TO 



HIS GEACE THE DUKE OF EUTLAND, 



MY LORD DUKE, 



Highly complimented as I feel by your Grace's 

 kind condescension in accepting the dedication of this unpre- 

 tending little work, many misgivings arise in my mind 

 that it may prove undeserving that patronage so graciously 

 accorded. I have not the vanity to think that any ob- 

 servations of mine, although resulting from long and 

 hardly- earned experience, can impart any new light to such 

 scientific Foxhunters as yourself. Your Grace's position, 

 as Master of one of the oldest packs of Foxhounds in the 

 world, would suffice to make you equally, if not better, 

 acquainted with all those details relative to Foxhunting 

 and the management of hounds upon which I have descanted 

 in the following pages. Throughout these will appear many 

 remarks upon the occupants of the Belvoir kennels, which 

 were never penned in anticipation of their appearing in a 

 separate volume, or presuming upon the honour of your 

 Grace's patronage. On this point I trust to be acquitted 

 of undue preference for that pack of Foxhounds, of which 

 I have often before had occasion to make mention in the 

 most laudatory terms. 



With every sentiment of respect, 



I have the honour to remain, 



My Lord Duke, 



Your most obliged and obedient Servant 

 K. W. HORLOCK 



