: 317:Defunct magazines published in London 302:1792 establishments in Great Britain 127:adding citations to reliable sources 94: 224: 24: 25: 338: 327:Magazines disestablished in 1870 99: 270: 13: 1: 322:Magazines established in 1792 241: 7: 10: 343: 90: 66: 58: 50: 42: 34: 162:The Sporting Magazine 80:The Sporting Magazine 29:The Sporting Magazine 258:. The Georgian Index 123:improve this section 31: 27: 282:Sporting Magazine 159: 158: 151: 76: 75: 18:Sporting Magazine 16:(Redirected from 334: 286: 285: 274: 268: 267: 265: 263: 252: 225:External Sources 154: 147: 143: 140: 134: 103: 95: 32: 26: 21: 342: 341: 337: 336: 335: 333: 332: 331: 292: 291: 290: 289: 276: 275: 271: 261: 259: 254: 253: 249: 244: 227: 155: 144: 138: 135: 120: 104: 93: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 340: 330: 329: 324: 319: 314: 309: 304: 288: 287: 269: 246: 245: 243: 240: 239: 238: 233: 226: 223: 157: 156: 107: 105: 98: 92: 89: 74: 73: 68: 64: 63: 62:United Kingdom 60: 56: 55: 52: 48: 47: 44: 40: 39: 36: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 339: 328: 325: 323: 320: 318: 315: 313: 310: 308: 305: 303: 300: 299: 297: 283: 279: 273: 257: 251: 247: 237: 234: 232: 229: 228: 222: 220: 216: 214: 213:cock-fighting 210: 205: 203: 198: 194: 190: 185: 181: 177: 175: 171: 167: 163: 153: 150: 142: 132: 128: 124: 118: 117: 113: 108:This section 106: 102: 97: 96: 88: 86: 82: 81: 72: 69: 65: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 41: 37: 33: 30: 19: 281: 278:"Title Page" 272: 260:. Retrieved 256:"Newspapers" 250: 217: 206: 202:dog fighting 186: 182: 178: 161: 160: 145: 136: 121:Please help 109: 79: 78: 77: 28: 189:fox-hunting 170:John Wheble 51:Final issue 43:First issue 296:Categories 242:References 211:shooting, 139:March 2013 110:does not 35:Frequency 219:Duelling 67:Language 262:3 March 193:British 131:removed 116:sources 91:History 71:English 59:Country 38:Monthly 209:pigeon 197:Nimrod 174:shires 166:London 85:sport 264:2013 114:any 112:cite 54:1870 46:1792 125:by 298:: 280:. 176:. 266:. 152:) 146:( 141:) 137:( 133:. 119:. 20:)

Index

Sporting Magazine
English
sport

cite
sources
improve this section
adding citations to reliable sources
removed
Learn how and when to remove this message
London
John Wheble
shires
fox-hunting
British
Nimrod
dog fighting
pigeon
cock-fighting
Duelling
Link to the first bound volume of The Sporting Magazine, Oct 1792 - Mar 1793
Link to the online archive of issues of The Sporting Magazine at Babel.Hathitrust.org
"Newspapers"
"Title Page"
Categories
1792 establishments in Great Britain
Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom
Defunct sports magazines published in the United Kingdom
Defunct magazines published in London
Magazines established in 1792

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.