. Mr. Crop's harriers . Hustler Tuck, withliis twenty - acre estate, and wire all round it, looks in sometimes afterdinner, being an inveterate card-player, andmerry evenings are spent. After many days exercising andtrotting about to get the hounds used tosome kind of form. Crop ventures to begin him, and hunting. A meet at Sir T. de Boots, at Beech Lawn, isannounced. Dismay! The hounds are as wild as hawks,and the field unmanageable ! The second day—Disgust! He sees Browser cant ridea bit now, and has galloped over Gaylass and Peaceful, on hisroan cob, which he cant hold. The third day—Despai
. Mr. Crop's harriers . Hustler Tuck, withliis twenty - acre estate, and wire all round it, looks in sometimes afterdinner, being an inveterate card-player, andmerry evenings are spent. After many days exercising andtrotting about to get the hounds used tosome kind of form. Crop ventures to begin him, and hunting. A meet at Sir T. de Boots, at Beech Lawn, isannounced. Dismay! The hounds are as wild as hawks,and the field unmanageable ! The second day—Disgust! He sees Browser cant ridea bit now, and has galloped over Gaylass and Peaceful, on hisroan cob, which he cant hold. The third day—Despair ! A slight fog in the wont go. Meet at a farm six miles off. A greatspread; and not half-a-dozen people. Disappointment ofhospitable host. Impossible to hunt. Bolter has beentreated, and cant find his way; two couple of houndsmissing, and fog increasing, all get lost on the road home. But the hounds soon begin to improve. Thanks to every-bodys friend, the well-known Dick Barle, who hunted harriers. .6]
Size: 1394px × 1793px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjecthorses, bookyear1895
