Hounds in the Morning: Sundry Sports of Merry England - Paperback

by Carl B. Cone (Editor)

Across the rolling countryside of Regency England sound the call of the horn and the chorus of hounds, as huntsmen, hounds, and horses tear across fields and leap fencerows in ardent pursuit of Reynard. In a field outside London, two brawny men strip to the waist and prepare to batter each other to a pulp for the pleasure of the Fancy-the hundreds of boxing fans who have ridden from all over England to see and bet on the illegal match. And through the streets of a country town, the lads rough-

Author Biography

Carl B. Cone is professor of history at the University of Kentucky and the author of numerous books and articles on English social and political history.