384 The Hunting Countries of England. 



THE BLACKMOOli YALE*. 



Another fine grass country is tliat of tlie Blackmoor 

 Vale^ at present hunted — well and worthily — by Sir 

 Richard Glyn. Three to four hours of a westerly 

 course from London will set you down in its midst, 

 whether by means of The Great Western from 

 Paddington or the London and South- Western from 

 Waterloo. Yeovil is the junction point of the two 

 railways ; and, once there, you may please yourself as 

 to whether you settle self and horses on the spot, or 

 move back to Sherborne or Henstridge. 



The Aldershot men as a rule choose Sherborne, 

 where in their interests, and entirely from a fox- 

 hunting light, an hotel has been specially thrown up 

 by Mr. Wingfield Digby, who, at one time hunting 

 the Blackmoor Vale at his own expense, is now only 

 able to get about on wheels, yet still retains to the 

 full the respect in which his name has so long been 

 held. All the world, within reach, takes train to 

 Yeovil for the meets in its neighbourhood. For the 

 Blackmoor Vale is a half-way house between the 

 brown acres of Hampshire and the unrideable enclo- 



* Vide Stanford's " Hunting Map," Sheet 20, and Hobson's 

 Foxhunting Atlas. 



