Garth and South Berks Hunt succumb to the pressure

January 2001

After consistently effective sabotage directed at the Garth, SABS is pleased to announce that they have stopped hunting on Saturdays!

This attempt to escape from sabs followed their worst New Year's Day on record.  The meet, at Scutt's Farm, Hook was postponed by an hour and was attended by just 15 riders (and that's a generous estimate).

At least one fox was saved by quick thinking sabs, and at one point the sight of the huntsman wandering round a flooded meadow with no horse in sight had us in stitches.  The Garth spent the rest of the day trying to give us the slip (i.e. running away) and packed up at 2.30.

We think that the lives of wildlife count for more than holidays in the sun, so be certain that we will take days off work to stop the Garth in their tracks.

A video still of a sab calling hounds away from the huntsmen at an earlier meet