HUNTING THE FOX. By Richard Greville Verney, Lord Willoughby de Broke.

(1920) 1925 1st illustrated edition. 4to (193 x 258mm). Ppxii,148. Colour plates of paintings tipped in, b/w illustrations, title-page printed in red and black. Red cloth, boards and spine titled in gilt.

"In offering these reflections to the public I wish to disclaim any intention of laying down the law. What I have written is derived from my own experience as M.F.H., and from what I have tried to learn from serving as an apprentice under my Father, whose Advice on Fox-Hunting was published in 1906." This is a comprehensive account of every aspect of running a hunt. Chapters include: The future of fox-hunting; Masters of foxhounds - to dig or not to dig, choice of hunt-servants, farmers' horses, puppy walkers; Masters of Foxhounds (continued) - cub-hunting, regular hunting, control of the field, drawing, pace from covert to covert; The Huntsman - qualities required, feeding, exercise, and breaking; The Huntsman in the field - his proper position when handling hounds, dog language, a morning's cub-hunting; The Huntsman (continued) - laying hounds on to a line, getting hounds away from covert on a fox; The Huntsman in the open - Mr. thomas Smith's patent cast, examples in practice, some maxims about casting, a sinking fox; The importance of technique, the exercise of patientce, the love of foxhounds; The Foxhound - Mr. Barry and Mr. Meynell, the modern foxhound, foxhound shows, rounding; Horse-breeding and the training of the young horse; Riding to hounds, and some advice to the field; Some sporting writers. A classic in its field.