Peculiar Privilege: A Social History of English Foxhunting, 1753-1885 |
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... turned to taking an occasional run after a fox , a wild one if they could find it , a bagged one ( generally called ' bag foxes ' or ' bagmen ' ) if not . Others abandoned hares altogether . General Barnett of the Cambridgeshire hounds ...
... turned to taking an occasional run after a fox , a wild one if they could find it , a bagged one ( generally called ' bag foxes ' or ' bagmen ' ) if not . Others abandoned hares altogether . General Barnett of the Cambridgeshire hounds ...
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... turned to hunting because of its position as the sport of landed society , and because shooting , its only serious competition , was often much harder to come by . Not only was hunting the sport of the gentry , it was also the sport ...
... turned to hunting because of its position as the sport of landed society , and because shooting , its only serious competition , was often much harder to come by . Not only was hunting the sport of the gentry , it was also the sport ...
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... turned out in great numbers , they were made to feel unwelcome , and it was suggested to their colonel that they only come out one or two at a time . 67 68 The adoption of minimum subscriptions by this minority of packs might seem a ...
... turned out in great numbers , they were made to feel unwelcome , and it was suggested to their colonel that they only come out one or two at a time . 67 68 The adoption of minimum subscriptions by this minority of packs might seem a ...
Contents
Masters and Servants | 6 |
Hunting and Rural Life | 101 |
Foxhunters and Farmers | 113 |
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