STOURTON and GASPER HISTORY

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

‘South & West Wilts Hunt Show. This took place in the Summer holidays in a Home Farm field and consisted of many entertaining sections such as, pony gymkhana, show jumping, gun dog competition, comic dog show, dog races, sheepdog trials, clay pigeon shooting, guess the weight of the Master's hunter, toss the sheaf etc. Many local dogss won prizes in the comic dog show and races and Mrs. Bullivant's "Flair" won the gun dog cup... ’ Elizabeth Bullivant, 1965 from "Sporting Life"

Hunting on Foot from the Spread Eagle

‘We didn’t see a lot of The Hunt. The hunting people, this sounds awful to say, but when they are 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…’ Hazel Pickford

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

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.

Sir Henry Hoare

Meet at Stourhead House

Lawn Meet at Stourton House 1965

Hound Puppy Walking