"Hounds, Gentlemen Please!"
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"Hounds, Gentlemen Please!"

  1. 428 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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"Hounds, Gentlemen Please!"

About this book

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to fox hunting, with accounts of hunting experiences, historical information, tips and pointers, and much more. Although old, the information contained within this book is timeless and will be of considerable value to those with an interest in the history of fox hunting. Contents include: "'Hounds, Gentlemen, Please'", "On Going to Convert", "A Plea for Interest in Hounds", "Field Masters and Huntsmen: Amateur and Professional", "Short Masterships and Their Causes", "Horns, Holloas, and Dog Language", "Our Puppies", "On Blooding Hounds", "The Colour of Hounds", "The Fox in Summer", 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.

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Information

Publisher
Read Country Books
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781473327405
eBook ISBN
9781473349964

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. A Brief Introduction to Fox Hunting
  5. Introduction
  6. Preface
  7. Contents
  8. Illustrations
  9. Chapter I “Hounds, Gentlemen, Please!”
  10. Chapter II On Going to Covert
  11. Chapter III A Plea for Interest in Hounds
  12. Chapter IV Field Masters and Huntsmen: Amateur and Professional
  13. Chapter V Short Masterships and Their Causes
  14. Chapter VI Horns, Holloas, and Dog Language
  15. Chapter VII Our Puppies
  16. Chapter VIII On Blooding Hounds
  17. Chapter IX The Colour of Hounds
  18. Chapter X The Fox in Summer
  19. Chapter XI The Hunted Fox and His Wiles
  20. Chapter XII Gorse Coverts and Their Management
  21. Chapter XIII Our Artificial Fox Earths
  22. Chapter XIV Variety in Hunting Countries
  23. Chapter XV Foxhunting Types
  24. Chapter XVI Foxhunting Types (continued)
  25. Chapter XVII Hunting Miseries
  26. Chapter XVIII Some Humours of the Chase
  27. Chapter XIX Christmas Reflections
  28. Chapter XX Which is the Best Month of the Season?
  29. Chapter XXI Hunting Ancient and Modern
  30. Chapter XXII Changes in Foxhunting
  31. Chapter XXIII A Plea for the Old Red Rag