The collection presents twelve short verses, one for each month, each tied to a different sport—hunting, coursing, racing, boating, fishing, cricket, archery, coaching, shooting, golf, boxing, and skating—and framed by an almanac-like calendar. Each poem blends light satire, affectionate nostalgia, and practical observation about the pleasures, rituals, and social mores of sporting life, alternating brisk humor with moral or ironic asides. Playful illustrations accompany the pieces, and recurring motifs of competition, camaraderie, vanity, and the cost of pastime unify the sequence while varying tone and perspective across the months.