FOX-HUNTING. By The Duke of Beaufort.

(1980) 1987 reprint. 8vo (251 x 173mm). Pp220. B/w colour photographs, pictorial end-papers. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt.

A comprehensive examination of hunting by an acknowledged expert. Chapters include: How my fox-hunting life began; The fox; The foxhound; Kennels; Hound management; Hound shows; The running of a pack of hounds; The general organisation of the hunt; The huntsman; The whipper-in; In the field; Riding to hounds; Fox coverts and their care (with thoughts on wire); Earth-stopping; Terriers; Digging; Horses and stables in general; A defence of fox-hunting; First-aid for horse and rider; Etiquette and clothes.