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The Master of Hounds

May 9th, 2021

Photo Caption: The Marquis of Zetland, KC, PC – otherwise known as Lawrence DundasSon of: John Charles Dundas and: Margaret Matilda Talbotborn: Friday 16 August 1844died: Monday 11 March 1929 at Aske HallOccupation: M.P. for Richmond Viceroy of IrelandVice Lord Lieutenant of North YorkshireLord – in – Waiting to Queen VictoriaLord Lieutenant of […]

Glimpses from the Chase

February 15th, 2021

From Fores’s Sporting Notes and Sketches, A Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of British, Indian, Colonial, and Foreign Sport with Thirty Two Full Page Illustrations Volume 10 1893, London; Mssrs. Fores Piccadilly W. 1893, All Rights Reserved.

GLIMPSES OF THE CHASE, Ireland a Hundred Years Ago. By ‘Triviator.’

FOX-HUNTING has, like Racing, […]

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Fox Hunting – A Great British Tradition

May 9th, 2021

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The Beaufort Hunt 1914

February 16th, 2018

10th Duke of Beaufort

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What is the Meaning of the Term Thorough-bred Fox-hound

April 14th, 2019

Reprint from the Sportsman Cabinet and Town & Country Magazine, Vol.1, Number 1, November 1832.

MR. Editor,

Will you allow me to inquire, through the medium of your pages, the correct meaning of the term thorough-bred fox-hound? I am very well aware, that the expression is in common […]