Announcer, rider and tack shop owner David Lewis Young died Dec. 2 at his home in Camden, S.C. He was 76.

Mr. Young grew up in Buffalo, N.Y., and learned to ride as a child, showing hunters and jumpers as a junior. He was a graduate of Alfred University (N.Y.), where he earned his degree in animal husbandry. Mr. Young then served in the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps and was stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.

In the mid-1950s, Mr. Young returned to New York and helped his brother establish a successful show barn, Roger Young Stables, in Pittsford. Although Mr. Young’s career path was in sales, he was never far from the horse world.

It was not uncommon to find him helping his brother with the sale horses that arrived via rail car from “out West,” driving the horse van, mending tack, judging schooling shows, or simply hanging out at the barn. As his children grew up, he passed on a lasting love and skill with horses to his daughter Heidi.

In 1997, Mr. Young retired as vice president of sales and marketing from Flower City Printing in Rochester.

Upon retirement, he moved to Camden, S.C., to be near his brother. During his retirement he enjoyed working as an announcer for many of the hunter/jumper shows held at Westfall Arena in Camden. He also opened Slightly Tacky, a leather repair business where he worked with his companion, Marla Tupper, until the time of his death.

Mr. Young is survived by a daughter, Heidi Young Schmutz, of Longmont, Colo., a son, David L. Young Jr., of Rushville, N.Y., a granddaughter and several nieces and nephews.

Memorial donations may be made to the Kershaw County Humane Society, P.O. Box 886, Camden, SC 29020 or the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 424 E. 92nd St., New York, NY 10128 or www.ASPCA.org.