Some Sporting Dogs - With Plates by G. Vernon Stokes

Frank Townend Barton

• Publisher: Read Country Books
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781473336193
• eBook ISBN:
  9781473343368
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Zoology
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Highly recommended or those with a practical interest in hunting and hunting dogs, "Some Sporting Dogs" is a profusely-illustrated handbook on dogs as used for sport, with chapters on selection and breeding, general management, types of sporting dogs, training, and much more. This volume will be of considerable utility to modern hunters and breeders, and it is not to be missed by collectors of vintage sporting literature. Contents include: "General Management of Sporting Dogs", "Flesh as Food for Sporting Dogs", "Trespass of Dogs", "The Foxhound", "The Otterhound", "The Bloodhound", "The Harrier", "The Greyhound", "The Basset Hound", "The Beagle", "The Setter", "The Labrador Retriever, "The Spaniels: The Clumber. The Field. The Cocker", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in a modern, high-quality edition complete with the original artwork and text.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half title
• The Foxhound
• Title
• About the Book
• Contents
• List of Plates
• Chapter I: General Management of Sporting Dogs
• Chapter II: Flesh as Food for Sporting Dogs
• Chapter III: Trespass of Dogs
• Chapter IV: The Foxhound
• Chapter V: The Otterhound
• Chapter VI: The Bloodhound
• Chapter VII: The Harrier
• Chapter VIII: The Greyhound
• Chapter IX: The Basset Hound
• Chapter X: The Beagle
• Chapter XI: The Setter
• Chapter XII: The Labrador Retriever
• Chapter XIII: The Spaniels: The Clumber. The Field. The Cocker
• Chapter XIV: The Sealyham Terrier