Frank Townend Barton
Published: 2015-08-05
Total Pages: 260
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Excerpt from Hunters Considering the large number of works in connection with horses, and the important position occupied by the hunter, it is somewhat surprising that up to the present time, so far as the author is aware, no writer has specially devoted his attention, excluding other varieties, to a description of the hunter, unless that of old-time literature, of which a great deal appeared on hunting matters, probably much more than at the present time. Other varieties of live-stock, from cattle down to poultry, have received recognition in monograph form, some pretentious, others less so, but none of them can claim a greater right to individual recognition than the subject of this treatise. As a commercial asset, the hunter ranks high, for the simple reason that its sphere of utility is linked with the most manly, as well as the most costly, form of field sports, namely, that of hunting the fox. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.