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Hunt facts: Portman
2 November, 2004
Hunt: dates from 1857, when Squire Farquharson gave up the country. The second Viscount Portman was master from 1858 to 1919.
Country: south of Gillingham and Shaftesbury to Wimborne and Milton Abbas in the south. Wednesday and Saturdays are vale days, with Mondays in either hill or vale. Very well fenced with good hedges, both laid and natural.
Horse: a galloping horse who will jump and stay in country that can be wet
Best thing about the hunt: "The Portman is simply the Portman and I don't believe some of the things that happen hear, the kindness and support, could happen anywhere else," says amateur whipper-in Patrick Langdown.
"There isn't a railway line or a dual carriageway in the country," says David Bevan.
Most challenging aspect: the Wednesday Vale country, where hunting is as demanding of good riding as anywhere in the country
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