Hounds and Hunting Through the Ages

Hounds and Hunting Through the Ages

Hounds and Hunting Through the Ages

Hounds and Hunting Through the Ages

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Overview

Hounds and Hunting through the Ages remains the definitive volume for the foxhunter of all skill levels. This primer of foxhunting covers all aspects of the sport, from the history and technique of hunting, to the development, selection, breeding and training of hounds.

Beautifully illustrated throughout, this edition contains a complete glossary of hunting terms. It also includes a Foreword by Mason Houghland, the author of Gone Away and contributor of numerous stories on foxhunting to national magazines, as well as an Introduction by the Earl of Lonsdale, himself a keen sportsman whose name would later be given to the Lonsdale clothing brand.

Authoritative and comprehensive, this great modern classic of the chase remains one of the most famous books of our time on the whole art and sport of Foxhunting.

An essential addition to any sporting library.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781789123555
Publisher: Papamoa Press
Publication date: 01/13/2019
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 292
File size: 22 MB
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About the Author

JOSEPH B. THOMAS (1879-1955) was one of the country’s foremost breeders of the American foxhound and founder of the American Foxhound Club (today’s Foxhound Club of North America).

Born in Boston in 1879 to Joseph B. Thomas, Sr., a successful sugar business owner, and Annie Hill Thomas, the family moved to New York when Thomas, Jr. was young. Already a keen sportsman and breeder of Borzoi dogs, known as the “royal dog of Russia,” the young Thomas traveled to Russia upon graduation in 1903. He visited numerous kennels and spent some time as a guest of the Grand Duke Nicholas at Perchina. The duke owned superior dogs and Thomas purchased “Bristri,” who would go on to become champion in the United States. He returned to New York in 1906 to purchase more Borzoi dogs, leading to an increase in popularity of the dog breed in the country.

Following the end of WWI, Thomas became an avid and accomplished fox hunter, establishing kennels and stables in Middleburg, Virginia called Huntlands. His love for dog breeding led him to search throughout Virginia to find red hounds descended from those presented to George Washington by the Marquis Lafayette, and he wrote the book Hounds and Hunting Through the Ages, first published in 1928.

Thomas died in 1955, aged 75.

HUGH CECIL LOWTHER, THE EARL OF LONSDALE, KG, GCVO, DL (1857-1944), was an English nobleman. The second son of Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale, he succeeded his brother, St. George Lowther, 4th Earl of Lonsdale, in 1882. A keen sportsman, he was a founding member and first president of the National Sporting Club.

Table of Contents

Introductionxvii
Forewordxxi
Chapter I.Fundamentals and Traditions1
Chapter II.Limners and Bards of the Chase25
Chapter III.Hounds and Horns of Yore39
Chapter IV.Present Day Hounds51
Chapter V.Attributes of a Good Hound73
Chapter VI.Comments on Hunting a Pack100
Chapter VII.The Eccentricities of Scent124
Chapter VIII.Kennels and Stables137
Chapter IX.Riding to Hounds and Hunt Uniforms150
Chapter X.Hunt Countries and Quarry170
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