THE ART OF BEAGLING: A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK ON THE SPORT AND KENNEL MANAGEMENT. By Captain J. Otho Paget. With photographs and diagrams; and text sketches by T. Ivester Lloyd.

1931 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 225mm). Pp222. B/w photographs and diagrams, text sketches by T. Ivester Lloyd. Tan cloth, upper board and spine titled in black with beagling motif printed in blue.

"The increasing popularity attending the pursuit of the hare is merely a revival of the chase in its oldest form. The wild hare of ancient days was held in great honour; an animal that would bring our the best qualities of hounds and huntsman to pursue it to a kill." Hounds, their care and breeding; huntsman, hunts and hunting, mainly of the hare. Chapters include: The hound; Brood bitches, whelps, and young hounds; On breeding; Kennels and kennel management; The kennelman; Diseases; The hare; The country; The huntsman and hunting; The whipper-in; The field.