“’Unting is all that’s worth living for – all time is lost wot is not spent in ‘unting – it is like the hair we breathe – if we have it not we die – it’s the sport of kings, the image of war without its guilt, and only five-and-twenty per cent of its danger.” —R.S. Surtees – Handley Cross (1843)
We have been fortunate to hunt with or visit a number of mounted packs for fox, stag, roebuck, wild boar, hare and rabbit, including many Master’s of Foxhounds of Amercia registered hunts, and quite a few abroad:
For those interested in foxhunting vacations in the US there are the following mult-day hunt weeks:
Virginia Hunt Week
Arapahoe Hunt Rendezvous in Colorado
The All Florida Meet sponsored by South Creek Foxhounds held either in mid-February, just before the President’s Day Holiday or at the very end of February.
Best shops for proper hunting attire include:
Horse Country
Middleburg Tack Exchange
Patey or Lock for bespoke helmets
The famous Irish sporting tailor William Frazer in the village of Hospital in County Limerick does bespoke attire. Phone Michael and Elsie at +353 61 383118, send mail to Main Street, Hospital, County Limerick, Ireland, or email them at frazertailor@eircom.net.
Devoucoux Biarritz from France for show jumping saddles, Stubben Siegfried for hunting saddles
