Memories of My Life at the College Valley

By Martin Letts

After nearly fifty years as MFH and huntsman of Englands College Valley Hunt, Martin Letts retired only when he could no longer follow his hounds through the steep rocky country in the northern hills of England. In his new memoir, Letts recalls how he bred and trained the formidable hounds that eagerly hunted this challenging countryside and would become the basis of numerous English and American packs.

But Letts also recalls a host of passionate people with whom hes spent many days in the hunting field, sometimes in their best moments and sometimes in moments theyd rather forget.

C. Martin Wood, MFH of the Live Oak Hounds in Florida, writes an Introduction that sets the scene for the memories that follow. This treatise is a great example of knowledge meeting pen and paper. It will stand the tests of time as a way for the expert, as well as the novice, to get a grasp of the issues to be faced when building, developing, and hunting a cracking pack of foxhounds," writes Wood.

Martin Lettss Memories of My Life at the College Valley has been edited by John Strassburger, for twenty years the editor of The Chronicle of the Horse and now its Foxhunting editor.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Nov 20, 2012
• ISBN: 9781466954403

Martin Letts

The legendary Martin Letts was the MFH and huntsman for England’s College Valley Hunt for almost fifty years, developing a revered pack of foxhounds that have been influential in packs throughout England and the USA. Few people alive today know more about hounds or hunting than he does.

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