Lot 109
Macdonalds of Sandside, Hunting & Polo
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 2 May 2012 at 12:00 BST
£875
Description
Hunting Diaries: Ireland and the Cotswolds: 15 hunting diaries, written mainly in old army books, covering the seasons 1904-1934 kept by Mary Macdonald. Often hunting four days a week, the notes cover outings with numerous hunts including Vale of the White Horse (Bathurst), Heythrop, Old Berkshire, East Hambledon, West Hambledon, Garth, S Berks, Vine, Cotswold, Kildare, Carlow, Albrighton, Cheshire, Beaufort, Westmeath, Galway, Queen's County, Grove, Lady Crave's, Belvoir, Rufford, and Eat Kilkenny; A 1930's photograph album of Lt. J.R.G. Macdonald, 1st Royal Fusiliers centred around his polo ponies in India, photographs of ponies, with details of matches