Suffolk Hunt attracts big turnout again
THE ANNUAL Suffolk Hunt Boxing Day meet attracted one of the best turnouts of riders and spectactors than for a number of years.
It is estimated that a crowd of around 500 gathered to watch some 65 riders and hounds start off from Hawstead.
That in itself was a bit of a spectacle as for the past two years the ground has been too hard and frozen for the horses to take part.
Hunt Master Richard Ames said it had been a fantastic day for all concerned as the drag hunting took the hounds and horses on a scented trail across some 20 miles of countryside for around four hours.
The day began with the traditional social gathering as spectators and riders enjoyed mulled wine and mince pies.
Mr Ames, who has been master for around 15 years, said there had been a resurgence of interest in the sport and personally looked forward to a time when the hunting law was repealed.
This was the seventh Boxing Day the hunting ban had been in force. Mr Ames said it had proven to be ‘bad law’. The Coalition says should be a free vote.
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Normantower
Friday, December 30, 2011 at 03:39 PMIt was nice to read that a good crowd of around 500 turned out to see the (unpublicised) Boxing Day meet of the Suffolk Hunt. It was heartening, too, to read that the Master said they had "a fantastic day FOR ALL CONCERNED" with horses and hounds following a scented trail for some 20 miles. Presumably no fox was chased to exhaustion and then torn to bits by 30 or so baying hungry dogs?. So it really was "a good day for all concerned", just the as the MFH said!. He looks forward to the repeal of the hunting law, which he describes as" bad law". He might claim that because it is difficult to get evidence and get convictions - just as in murder, rape, arson and other perfidious activities! Does bad law cover them?
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