Beagling - Hardcover

BEAGLING. By J.C. Jeremy Hobson.

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Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
(MACHYNLLETH, Vereinigtes Königreich)

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Buchbeschreibung (Hardcover, 1987). 1987 1st edition. 8vo (159 x 240mm). Pp200. Colour & b/w photographs, illustrations. Tan boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. "This is a superb introduction to this popular sport, both for the uninitiated and for those who follow beagles regularly but who would like to know more!" Chapters include; Why, what and where - why follow the beagles, who goes beagling, the social side; Raising the roof .and money, puppy shows, kennel visits, the hunt committee, advice, planning the meet card; the hunting day - what to wear, how to get there, moving off and hunt happenings, scenting conditions; A hound to hunt the hare - how beagling evolved, the beagle today, points of the beagle, individual preference, colouring and coats, drafting hounds; Hares - fact and fiction - the hare's year, making a census, preferred gound and feeding areas, the possible effects of spraying, other reasons for the hare's decline, thinking like a hare, legend, fiction and mythology; the hunt staff and their duties - huntsman, masters, whipper-in; Life in the kennels - kennel construction, methods of feeding, kennel life in the summer, summer exercise, showing hounds, health, hygiene, diseases, poison problems, kennel life in the winter; Breeding, puppy walking and entry - selecting the right hound, birth and after-care, puppy walkers, puppy psychology, the puppy walker's responsibilities, entering the young hounds, early hunting lessons; Beagling in the eighties - problems, anti-hunting groups and a brief history, avoiding trouble, police involvement, the legal situation, looking beyond the eighties. . Artikel-Nr. 14597

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