26/10/2025
Saturday 25th 2025
Tedworth Hunt.
11am Opening Meet
Rainscombe House, Oare, Pewsey Wilts
The subterfuge is clear where the Tedworth Hunt OGC are concerned. We all know their Modus Operandi. Send a group of three riders off to lay a sporadic trail here and there to fool any onlookers. But once the hunt is out of sight, they quickly resort to their murdering antics and illegal hunting.
The day consisted of a “tour” of the vast Rainscombe estate in attempts to flush out foxes and terrify other wildlife into flight. Sabs followed when they weren’t being accosted by the landowner and hunt lackies, and our drones deployed to track the hunt where Sabs couldn’t keep constant vigil to safeguard our wildlife.
Huntsman Jon Meyrick, easily recognised by his bat ears, unboxed hounds at Pennings Farm and walked them accompanied by a small entourage including a young child (the hunts deranged version of a Mascot?!) to the Opening meet held at Rainscombe House. The opportunity to gallop across fiercely defended private land was obviously a too good a wheeze to miss for the large field of subscribers and day ticket holders, who pay the equivalent of a weekly wage for the privilege of riding with this nefarious outfit. Rainscome House and the thousands of acres of surrounding land belong to the Hiscox family. Mr Hiscox Snr, who gleefully told us he was authorised by the police he could use reasonable force to remove Sabs from his land, claimed his son is now the proud owner of the Rainscombe estate. But Rugby educated Honorary Lifetime President of the charity Bobby’s Vans Trust and former Lloyds Banker Mr Hiscox Snr, and his son, are not so astute to realise or grasp the fact the Tedworth Hunt are playing them for fools. The Masters and cap doffers would evaporate into the ether as quickly as their Trail if Messrs. Hiscox were charged in contravention of the Hunting Act 2004 Section 3.1.
Soon after setting off, Meyrick was sending hounds into surrounding impenetrable woodland and scrub along the chosen route. Challenged by one of our Sabs why he was making the ubiquitous “burring” noises to his hounds, Meyrick made the lame excuse he was encouraging hounds to “find the trail.” Wrong! Way off mark Meyrick! Much play of laying a “trail” had been watched by Monitors when three giggling cavorting female riders appeared several fields away and sporadically flopped a rag on a piece of string around in ever decreasing circles. But even when hounds were within several yards of where sabs had seen the cavorting female riders the ethereal scent was completely ignored by the whole pack of hounds as they gambolled by without a hint of recognition of a scent trail. We were told there were 15 Trail layers. Who the other twelve were we will never know (and neither will they!) as the illusive twelve were not spotted by Sabs, Monitors or Drones. Another lie to placate anyone with a conscience or believe that the Tedworth are drag hunting!
Such was the entertainment that riders, bored, lost, or both sculked back to the meet by 2pm. Meyrick packed and hounds were boxed by 4pm.
Our Eyes are Now on You TEDWORTH Hunt because it is truly clear You are illegally hunting. You are NOT above the law, and You WILL be brought to account for YOUR illegal hunting activities. And landowners beware! You are also culpable of being complicit with the Tedworth hunt.
Long Run the Fox
Salisbury Plain Hunt Sabs Tip Off Line: 07720827649
HSA Tip Off Line: 07443148426