STOURTON and GASPER HISTORY

THE HUNT

 

The Hunt at Gasper Mill (1910's ?)

Hunt Meet at the Spread Eagle, early 1900's

Terrier Men

Meet of the South & West Wilts Foxhounds,

Alfred's Tower, Stourhead

Hunting on Foot from the Spread Eagle

Sir Henry Hoare's hunters taken at the Bath & West Show in Bristol in about 1932

Sir Henry Hoare
The famous mare with five of her offspring.

Left to right: Wessex (handler G F Aldridge), Dorset (handler F Fowler), Filly Foal (handler E Rowe), Dorchester (handler, the owner, Sir H Hoare Bart), Tide and Tidal, handlers unknown.

‘We didn’t see a lot of The Hunt.  The hunter people, this sounds awful to say but when they were on their feet they are charming but when they get up on their horse, something happens to them and, you know, nice people become very strange…’ H.P.

Meet at Stourhead House

Lawn Meet at Stourton House 1965