{"id":1627,"date":"2020-11-10T14:54:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T14:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildandexotic.co.uk\/shop\/?post_type=product&#038;p=1627"},"modified":"2021-03-26T08:03:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T08:03:43","slug":"the-work-of-the-sinnington-hounds-1994-1998","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/wildandexotic.co.uk\/shop\/index.php\/product\/the-work-of-the-sinnington-hounds-1994-1998\/","title":{"rendered":"The work of the Sinnington Hounds 1994 \u2013 1998"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Work of the Sinnington Hounds is the writer\u2019s detailed account of 287 day\u2019s hunting spanning his final four seasons as master and huntsman of the Sinnington Hunt in North Yorkshire during the late 1990s. The diaries extend to over 123,000 words and describe the performance of the hounds, the run of foxes and the day to day challenges the writer faced as a huntsman. The book includes the pedigrees of some distinctive hounds, a map of the hunt country and observations and analysis of the occasional other pack including the Cottesmore, Blencathra, Devon &amp; Somerset Staghounds, Exmoor, Heythrop, Quorn and Zetland<i>.<\/i>\u00a0These diaries represent an accurate and possibly unique record of hunting a live quarry with hounds shortly before the invidious Hunting Act became law in 2005 and hunting changed for evermore. <strong>This book is being published as a strictly limited edition of 500 copies only<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cBeautifully produced, this book is an epitaph to a way of life\u201d<\/i><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><b>\u2013 Charles Moore, The Spectator.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cThis is a book about hounds that hunted foxes, the craft, runs, people and sport. No hunting home should be without one\u201d <\/i>\u2013 <b>The Field Magazine.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSuch great memories, beautifully written\u201d<\/em> \u2013 <strong>Anne Knocker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFascinating\u201d<\/em> \u2013 <strong>Benoit Guerin MH, Ampleforth Beagles.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI received your new book as a Christmas present and I\u2019ve been glued to it most nights since\u201d<\/em> \u2013 <strong>Gareth Watchman, MFH Berwickshire.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cJust a quick message to say how much I have enjoyed reading the diary. It made me very sad to think the days you have recorded will never return\u201d<\/em> \u2013 <strong>Mark Davies, former MFH, Barlow Hunt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cCongratulations, beautiful book. I\u2019ve made a start and I love it\u201d<\/em> \u2013 <strong>Nick Wood<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSo many memories flooding back in such detail. I am enjoying it immensely\u201d<\/em> \u2013 <strong>Richard Tyacke, Director AMHB.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI am just through the first hunting season in your diaries. They are living up to all I expected, and I can\u2019t put them down\u201d<\/em> \u2013 <strong>Steve Clarke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI am absolutely bowled over in admiration, it&#8217;s quite the most stunning book I have ever seen\u201d<\/em> <strong>\u2013 Alexia Robinson<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1635,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[34],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1627","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-uncategorized","7":"product_shipping_class-large-book","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildandexotic.co.uk\/shop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildandexotic.co.uk\/shop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildandexotic.co.uk\/shop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildandexotic.co.uk\/shop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildandexotic.co.uk\/shop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildandexotic.co.uk\/shop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildandexotic.co.uk\/shop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=1627"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildandexotic.co.uk\/shop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1627"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildandexotic.co.uk\/shop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}