PREFACE. SINCE the days of that well-known authority, Peter
Beckford, but few books have been published confined entirely to
Hounds and Hunting. Beckfords Thoughts Upon Hunting, published
about the year 1782, is still looked upon as the best authority on
hunting matters, and all books dealing with this subject contain
many quotations from his work. The practical advice contained
therein was the outcome of a mind that knew his subject thoroughly,
and as long as hunting continues his name will be a household word
amongst hunting men. As a great lover of hounds and everything
connected with hunting, I have ventured to write these few
chapters, and it has been my endeavour to give those who should
chance to read my little volume the result of my experience, and as
the greater part was written far away from any books of reference,
I have been unable to give extracts from other sources. That there
are many points I have missed I feel certain, and I will only ask
the reader to think kindly of my faults, and Aorealise the
difficult task I have but poorly achieved. The Foxhound of the
present day has been brought almost to perfection. Anyway, he is
the most perfect animal in creation, and, thanks to the kindness of
several Masters of Hounds, and with the aid of Mr. Cuthbert
Bradleys pencil, and some photographs, I have been able to obtain
illustrations of many well-known Foxhounds, Harriers, and Beagles,
which I think will be of interest. CHAPTER I, In dealing with
science of hound breeding, I wish at once to say that my remarks
are far from intended to instruct those masters of hounds who are
acknowledged authorities on the subject, and who have studied that
fascinating and most interesting part of the work that falls to
their lot, but rather for the ordinary hunting man, who possibly
may some day become a master of hounds, and also in the hope that
more follovers of hounds will take an interest in their respective
packs, and learn to know how the hounds they ride to are bred,
instead of looking upon them simply as a necessary adjunct to their
gallop across country. How many men out of a field of a hundred
horse- men know one hound from another at the meet do ten per cent
Surely this is not as it should be. Go back a hundred years and
learn the histories of the trencher-fed packs............
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