Charles James Apperley

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Charles James Apperley (1777-May 19, 1843), English sportsman and sporting writer, better known as Nimrod, the pseudonym under which he published his works on the chase in the turf, was born at Plasgronow, near Wrexham, in Denbighshire, in 1777.

Between the years 1805 and 1820 Apperley devoted himself to fox-hunting. About 1821 he began to contribute to The Sporting Magazine, under the pseudonym of "Nimrod", a series of racy articles, which helped to double the circulation the magazine in a year or two. The proprietor, Mr Pittman, bought for Nimrod a stud of hunters, and defrayed all expenses of his tours, besides giving him a handsome salary. The death of Mr. Pittman, however, led to a law-suit with the proprietors of the magazine for money advanced, and Apperley, to avoid imprisonment, had to take up his residence near Calais (1830), where he supported himself by his writings. He died in London on May 19, 1843.

[edit] Writings

Some of his better known works include:

Nimrods German Tour (1828) (first edition of Nimrods German Tour from Sporting Magazine in 1829-1830. Publishing company:Godewind Verlag, Germany 2006.) ISBN 978-3-939198-70-3
Remarks on the Condition of Hunters, the Choice of Horses, &c.(1831);
The Chase, the Turf, and the Road (originally written for Quarterly Review), (1837)
Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton (1837)
Nimrod's Northern Tour (1838)
Nimrod Abroad (1842)
The Horse and the Hound (a reprint from the seventh edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica) (1842)
Hunting Reminiscences (1843)