The young bloods represented in Plate 1., having had their day, now form a team, and being brought out for “the change,” are startled by the well-known music of “hounds giving tongue,” and dash after them in true hunting style, as they were wont to do.
FORES’S HUNTING ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
INDISPENSABLE WITH HOUNDS.
Six Plates, price £1 5s., Coloured, from Original Drawings by H. Alken.
- 1. GOING ALONG A SLAPPING PACE.
- 2. TOPPING A FLIGHT OF RAILS, AND COMING WELL INTO THE NEXT FIELD.
- 3. SWISHING A RASPER.
- 4. IN AND OUT CLEVER.
- 5. CHARGING AN OX FENCE.
- 6. FACING A BROOK.
FORES’S HUNTING CASUALTIES,
THAT MAY OCCUR WITH HOUNDS.
Six Plates, price £1 5s., Coloured, from Original Drawings by H. Alken.
- 1. A TURN OF SPEED OVER THE FLAT.
- The result of being broke in a grazing country.
- 2. A STRANGE COUNTRY.
- “Only give him his head, and he’ll bring you in at the death.”
- 3. DESPATCHED TO HEAD QUARTERS.
- Taking it with a Military Seat.
- 4. UP TO SIXTEEN STONE.
- “Master of my weight, but would rather my weight was master of him.”
- 5. A RARE SORT FOR THE DOWNS.
- “They told me he’d leave everything behind him.”
- 6. A MUTUAL DETERMINATION.
- “If he goes on at this rate I’m afraid I must part with him.”