The keen foxhunter's miscellany - Peter Holt

The Keen Foxhunters Miscellany is a collection of 350 entries of fox hunting past and present ranging from snippets such as the Essex Foxhounds of the early 18th century having to cancel a day because one of their members, a Piccadilly fishmonger, smelled so strongly of fish that the hounds were put off their scent, to a description of the 1869 Newby ferry tragedy, which resulted in the greatest loss of human life on a hunting field. There is plenty of advice such as: He may be right and he may be wrong, but all must acknowledge that the word of the Master is absolute law (19th century Irish MFH Sir Hercules Langrishe Bt.)