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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. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter V the hunts and their history Importance of the Huntsman--Increasing Difficulties of Hunting--Music and Pace of different Packs--The Quorn--Mr. Meynell--Lord Sefton--Nimrod's Comments--Mr. Osbaldeston--Tom Firr--Lord Lonsdale--Captain Burns-Hartopp--The Cottesmore--Sir William Lowther--Sir Richard Sutton--Lord Kesteven--Mr. Baird--Foundation of the Kennel--Mr. Evan Hanbury--Arthur Thatcher--Oakham as a Hunting Centre--The Belvoir--A Big Crowd--The Hunt Servants and their Horses--A Typical Day--History of The Pack--Successive Huntsmen--Belvoir Blood in Other Packs--Sir Gilbert Greenall and Capell--Brocklesby and Belvoir--Goodall and Gillard--Masters of the Belvoir--Society at the Castle--Deputy Masters--Lord Forester--Dukes of Rutland--A great County Hunt--Mr. Fernie's Hunt--The Country--The Division during Sir Richard Sutton's Mastership--Mr. Tailby--Some Hard Riders--The Billesdon--Sir Bache Cunard--Why Mr. Fernie's Fixtures are not Overcrowded--Big Studs the Exception--The Right Kind of Horse--Brooks in the Country--Notable Huntsmen trained in Mr. Fernie's Country--The Pack--The Pytchley--Mr. Naylor's Mastership--Squires, the Huntsman--Northamptonshire as a Hunting County--Mr. Meynell's Influence on Hunting--The First Earl Spencer--Dick Knight--Mr. Warde--His Horse " Solyman"--A Long Run--Lord Althorp--Later Masters--Sir Bellingham Graham--Mr. Osbaldeston--Mr. George Payne--Lord Chesterfield--"The Other Tom Smith"--Sir Francis Goodricke--A Hunting Pauper--Charles Payn--Colonel Anstruther Thomson--Conflicting Interests in a Hunting Country--Lord Spencer as Master--M. Brunetiere on English Sports--Sir Herbert Langham--Whyte-Melville on the Pytchley--The Woodland Pytchley--Early Masters--The Woodlands--The Atherstone--Mr....

Excerpt from Fox-Hunting in the Shires IN this volume Mr. Dale has given the results of his experience in the hunting fields of Leicester shire and the surrounding counties, and has treated his subject from the dual standpoint, for which his earlier work so fits him, of hunting historian and hunting - correspondent. His chapters are almost em tirely practical, though he digresses where necessary to criticise, always briefly and to the point, such modern questions as the presence of ladies in the field, the latest development of the capping system, and the question of hunting dress and hunting morals. For the most part, and with some few such exceptions, he gives us minute descriptions of the country known somewhat vaguely as the Shires, and some very excellent advice as to the purchase or schooling of the right kind of horse for hunting that country. The photographs obtained by Mr. R. B. Lodge, with considerable guiding assistance from the author, have here and there been supplemented, with a View to illustrating in as practical fashion as possible the main features of the book. 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.

Hunting is a large part of rural British life, this book is packed with stories of fantastic rides in Rugby, Leicester, Northampton and the western Midlands.