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The Vale of the White Horse Hunt (or V.W.H.) is a Fox hunting pack that was formed in 1832. It takes its name from the neighbouring Vale of White Horse district which borders a Bronze Age horse hill carving at Uffington. The original country dates to 1760 and included the South Oxfordshire (separated in 1845) and the Old Berkshire. The Vale Of The White Horse was removed from the Old Berkshire in 1831 and was divided between divisions in Cirencester and Cricklade in 1886.〔 The two divisions re-amalgamated in 1964. ==Establishment of the V.W.H.== In 1830, the 7th Earl of Kintore retired as master of the Old Berkshire hunt and was succeeded by Henry Reynolds-Moreton, later Earl of Dulcie. Moreton took up residence in a house called 'The Elms', on the Lechlade Road, near Faringdon,〔 where he kept his main kennels,〔 'in a field...near the brick kiln'.〔 (He also maintained, as Lord Kintore had done, a secondary kennels at Cricklade.)〔 The new master soon found the country 'inconveniently large' and 'complaints of neglect arose'. Moreton favoured the western portion of Old Berkshire and proposed leaving as master to create a new country in that area.〔 On 26 September 1832, a meeting was held at the Crown Inn, Faringdon, with almost all of the owners of major coverts, who objected to any division of the Old Berkshire.〔 A second meeting, at the same location, on 3 October 1832, led to a majority of covert owners supporting the original objection but an agreement for a temporary division of one year.〔 Moreton had already moved his kennels to Cricklade,〔 and it was 'remarkable' that his preferred name for the new country, 'Vale Of The White Horse', 'migrated with the master... although the 'White Horse' himself', a Bronze Age hill carving, remained in 'the lofty position he has adorned since the time the great Alfred... in the Old Berks country'.〔 In 1833, the V.W.H, under Moreton, moved to kennels provided by Henry Bathurst, 4th Earl Bathurst at Cirencester Park.〔 Lord Bathurst also subscribed £300 to the hunt.〔 Moreton retired as master in 1842 'when that determined enemy to field sports, the gout, compelled him to seek other amusements', and was succeeded by Robert Gifford, 2nd Baron Gifford. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vale of White Horse Hunt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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