Excerpt from Annals of the Billesdon Hunt, Mr. Fernie's 1856-1913: Notable Runs and Incidents of the Chase, Prominent Members, Celebrated Hunters and Hounds, Amusing Stories and Anecdotes Some people might find it difficult to understand how there could be a close connection between hunting and the life of a Christian clergyman. He would be a bold man who would argue that hunting was so cruel that it was absolutely wrong. Many people would quite sincerely say that out of the cost of a short anxiety and strain, the fox won a protection which otherwise he would not enjoy for his own form of racy and characteristic country life. 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.