Mr. Punch In The Hunting Field

About this eBook

Editor

Hammerton, J. A. (John Alexander), 1871-1949

Title

Mr. Punch in the Hunting Field

Credits

Produced by Neville Allen, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Fox hunting -- Humor

Category

Text

eBook-No.

39160

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39160

Release Date

March 15, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MR. PUNCH IN THE HUNTING FIELD. — TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE. — PUNCH LIBRARY OF HUMOUR — Edited by J. A. Hammerton — DISILLUSIONED — MR. PUNCH IN THE HUNTING FIELD — THE PUNCH LIBRARY OF HUMOUR
2. 2.EDITOR'S NOTE — 'ARRY OUT WITH THE 'OUNDS
3. 3.MR. PUNCH IN THE HUNTING FIELD — THE HUNTING SEASON — "WEATHER PERMITTING,"—MR. PUNCH DRIVES TO THE FIRST MEET. — A LION IN THE PATH? — TRIALS OF A NOVICE — HOW THE LAST RUN OF THE WOPSHIRE HOUNDS WAS SPOILT.
4. 4.PROVERBS FOR THE TIMID HUNTSMAN — REALLY PLEASANT!
5. 5.NEW SPORTING DICTIONARY OF FAMILIAR LATIN PHRASES. — A Genuine Sportswoman
6. 6.DIARY OF THE MODERN HUNT SECRETARY — ON EXMOOR — COOKED ACCOUNTS — "Hup—yer beast!" — "Hup!!—yer brute!" — "Hup!!!—yer infernal, confounded —— Hover!!!" — And "Hover" it was! — SOMETHING LIKE A NOSE.
7. 7.THE NEW NIMROD — THE LANGUAGE OF SPORT. — COMFORTING, VERY!
8. 8.CUB HUNTING
9. 9.MY LITTLE BROWN MARE — TROUBLES OF A WOULD-BE SPORTSMAN — RESPICE FINEM — "WEEDS" — "'WARE WIRE!" — Misplaced Energy — "WHILE YOU WAIT" — ECHOES OF THE CHASE. BOXING DAY — EASILY SATISFIED — A Nice Prospect — 'Arry on 'Orseback — 'W. STANDS FOR WIRE' — THE HUNTING SEASON — Hunting "Day by Day" — At Melton — A NICE BEGINNING. — 'ARRY ON 'ORSEBACK — CONVENIENCE OF A LIGHT-WEIGHT GROOM — Rather — Proof Positive — INEXPRESSIBLE — By the Covert Side — THEORY AND PRACTICE; OR, WHY THE ENGAGEMENT WAS BROKEN OFF — AWFUL RESULT OF THE WAR! — "NO FOLLOWERS ALLOWED" — ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE — In the Midlands — Appropriate to the Winter Season
10. 10.AT THE HUNT BALL — MR. BRIGGS HAS ANOTHER DAY WITH THE HOUNDS — A DOUBTFUL INFORMANT — NOT TO BE BEATEN — Why he waited — THE PLEASURES OF HUNTING — So Consoling — POSITIVELY OSTENTATIOUS — Irish Hunting Tipple — IN A SHOOTING COUNTRY — INSULT TO INJURY
11. 11.HUNTING SONG — Uncommonly Keen — IN A BLIND DITCH — DRY HUMOUR — WIREPROOF — A SKETCH FROM THE MIDLANDS — " Business First " — An Omission best omitted — PUTTING IT NICELY — TERPSICHOREAN — THE MAGIC WORD — A CAPITAL DODGE
12. 12.HUNTING EXTRAORDINARY — THOUGHTS ON HUNTING. — MANNERS IN THE FIELD — THE PLEASURES OF HUNTING — HUNTING SKETCH — A KINDLY VIEW OF IT
13. 13.THE LAST DAY OF HUNTING — "A-HUNTING WE WILL GO!" — JUMPING POWDER — DRAWN BLANK — The Advantage of Education — "Foot and Mouth" Trouble — Decidedly Not — Ungrateful — APT — A CHECK — "WHAT'S IN A NAME?" — SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED DIFFERENTLY — Reassuring — "THE TIP OF THE MORNING TO YOU!" — WITH THE HARDUP HARRIERS
14. 14.'INTS ON 'UNTING, BY 'ARRY — Excusable — Anxious to Sell — NOT A LADIES' DAY — Casual — At our Opening Meet — Must be Hungry — THE RETORT COURTEOUS — Disinterested Kindness — Encouraging — NUNC AUT NUNQUAM — A REFORMED CHARACTER — MOTTOES; OR, "WHO'S WHO?" — Something like a Character — A Liberal Allowance — STORIES WITHOUT WORDS — MOST EXTRAORDINARY — Straight — Forbearance — Too Much — At the Hunt Ball — HINTS TO BEGINNERS — A CASE OF REAL DISTRESS — The Huntsman's Point of View . — A FOX HUNT — BUGGLES WITH THE DEVON AND SOMERSET — WITH THE DEVON AND SOMERSET — BUGGLES WITH THE DEVON AND SOMERSET — BUGGLES WITH THE DEVON AND SOMERSET — Fools and their Money — — With the Queen's — His Opinion — THE VOICE OF SPRING — A BLANK—BLANK—DAY — WHOSE FAULT? — A VIEW HALLOO — Severe — HUNTING MEMORANDUM — "LE SPORTMAN" — "CUBBING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS" — A BROKEN PLEDGE — " In the Dim and Distant Future " — THERE'S LIFE IN THE OLD DOG YET — "RANK BLASPHEMY" — A CHECK — EASIER SAID THAN DONE — THE TROUBLES OF AN M.F.H. — A BAD LOOK-OUT — ECHOES OF THE CHASE — HINTS ON HUNTING — SO FAR, NO FARTHER — HARD LUCK — A PSEUDO-THRUSTER — THE WATER TEST — MOST UNFORTUNATE — A SEVERE TEST — A STUDY IN EXPRESSION
15. 15.OUR HUNT "POINT TO POINT" — AMENITIES OF SPORT — HIS LITTLE DODGE — TRUE COURAGE — THE FORCE OF HABIT — "THE CART WITHOUT THE HORSE" — HORRIBLE PREDICAMENT — MOST EMBARRASSING — "DO NOT SPEAK TO THE MAN AT THE WHEEL" — OBEYING ORDERS — GALLANTRY REWARDED — JUST OFF — THE TRIALS OF AN M.F.H. — OFF HIS GUARD — "BON VOYAGE!" — ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE EXMOOR HUNT—NO KILL — VIVE LA CHASSE! — RATHER TOO MUCH
16. 16.THE END OF THE HUNTING SEASON — HINTS TO BEGINNERS — TRULY DELIGHTFUL! — SELF-PRESERVATION — QUOTATIONS GONE WRONG — ALL HER PLAY — HINTS TO BEGINNERS — THE END BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO. LD., PRINTERS, LONDON AND TONBRIDGE.

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