THE NEW COMPLETE LURCHER. By Brian Plummer.

(1979/1998) 2003 reprint. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp256. B/w photographs. Green boards, spine titled in gilt.

The New Complete Lurcher was first published in 1979 as The Complete Lurcher: A Manual. Brian Plummer describes "the many confusing types of lurcher, explains their origins and how to acquire, train, breed and enter them into competition". A comprehensive and well-regarded work on lurchers, punctuated with accounts of the author's own experiences. Chapters include: Lurchers; Obtaining a lurcher; A new puppy settles in; Lead and recall training; Teaching a puppy to sit, lie and stay; Teaching a puppy to retrieve; Teaching a lurcher to jump; Stock-breaking; Entering the lurcher and the longdog; Lamping; The lurcher by day; The ferreter's lurcher; The single-handed hare courser; Lurcher shows; Other lurcher events; Catching foxes with lurchers; The pursuit of deer with longdogs and lurchers; Breeding lurchers; In health and sickness; The lurcher and the law.