CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



Introduction ix 



I. FOX-HUNTING IN THE SHIRES I 



II. A Week at Melton 25 



III. A Week at Market Harborough ... 64 



IV. Rugby, Leicester, Northampton and Grantham 



I. RUGBY 96 



II. BUSINESS AND PLEASURE. LEICESTER AND NORTH- 

 AMPTON . . . . , . , .105 



III. GRANTHAM ........ lOQ 



V. The Hunts and their History .... 120 



I. the quorn 127 



II. the COTTESMORE . . . . . . . I32 



III. THE BELVOIK I 35 



IV. MR. FERNIe's hunt , , . , . . 1 44 



V. the pytchley 152 



VI. the w^oodland pytchley 171 



VII. THE ATHERSTONE . . . . . . . I72 



VIII. THE WARWICKSHIRE AND NORTH WARWICKSHIRE . 1 77 



VI. Riding over the Shires— I. Precept . . .187 



VII. Riding over the Shires— II. Example . . 203 



