Green Spring Valley Hounds Baltimore County MD

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Family farm Day 2 9.20.15 The Green Spring Valley Hounds provided a demonstration and got rave reviews from spectators at the Family Farm Day September 20th at the Ag Center. Paint Night 9.10.15 Green Spring members and friends had a blast creating a fox portrait on September 10th at the Club. The Painted Palette on Baltimore provided all the supplies and instruction for this fundraiser.

Cubbing Q & A

Q: What is the difference between hound exercise and cubbing?
A: This is the time where all the preparation starts to come together; hounds are fit and the young entry have been exposed to everything they might encounter out hunting. Up to this point, we have spent our time keeping the curiosity in check and trying to maintain a level of calm; and finally the day comes where everything changes. Now we expect them to almost do the opposite of what we have been doing throughout hound exercise. As you can imagine, this could be a little confusing to a young hound.

Pony Camp Art Gallery

Pony Camp teams faced off in an art contest in which they had to color their horse, create a narrative and present it to the group. Their efforts are below, with "Pants on Fire" the winning entry.

Pony Camp Recap

A huge round of applause and debt of gratitude to all those who made this year’s Pony Camp a resounding success, notably Amy Fenwick, Director, Kerry Morton, Asst. Director, and Danielle Oster, Treasurer

Photography by Carol Fenwick

Carol Fenwick has created a dedicated GSVH Pony Camp Facebook page covering the years 2011 to the present.

(Click here to view the GSV Pony Camp Photo Gallery by Carol Fenwick)

38 campers, from six different hunts:
- Green Spring
- Elkridge Harford
- Mount Carmel
- Mr. Stewart's Cheshire Foxhounds
- Piedmont
- Orange County

Volunteers

It couldn’t happen without them:

6 Maryland Hunt Cup winners
Multiple Steeplechase Trainers and Riders
Multiple Landowners involved who graciously open their property, hosted events, and offered their pools
Member Involvement – Ned Halle, Stewart and Bonnie Rosenberg, Andrew Barclay among others
Staff – Ashley, Tim, Klauss were helpful and enthusiastic: culminating in a successful Hound Show
Donations were received from multiple members as well as the Maryland Hunt Cup, and Grand National Steeplechase

Another very successful year in funds, health and promotion of GSVH.

Green Spring Hounds Pony Club News

Part of the recently-completed Long Range Plan for GSVHC includes strengthening the long-time bond between the hunt club and its namesake Pony Club. Following is a recap of the Pony Club Spring activities:

Talented GSV Juniors

Green Spring Juniors acquitted themselves impressively this spring in a variety of venues:

On March 15th, The Foxhall Farm Team Chase was won by the team of Peter, Daisy and Tommy Fenwick, and Daisy prevailed again as the second place finisher, and first Junior, at the following week's Old Fashioned.

Pony Club Championships

The following GSHPC kids attended Pony Club Championships in Lexington VA, July 22nd - July 26th:

Writings on Hunting

By Phineas Westerlund

Hunting with G.S.V.H.C., is for some, a passion. Especially for the whip, the huntsmen, and the kennel men. But, for the people that are chasing the hounds like a dog chasing a squirrel, it’s a sort of scary fun. It’s like playing a game of hide and seek. You chase your fox scent and when somebody sees the fox they scream, “tally ho!” Sometimes you don’t see the fox. But, we trust the hounds to find that fox. The horses charge through streams, bushes, and race on even though they are tired.

Hunting makes me happy that I can ride a horse.

By Hal Westerlund

The Fox Hunting Poem

As the hounds go to cover, excitement fills the air.
My horse is tense, and is waiting for the horn.
I sit gingerly as I hear the horn blow throughout the valley.
As we follow the master, the horses take off.
I know there is no stopping now.

We approach a fence but cleanly clear it.
As we charge up a hill, the fox is in our sights.
Everyone shouts,”Tally-Ho!" as we chase it through the woods.
We finally catch up but, it has gone to ground.
I feel as if it was only 30 seconds but an hour has passed.
We blow the horn and go back to our trailers.
Tired and happy, today was a successful day of hunting