Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Century of English Fox-Hunting
For a century the historian must rely upon trustworthy records. In regard to fox-hunting the records are numerous, ' but their authenticity is doubtful. At the beginning of the century the hunting correspondent was unknown, and it was left to the local poet to commemorate in rhyme the doings of the chase. The main object was to place the names of the local gentry in rhyme, bisect the product with local geography, and trisect the result with hunting phraseology. Masters of hounds, with a few exceptions, were either negligent in posting up their hunting diaries, or did not pretend to keep a diary. They cared nothing for fame, as presented by journalism nor could journalism have given them.
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