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Opening Day at Red Mountain Hounds (NC) dawned overcast with a cold drizzle but new member Joseph Lovvorn warmed everyone’s hearts with a marriage proposal to Lisa Jill Freeman. He told the Masters that since hunting was such a great part of Lisa’s life he could think of no better time to propose than on Opening Day. Fortunately, …

We Are All Funding Anti-Hunting Groups

From the Executive Director
If this doesn’t get your attention, nothing will.  It is true and first came out at the Summit of the Horse Conference where Wyoming attorney Karen Falen gave a fantastic presentation on how American taxpayers are paying billions of federal tax dollars funding radical environmental groups to sue our government, and the government has to pay to fight the law suits.  Read the following; it’s enough …

Pepsi Gives HSUS $250K

By Greg R. Lawson, Director of Communications, USSA

Even with the controversy over the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) president’s recent comments about Michael Vick are raising eyebrows, the animal right’s group received a quarter of a million dollars from Pepsi.

Many sportsmen will remember the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance (USSA) alert that Pepsi was about to give $250,000 to HSUS through a monthly online voting contest at www.refresheverything.com. It is important to reflect on what this means.  HSUS basically continues …

There’s an App for That

So, you think you had a blazing run that covered 15 miles? Is it a fish story or did it really happen that way?

Thanks to the smart phone, foxhunters can now debunk the myth of the endless run or brag with true bravado, depending on the readings on their smart phone.

So download the latest GPS-enabled apps for Droid, Blackberry or Iphone for a full picture of the hunt in action. Some apps track your route, miles-per-hour, average speed, elevation gain, …

Prominent Foxhunters, Equestrians Appointed to ELCR Board

The Equine Land Conservation Resource has made strategic moves to strengthen the organization and its leadership team through the addition of two individuals to the Board of Directors; Ken Haddad of Florida and Susan Harding of Maryland and one addition to the Advisory Council, Mrs. Jane K. Beshear of Kentucky.

Susan M. Harding of Bethesda, Maryland, a recreational rider and driver, is a well-known U.S. equine industry …

From Across the Pond

Countryside Alliance’s new executive director, Alice Bernard writes the following:

You may already have heard the disappointing result of a trial of the huntsman and terrierman of the Fernie Hunt. Huntsman Derek Hopkins and terrierman Keith Allen were yesterday convicted at Market Harborough Magistrates Court of offences under the Hunting Act and the Badger Act. This result marks the third conviction of a registered fox hunt since the Hunting Act came into force in February 2005.

The case, which was …

Record Setting Hunt Raises Thousands for Chalfin

By Susan Hoffman

It may have been a record: On December 18, 197 riders from 13 different hunts in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Jersey joined Mr. Stewart’s Cheshire for a fundraising hunt in honor of Jake Chalfin of Unionville, Pa., a steeplechase jockey and avid foxhunter.

Chalfin was paralyzed from the chest down after falling from his mount “Sometimes Not” at the Blue Ridge Fall Races in Berryville, …