TOM FIRR OF THE QUORN: HUNTSMAN EXTRAORDINARY. By Roy Heron.

1984 1st edition. 4to (192 x 255mm). Ppxx,164. Colour illustrations, b/w photograph plates, illustrations, map, bibliography. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt.

"A national sporting hero in late Victorian times, Tom Firr was to foxhunting what W.G. Grace was to cricket. Many authorities consider Firr to have been our finest huntsman of all time". This is the first biography of the great man. Chapters include: The Greatest; The Waterloo run; Conquistadors of the Quorn Country, by Guy Paget; Mr Coupland takes a hand; Trouble ahead; 'Ware poison; Lordy tames the cavalry; A terrible blow; The Quorn pays tribute; The songs of Tom Firr. Apendices are: Diary of the best season on record; The Tom Firr Testimonial Fund subscribers; Tom Firr's record.