Downton Abbey-Which hunt?

Well then they should have told that daft lady side saddle person to put a bloody thong and lash on her hunting whip and hold it the right way too..thong end up please.Suppose we should be grateful it was`nt filmed in high summer! And WHY film the field and hounds all mingled but apparently in full cry..UUURRRGGGHH it drives me nuts.:mad::mad:
 
EAST KENT said:
Well then they should have told that daft lady side saddle person to put a bloody thong and lash on her hunting whip and hold it the right way too..thong end up please.Suppose we should be grateful it was`nt filmed in high summer! And WHY film the field and hounds all mingled but apparently in full cry..UUURRRGGGHH it drives me nuts.:mad::mad:
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as much as i like the series, the hunting sequence was pathetic, you could tell they werent riding horses in the close-ups, very amateurish!!As you say, a right mish mash of hounds horses and "riders".
 
There was a witch hunt on Downton Abbey? :eek::D

(Sorry. Couldn't resist and am in silly mood)

I do love Maggie Smith in full flow. As Jilly Cooper once said: "Mouth like a puckered up dog's bum"...
 
I know when ever hunting scenes are on TV the never make it look real or authentic, they once had hunting on A Touch of Frost and Midsummer Murders and it looked naf. I would look to be employed by a film crew to go in as an advisor and tell them how it should all look.
 
I was trying not to be too critical. I supposed it is quite hard if the directors are not in the know. My thoughts that the horses were not typical or hunters of that era, also would ther have been a coloured, I thought that the craze for colours was a recent thing and they were frowned on in 'those days'.
 
Well if you want to moan about the most minute details of the scenes (and don't forget, what you see on screen in a STORY not a documentary !!!) why not start with the fact that the forward seat was unknown in Edwardian times?
 
We noticed the coloured horse too and said no way would they have had one of them!! They only pulled carts in those days.

Still - we all got excited when the hunting scene started!!
 
Magicmillbrook said:
I was trying not to be too critical. I supposed it is quite hard if the directors are not in the know. My thoughts that the horses were not typical or hunters of that era, also would ther have been a coloured, I thought that the craze for colours was a recent thing and they were frowned on in 'those days'.
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That figures yet, I did have a photo in a book of about 1910 of a leopard spotted pony described as "grand type and a great lepper".
However in the 1970's out with the Bramham I was on a skewbald and was told to "take the cow to the rear of the field":mad:
 
fatpiggy said:
Well if you want to moan about the most minute details of the scenes (and don't forget, what you see on screen in a STORY not a documentary !!!) why not start with the fact that the forward seat was unknown in Edwardian times?
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Know what you mean.
Wait 'til Warhorse hits the screens I've seen some of the scenes and all I can say is "Wrong bridle".
 
EAST KENT said:
Well then they should have told that daft lady side saddle person to put a bloody thong and lash on her hunting whip and hold it the right way too..thong end up please.Suppose we should be grateful it was`nt filmed in high summer! And WHY film the field and hounds all mingled but apparently in full cry..UUURRRGGGHH it drives me nuts.:mad::mad:
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It was probably a side saddle whip with a bone handle :rolleyes:
 
Rowreach said:
It was probably a side saddle whip with a bone handle :rolleyes:
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Not unless they have a leather loop on one end for the thong and lash? Do sidesaddle whips have bone "gate hooks" on the top end?? In one shot the lady did have a thong attached ..but still holding it the wrong way anyway,shortly before ,no lash!! Pathetic.
 
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