Hunt Night at the PA National Horse Show

Come joins us at Hunt Night on Monday, October 18 at the PA National Horse Show!
Hunt Night begins at 6:30 p.m.

Classes, competitions and awards include:

Field Hunters 35 & over
Field Hunters 35 & under
Gentleman’s Hunter under saddle
Ladies Hunter under saddle
Terrier races
Parade of Hounds
Leading Lady Rider Award
Hunt Teams
Hunt Night Championships
North American Fox Hunting Horn Blowing Championships

The PA National Horse Show is located at the PA Farm Show Complex and Exhibition Center, Harrisburg, PA.

Please visit www.panational.org for additional information.

Keeping up with the Big Boys

Gretchen (Jt.MFH) and Ziggy Pelham (a 12.1 POA) staying with the field. Courtesy Cityview Magazine

MFHA Director Dennis Foster Discusses the Value of Fox Pens

The MFHA does not consider the use of Fox Hunting Training Preserves (FHTP) to be at all central to the sport of fox hunting. Mounted foxhunting as a sport is the hunting of the fox or coyote in its wild and natural state with a pack of hounds while adhering to all the principles of fair chase as outlined in the MFHA Code of Hunting Practices. The MFHA does not endorse or promote the use of FHTPs. However, if they …

Arizona Prop 109 Under Scrutiny

Proposition 109, Arizona’s proposed amendment to constitutionally protect your right to hunt and fish, is coming under attack from anti-hunting groups like the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and their friends in the media. We need our members’ help and we need it now!

If passed, the Arizona Hunting and Fishing Amendment will make hunting, fishing and harvesting wildlife a constitutional right, give the State Legislature exclusive authority to enact laws regulating these activities, prohibit laws that unreasonably restrict …

Florida Bans Fox Pens

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission voted recently to permanently ban all fox pens.

The rule approved by the FWC permanently prohibits the chasing of foxes and coyotes with dogs within an enclosure in Florida. The FWC had considered the issue for more than a year, and the practice was temporarily prohibited in February. At that time, the FWC ordered the Shady Oaks Fox Pen at 4000 South Highway 99 in Walnut Hill to cease any operations. The FWC did not …

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor,

I so enjoyed the photo of Poe, the Thief at the stirrup cup table, as years ago when hosting the stirrup cup for our Old Chatham Hunt Club, in Columbia County, New York, my table was devoured by the pack of visiting hounds for our joint meet, where my late husband was MFH.

In addition to lapping up all the sherry they could, they ate and licked as many of the fox and rabbit cookies I had made for the occasion …

Pony Power: The View From Down Here

I guess it’s polite to do introductions first.  My name is Ziggy, and I am a Hunt Horse for the Tennessee Valley Hunt in East Tennessee. My rider, Jt.  MFH Gretchen Pelham, asked me to write up some hunt reports for everyone.  She is a new Joint Master of TVH, and she thinks it will be refreshing to hear from a different point of view.

Officially I am a 12.1 …

Meath Foxhound Judges Up to the Task

By Noel Mullins
www.noelmullins.com

The Meath Foxhounds hunt a large area of challenging ditch and bank country on the east coast of Ireland. The followers are all hard riding horsemen and women from business, farming, racing and show-jumping backgrounds. Being one of the most professional packs in the country, the hunt has attracted many overseas masters over the years, such as Gene Kruger from Canada and …