Hunting Tours - Descriptive of Various Fashionable Countries and Establishments with Anecdotes of Masters of Hounds and Others Connected with Foxhunting

Cornelius Tongue

• Publisher: Read Country Books
• Year: 2017
• eBook ISBN:
  9781473338616
• Print ISBN:
  9781473327436
• Subtopic: British History

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 utility to the modern huntsman. 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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• A Brief Introduction to Fox Hunting
• Contents
• List of Subscribers
• Directions to the Binder
• I.—The Albrighton Country and Mr. Stubbs’ Hounds
• II.—The Atherstone Country and Lord Curzon’s Hounds
• III.—The old Berkshire Hounds and Country
• IV.—The Burton Country and Lord Henry Bentinck’s Hounds
• V.—The Cotswold Hounds and Country
• VI.—A Day on the Flags in 1862
• VII.—The Cottesmore Country and Sir John Trollope’s Hounds
• VIII.—The Honourable George Fitzwilliam’s Hounds and Country
• IX.—Herefordshire Hounds and Country
• X.—The Heythrop Hounds and Country
• XI.—The Hoar Cross Country and Mr. Meynell Ingram’s Hounds
• XII.—The Ludlow Hounds and Country
• XIII.—The Quorn Country and Lord Stamford’s Hounds—their Opening Day
• XIV.—Mr. Tailby’s Country and his Hounds
• XV.—The Duke of Rutland’s Hounds and Country
• XVI.—The Warwickshire Country and Hounds
• XVII.—The North Warwickshire Country and Mr. Baker’s Hounds
• XVIII.—The Worcestershire Country and Colonel Clowes’ Hounds
• XIX.—The Vale of White Horse Country and Mr. Croome’s Hounds
• XX.—The Earl of Yarborough’s Hounds and Country