A SHORT HISTORY OF FOXHUNTING. By Alastair Jackson and Michael Clayton.

(2013) 2014 reprint. Small 8vo (141 x 222mm). Ppvi,137,ad. B/w drawings by Alistair Jackson, decorative end-papers.

"This lively history of foxhunting in the UK, Ireland and the USA aims to inform, entertain and thereby enhance a sport which for so many has become a passion and a life-long pleasure." Contents include: William the Conqueror and before; Slow and steady stays the pace; The hooroosh of the chase!; Leading the way in the 19th century; Foxhunting in words and pictures; The great leap forward; Masters of their sport; Challenge of the First World War; Foxhunting gallops on between the wars; War again - and a greater challenge; Leading the field after the war; How the modern foxhound was created; Foxhunting the North American way; Huntsmen who lead the way; The mysterious Reynard; Putting foxhunting's case; The challenge of the Hunting Act; Hunting in Ireland; Foxhunting - the future. An appendix gives a list of MFHA-recognised hunts in the UK, Ireland and the USA.