The Science of Foxhunting and Management of the Kennel
The Science of Foxhunting and Management of the Kennel

Author: Scrutator

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2017-08-25

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 1473338980

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This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on fox hunting, being an exposition of its science with information on kennel management, breeding hounds, and much more. With a wealth of invaluable information and many helpful tips, this volume is highly recommended for the modern rural sportsman and would make for a worthy addition to collections of hunting literature. Contents include: "The Arena of Breeding Foxhounds", "Quality to be Regarded before Quantity", "Sires and Dams of Approved Characters", "Breeding Judiciously versus Breeding Extensively", "Jasper a Case in Point", Huntsman and Whipper-in", "General Want of Harmony Between them as to the Occult Science", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. Originally published in 1868, we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of fox hunting.

The Great Hound Match of 1905
The Great Hound Match of 1905

Author: Martha Wolfe

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2015-11-02

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1586671545

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In November 1905, the peak of foxhunting season across the Midlands of England and up and down the east coast of North America, two towns in Virginia saw the coming of illustrious and wealthy men. There was to be a contest, a Great Hound Match, between two packs of foxhounds, one English and one American. The English hounds carried, on their great stout forearms and deep chests, the monumental weight of centuries of foxhunting in England and were expected to make their hound dog ancestors proud of their New World conquest. The American hounds were expected to show those stodgy old Brits how it was done over here—with spunk and intuition, individuality, drive, and nerve. This book chronicles this ostentatious match of Britain versus America at the turn of the century.