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Author: George F. Underhill Publisher: ISBN: 9781332514458 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 384
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Excerpt from A Century of English Fox-Hunting A preface must to a certain extent partake of the nature of an autobiography, and I fear that the majority of readers regard autobiographies with suspicion. Moreover, there are few books which require a preface to the first edition, though in subsequent editions it is only fair that the author should have an opportunity of making explanations in cases where he has been misunderstood. Nor, beyond acknowledging the kind help which I have received from friends and acquaintances, should I have made any prefatory remarks to the following pages, if it were not that I have been urgently persuaded to do so by those whose literary experience is far greater than my own. I have often heard it stated that the character of a book reflects the character of the author, and such undoubtedly must be the case when the book has any claim for originality. But in a work which only pretends to a moderate degree of research there can be little if any index to the character of the author, who accordingly should not be accused of personal vanity for writing a preface. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Allen Potts Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780666699121 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 52
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Excerpt from Fox Hunting in America The colony in Virginia, founded at Jamestown in 1607, was almost swept away by the great massacre in 1622, and for a year thereafter the colonists lived within stockades, never daring to wander beyond sight of a primitive fort. There is no record that fox hounds existed in the colony at that time and. Indeed, the records of the Virginia Com pany from 1619 to 1624 contained no mention of foxes, or hounds, or of hunting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Richard Clapham Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780267804030 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 400
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Excerpt from Foxes, Foxhounds and Fox-Hunting Whether it be for better or worse we cannot tell, for hunting goes on despite the advent of the motor car, the rush of traffic, and the glass-like surface of the roads. It takes a lot to prevent a keen hunting man from following his favourite pursuit, and so despite the wire, the petrol fumes, and all the rest of it, big fields still forgather at every meet of hounds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: George Frederick Underhill Publisher: Legare Street Press ISBN: 9781015786424 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
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Author: Richard Howard Carlisle Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780365492641 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 188
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Excerpt from Fox-Hunting Past Present IT is patent to any readers of this work, that one double or treble the size could easily have been compiled dealing with The Sport of Kings these salient features, concerning Sport with Horse and Hound, have been discussed as F ox-hunting Past and Present, with the hope. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: John Malsbury Kirby Elliott Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780666384867 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 398
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Excerpt from Fifty Years' Fox-Hunting With the Grafton and Other Packs of Hounds One can readily understand a young man, with a taste for fox-hunting, looking forward with the hope of having a good time of it, to the period when he shall be established as a fox-hunter. With an aged man who has had a full share Of his favourite sport, the time arrives when he should be thankful for what he has received, and he naturally looks back and recalls the past events of his life. During my lengthened career I have met many of the best men of the day, and have enjoyed hunting with them to my heart's content. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Thomas Smith Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780365125556 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 170
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Excerpt from The Life of a Fox: Written by Himself Pytchly's Story reveals the very foundation of Fox hunting, which is to stick to the line. There are indeed two opinions about nose. Some Foxhounds may have, like some human beings, a more sensitive organ of smell than others; if this can be discovered in a Foxhound, combined with tongue, speed, intelligence, perseverance, and constitu tion, all contained in a frame of sufficient symmetry, then that Foxhound should be bred from freely. But the prob ability is, that while some Hounds may have keener noses than others the vast majority have sufficiently serviceable noses provided they are encouraged, or even allowed, to use them. There is no doubt whatever that where the Fox scores against the Hounds is by gaining time when he turns. It is the turn that tells. If all Foxes that were found went straight ahead, many more would be killed. The proof of this is that even on a day when scent is poor, Hounds always run fast when the Fox goes straight to an earth or drain. He knows the way. He goes straight through all his well known smeuses in the fences, and the leading Hounds have no difficulty, his scent being in their faces all the way. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Charles Asbury Stephens Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780331664218 Category : Languages : en Pages : 290
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Excerpt from Fox-Hunting: As Recorded by Raed But a matter Of party pride came up. We did not care to present ourselves in old-world waters in our roughly-appointed schooner. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Puleston Puleston Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780267333134 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 228
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Excerpt from History of Fox-Hunting: In the From Country and Part This Shropshire From the Beginning of This Century to the End of the Season of 1884-85 Out hunting in 1749, but we are not told with whose hounds he was hunting, or what was the animal he was pursuing. The story goes that this Sir Watkin's second wife, a daughter of Sir Charles Shakerley, said to have been his own god-daughter, moreover young and beautiful, dreamed that her husband was killed out hunting, and begged him not to go out on that day. He had half promised to do as she wished, for youth and beauty will have an influence on us all, when a good-natured friend intervened, and persuaded him that if he listened to all the fancies of his wife he would soon have to give up all his amusements his argument prevailed, Sir Watkin went out, got safely through the run, but in crossing a field at Acton, near Wrexham (the seat of Sir Robert Cunliffe), on his return home, his horse making a peck, pitched him on his head, which came in contact with the only stone in the field. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.