A collection of thirty-two foxhunting stories populated by horses hounds challenging obstacles and unforgettable personalities. Accompany Norman Fine to Ireland England Canada and across the United States as he meets hunts with and is educated by the foremost Masters huntsmen hound breeders and sporting historians of the last fifty years. Fine s stories most of them previously published in the U.S. and England are connected chronologically by new material in which the author explains how he came to meet these larger-than-life characters what role they played in his development from horseman to foxhunter and how he came to hunt with their hounds.