Fox hunting

A hunter with a killed fox

Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase and, if caught, the killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds. A group of unarmed followers, led by a "master of foxhounds" ("master of hounds"), follow the hounds on foot or on horseback.^[1]

Fox Hunting Media

Master of foxhounds leads the field from Powderham Castle in Devon, England.
The Fox Hunt, Alexandre-François Desportes, France, 1720
The Rev. William Heathcote (1772–1802), on horseback (son of the 3rd Baronet); Sir William Heathcote of Hursley, 3rd Baronet (1746–1819), holding his horse and whip; and Major Vincent Hawkins Gilbert, M.F.H., holding a fox's head. The Heathcote's family seat was Hursley House. Daniel Gardner portrayed the three gentlemen on the hunt in 1790.
Lithograph. Tourism travel poster issued 1922–1959 (approximate)
The red fox is the main quarry of European and American fox hunts.
Hunting Jackals by Samuel Howitt, illustrating a group of golden jackals rushing to the defence of a fallen pack-mate
A portrait of an English Foxhound
The Bedale Hunt, Yorkshire, drawing a wood in February 2005
A French staghound pack: moving off

References

↑ Lord Burns, Dr Victoria Edwards, Professor Sir Jon Marsh, Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior; Professor Michael Winter. The Final Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Hunting with Dogs in England and Wales (9 June 2000)Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Retrieved 10 February 2008.

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[burns-1] Lord Burns, Dr Victoria Edwards, Professor Sir Jon Marsh, Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior; Professor Michael Winter. The Final Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Hunting with Dogs in England and Wales (9 June 2000)Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Retrieved 10 February 2008.

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