Blackmore Vale Foxhounds
Hedge Hopping with the Blackmore Vale
Here’s a view through the helmet-cam of a day with the Blackmore Vale (UK)—a hunting country where riders are free to take their own line over the hedges. Catch a ride with this young lady from Virginia jumping the hedges for the first time. Is she tickled, or what? Posted March 8, 2014
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The Golden Age of Hunting?
The Finish by Henry Alken
Foxhunters often evoke the nineteenth century as the belle-époque of English foxhunting. This may have to do with the extensive documentation provided by the famous artists and writers of the time. The efforts of Nimrod, Alken, and friends immortalized an age of rollicking runs across open countryside, dashing horsemen and women, and fine stout foxes flying across hill and dale.
Whilst The Golden Age as it is known has long since provided a benchmark of foxhunting excellence and excitement, we note that today’s foxhunters are blessed with some decided advantages.
