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Hunting wasn't and isn't only an aristocratic sport. Country folk, from farm workers through farmers to land owners, follow hounds. I know, because my family's done it for 50 years. :-)
If you were riding the hounds tomorrow...you'd wear a Rolex.
The enclosed 1930 Rolex trade advertisement may be the first (maybe only) Rolex advertisement to mention fox hunting... The majority of people to-day, both men and women, are interested actively in sport in one form or another. Throughout the year thousan...
I could ride hounds a long time ago...
...when I was a kid, but now I would probably need a horse...
My error for sure...
Yes, riding to hounds is what I meant rather than riding the hounds
Rolex had it correct...
Rolex had it correct in the advertisement: "ride to hounds"; not being of the landed gentry the phrase was befuddling to me. ...
I'm American and grew up poor...
...I know nothing about the habits of British aristocracy other than what I see on Masterpiece Theater : )