This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1782 edition. Excerpt: ... different hounds: some may require more hounds than others: it is not an easy matter to draft hounds properly; nor can any expedition be made in it, without some method. I Seldom suffer many unsteady hounds to be taken out together; and when I do, I take care that none shall go with them, bufsuch as ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1782 edition. Excerpt: ... different hounds: some may require more hounds than others: it is not an easy matter to draft hounds properly; nor can any expedition be made in it, without some method. I Seldom suffer many unsteady hounds to be taken out together; and when I do, I take care that none shall go with them, bufsuch as they cannot spoil. No hound ought to be lest at home, unless there be a reason for it; it is therefore that I fay great nicety is required to draft hounds properly. Many huntsmen, I believe, think it of no great consequence which they take out, and which they leave; provided they have the number requisite. A perfect knowledge in feeding, and drafting hounds, are the two most essential parts of fox-hunting: good hounds will require but little assistance afterwards. By seeding, I mean the bringing the hound into the field, in his highest vigour. By drafting, I particularly mean the taking out no unsteady hound, nor any that are not likely to be of service to the pack.--When you intend to hunt two days following, it is then th.it the greatest nicety will be requisite to make the most of a small pr.ck. Placing hounds to the greatest advantage, as mentioned page 250, may also be considered as a necessary part of fox-hunting. Hounds that are intended to hunt the next d.iy, and are drafted off into the hunting kennel, as soon as they are fed; should be let out again into the outer court in the evening: My hounds have generally some thin meat given them at this time, while the feeder cleans out their kennel. I have already faid that cleanliness is not less essential than food. When When the place of meeting, and time are fixed, every huntsman ought to be as exact to them as it is possible. On no account is he to be before the time; yet, on some...
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Used-Good. Good hardback. 4th edition, in grey paper-covered boards with light brown paper spine; 360pp; engraved frontis, + 2 plates at rear (designs for kennels). Frontis & plates all water-stained at top edge. Untrimmed page edges rather 'dusty'. Board edges & corners worn, some stains on boards. Spine probably a later replacement, with paper title label.
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Good. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7.75"-9.75" tall; Sir Peter Beckford (1740-1811) writer and avid huntsman penned: Familiar letters from Italy, to a friend in England (2 vols., 1805), Thoughts upon hunting, in a series of familiar letters to a friend, 1781, Thoughts upon Hare and Fox Hunting, in a series of letters to a friend, 1781, and Thoughts on Fox Hunting, published 1791. Red cloth boards with black ruled borders and hunt cap/crossed whips on frt bd. Gilt fox mask and crossed whips/spurs and title on backstrip faded but remain legible. Corners bumped and rubbed but not unsightly. A very special presentation copy not signed by Beckford but signed on verso preface page by Lord Charles Bereford to Mr. Frank Gillard M.F.H. of the Belvoir Hunt, UK dated March 1880. Also, tidy inscription from former owner, past M.F.H. Dr. William J. Lay on fep. Beresford combined the two careers of the navy and being a member of parliament, making a reputation as a hero in battle and champion of the navy in the House of Commons. His family traced their ancestry to Englishmen who had invaded Ireland in the reign of James I and stayed to rule. The family estate covered 100, 000 acres at Curraghmore near Waterford in South East Ireland, included stables for 100 horses and employed 600 people. The family enjoyed hunting, to the extent that his uncle was killed in a riding accident, his brother was crippled in another, and he himself managed ten broken bones at various times. 269 pp uncut edges. Hinges shaken but not split. Includes a fold-out kennel diagram along with a comprehensive list of hound names. Bound in the rear by the publisher is a separate 20pp booklet, A List of Works on English Sports and Pastimes, Including Angling, Cocking, Fencing, Hawking, Racing and Shooting Together With a Large Collection of Prints and Pictures Relating to the Same Subjects offered by James Toovey, Publisher. In a series of letters to a friend; in which are given ample directions for erecting a kennel, the management of hounds, and the duties and qualifications necessary for a huntsman and whipper-in. Laid in are several pages of contemporary biographies of Beresford & Gillard.
