Foxhunting with Meadow Brook

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

Foxhunting with Meadow Brook on Long Island, New York, was always about more than the fox, the hounds, or the horses. Meadow Brook was about its people—some powerful, some idle, many wealthy—and their shared joy in galloping across beautiful country, only minutes outside New York City. Doomed from its 1881 conception, the Meadow Brook hunt managed to survive for ninety years in spite of poor scenting, sandy soil, angry farmers, quirky millionaires, trolleys, trains, automobiles, and airplanes. Foxhunting with Meadow Brook tells the story of the people who, for almost a century, rode behind the Meadow Brook hounds.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-03-15
Mått:159 x 236 x 25 mm
Vikt:617 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Foxhunters Library
Antal sidor:312
Förlag:Derrydale Press
ISBN:9781586671518

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Idrottsträning och coachning inom Sport, fritid och hobby
Ridböcker inom Sport, fritid och hobby
Jakt inom Sport, fritid och hobby

Mer om författaren

Judith Tabler grew up near and has been a member of the Meadow Brook Hunt Club. She is an author, freelance writer and photographer, and has also been a professor of literature and languages at Marymount University. She lives in McLean, Virginia.

Recensioner i media

Well researched and accurate, this book is a veritable who's who of American foxhunting. Ms.Tabler details the leading characters, sportsmen and women of Long Island society, the good and the bad, but all authentic. The bonus is this book is fun and informative, a good read for anyone interested in New York City and sporting life in general. Many of the Meadow Brook members were accomplished in yachting, horse racing, polo, car racing, golf, etc., all over the world. An enjoyable gallop through one hundred years from 1871 to 1971, the fascinating stories kept me turning the pages.