Observations on Fox-Hunting

Cook, Colonel, H.P. 28th Dragoons

Published by Edward Arnold and Company, 1922

About this Item

1st edition hardcover in red cloth covered boards with a gilt title and fox mask on gilt shield on frt board. Spine is sunned but title still visible. Lower spine end bumped from a hard knock, upper end brushed, tips still sharp. 1/2-Inch split in cloth at head of spine right side. 144pp text is foxed on preliminaries. Colored Frontispiece. Illustrations on glossy leaves, text is on untrimmed heavy cardstock leaves. No Jacket. An introduction by Lord Willoughby De Broke. The work that is now placed in our hands is but little known to the present generation, though a modern Master of Fox-hounds would do well to follow every word of advice it contains. The author himself was M.F.H. and carried the horn at the beginning of the last century. A study of his remarkably sound treatise on Foxhunting leaves us with the reflection that the essentials of the sport have changed but slightly since the Battle of Waterloo. He speaks of the excessive preservation of game, of the difficulties of earthstopping, of the jealousy of the riders, in a tone which makes it difficult to believe that a hundred years have glided by since he gained his experience, while his advice on the management of hounds and country at once proclaim him master of a system approved by all recent authorities. Seller Inventory # 49506

Bibliographic Details

Title: Observations on Fox-Hunting

Publisher: Edward Arnold and Company

Publication Date: 1922

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: First Edition.