Records of the Chase And Memoirs of Celebrated Sportsmen Illustrating Some of
Records of the Chase And Memoirs of Celebrated Sportsmen Illustrating Some of
Cornelius Tongue
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Our fore- fathers were no doubt jovial souls ; but of what materials their heads were composed to endure such potations of port it is difficult to imagine. And what an old veteran the alderman of Andover must have been ! There is an originality in the management of Mr. Poyntz' hounds, and if we take it as a specimen of fox-hunting in early times, the high fame which Mr. Meynell attained in Leicestershire is accounted for. Hounds constantly moving from one place to another, 196 RECORDS OF THE CH...ASE with very inadequate kennel accommodation, never could be in condition; and woeful must have been the plight of those unfortunate creatures which were on ' the loose ' in Freefolk Wood from Monday to Wednes- day. The gun to shoot "at a hare or partridge, or whatever came in his way, " savours very much of the French custom; but I hope for the honour of the ancient order of fox-hunters that he never assisted his hounds unlawfully. It is true Mr. Poyntz did not take any unfair advantage of the vulpine family in the con- dition of his horses, which was, no doubt, on an equality with that of his hounds.
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