FOXHUNTING ON THE LAKELAND FELLS. By Richard Clapham. 1989 Tideline Books hardback edition.

(1920) 1989 new edition. 8vo (142 x 224mm). Pp113. B/w photographs. Black boards, spine titled in gilt.

The best known work on fell hounds and foot-packs. This 1989 Tideline edition has a new foreword by Neil Dewhurst. "This is one of the very few books written about a unique type of foxhunting in an equally unique landscape, popularly known as the Lake District. This area takes in the old counties of Cumberland and Westmorland now known as Cumbria. The sport is uniqe in that the huntsman, whippers-in and the followers all follow hounds on foot. Many of the old fell packs have existed for more than a century whilst some of the smaller private packs have been absorbed or disappeared altogether. Names like the Ullswater, the Coniston, the Blencathra, the Mellbrake, the Eskdale and the Ennerdale rang, and some still ring, proudly down the years. Richard Clapham, a much travelled field sports enthusiast, lived at Troutbeck near Lake Windermere. This book, last published in 1920, is the first of his books to be re-issued in modern times. In its original form it is hard-to-find and therefore expensive. However a new generation of field sports enthusiasts can now read and marvel at the exploits of the hardy huntsmen of the lakeland fells." Chapters include: The country; The fell fox; The fell hounds; Hunting on the fells; Reminiscences.