Hounds in the Morning [electronic resource] : Sundry Sports of Merry England / edited by Carl B. Cone.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cone, Carl B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--England--History--19th century.

Sports.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1981.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Across the rolling countryside of Regency England sound the call of the horn and the chorus of hounds, as huntsmen, hounds, and horses tear across fields and leap fencerows in ardent pursuit of Reynard.In a field outside London, two brawny men strip to the waist and prepare to batter each other to a pulp for the pleasure of the Fancy -- the hundreds of boxing fans who have ridden from all over England to see and bet on the illegal match.And through the streets of a country town, the lads rough-and-tumble in a wildly joyous game of football, while the populace cheers and the shopkeepers board u

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; INTRODUCTION; Part I: THE SPORTING SCENE; Sporting Intelligence; Part II: THE EQUESTRIAN SPORTS; Riding to Hounds; On the Letters of Nimrod; Nim South's Southern Tour; Fox-Hunting; Sporting Trifles; His Majesty's Stag-Hounds; Lord Derby's Stag-Hounds; A Brief Review of the Racing Season of 1828; Eclipse; Guy Stakes at Warwick; Part III: A MISCELLANY OF SPORTS; Pedestrianism; The Game at Golf; Skating; Fish and Fishing; Billiards - The Dutch Baron; Pistol and Rifle Shooting; Archery; Royal Kentish Bowmen; A Town Besieged in Time of Peace; The Laws of Cricket

Amazonian Cricket MatchOn Throwing the Cricket Ball; Cricket; Part IV: THE BLOODY SPORTS; Billy, the Rat-Killer; Bull-Baiting at Bristol; Vindication of Cocking; Fight between Crib and Molineux; A Fresh Challenge; The [Second] Battle between Crib and Molineux; Sparring; Pugilism - between Owen and Mendoza; Wrestling; Shooting Parties; Shooting; Dreadful Accident on Chester Race Course; Sporting Accidents; On Due Discrimination between Barbarous and Fair Sporting; On Mr. Martin's Bill for Animal Protection; Part V: THE MARGINS OF SPORTS; May in London; Horse-Dealing in London; Poachers

A Specimen of Some Modern GamekeepersPart VI: THE PASSING OF YOUTH; Death of the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury; CONCLUSION; Sources of Selections; A Note on the Illustrations; Notes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-8596-3

0-8131-6253-X

OCLC:

900345048