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| COURSING | |
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| Introduction |
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i. | The Waterloo Cup |
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ii. | A Treatise on Breeding |
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iii. | Practical Greyhound Breeding |
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iv. | Treatment of Saplings |
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v. | The Greyhound in Training |
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vi. | Enclosed Coursing |
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vii. | Some Celebrated Greyhounds of the Past |
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viii. | Opinions of Noted Coursers |
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ix. | Description and Points of the Greyhound |
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x. | Some English Coursing Clubs |
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| Falconry | |
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i. | Introductory—The Modern Falconer—Implemets Used—Glossary of Terms; |
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ii. | The Peregrine—Eyesses—HackingHawks—Training—Game Hawking—Records of Sport—Magpie Hawking |
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iii. | The Peregrine—Passage Hawks—Advantages of—How Caught—Mode of Training—Heron Hawking—Rook Hawking—Gull Hawking—Passage Hawks for Game—Lost Hawks |
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iv. | Gerfalcons—Kite Hawking—Hare Hawking—Merlins—How Managed—Lark Hawking—THe Hobby—The Sacre—The Lanner—Shahins—Sport in India—Other Varieties of Hawks used in Falconry |
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v. | The Short-winged Hawks—Goshawks—How Obtained—Training—Entering—Rabbit Hawking—Various Flights—The Sparrow-Hawk—Management—Blackbird Hawking |
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vi. | Celebrated Falconers—Scotch, Dutch, and English Clubs—The Falconer's Club—Colonel Thornton—The Loo Club—The Old Hawking Club—Amateur Falconers—Famous Hawks—Records of Sport |
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vii. | General Management—Mews—Blocks—Perches—Bow-Perch—Bathing—Condition—Feeding—Castings—Imping—Moulting—Various Diseases—General Hints |
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Appendix |
Index |