CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 

 Great Equestrian Feat performed without a Horse. — ^The Author's 

 rapid Promotion. — Reminiscences connected with Ten Thousand 

 a year. — The " Real Original " Fox. — Account of some Morning 

 Calls upon him. — He dies a Domesticated Character. — Comparative 

 speed of Hounds and Horses. — The Author becomes M. F. H. — A 

 Maxim on Horsemanship. — Formation of a Kennel of Hounds. — 

 Latitude and Longitude of Hunting Countries . . page i 



CHAPTER II 



A Curiosity in Natural History. — The Fox who had lost his Tail. — Sir 



Lewen Glynn in the Saddle. — A Model Fox Covert. — Five Miles 



in Twelve Minutes. — Performances of old John Warde's Pack. — 



Testimonials of the right sort. — A Page from the Libro d' Oro . 1 3 



CHAPTER III 

 Fox-hound Kennels of the present Day. — Aristocratic Fox-hounds. — 

 Varieties of Fox-hounds. — Fair Play for the Fox. — The Duke of 

 Beaufort's Hounds. — Cover -side Chronology. — The Tedworth Pack. — 

 The Heythrop Hounds. — Lord Southampton and Mr. Osbaldeston. — 

 Lord Middleton and Sir Tatton Sykes. — Petworth. — Dead Beat. — 

 Old Firebrand . 22 



CHAPTER IV 

 Heroes of the Old School. — Sir Francis Burdett at Home and in the 

 Field. — Liberty Hall. — Fishing Extraordinary. — More last words 

 about Assheton Smith. — A tremendous Bullfincher. — A new Name 

 for an Old Friend. — A short game at Follow-my-leader. — Why 

 don't you Holloa ? — Arbitrary Architecture. — The Rooks that 

 wouldn't quit. — A new Style of Dinner Dress. — Pride and 

 Prejudice in the Servants' HaU. — The Tedworth Crystal Palace 35 



CHAPTER V 



Something about two Tom Smiths. — The Earl of Kintore. — A Note 

 from North Britain. — Difficulties in the way of obtaining a good Pack 

 of Fox-hounds. — Sad true words. — Lord Ducie in the Hunting 

 Field. — A Generous Competitor. — A Cart-load of Geraniums. — 



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