Horse and Hound

Roger D. Williams

• Publisher: Read Country Books
• Year: 2017
• eBook ISBN:
  9781473349957
• Print ISBN:
  9781473327399

This vintage book contains a complete guide to hunting, with information on equipment, history and origins, riding, training hounds, and much more. Although old, much of the information contained within this book is timeless and will be of considerable utility to the modern sportsman today. Contents include: "Hunting", "The Hunter", "Schooling of Hunts", "Cross-Country Riding", "Falls", "In The Field", "Women in the Field", "Scent", "The Fox", "Tricks and Habits of the Fox", "The Hound", "History and Origin American Hound", "Breeding and Rearing Hounds", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. This volume is being republished now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of fox hunting.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• A Brief Introduction to Fox Hunting
• Preface
• Contents
• I. Hunting
• II. The Hunter
• III. Schooling of Hunters
• IV. Cross-Country Riding
• V. Falls
• VI. In the Field
• VII. Women in the Field
• VIII. Scent
• IX. The Fox
• X. Tricks and Habits of the Fox
• XI. The Hound
• XII. History and Origin American Hound
• XIII. Breeding and Raising Hounds
• XIV. Training Hounds
• XV. The Kennel
• XVI. Hunt Clubs