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The Great Hound Match of 1905. Alexander Henry Higginson, Harry Worcester Smith, and the Rise of Virginia Hunt Country.
Martha Wolfe
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Hardback. In November 1905, two towns in Virginia saw the coming of illustrious and wealthy men. There was to be a contest, a Great Hound Match, between two packs of foxhounds, one English and one American. This book chronicles this ostentatious match of Britain versus America at the turn of the century. Num Pages: 224 pages, 28 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
In November 1905, the peak of foxhunting season across the Midlands of England and up and down the east coast of North America, two tiny towns in Virginia’s Piedmont, poor and nearly forgotten after the Civil War and a recent depression, saw the coming of illustrious and wealthy foxhunters to raise their hopes. There was to be a contest, a Great Hound Match, between two packs of foxhounds, one English and one American. The English hounds carried, on their great stout forearms and deep chests, the monumental weight of centuries of foxhunting in England and were expected to make their ... Read more
In November 1905, the peak of foxhunting season across the Midlands of England and up and down the east coast of North America, two tiny towns in Virginia’s Piedmont, poor and nearly forgotten after the Civil War and a recent depression, saw the coming of illustrious and wealthy foxhunters to raise their hopes. There was to be a contest, a Great Hound Match, between two packs of foxhounds, one English and one American. The English hounds carried, on their great stout forearms and deep chests, the monumental weight of centuries of foxhunting in England and were expected to make their ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Derrydale Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Missoula, United States
ISBN
9781586671532
SKU
V9781586671532
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About Martha Wolfe
Martha Wolfe holds a Master of Fine Arts in literature and creative writing from The Writing Seminars at Bennington College. She has published in The Bennington Review, The Boston Globe, Science News, and Science Digest as well as local and regional publications in Maine and Virginia. She has twice been a John H. Daniels Fellow at the National Sporting Library in Middleburg, Virginia where she ... Read more
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