Regency Culture and Society: Humorous Story

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A HUMOROUS REVENGE A GENTLEMAN somewhat too distinguished for scolding his huntsman in the field was so incensed once at a reply the fellow made that he turned him off instantly on the spot The huntsman after delivering up his horse got into a rabbit cart and away he went The next morning when the gentleman was going out and had got to the end of the town with his hounds the voice of his huntsman saluted his ear who began hallooing to the dogs till not one of them would leave the tree where the man had perched him self What was to be done The ontleman wished to hunt but there was no hunting without dogs and there was no stopping the man's mouth so that he was at length compelled to make the best of a bad bargain and take the fellow down from the tree into his service again Egan, P. (1807). Sporting Anecdotes: Original and Select; Including Characteristic Sketches of Eminent Persons who Have Appeared on the Turf: with an Interesting Selection of the Most Extraordinary Events which Have Transpired in the Sporting World; a Correct Description of the Animals of Chase; and of Every Other Subject Connected with the Various Diversions of the Field. United Kingdom: Albion Press printed, for J. Cundee and J. Harris.

Blackmail or ingenuity? I think a little of both.

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