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Hunt: Bicester Hunt with Whaddon Chase, Blackmore and Sparkford Vale Foxhounds, Cattistock Hunt, Cottesmore Foxhounds, Oakley Foxhounds, Puckeridge Foxhounds, Quorn Foxhounds, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynns Foxhounds, South Shropshire Foxhounds
A Collection of Historical Hound & Hunt Related Incidents & Oddities Recorded in Baily’s 1795 Merkin, a fox-hound bitch bred by Colonel Thornton ran a trail of four miles in seven minutes and half a second [about 34mph]. This bitch was sold for four hogsheads of claret, the agreement included a provision that seller was…
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