The Life of a Fox, Written by Himself

The Life of a Fox, Written by Himself

The Life of a Fox, Written by Himself BY LORD WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE No Master of Foxhounds,...
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Author: Smith, Thomas,1790-1878
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The Life of a Fox, Written by Himself

The Life of a Fox, Written by Himself

$83,467.47 $6.99

The Life of a Fox, Written by Himself

$83,467.47 $6.99
Author: Smith, Thomas,1790-1878
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Life of a Fox, Written by Himself

BY LORD WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE No Master of Foxhounds, alive or dead, has a greater right to be heard than Mr. Thomas Smith. The proof of the pudding is in the eating, and though it is not altogether true that the proof of the ability to show sport is the number of Foxes noses on the kennel door, the fact that Mr. Smith killed ninety Foxes in ninety-one days hunting in a Country which has no great reputation as a scenting country, is a piece of evidence in favour of his knowledge of woodcraft, and of his skill in applying it, which cannot be gainsaid, the more particularly when we take into account the epoch during which this remarkable feat was achieved. It is true that Mr. Smith hunted Hounds when the modern system of getting away close behind the Fox, and trying to burst him, had superseded the system that prevailed before 1750 of dragging up to the Fox and trying to hunt him down at the end of a long chase with Hounds that would have been beaten for pace in the first mile by those of Mr. Osbaldiston and Mr. Smith. But much of the contemporary evidence goes to show that Foxes were wilder in Mr. Smiths time in the sense that they probably had to travel long distances for their food, as there were fewer small coverts than exist to-day. Consequently there were fewer Foxes. It is true that these conditions were favourable to the Hounds in that their chance of changing Foxes was diminished. On the other hand the multiplication of small Fox coverts with artificial earths that has proceeded in the last fifty years makes the killing of a lot of Foxes, especially during the Cub-hunting, an easier matter than in the days of Mr. Thomas Smith. If the artificial earth is securely stopped late at night, and skilfully opened at the right moment in a mornings Cub-hunting, when the Cubs are beginning to wonder what to do, they are sure to creep into the earth, and the eating of one or more vi of them is reduced to a certainty. For this reason the counting of noses is not in these days a supreme test of the capacity of the Huntsman and the Hounds, unless all noses are written off and not allowed to count until after November 1st, when there is not so much opportunity for digging. But each of Mr. Smiths ninety Foxes brought to hand probably represented a really hard days work, even though he omits to state how many he killed above ground at the end of good runs. In this connection it should not be forgotten that in these illuminating pages he has confessed himself, indirectly perhaps, to be the complete Master of the use of the spade and the terrier. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 58769
Author: Smith, Thomas
Release Date: Jan 26, 2019
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851

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