Fox hunting
（重定向自Master of Foxhounds）
![Master of foxhounds leads the field from Powderham Castle in Devon, England, with the hounds in front.](/Images/godic/202501/26/Hunt_Master_exits_Castle_cropped2831.JPG")
![Charles Brand, a Hunt Master who lived from 1855 to 1912](/Images/godic/202501/26/CharlesBrand2831.jpg")
![The Fox Hunt, Alexandre-François Desportes](/Images/godic/202501/26/Desportes_fox2831.jpg")
![The Rev. William Heathcote (1772–1802), on horseback (son of the 3rd Baronet); Sir William Heathcote of Hursley, 3rd Baronet (1746–1819), holding his horse and whip; and Major Vincent Hawkins Gilbert, M.F.H., holding a Fox’s mask. The Heathcote's family seat was Hursley House. Daniel Gardner portrayed the three gentlemen on the hunt in 1790.](/Images/godic/202501/26/Daniel_Gardner_Sir_William2831.jpg")
Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase, and sometimes killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds, and a group of unarmed followers led by a "master of foxhounds" ("master of hounds"), who follow the hounds on foot or on horseback.