BRITISH and IRISH HUNTS and HUNTSMEN. VOLUME III. By J.N.P. Watson.

BRITISH and IRISH HUNTS and HUNTSMEN. VOLUME III. By J.N.P. Watson.

BRONCHO. By Richard Ball. Illustrated by G.D. Armour.

BRONCHO. By Richard Ball. Illustrated by G.D. Armour.

THE GREAT HUNTS: FOXHUNTING COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD. By Alastair Jackson.

1989 1st edition. 4to (194 x 246mm). Pp240. Colour and b/w photographs by Jim Meads, b/w illustrations. Red boards, spine titled in gilt.

"This splendid and beautifully illustrated book starts with a look at the state of the organisation of the sport today, moving on to a detailed survey of the 'Great Hunts' both in the UK and further afield. The organisation of the Hunt is covered, along with its kennels and stables; and the early ancestry and development of the modern foxhound." Chapters include: The role of foxhunting past and present; The evolution of the modern foxhound; Constitutions and countries - the organisation of hunting; Management of horse and hound; And so to horse - the mounted field; In defence of our foxhunting heritage; The Quorn, the Belvoir, the Cottesmore; The Four Burrow, the Exmoor, the Cotley, the Cattistock, the Portman; The New Forest, the Chiddingford, Leconfield and Cowdray, the Crawley and Horsham; The Duke of Beaufort's, the Berkeley, the Heythrop, the Warwickshire; The Brocklesby, the Fitzwilliam, the Puckeridge; Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn's, the Meynell, the Ludlow; The Glamorgan, the David Davies, the Curre; The Blencathra, the Middleton, the Percy; The Dumfriesshire, the College Valley, the Duke of Buccleuch's; County Galway, the Kilkenny, the County Limerick, the Scarteen; Italy, Spain, USA, Canada.
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40121
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Author Jackson (Alastair).
Book Code 40121
ISBN 0715392573 / 0715392573.
Book Description Slight use. Good-plus in like dust-wrapper.
Book Cover Hardcover
Published Date 1989
Publisher David and Charles.
Place Newton Abbot, Devon.