Excerpt from The History of the Royal Buckhounds: Part I., The Hereditary or Manorial Pack, the Household or Privy Pack; Part II., The United Packs, Ascot Races<br><br>Dean Hook, in his Lives of the Archbishops of Canterbury, very truly remarks that the domestic history of Edward III. Can scarcely be said to exist, all modern historians having directed attention to the warlike splendours of his reign. Under such circumstances our task, though a labour of love, becomes a very difficult one. The game is abundant, but SO Wild, that we frequently find ourselves fields behind the quarry, and, alas! The scent is far from holding. The glory of this era militates and obscures the detailed records of the chase, so much so that the imitation of war had to give place to the genuine article - Mars, not Diana, monopolising for a great part of the time the attention of kings, princes.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.