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THE FOX HUNTING COLLECTION

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The Digital Library is proud to present this stunning virtual archive of 177 rare, out-of-print books compiled together for the first time in one unique virtual library covering all aspects of fox hunting, fox hounds and the thrill of the chase. This is a real treasure trove of books, some of which are extremely rare, providing a valuable research library for anyone with an interest in this sport of kings. The full list of titles included speaks for itself...

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A century of English fox-hunting by G. F. Underhill (1900)

A century of foxhunting with the Warwickshire hounds - being a sketch history of the hunt from 1791 to 1891 by Castor (pseud) (1891)

A few of my most favorite fox chases in East Sussex by J. Kent (1844)

A history of the Kildare hunt by W. B. Boulton (1913)

A history of the Meynell hounds and country, 1780-1901 Vol. 1 by J. L. Randall (1901)

A history of the Meynell hounds and country, 1780-1901 Vol. 2 by J. L. Randall (1901)

A history of the old Berks Hunt from 1760 to 1904 - with a chapter on early foxhunting by F. C. Symonds (1905)

A hunting catechism by R. F. Meysey-Thompson (1907)

A memoir of the Rev. John Russell and his out-of-door life by E. W. L. Davies (1902)

A pack of foxhounds by V. Galway (1920)

ABC of fox hunting by J. D. Paul (1870)

Advice on fox-hunting by H. Willoughby de Broke (1906)

An introduction to fox-hunting by E. S. C. Hobson (1911)

Annals of the Billesdon hunt (Mr. Fernie's) 1856-1913. Notable runs and incidents of the chase, prominent members, celebrated hunters and hounds, amusing stories and anecdotes by F. Costobadie (1914)

British field sports - embracing practical instructions in shooting, hunting, coursing, racing, cocking, fishing by J. Lawrence (1820)

Chips, sporting & otherwise - in verse & prose by F. Wedge (1800)

Colonel Botcherby, M.S.H. by F. Russell (1899)

Covert-side sketches or, Thoughts on hunting suggested by many days in many countries with fox, deer, and hare by J. N. Fitt (1879)

Cross country reminiscences by F. Russell (1887)

Cross country with horse and hound by F. S. Peer (1902)

Dame Perkins and her grey mare or, The mount for market by L. Meadows (1866)

Dartmoor days with the Forest Hunt by J. H. W. Knight-Bruce (1916)

England's oldest hunt being chapters of the history of the Bilsdale, Farndale and Sinnington Hunts, collected during several years by J. Fairfax-Blakeborough (1907)

Extracts from the diary of a huntsman by T. Smith (1841)

Farming and foxhunting by C. W. Whatley (1920)

Fifty years' fox-hunting with the Grafton and other packs of hounds by J. Elliott (1900)

Flood, field and forest by G. Rooper (1874)

Flowers of the hunt by F. Mason (1889)

Forty-five years of sport by J. H. Corballis (1891)

Fox and hounds by E. D. Cuming (1915)

Fox hunting - a treatise by the Right Hon. the Earl of Kilreynard by C. W. Bell (1899)

Fox hunting in Delaware County, Pennsylvania and, origin and history of the Rose Tree Fox Hunting Club by G. E. Darlington (1901)

Foxes, foxhounds and fox-hunting by R. Clapham (1922)

Fox-hound, forest and prairie by E. P. Elmhirst (1892)

Foxhounds and their handling in the field by L. H. Bentinck (1922)

Fox-hunting by C. A. Stephens (1873)

Fox-hunting from shire to shire - with many noted packs, a companion volume to 'Good sport, seen with some famous packs' by C. Bradley (1912)

Fox-hunting in the shires by T. F. Dale (1903)

Foxhunting on the Lakeland fells by R. Clapham (1920)

Fox-hunting past & present by R. H. Carlisle (1908)

Fox-hunting recollections by R. Graham (1908)

Full cry by F. Cotton (1902)

Gallops 2 by D. Gray (1903)

Gallops by D. Gray (1898)

Good sport seen with some famous packs, 1885-1910 by C. Bradley (1910)

Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrock's hunt by R. S. Surtees (1892)

Hibernia venatica by M. O. Morris (1878)

Hints to huntsmen by J. Anstruther-Thomson (1891)

History of the Royal Rock Beagle Hunt by N. Caine (1895)

Hoof beats from Virginia & other lands by P. Hichborn (1912)

Horse and hound by R. D. Williams (1908)

Horses and hounds - a practical treatise on their management by K. W. Horlock (1855)

Hound and horn in Jedforest by T. S. Anderson (1909)

Hound and horn; or, The life and recollections of George Carter, the great huntsman by I. H. G. (1885)

Hounds, Gentlemen, please! by W. B. Forbes (1910)

Hunting by H. Beaufort (1906)

Hunting dogs by O. Hartley (1909)

Hunting in many countries by C. Richardson (1922)

Hunting in the golden days by H. Garle (1896)

Hunting lays and hunting ways - an anthology of the chase by D. Birkett (1922)

Hunting recollections Vol. 2 by Miss Tawke (1911)

Hunting reflections by J. O. Paget (1900)

Hunting talk by W. Fraser-Tytler (1919)

Hunting the fox by H. Willoughby de Broke (1921)

Hunting tours - descriptive of various fashionable countries and establishments, with anecdotes of masters of hounds and others connected with fox-hunting by C. Tongue (1864)

Hunts by C. Tongue (1800)

In and out of the pig-skin by G. F. Underhill (1893)

In scarlet and silk or, recollections of hunting and steeplechase riding by F. Russell (1896)

In the North Countree - annals & anecdotes of horse, hound & herd by W. S. Dixon (1889)

Irish sport and sportsmen by B. M. Fitzpatrick (1878)

Jorrocks' jaunts and jollities by R. S. Surtees (1874)

Jorrocks on 'unting by R. S. Surtees (1909)

Leaves from a hunting diary in Essex Vol. 1 by H. Yerburgh (1900)

Leaves from a hunting diary in Essex Vol. 2 by H. Yerburgh (1900)

Letters on the management of hounds by K. W. Horlock (1852)

Letters to young sportsmen on hunting, angling and shooting by J. Mackillop (1920)

Lyra venatica - a collection of hunting songs by J. S. Reeve (1906)

Manuel du jeune chasseur avec carnet de chasse by M. Chatin (1875)

Members of the Beaufort hunt, past & present by H. Henry (1914)

Memories of the shires by J. O. Paget (1920)

Mr. Carteret by D. Gray (1921)

Mr. Crop's harriers by G. Bowers (1895)

Mr. Facey Romford's hounds by R. S. Surtees (1892)

Mr. Sponge's sporting tour by R. S. Surtees (1899)

My day with the hounds - and other stories by F. Mason (1920)

Nimrod's hunting tour in Scotland and the north of England by Nimrod (1874)

Nimrod's hunting tours by Nimrod (1903)

Nimrod's hunting tours Vol. 2 by Nimrod (1836)

Nimrod's Northern tour - descriptive of the principal hunts in Scotland and the North of England by Nimrod (1838)

Notitia venatica - a treatise on fox-hunting, to which is added a compendious Kennel stud book by R. Vyner (1842)

Observations on fox-hunting by J. Cook (1922)

Our friends in the hunting field by E. Kennard (1889)

Pensées d'un enthousiaste by B. V. (1916)

Practical hints for hunting novices by C. Richardson (1906)

Practical lessons on hunting and sporting by K. W. Horlock (1865)

Radnor reminiscences; a foxhunting journal by J. S. Reeve (1921)

Random recollections of the Belvoir Hunt (1897)

Recollections of a fox-hunter by K. W. Horlock (1861)

Recollections of the early days of the Vine Hunt by J. E. Austen-Leigh (1865)

Records of the chase and memoirs of celebrated sportsmen illustrating some of the usages of olden times and comparing them with prevailing customs by Cecil (1877)

Records of the Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire Hunt by H. Judd (1921)

Records of the old Charlton hunt by C. H. March (1910)

Reynard the fox, or The Ghost Heath Run by J. Masefield (1920)

Rhubarb, the diary of a gentleman's hunter by J. S. Reeve (1908)

Runs with the Lanarkshire & Renfrewshire Fox-Hounds by Stringhalt (1874)

Saddle room songs and hunting ballads by F. C. Palmer (1907)

Scenes from the saddle by E. L. Pease (1921)

Seventy years a master - a huntsman's reminiscences by G. Race (1910)

Shooting adventures (Vol. 1) by L. Clements (1879)

Shooting adventures (Vol. 2) by L. Clements (1879)

Silk and scarlet by H. Dixon (1890)

Sketches in the hunting field by A. E. T. Watson (1880)

Some unwritten laws of organized foxhunting and comments on the usages of the sport of riding to hounds in America by L. V. Breeze (1909)

Sport by W. Bromley-Davenport (1888)

Sport on land and water Vol. 1 by F. G. Griswold (1913)

Sport on land and water Vol. 2 by F. G. Griswold (1913)

Sport on land and water Vol. 3 by F. G. Griswold (1913)

Sport on land and water Vol. 4 by F. G. Griswold (1913)

Sport on land and water Vol. 6 by F. G. Griswold (1913)

Sport with Viscount Galway's hounds, 1876-1907 by V. Galway (1910)

Sporting days by J. Colquhoun (1866)

Sporting incidents in the life of another Tom Smith by T. Smith (1867)

Sporting reminiscences by D. Conyers (1920)

Sporting society Vol. 1 by F. Russell (1897)

Sporting society Vol. 2 by F. Russell (1897)

Stolen kisses by F. G. Griswold (1914)

Tales of pink and silk by G. E. Collins (1900)

The American fox-hound - embracing a history of the celebrated Trigg, Birdsong and Maupin strains by H. C. Trigg (1890)

The analysis of the hunting field by R. S. Surtees (1903)

The Bedale Hounds, 1832-1908 by F. H. Reynard (1908)

The best of the fun, 1891-1897 by E. P. Elmhirst (1903)

The best season on record by E. P. Elmhirst (1893)

The Cecil Aldin hunting diary by C. Aldin (1900)

The Cleveland hounds as a trencher-fed pack by A. E. Pease (1887)

The complete foxhunter by C. Richardson (1908)

The condition of hunters - their choice and management by Nimrod (1908)

The cream of Leicestershire - eleven seasons' skimmings, notable runs and incidents of the chase, selected and republished from The Field by E. P. Elmhirst (1883)

The English foxhound kennel stud book of America by H. A. Higginson(1909)

The Essex foxhounds - with notes upon hunting in Essex by R. F. Ball (1896)

The Eton college hunt - a short history of beagling at Eton by A. C. Crossley (1922)

The fox chase by J. B. Everhart (1874)

The foxhound by R. D. Williams (1914)

The foxhound of the twentieth century; the breeding and work of the kennels of England by C. Bradley (1914)

The fox-hunter's guide by Cecil (1849)

The fox-hunter's vade mecum and farmers' notebook, 1911-12 by R. Ord (1911)

The Haughtyshire hunt by F. Russell (1897)

The history of the Linlithgow and Stirlingshire hunt, 1775-1910 by J. H. Rutherfurd (1911)

The hunting countries of England, their facilities, character, and requirements a guide to hunting men Vol. 2 by E. P. Elmhirst (1882)

The hunting field with horse and hound in America, the British isles and France by F. S. Peer (1910)

The hunting journal of the Blackmoor Vale Hounds from 1826 to 1831 (1831)

The hunts of the United States and Canada by A. H. Higginson (1908)

The Lady Ramsay hunting diary (1884)

The late Lord Henry Bentinck on foxhounds by H. W. Bentinck (1871)

The life of a fox by T. Smith (1920)

The life of a foxhound by J. Mills (1890)

The master of hounds by G. F. Underhill (1903)

The noble science - a few general ideas on fox-hunting, for the use of the rising generation of sportsmen by F. P. Radcliffe (1875)

The Old Surrey fox hounds - a history of the hunt from its earliest days to the present time by H. R. Taylor (1906)

The Quorn hunt - the accustomed places of meeting, with distances from railway stations by Cecil (1800)

The Quorn hunt and its masters by W. C. A. Blew (1899)

The science of foxhunting and management of the kennel by K. W. Horlock (1868)

The season, 1883-4 a Saturday with Sir Watkin W. Wynn's hounds, at Whitchurch Station by A. Wood (1884)

The sport of kings by W. S. Dixon (1900)

The sport of our ancestors; being a collection of prose and verse setting forth the sport of fox-hunting as they knew it by W. le Broke (1921)

The sporting dog by J. A. Graham (1904)

The Staff College Drag Hunt, 1895-6 (1896)

The Tetcott Hunt week - antecedents and consequences by J. B. Wollocombe (1895)

The Trinity Foot Beagles - an informal record of Cambridge sport and sportsmen during the past fifty years by F. C. Kempson (1912)

The Wensleydale hounds past and present, 1775-1907 - with numerous anecdotes, incidents, and illustrations of well-known Dalesmen by F. Chapman (1907)

Thomas' hunting diary, 1900-1901 by T. F. Dale (1900)

Thomas' hunting diary, 1904-1905 by W. M. May (1904)

Thomas' hunting diary, 1905-1906 by W. M. May (1905)

Thoughts upon hare and fox hunting in a series of letters to a friend ... also an account of the most celebrated dog kennels in the kingdom by P. Beckford (1796)

Thoughts upon hunting - in a series of familiar letters to a friend by P. Beckford (1881)

Whip and spur by G. E. Waring (1897)

With hound and terrier in the field - hunting reminiscences by A. F. Serrell (1904)

Yoicks! heads and tales, tips and turns over by H. K. Browne (1878)



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