In the 1990s, the Chronicle was there for the highlights, such as two Olympic Games and three World Equestrian Games, as well as the lows like the horse insurance killings involving Barney Ward, George Lindemann, Paul Valliere and several others.
For better or worse, during the 1980s, the culture of the horse world entered the modern world, becoming more specialized and more of a business, and less bound by tradition.
Plenty of major changes swept through the equestrian community during the 1970s. In international competition, the U.S. Equestrian Team was a major international force, with show jumping, dressage and eventing squads sweeping the 1975 Pan American Games (Mexico City) gold medals, and all three teams earning medals over the course of the Olympic Games in Munich (1972) and Montreal (1976).
The decade of the 1960s was a golden era for horse sports and for the Chronicle. The ‘60s saw glamorous hunter stars like Cold Climate, Cap And Gown, and Isgilde become famous. The U.S. Equestrian Team sent jumper stars like Frank Chapot, Bill Steinkraus, Kathy Kusner and Hugh Wiley overseas to compete, and they won on the biggest stages like Aachen.
Huntingdon Valley Hunt
c/o Richard B. Harris, jt.-MFH
1395 Swamp Rd., Box 48,
Furlong, Pennsylvania 18925.
Established 1914.
Recognized 1915.
One of the most fascinating aspects of fox hunting is scent. We organize our country and carefully breed our hounds to provide the sport we desire, but the one thing we can never control is scent.
The future looks bright with these multi-talented juniors in the hunt field.
Most juniors in high school look forward to spending their summers relaxing. Not Julia Campbell-Spatt.
Earning the Pine Cliff Challenge Bowl high-point trophy and the junior hunter championship from the Arapahoe Hunter Trials, Sept. 22 in Elizabeth, Colo., were just a few more feathers in the cap for Campbell-Spatt, 15. She and Surroyalist added those honors to their Pony Club and eventing pursuits.
You’re never too young to start learning your way around the hunting field.
Three years ago, Katie Walker and Kirstie Grabosky of Mr. Stewart’s Cheshire Foxhounds started a junior fox hunting camp. The camp lasts a week, is open to children between the ages of 5 and 15, and it is not necessary to be a hunt member. Attendance has grown from 10 to 30 children this year. Here, one participant shares his experiences.
Why Worry Hounds
