Story: Rural recreation

The thrill of the hunt

The thrill of the hunt

The hounds have picked up the scent of a hare and the riders are off. To the astonishment of British fox-hunters, who normally jumped over hedges, in New Zealand hunters took their horses over wire fences – although sometimes the top barbed wire was lowered and protected.

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Jock Phillips, 'Rural recreation - Rural horse sports', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/17702/the-thrill-of-the-hunt (accessed 30 April 2024)

Story by Jock Phillips, published 24 Nov 2008