TALLY ~ HO TALLY ~ HO Volume XLIX #2 Marlborough Hunt Club “Tally Ho” February 2010 1 The Masters of Foxhounds and the Board of Governors of the Marlborough Hunt Club Request the Pleasure of Your Company at the Closing Hunt Breakfast Sunday, the Twenty First of March Two Thousand and Ten Three thirty o'clock in the afternoon at the Clubhouse Marlborough Hunt Club WELCOME OUR NEW JUNIOR ASSOCIATE BRANDI SMITH email: [email protected]29025 Hill & Dale Drive ph # 240-434-1998 Mechanicsville , Maryland 20778 RSVP by March 14, 2010 Barbara Smith Peddicord 410-507-0564 Beer, Wine & Setups provided $35.00 per person $40.00 after March 14th $15 Children 12 and under under 3 years free MAWC Update by Patty Sasscer The Maryland Association for Wildlife Conservation, Inc. is a non-profit organization formed in 1976 to encourage the preservation of field sports and the protection of Maryland Wildlife. MAWC presently consists of 20 directors, I have been one of the directors since 2001. The organization’s mission is the promotion and protection of hunters rights, particularly in the area of legislation. MAWC employees our legislative advisor, Nancy Hill who monitors every bill introduced in the Maryland legisla- ture to determine its potential impact upon our sport, and closely monitors DNR regarding new regulations. Recently she alerted us to an extremely bad regulation change that could potentially threaten our fox popula- tion. When either a threatening bill or a regulation change like this is introduced, a plan is enacted to take the ap- propriate steps to defeat it. This may entail enlisting the support of several statewide sportsmen’s groups, de- veloping fact sheets, talking points and fiscal impact statements. MAWC Board members alert the members of their hunts, make the rounds in Delegates offices, testify at hearings and negotiate with bill sponsors and Committee Chairmen. Through these efforts bills get defeated. It is essential that the foxhunting community educate itself about the challenges facing our sport. Anti-hunting forces are increasing. Their resourceful- ness can be sinister. All foxhunters need to be vigilant and to educate themselves about the issues that threaten our sport. In this case, it is a simple regulation change. Please see page 8. The work MAWC does to protect your sport is not done without a great deal of time and money. I would like all Marlborough members to join MAWC. Your $25 annual membership will help with this most important legisla- tive work to preserve our field sports. Please join. So far, less than 30 members have made their voluntary yearly contribution. Please show that the Marlborough members care about preserving our field sports. Please send your check, made out to MAWC to: Patty Sasscer, Box 6, UM, MD 20773 or include it with your next dues payment. Additional $25 for MAWC.
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TALLY ~ HOTALLY ~ HO
Volume XLIX #2 Marlborough Hunt Club “Tally Ho” February 2010
RSVP by March 14, 2010 Barbara Smith Peddicord 410-507-0564
Beer, Wine & Setups provided
$35.00 per person $40.00 after March 14th $15 Children 12 and under under 3 years free
MAWC Update
by Patty Sasscer
The Maryland Association for Wildlife Conservation, Inc. is a non-profit organization formed
in 1976 to encourage the preservation of field sports and the protection of Maryland Wildlife. MAWC presently consists of 20 directors, I have been one of the directors since 2001. The organization’s mission is the promotion and protection of hunters rights, particularly in the area of legislation. MAWC employees our legislative advisor, Nancy Hill who monitors every bill introduced in the Maryland legisla-ture to determine its potential impact upon our sport, and closely monitors DNR regarding new regulations.
Recently she alerted us to an extremely bad regulation change that could potentially threaten our fox popula-tion.
When either a threatening bill or a regulation change like this is introduced, a plan is enacted to take the ap-propriate steps to defeat it. This may entail enlisting the support of several statewide sportsmen’s groups, de-veloping fact sheets, talking points and fiscal impact statements. MAWC Board members alert the members of their hunts, make the rounds in Delegates offices, testify at hearings and negotiate with bill sponsors and Committee Chairmen. Through these efforts bills get defeated. It is essential that the foxhunting community educate itself about the challenges facing our sport. Anti-hunting forces are increasing. Their resourceful-ness can be sinister. All foxhunters need to be vigilant and to educate themselves about the issues that threaten our sport. In this case, it is a simple regulation change. Please see page 8.
The work MAWC does to protect your sport is not done without a great deal of time and money. I would like all Marlborough members to join MAWC. Your $25 annual membership will help with this most important legisla-tive work to preserve our field sports. Please join. So far, less than 30 members have made their voluntary yearly contribution. Please show that the Marlborough members care about preserving our field sports.
Please send your check, made out to MAWC to:
Patty Sasscer, Box 6, UM, MD 20773 or include it with your next dues payment. Additional $25 for MAWC.
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Minutes of Meeting of the Board of Governors
Of the Marlborough Hunt Club January 19th, 2010
Present: Caroline Bunting, Greg Bush (Treasurer), Katherine
Cawood, Christy Clagett, Michael Peddicord (President), Patty
Steeplechases and point-to-points are the same sport with minor technical differences. Both feature races over brush fences, timber jumps, and races on the flat. Steeplechase meets are governed by the rules of the National Steeple-chase & Hunt Association. Point-to-points are sponsored by local hunt clubs and run under local rules.
The stock tie evolved from the cravat. It could serve as bandage, sling or tourniquet, and even helped prevent neck injuries in falls. Some Brit-ish eventers still wear snug stocks to prevent whip-lash injury cross-country. The correct stock pin is a simple pin similar to a safety pin, useful for securing any sort of bandage or sling.
For casual riding and cubbing, ratcatcher attire was common. The ratcatcher shirt had a simple choker instead of a stock, and the colors were often of earth shades. The original “ratcatchers” were men who took terriers out as portable exterminators. Since they were of the working class, they dressed the part.
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CONDOLENCES
Our deepest sympathy to the family of our hon-
orary member Hal Clagett, our most generous
benefactor who so kindly allowed us to hold our Hunt Races on his Roedown Farm. The family
requests that any donations be made to:
The Maryland Horse Breeders Association Box 427
30 East Padonia Road Suite 303 Timonium, MD 21094
www.marylandthoroughbred.com/breeders
Nominating Committee
Selects Board of Governors Slate for 2010
The MHC Nominating Committee, Paula Sothoron
(chairman), Nancy Hill and Fred Koester
submitted the following slate:
Nominees to serve for one year term:
President.……………………………… Mike Peddicord
Vice President..…….………….……….Elizabeth Yewell
Secretary.………………………….Claire Simpson-Jones
Treasurer……….……….…………….……… Greg Bush
Masters ……………….……………...Katherine Cawood
……………………Patty Sasscer
…………………Christy Clagett
Nominees to serve for a one year term:
………...….……………….Caroline Bunting
……………………………….Sharon Schroer
Nominees to serve for 2 year terms:
……………………………… .Leo Courtney
…………………………… Eugene Roberts
Respectfully submitted by the Nominating Committee,
Paula Sothoron, Nancy Hill and Fred Koester
“Any five persons holding memberships in the Club
may place in nomination other candidates for any va-
cancy then existing or office to be voted upon at the fol-
lowing annual election of Officers and members of the
Board of Governors, provided more than one candidate
shall not be proposed by such members to be voted
upon for the same office, and provided further that the
members so nominating candidates shall send, at their
own expense, a list of their proposed candidates to all
members at least seven days before the meeting at
which such candidates are to be voted upon.”
(Article XII, Section 4 of the Constitution and By-laws of
the Marlborough Hunt Club.)
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Letter from the President
Dear Member,
The Marlborough Hunt Club family will miss Hal
Clagett, who died on February 1st. His story is the stuff
of legends – a bomber pilot during World War II, a re-
spected attorney, and a great Thoroughbred horse
breeder and race horse owner. His and Jeanne Begg's
generosity towards the hunt club and horse racing set a
high standard for the rest of us. This generosity included
the gracious use of their farm, Roedown, to hold our hunt
races each spring. For years, our Club has used the
management fee from "Roedown" to help offset the
Club’s operating expenses which, in turn, has offset your
dues. We expect to hold “Roedown” this year, April 11,
2010, but the status in subsequent years is uncertain and
unlikely. Your Board of Governors recognizes this situa-
tion and is exploring various options to address an ex-
pected budget shortfall in 2011. This shortfall in 2011 is
expected to be between $15,000 and $25,000. These
options include finding a new location to hold our hunt
races should the Roedown farm be sold to an owner who
does not want to continue the tradition, new membership
drives, and possibly researching another event such as
a horse show or music festival to replace the "Roedown"
contribution. Another option will include raising member-
ship dues. All of these options have their strengths and
weaknesses. If you have an idea we may not have con-
sidered, please let your Board of Governors know by
The room, the drinks, the food the band, the best. What a fun hunt ball that was. Many thanks to Barbara Smith for thinking of such a great theme and to her committee for the perfect decorations and masks. A huge “thank you” to Claire Simpson Jones for her generosity to us and those who stayed at the Comfort Inn in Bowie. Pictures speak louder than words, so here they are:
Someone left a black boa at the Hunt Ball which I have now.
A boa was left behind at the dance.
If it was yours, Barbara has it:
410-507-0564
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Shuck and Shoot November 27th, 2009 In spite of the blustery winds members and guests enjoyed the day.