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Toronto and North York Hunt 2019Toronto and North York Hunt 2019

3TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 2019President’s MessageThis is my first opportunity to deliver the ‘Greeting’ since I became president in August of last year. I must begin by acknowledging what an honour it is to lead this venerable organization. This is especially true when TNYH is celebrating its 175th anniversary – 7 generations of riding to hounds! This achievement was aptly marked by our Anniversary Ball in the ancestral home, the Toronto Hunt. We are all deeply indebted to the many dedicated volunteers and guests who made it such a success.A club like ours can succeed only if its members are prepared to roll up their sleeves and pitch in. While, we all enjoy the obvious benefits – good sport, great companionship and wonderful natural surroundings, membership is like belonging to a family. We all have to work together while respecting our unique differences. Whatever our varied backgrounds, experiences and points of view may be, we are as one when we are in the field.In addition to the fellowship of our members we are blessed by outstanding Hunt Staff, led by our gifted and resolute Huntsman, Ros Balding. Ros has expanded the scope and magnitude of the hunting experience with new country, exceptional hounds and her tireless determination to make each day in the field a memorable event.This 6th edition of is also a source of pride and reflects the efforts of many people. The amount of planning, marketing, editing, layout, persuading and cajoling to meet a hard deadline is not to be under estimated. Anyone who undertakes to lead this task is either a saint or crazy! In Janet Feairs we have the former!Finally, I wish to acknowledge and thank all of our readers and advertisers for supporting the TNYH. Our sport is one of the last vestiges of country life with roots pre-dating Canadian confederation. As we grow and evolve as a nation it is a mark of our maturity that we continue to recognize and celebrate this heritage.Warmest regards to all,Bill Carter, PresidentToronto and North York Hunt2019Toronto andNorth York HuntMasters of FoxhoundsAndy Bite, MFHCarl Feairs, MFHProfessional HuntsmanRosslyn BaldingProfessional Whipper-InTeresa RobinsonOfϐicers and DirectorsWilliam Carter, PresidentCarolyn Lane, Vice President,Communications & MembershipMichael Belcourt, ex-MFHAndy Bite, MFH, SecretaryConstance BoldtRon Charles, TreasurerKaren CybulskiWolf von Teichman, ex-MFH, Honorary MasterTracey VienneauPolly WinsorContact: info@tnyh.horse or call Carolyn Laneat (416) 998-6078Visit: tnyh.horse @tnyhuntBill CarterCover Photo by Ron AdamPrint by KKP Vaughanphoto by Cat Davey

4www.tnyh.horseCREEKSIDE COLLINGWOODFour bedroom Monterey home, complete with many upgrades, ﬁnished basement and a 50ft lot.$384,900 MLS® 20131053Call LeeAnn Matthews* 705 446 8688BLUE MOUNTAIN CHALETTTLiterally across the road from the ski hill. Over 4000 sq ft, ﬁve bedrooms plus loft.$889,000 MLS® 20125159Call LeeAnn Matthews* 705 446 8688LIFESTYLPark-like lot with views of ski hills & backs onto 14 acres of parkland!Custom built open concept!$699,900 MLS® 20130691CallVicki Bell** 705-446-4539Updated Edwardian in Creemore! 4 Bedroom, Modern living with all of thecharacter of yesteryear.$359,900 MLS® 20126255CallVicki Bell** 705-446-4539Immaculate 3 bedroom in a fantastic Collingwood neighbourhood. Deep town lot backs on to trail. $245,000 MLS® 20126167CallWispy Boivin* 705-888-7212RFRONT LIVINGLuxurious waterfront living with a great feeling of space with a spectacular views.$479,000 MLS® 20124066Call Karen E.Willison* 705-888-0075CREEKSIDE COLLINGWOODFour bedroom Monterey home, complete with many upgrades, ﬁnished basement and a 50ft lot.$384,900 MLS® 20131053Call LeeAnn Matthews* 705 446 8688BLUE MOUNTAIN CHALETTTLiterally across the road from the ski hill. Over 4000 sq ft, ﬁve bedrooms plus loft.$889,000 MLS® 20125159Call LeeAnn Matthews* 705 446 8688LIFESTYLE AT BLUEAAPark-like lot with views of ski hills & backs onto 14 acres of parkland!Custom built open concept!$699,900 MLS® 20130691CallVicki Bell** 705-446-4539CREEMORE CHARMUpdated Edwardian in Creemore! 4 Bedroom, Modern living with all of thecharacter of yesteryear.$359,900 MLS® 20126255CallVicki Bell** 705-446-4539ADMImmaCollintown $245CallW124427andraTait* TT705-444-4611WASAGA WWWAWWTERFRONTAABeautifully appointed semi-detached 4 bedroom 3 and half bath with swimming pool on sandy Wasaga Beach.$699,888 MLS® 20130897Call Josh Dolan** 705-446-8404SKI SEASON GEM1900 sq ft 5 bed country home in desirable neighbourhood close to Thornbury.$350,000 MLS® 20130622Call Julia Hinds* 705 351-8838DGE!ous 4 bedroom home. 3,200 Sq ft, 4 gourmet kitchen, main ﬂoor master, landscaped grounds.rr$679,000 MLS® 20131004Call Jim Hanna* 705-441-527251Wiles** 647-839-9582CRANBERRY VILLAGEThis 2 bedroom Cranberry Glen condo is cheery & bright; it comes furnished. Ready to move in!!$118,500 MLS® 20130304Call Sheila Shepherd* 705-441-6085FIVEACREHOME.COMGreat family home on private 5 acre wooded property in Collingwood. Close to all amenities.$399,000 MLS® 20131132Call Steve Simon* 705-994-2353T BLUEh views of ski hills & cres of parkland!en concept!S® 20130691705-446-4539CREEMORE CHARMUpdated Edwardian in Creemore! 4 Bedroom, Modern living with all of thecharacter of yesteryear.$359,900 MLS® 20126255CallVicki Bell** 705-446-4539ews, great design and well presented. $399,000 MLS® 20130082Call Rod MacAlpine* 519-372-7737PRIME LOCATION!AAFabulous century home completely updated. Gourmet kitchen, private master with w/o to terrace.$479,900 MLS®20130285Call Doug Beaumont**705-606-1046BRICK BUNGALOW2 Bedrooms, outskirts of town on quiet dead end street. 1,470 Sq ft, detached 20 x 50 shop.$279,000 MLS®20130208Call Ian Hawkins**705-446-5136WASAGA WWWAWWTERFRONTAABeautifully appointed semi-detached 4 bedroom 3 and half bath with swimming pool on sandy Wasaga Beach.$699,888 MLS® 20130897Call Josh Dolan**705-446-8404SKI SEASON GEM1900 sq ft 5 bed country home in desirable neighbourhood close to Thornbury.$350,000 MLS® 20130622Call Julia Hinds*705 351-8838CREEKSIDE COLLINGWOODFour bedroom Monterey home, complete with many upgrades, ﬁnished basement and a 50ft lot.$384,900 MLS® 20131053Call LeeAnn Matthews*705446 8688BLUE MOUNTAIN CHALETTTLiterally across the road from the ski hill. Over 4000 sq ft, ﬁve bedrooms plus loft.$889,000 MLS® 20125159Call LeeAnn Matthews*7054468688LORARRBAYAA LOYTBuilding lot on Sunset Blvd at Lora Bay; build your dream retirement home on this generous lot.$139,000 MLS®20126384Call Doug Lindsay*705-441-0850COZY BYUNGALOW2 bed, 1bath bungalow between Collingwood & Wasaga. Large 188’ x 281’ x irreg lot. Natural gas ﬁreplace.$159,000 MLS® 20131126CallGreg WeeWWks* 705-606-0183MEAFORD GOLF COURSE4 year old 3+1 bedroom, 2 bath, open concept raised bungalow features double car garage, large rear yard$299,900 MLS® 20126207Call Phyllis hhDineen* 705-445-5520 Ext406PRICE REDUCED!!Sellers motivated! extensively renovated 2 bedroom bungalow in town, close to hospital and schools.$213,000 MLS® 20130171Call Phyhhllis Dineen* 705-445-5520Ext406FULLY FULLRNISHEDNestled amongst trees, 3 bed, 2 bath chalet, gas heat, central air, backs onto rrGeorgian Trail.$449,900 MLS® 20123662Call Rick Crouch** 705-443-1037CRANBERRY LUXURYCompletely upgraded, turn key end unit, 1854 sq ft 4 bedroom 2 bath, views of Osler Bluffs. A must see!$269,900 MLS® 20130551Call RichardWiles** 647-839-9582CRANBERRY VILLAS2 bed / 2 bath Gas Forced, central Air included & Gas Fire place. Spell “VALUE”!!!VV$134,900 MLS® 20131164Call Sheila Shepherd* 705-441-6085CRANBERRY VILLAGEThis 2 bedroom Cranberry Glen condo is cheery & bright; it comes furnished. Ready to move in!!$118,500 MLS® 20130304Call Sheila Shepherd* 705-441-6085FIVEACREHOME.COMGreat family home on private 5 acre wooded property in Collingwood. Close to all amenities.$399,000 MLS® 20131132Call Steve Simon*705-994-2353LIFESTYLE AT BLUEAAPark-like lot with views of ski hills & backs onto 14 acres of parkland!Custom built open concept!$699,900 MLS®20130691Call Vicki Bell**705-446-4539CREEMORE CHARMUpdated Edwardian in Creemore! 4 Bedroom, Modern living with all of thecharacter of yesteryear.$359,900 MLS® 20126255CallVicki Bell**705-446-4539ADMIRAL DISTRICTImmaculate 3 bedroom in a fantastic Collingwood neighbourhood. Deep town lot backs on to trail. $245,000 MLS® 20126167CallWispy Boivin*705-888-7212FABULOUS VIEW OF BAYAALovely ranch bungalow with commanding views, great design and well presented. $399,000 MLS® 20130082Call Rod MacAlpine* 519-372-7737BLUE MOUNTAIN CONDOTTGround level condo in Historic Snowbridge. 2 bedroom, 2 bath makes perfect vacation home!$259,000 MLS® 20124427Call CassandraTait* TT705-444-4611SPECTACULAR CHALET!TTSpacious 5 bedrooms, great entertaining spaces. Chef’s kitchen, fabulous wood ﬂoors through out.$649,900 MLS® 20130650Call Doug Beaumont**705-606-1046PRIME LOCATION!AAFabulous century home completely updated. Gourmet kitchen, private master with w/o to terrace.$479,900 MLS® 20130285Call Doug Beaumont**705-606-1046SIERRA WOODLANDSExcellent location & Stunning views from this 4 BR, 4 bath town-home, perfect for entertaining.$619,000 MLS® 20130450Call Doug Linton*705-444-9643BRICK BUNGALOW2 Bedrooms, outskirts of town on quiet dead end street. 1,470 Sq ft, detached 20 x 50 shop.$279,000 MLS® 20130208Call Ian Hawkins**705-446-5136WASAGA WWWAWWTERFRONTAABeautifully appointed semi-detached 4 bedroom 3 and half bath with swimming pool on sandy Wasaga Beach.$699,888 MLS® 20130897Call Josh Dolan**705-446-8404SKI SEASON GEM1900 sq ft 5 bed country home in desirable neighbourhood close to Thornbury.$350,000 MLS® 20130622Call Julia Hinds*705 351-8838WAWWTERFRONT LIVINGAALuxurious waterfront living with a great feeling of space with a spectacular views.$479,000 MLS® 20124066Call Karen E.Willison*705-888-0075CREEKSIDE COLLINGWOODFour bedroom Monterey home, complete with many upgrades, ﬁnished basement and a 50ft lot.$384,900 MLS® 20131053Call LeeAnn Matthews*705 4468688BLUE MOUNTAIN CHALETTTLiterally across the road from the ski hill. Over 4000 sq ft, ﬁve bedrooms plus loft.$889,000 MLS® 20125159Call LeeAnn Matthews*7054468688LORARRBAYAA LOYTBuilding lot on Sunset Blvd at Lora Bay; build your dream retirement home on this generous lot.$139,000 MLS® 20126384Call Doug Lindsay*705-441-0850NIPISSING RIDGE!Prestigious 4 bedroom home. 3,200 Sq ft, 4 gourmet kitchen, main ﬂoor master, landscaped grounds.rr$679,000 MLS® 20131004Call Jim Hanna* 705-441-5272COZYBYUNGALOW2 bed, 1bath bungalow between Collingwood & Wasaga. Large 188’ x 281’ x irreg lot. Natural gas ﬁreplace.$159,000 MLS® 20131126CallGreg WeeWWks* 705-606-0183MEAFORD GOLF COURSE4 year old 3+1 bedroom, 2 bath, open concept raised bungalow features double car garage, large rear yard$299,900 MLS® 20126207Call Phyllis hhDineen* 705-445-5520 Ext406PRICE REDUCED!!Sellers motivated! extensively renovated 2 bedroom bungalow in town, close to hospital and schools.$213,000 MLS® 20130171Call Phyhhllis Dineen* 705-445-5520Ext406FULLY FULLRNISHEDNestled amongst trees, 3 bed, 2 bath chalet, gas heat, central air, backs onto rrGeorgian Trail.$449,900 MLS® 20123662Call Rick Crouch** 705-443-1037CRANBERRY LUXURYCompletely upgraded, turn key end unit, 1854 sq ft 4 bedroom 2 bath, views of Osler Bluffs. A must see!$269,900 MLS® 20130551Call RichardWiles** 647-839-9582CRANBERRY VILLAS2 bed / 2 bath Gas Forced, central Air included & Gas Fire place. Spell “VALUE”!!!VV$134,900 MLS® 20131164Call Sheila Shepherd* 705-441-6085CRANBERRY VILLAGEThis 2 bedroom Cranberry Glen condo is cheery & bright; it comes furnished. Ready to move in!!$118,500 MLS® 20130304Call Sheila Shepherd* 705-441-6085FIVEACREHOME.COMGreat family home on private 5 acre wooded property in Collingwood. Close to all amenities.$399,000 MLS® 20131132Call Steve Simon*705-994-2353LIFESTYLE AT BLUEAAPark-like lot with views of ski hills & backs onto 14 acres of parkland!Custom built open concept!$699,900 MLS®20130691CallVicki Bell**705-446-4539CREEMORE CHARMUpdated Edwardian in Creemore! 4 Bedroom, Modern living with all of thecharacter of yesteryear.$359,900 MLS® 20126255CallVicki Bell**705-446-4539ADMIRAL DISTRICTImmaculate 3 bedroom in a fantastic Collingwood neighbourhood. Deep town lot backs on to trail. $245,000 MLS® 20126167CallWispy Boivin*705-888-7212FABULOUS VIEW OF BAYAALovely ranch bungalow with commanding views, great design and well presented. $399,000 MLS® 20130082Call Rod MacAlpine* 519-372-7737BLUE MOUNTAIN CONDOTTGround level condo in Historic Snowbridge. 2 bedroom, 2 bath makes perfect vacation home!$259,000 MLS® 20124427Call CassandraTait* TT705-444-4611SPECTACULAR CHALET!TTSpacious 5 bedrooms, great entertaining spaces. Chef’s kitchen, fabulous wood ﬂoors through out.$649,900 MLS® 20130650Call Doug Beaumont** 705-606-1046PRIME LOCATION!AAFabulous century home completely updated. Gourmet kitchen, private master with w/o to terrace.$479,900 MLS® 20130285Call Doug Beaumont** 705-606-1046SIERRA WOODLANDSExcellent location & Stunning views from this 4 BR, 4 bath town-home, perfect for entertaining.$619,000 MLS® 20130450Call Doug Linton* 705-444-9643BRICK BUNGALOW2 Bedrooms, outskirts of town on quiet dead end street. 1,470 Sq ft, detached 20 x 50 shop.$279,000 MLS® 20130208Call Ian Hawkins** 705-446-5136WASAGA WWWAWWTERFRONTAABeautifully appointed semi-detached 4 bedroom 3 and half bath with swimming pool on sandy Wasaga Beach.$699,888 MLS® 20130897Call Josh Dolan** 705-446-8404SKI SEASON GEM1900 sq ft 5 bed country home in desirable neighbourhood close to Thornbury.$350,000 MLS® 20130622Call Julia Hinds* 705 351-8838WAWWTERFRONT LIVINGAALuxurious waterfront living with a great feeling of space with a spectacular views.$479,000 MLS® 20124066Call Karen E.Willison* 705-888-0075CREEKSIDE COLLINGWOODFour bedroom Monterey home, complete with many upgrades, ﬁnished basement and a 50ft lot.$384,900 MLS® 20131053Call LeeAnn Matthews* 705 446 8688BLUE MOUNTAIN CHALETTTLiterally across the road from the ski hill. Over 4000 sq ft, ﬁve bedrooms plus loft.$889,000 MLS® 20125159Call LeeAnn Matthews* 705 446 8688LORARRBAYAA LOYTBuilding lot on Sunset Blvd at Lora Bay; build your dream retirement home on this generous lot.$139,000 MLS® 20126384Call Doug Lindsay* 705-441-0850NIPISSING RIDGE!Prestigious 4 bedroom home. 3,200 Sq ft, 4 gourmet kitchen, main ﬂoor master, landscaped grounds.rr$679,000 MLS® 20131004Call Jim Hanna* 705-441-5272COZY BYUNGALOW2 bed, 1bath bungalow between Collingwood & Wasaga. Large 188’ x 281’ x irreg lot. Natural gas ﬁreplace.$159,000 MLS® 20131126CallGreg WeeWWks* 705-606-0183MEAFORD GOLF COURSE4 year old 3+1 bedroom, 2 bath, open concept raised bungalow features double car garage, large rear yard$299,900 MLS® 20126207Call Phyllis hhDineen* 705-445-5520 Ext406PRICE REDUCED!!Sellers motivated! extensively renovated 2 bedroom bungalow in town, close to hospital and schools.$213,000 MLS® 20130171Call Phyhhllis Dineen* 705-445-5520 Ext406CRANBERRY LUXURYCompletely upgraded, turn key end unit, 1854 sq ft 4 bedroom 2 bath, views of Osler Bluffs. A must see!$269,900 MLS® 20130551Call RichardWiles** 647-839-9582CRANBERRY VILLAGEThis 2 bedroom Cranberry Glen condo is cheery & bright; it comes furnished. Ready to move in!!$118,500 MLS® 20130304Call Sheila Shepherd* 705-441-6085FIVEACREHOME.COMGreat family home on private 5 acre wooded property in Collingwood. Close to all amenities.$399,000 MLS® 20131132Call Steve Simon* 705-994-2353LIFESTYLE AT BLUEAAPark-like lot with views of ski hills & backs onto 14 acres of parkland!Custom built open concept!$699,900 MLS® 20130691CallVicki Bell** 705-446-4539CREEMORE CHARMUpdated Edwardian in Creemore! 4 Bedroom, Modern living with all of thecharacter of yesteryear.$359,900 MLS® 20126255CallVicki Bell** 705-446-4539FABULOUS VIEW OF BAYAALovely ranch bungalow with commanding views, great design and well presented. $399,000 MLS® 20130082Call Rod MacAlpine* 519-372-7737PRIME LFabulous cupdated. Gmaster wit$479,900Call Doug BBRICK BUNGALOW2 Bedrooms, outskirts of town on quiet dead end street. 1,470 Sq ft, detached 20 x 50 shop.$279,000 MLS®20130208Call Ian Hawkins**705-446-5136WASAGA WWWAWWTERFRONTAABeautifully appointed semi-detached 4 bedroom 3 and half bath with swimming pool on sandy Wasaga Beach.$699,888 MLS® 20130897Call Josh Dolan**705-446-8404SKI SEASON GEM1900 sq ft 5 bed country home in desirable neighbourhood close to Thornbury.$350,000 MLS® 20130622Call Julia Hinds*705 351-8838CREEKSIDE COLLINGWOODFour bedroom Monterey home, complete with many upgrades, ﬁnished basement and a 50ft lot.$384,900 MLS® 20131053Call LeeAnn Matthews*705446 8688BLUE MOUNTAIN CHALETTTLiterally across the road from the ski hill. Over 4000 sq ft, ﬁve bedrooms plus loft.$889,000 MLS® 20125159Call LeeAnn Matthews*705446 8688COZYBYUNGALOW2 bed, 1bath bungalow between Collingwood & Wasaga. Large 188’ x 281’ x irreg lot. Natural gas ﬁreplace.$159,000 MLS® 20131126CallGreg WeeWWks* 705-606-0183CRANBERRY LUXURYCompletely upgraded, turn key end unit, 1854 sq ft 4 bedroom 2 bath, views of Osler Bluffs. A must see!$269,900 MLS® 20130551Call RichardWCRANBERRY VILLAS2 bed / 2 bath Gas Forced, central Air included & Gas Fire place. Spell “VALUE”!!!VV$134,900 MLS® 20131164CRANBERRThis 2 bedroomis cheery & brReady to move$118,500 MCall Sheila SheLIFESTYLE AT BLUEAAPark-like lot with views of ski hills & backs onto 14 acres of parkland!Custom built open concept!$699,900 MLS® 20130691CallVicki Bell** 705-446-4539CREEMORE CHARMUpdated Edwardian in Creemore! 4 Bedroom, Modern living with all of thecharacter of yesteryear.$359,900 MLS® 20126255CallVicki Bell** 705-446-4539ADMIRAL DISTRICTImmaculate 3 bedroom in a fantastic Collingwood neighbourhood. Deep town lot backs on to trail. $245,000 MLS® 20126167CallWispy Boivin*705-888-7212FABULOUS VIEW OF BAYAALovely ranch bungalow with commanding views, great design and well presented. $399,000 MLS® 20130082SIERRA WOODLANDSExcellent location & Stunning views from this 4 BR, 4 bath town-home, perfect for entertaining.$619,000 MLS® 20130450BRICK BUNGALOW2 Bedrooms, outskirts of town on quiet dead end street. 1,470 Sq ft, detached 20 x 50 shop.$279,000 MLS® 20130208WAWWTERFRONT LIVINGAALuxurious waterfront living with a great feeling of space with a spectacular views.$479,000 MLS® 20124066Call Karen E.Willison*705-888-0075CREEKSIDE COLLINGWOODFour bedroom Monterey home, complete with many upgrades, ﬁnished basement and a 50ft lot.$384,900 MLS® 20131053Call LeeAnn Matthews*7054468688BLUE MOUNTAIN CHALETTTLiterally across the road from the ski hill. Over 4000 sq ft, ﬁve bedrooms plus loft.$889,000 MLS® 20125159Call LeeAnn Matthews*705446 8688COZY BYUNGALOW2 bed, 1bath bungalow between Collingwood & Wasaga. Large 188’ x 281’ x irreg lot. Natural gas ﬁreplace.$159,000 MLS® 20131126CRANBERRY LUXURYCompletely upgraded, turn key end unit, 1854 sq ft 4 bedroom 2 bath, views of Osler Bluffs. A must see!$269,900 MLS® 20130551CRANBERRY VILLAS2 bed / 2 bath Gas Forced, central Air included & Gas Fire place. Spell “VALUE”!!!VV$134,900 MLS® 20131164LIFESTYLE AT BLUEAAPark-like lot with views of ski hills & backs onto 14 acres of parkland!Custom built open concept!$699,900 MLS® 20130691CallVicki Bell** 705-446-4539CREEMORE CHARMUpdated Edwardian in Creemore! 4 Bedroom, Modern living with all of thecharacter of yesteryear.$359,900 MLS® 20126255CallVicki Bell** 705-446-4539ADMIRAL DISTRICTImmaculate 3 bedroom in a fantastic Collingwood neighbourhood. Deep town lot backs on to trail. $245,000 MLS® 20126167CallWispy Boivin* 705-888-7212FABULOUS VIEW OF BAYAALovely ranch bungalow with commanding views, great design and well presented. $399,000 MLS® 20130082SIERRA WOODLANDSExcellent location & Stunning views from this 4 BR, 4 bath town-home, perfect for entertaining.$619,000 MLS® 20130450BRICK BUNGALOW2 Bedrooms, outskirts of town on quiet dead end street. 1,470 Sq ft, detached 20 x 50 shop.$279,000 MLS® 20130208WAWWTERFRONT LIVINGAALuxurious waterfront living with a great feeling of space with a spectacular views.$479,000 MLS® 20124066Call Karen E.Willison* 705-888-0075CREEKSIDE COLLINGWOODFour bedroom Monterey home, complete with many upgrades, ﬁnished basement and a 50ft lot.$384,900 MLS® 20131053Call LeeAnn Matthews* 705 446 8688BLUE MOUNTAIN CHALETTTLiterally across the road from the ski hill. Over 4000 sq ft, ﬁve bedrooms plus loft.$889,000 MLS® 20125159Call LeeAnn Matthews* 705 446 8688COZY BYUNGALOW2 bed, 1bath bungalow between Collingwood & Wasaga. Large 188’ x 281’ x irreg lot. Natural gas ﬁreplace.$159,000 MLS® 20131126CRANBERRY LUXURYCompletely upgraded, turn key end unit, 1854 sq ft 4 bedroom 2 bath, views of Osler Bluffs. A must see!$269,900 MLS® 20130551Call RichardWiles** 647-839-9582CRANBERRY VILLAGEThis 2 bedroom Cranberry Glen condo is cheery & bright; it comes furnished. Ready to move in!!$118,500 MLS® 20130304Call Sheila Shepherd* 705-441-6085FIVEACREHOME.COMGreat family home on private 5 acre wooded property in Collingwood. Close to all amenities.$399,000 MLS® 20131132Call Steve Simon* 705-994-2353LIFESTYLE AT BLUEAAPark-like lot with views of ski hills & backs onto 14 acres of parkland!Custom built open concept!$699,900 MLS®20130691CallVicki Bell** 705-446-4539CREEMORE CHARMUpdated Edwardian in Creemore! 4 Bedroom, Modern living with all of thecharacter of yesteryear.$359,900 MLS® 20126255CallVicki Bell** 705-446-4539FABULOUS VIEW OF BAYAALovely ranch bungalow with commanding views, great design and well presented. $399,000 MLS® 20130082Call Rod MacAlpine* 519-372-7737PRIME LOCATION!AAFabulous century home completely updated. Gourmet kitchen, private master with w/o to terrace.$479,900 MLS® 20130285Call Doug Beaumont**705-606-1046BRICK BUNGALOW2 Bedrooms, outskirts of town on quiet dead end street. 1,470 Sq ft, detached 20 x 50 shop.$279,000 MLS® 20130208Call Ian Hawkins** 705-446-5136WASAGA WWWAWWTERFRONTAABeautifully appointed semi-detached 4 bedroom 3 and half bath with swimming pool on sandy Wasaga Beach.$699,888 MLS® 20130897Call Josh Dolan** 705-446-8404SKI SEASON GEM1900 sq ft 5 bed country home in desirable neighbourhood close to Thornbury.$350,000 MLS® 20130622Call Julia Hinds* 705351-8838CREEKSIDE COLLINGWOODFour bedroom Monterey home, complete with many upgrades, ﬁnished basement and a 50ft lot.$384,900 MLS® 20131053Call LeeAnn Matthews*7054468688BLUE MOUNTAIN CHALETTTLiterally across the road from the ski hill. Over 4000 sq ft, ﬁve bedrooms plus loft.$889,000 MLS® 20125159Call LeeAnn Matthews*7054468688LORARRBAYAA LOYTBuilding lot on Sunset Blvd at Lora Bay; build your dream retirement home on this generous lot.$139,000 MLS® 20126384Call Doug Lindsay* 705-441-0850COZY BYUNGALOW2 bed, 1bath bungalow between Collingwood & Wasaga. Large 188’ x 281’ x irreg lot. Natural gas ﬁreplace.$159,000 MLS® 20131126CallGreg WeeWWks* 705-606-0183MEAFORD GOLF COURSE4 year old 3+1 bedroom, 2 bath, open concept raised bungalow features double car garage, large rear yard$299,900 MLS® 20126207Call Phyllis hhDineen* 705-445-5520 Ext406PRICE REDUCED!!Sellers motivated! extensively renovated 2 bedroom bungalow in town, close to hospital and schools.$213,000 MLS® 20130171Call Phyhllis Dineen* 705-445-5520 Ext406FULLY FULLRNISHEDNestled amongst trees, 3 bed, 2 bath chalet, gas heat, central air, backs onto rrGeorgian Trail.$449,900 MLS® 20123662Call Rick Crouch** 705-443-1037CRANBERRY LUXURYCompletely upgraded, turn key end unit, 1854 sq ft 4 bedroom 2 bath, views of Osler Bluffs. A must see!$269,900 MLS® 20130551Call RichardWiles** 647-839-9582CRANBERRY VILLAS2 bed / 2 bath Gas Forced, central Air included & Gas Fire place. Spell “VALUE”!!!VV$134,900 MLS® 20131164Call Sheila Shepherd* 705-441-6085CRANBERRY VILLAGEThis 2 bedroom Cranberry Glen condo is cheery & bright; it comes furnished. Ready to move in!!$118,500 MLS® 20130304Call Sheila Shepherd* 705-441-6085FIVEACREHOME.COMGreat family home on private 5 acre wooded property in Collingwood. Close to all amenities.$399,000 MLS® 20131132Call Steve Simon* 705-994-2353LIFESTYLE AT BLUEAAPark-like lot with views of ski hills & backs onto 14 acres of parkland!Custom built open concept!$699,900 MLS® 20130691CallVicki Bell**705-446-4539CREEMORE CHARMUpdated Edwardian in Creemore! 4 Bedroom, Modern living with all of thecharacter of yesteryear.$359,900 MLS®20126255CallVicki Bell**705-446-4539ADMIRAL DISTRICTImmaculate 3 bedroom in a fantastic Collingwood neighbourhood. Deep town lot backs on to trail. $245,000 MLS® 20126167CallWispy Boivin*705-888-7212FABULOUS VIEW OF BAYAALovely ranch bungalow with commanding views, great design and well presented. $399,000 MLS® 20130082Call Rod MacAlpine* 519-372-7737BLUE MOUNTAIN CONDOTTGround level condo in Historic Snowbridge. 2 bedroom, 2 bath makes perfect vacation home!$259,000 MLS® 20124427Call CassandraTait* TT705-444-4611SPECTACULAR CHALET!TTSpacious 5 bedrooms, great entertaining spaces. Chef’s kitchen, fabulous wood ﬂoors through out.$649,900 MLS® 20130650Call Doug Beaumont** 705-606-1046PRIME LOCATION!AAFabulous century home completely updated. Gourmet kitchen, private master with w/o to terrace.$479,900 MLS® 20130285Call Doug Beaumont** 705-606-1046SIERRA WOODLANDSExcellent location & Stunning views from this 4 BR, 4 bath town-home, perfect for entertaining.$619,000 MLS® 20130450Call Doug Linton* 705-444-9643BRICK BUNGALOW2 Bedrooms, outskirts of town on quiet dead end street. 1,470 Sq ft, detached 20 x 50 shop.$279,000 MLS® 20130208Call Ian Hawkins** 705-446-5136WASAGA WWWAWWTERFRONTAABeautifully appointed semi-detached 4 bedroom 3 and half bath with swimming pool on sandy Wasaga Beach.$699,888 MLS® 20130897Call Josh Dolan** 705-446-8404SKI SEASON GEM1900 sq ft 5 bed country home in desirable neighbourhood close to Thornbury.$350,000 MLS® 20130622Call Julia Hinds* 705 351-8838WAWWTERFRONT LIVINGAALuxurious waterfront living with a great feeling of space with a spectacular views.$479,000 MLS® 20124066Call Karen E.Willison*705-888-0075CREEKSIDE COLLINGWOODFour bedroom Monterey home, complete with many upgrades, ﬁnished basement and a 50ft lot.$384,900 MLS® 20131053Call LeeAnn Matthews*7054468688BLUE MOUNTAIN CHALETTTLiterally across the road from the ski hill. 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5TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 2019Table of ContentsEditor’s NoteThe 2018 hunt season for TNYH was stellar. I was relegated to participating in the hunt from a road whip vehicle as personal health issues kept me ϐirmly out of the saddle! We had some spectacular meets in our 175th year of sport and Ros Balding has proven her prowess with one of the most memorable seasons this foxhunter has been witness to. You can relive many of the meets by reading our Huntsman’s Report.In our 175th year, we celebrated with a joint Canadian Meet from our Kennels and ϐinished the season with our 175th Hunt Ball at the Toronto Hunt, well attended and supported by our fellow Canadian foxhunters. This year we are focusing on the contribution that our youth will provide to the future of our sport. Toronto and North York Hunt will be hosting our ϐirst ever Canadian qualifying meet, Oct 5, 2019, for the Junior North American Field Hunters Championship, scheduled Nov. 9th 2019 which will be held in Middelburg Virginia (please see the article with proϐiles of our young Canadian Hunt Members intending on participating in the qualifying meet). We also hosted two pony clubs namely Blue Mountain Pony Club in March and a second club, the Dufferin County Pony Club with a kennel visit and tour in late April. Getting the word out to young people to understand the beneϐits of hunting from supporting our local farmers to fostering conservation of habitat and good wildlife management programs through our afϐiliation with the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters is one of the best ways to continue to educate and foster our rural lifestyle. New in this years edition we held a cover photo contest and received some stunning images, please note only one cover shot could be selected, but a sampling of some of the submissions along with the photographers are pictured in the “Cover Contest” article.We hope you enjoy this year’s edition ofand I would like to personally thank all contributors for their submissions, which provide entertaining and interesting reading for so many.Tally Ho! Janet FeairsPresident’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Editor’s Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Huntsman’s Report 2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Memoriam to Frank Vlahovic . . . . . . . 11The New Headquarters of the . . . . . . 13Masters of FoxhoundsAssociation Is Open!Horses, Hounds and Coyotes . . . . . . . . 15Meet Canada's only woman employed as a huntsmanTNYH Celebrates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19175 Years of SportsTNYH Welcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Local Pony ClubsHunting to Ride or . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Riding to HuntPuppy Walking 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27One of the best parts of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Summer are the Toronto and North York Hunt Gourmet Hacks and 2018 was no exception!The Three Meanings of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31“Stirrup Cup”The Future of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Fox Hunting In Canada Foxhound Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Solving Historical Mysteries . . . . . . . . . 37175th Anniversary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42TNYH Hunt BallFrom Horses and Hounds to . . . . . . . . 44Barrels and BovinesRobert Gielen and Bang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Cover Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Visual Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Nola McConnan It's in the Blood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Riding the Mongolian Derby . . . . . . . . 63Hunter Spirits and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Sacred GroundBotany on Horseback: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72The Forest Springs to LifeThe Canadian Hunt Horse . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75photo by Cat Davey

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7TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 2019I had thought last year was amazing and would take some beating; however this last season’s hunting was one of the best I’ve known for quite some time! I couldn’t have been more delighted with how the pack performed, although there are still, and always will be, improvements to be made.Several events kept us busy during the summer months and a memorable one was our trip down to the city with the hounds to the grounds of the Toronto Hunt to celebrate our 175th Anniversary as a Hunt Club. Inevitably times have changed dramatically since hounds were hunting from these premises and, as I’m sure many of you are aware, the facilities are now for golf rather than hounds, although the original quarry species is still very much in residence! Our hosts shouted, “welcome home!” as we drove the trailer onto the grounds with several people remarking on the logo on the trailer being the same! We were welcomed warmly and the hounds were a big hit!Next up was another first for us at Toronto and North York Hunt, we were asked to parade our hounds at The Caledon Equestrian Centre at Palgrave in the main arena just before the Grand Prix! We were all a bit nervous as well as excited to be in the ring but the hounds and horses all behaved impeccably! Molson was keen to try out the Grand Prix fences but we decided better not to upstage Ian Millar before his performance!Sadly, for Molson, this was to be his last trip out for the season. He hadn’t quite been himself and upon investigation, a large cyst was found in one of his sinus cavities. He was referred to Guelph Veterinary Hospital and underwent facial surgery to remove the cyst. It meant he was out for the season but has made a full recovery and will be back out showing us the way this fall.August 18th saw the start of the season with a fast but short hunt at our Maxwell fixture. Short because the hounds ran out of our territory and had to be stopped. Without our generous landowners, we couldn’t hunt, but it is becoming a constant battle against shrinking territory, changes of ownership and newcomers amongst other things. There is a huge amount of work being done on a continual basis to keep our ability to ride across our beautiful countryside alive. It’s good to remember and appreciate that we are so lucky to have permission from so many great landowners and we mustn’t take it for granted.Huntsman’s Report 2019 Rosslyn Balding TNYHPhoto by Cat DaveyRosslyn Balding praising her houndsphoto by Tracey VienneauMolson recovering from surgery,photo by Rosslyn Baldingphoto by Diana MacDonaldHounds parading at Caledon Equestrian Centrephoto by Blair Robinson

8www.tnyh.horseOur second day hunting was a rainy one at the kennels! At this time of year, good weather isn’t always a given, but, warm, dry, sunny days don’t always provide the best hunting conditions. Remember this when you’re wondering if you should make the trip out! On this particular day, we had staff, masters and 2 “die hard” members out. Hounds went on to produce probably one of the best hunts seen at Toronto and North York in many years! Twice! In one day!A meet at our Singhampton fixture next proved to me just what good form the hounds were in. Again, another small field was rewarded with some excellent hunting as most riders retired early.Opening Meet on September 8th started us off with a season full of long hunts! As we warmly welcome our landowners to join us on this day, it’s expected to be a shorter day to allow us all time to socialise and thank our landowners. However the hounds had different plans this day! Finding in Tony Arrell’s gully, the hounds hunted hard nearly to Creemore then swung West to Dunedin finally finishing up right back around at the first line, almost at County Road 21!Several more good and successful days followed this season, including a day at Maxwell with quite the biggest coyote I’ve had experience of and another day from the kennels where hounds ran 17 miles and finished up one field short of County Road 124 with only staff and one guest left out! Particularly pleasing for me, was one of this year’s young hounds, Kegger, who was running second most of this hunt. Ruger, another of this year’s young entry, and a pure fell hound, the only surviving one of his litter, was also a young hound who performed well.October 6th and another Creemore Parade. I had been overwhelmed by the crowds the previous year and this year was the same. Visitors seem to really enjoy coming out to see us and we were met with cheers and shouts of “thank you” as we rode past. It’s quite a humbling experience!Teresa’s family generously allowed us to once again meet at Coe Farm. It is an amazingly beautiful place to meet and we had a great day north over County Road 21 with the entire field still out when we successfully finished the day! It gives me enormous pleasure to have everyone share the experience of how well the hounds are running!October changed from too hot on 10th, with jackets being excused, to too cold and snowy by the 24th. Saturday 27th was scheduled for a celebratory meet at the kennels for our 175th anniversary. Every pack was invited and we had over 100 riders booked to attend with guests coming from as far as New York and California! My phone started ringing early that morning with reports of snow, however as we didn’t have any at the kennels the decision was made to go ahead. By 7 am the snow started and sadly many had to return back, although lots of riders returned in their trucks with no horses. I don’t think we have seen quite so many car followers before! We set out with a somewhat depleted field in the snow but full of good cheer and plenty of riders still! Hounds found immediately HUNTSMAN’S REPORT 2019:Continues...Teresa Robinson, Professional Whipper-inphoto by Tracey VienneauHound with crooked tail, Keggerphoto by Karin McDonaldCarl Feairs, MFH Honourary Whipper-inphoto by Diana MacDonald

9TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 2019and a hard and relentless hunt of four hours ensued! Riders were rewarded with several views of the coyote keen to retrace his steps even if it meant running between horses legs! The hounds worked really hard and were faultless in their pursuit! A good celebration of a memorable day was had in the Clubhouse following the conclusion of the hunt.A somewhat depleted team of horses managed to get us through the season well. As poor Molson was out of action, my old boy, WP, of 23 years, carried me all season with Laura’s pony Ellie stepping in on odd days. A new boy, Charlie has joined the team this year and although green, hopefully he will continue his education this season. Feren Llewellyn did a fantastic job of hunting him up with me this spring to get him started.Our season was short this year as the weather wouldn’t cooperate and the 10th of November was our final cold and snowy end to the season. Once more the hounds ran amazingly well and were determined to finish successfully again after a long day! The moral of this year’s hunting season is, wrap up warm and come on out! Don’t pay too much attention to the weather; you never know what you might miss!I received a bit of a surprise in October with a phone call from a journalist from the National Post. He and his children had attended the Creemore Parade and were intrigued by the existence of foxhunting in the area and even more so by the huntsman being a woman! With approval from the MFHA and research done, interviews took place and an article went out on the first pages of the Financial Post Magazine’s December issue with focus on women in business! It’s not something I’ve done before but the journalist had great integrity and it was an altogether enjoyable experience. The readership is huge and the social media growth and spread of the article was quite staggering. (refer to " Article" Horses, Hounds and Coyotes)I was approached, in March, by Epp Wilson MFH Belle Meade Hunt in Georgia. Epp has been involved in organising Performance Trials for hounds in the States for many years. Performance trials are an opportunity for hunts to come together with the best of their pack and compete against each other for best hunting abilities judged and hunted by an independent Huntsman. Epp was inviting me to be the guest huntsman at a performance trial in Nebraska. I felt hugely honoured!Epp was keen to explain to me from the initial invitation that they all feel it’s important to involve Canada in these performance trials and recognizes that Canadian hunts are often somewhat isolated from the rest of the hunting community. He feels we all have a role to play in supporting other hunts and was James Balding, Road Whipphoto by Diana MacdonaldLaura Balding Amateur Whipper-in, riding Charliekeen to ensure I understood that this was a part of the role of guest huntsman. I thought it was a lovely ethos to have.Sadly, the weather decided not to cooperate and much of Nebraska suffered terrible storms and flooding. The decision had to be made to postpone the Performance Trials until October. They had lost a considerable amount of their basic infrastructure and much of their territory was under water.Winter activities kept going this year with two pony club ventures. One was at the Blue Mountain Pony Club where we brought hounds for a visit and the other was back at home at the kennels with a visit from the Dufferin County Pony Club. Both hounds and kids had a fun time and hopefully we may have even sparked an interest in hunting! Kids are the future of the sport so it’s vital as well as enjoyable to make these early introductions! Spring was late in coming this year and exceptionally wet. This is always an issue for getting onto the land. We are luckier than most, as much of our hunt territory is rougher land with plenty of bush so we can often still hunt when other packs can’t. We have some great landowners photo by Diana MacDonald

10www.tnyh.horsepacks in the U.S. The second litter is out of an old TNY English line going way back. Delta, the bitch and sired by Wentworth. This litter is actually crossbred and won’t become English until bred from again to increase their English breeding percentage. Digit, from this litter, went on to win her class at the Canadian Hound Show and then took Reserve Champion Crossbred bitch and her brothers; Drummer and Druid, won their couple class and Drummer won Reserve Champion crossbred dog. It was a tear jerking moment for both me and Teresa in the ring as both Neptune and Digit had been walked by Teresa’s sons, Daniel and William! A fantastic job!The entire show was a memorable one for TNYH as we won a total of 14 trophies this year!To have my breeding recognised in the ring in this way, meant the world to me as so much thought goes into their breeding. The next test will be in the hunting field!Once again, I had an amazing and supportive team of staff this year! Hunting days and all year round activities are most definitely team work! No matter how small a part you may feel you play, it is always appreciated and plays a significant role in making things work. A massive and heart felt thank you from me!who are very generous and we try our best to be respectful of their generosity. We only missed two days this spring season. Hounds ran well once again after some slow finding on some days. It was great to be able to stay out for full days as the weather improved, with some days stretching to five hours or more! We had some guests over from Cumbria, England who enjoyed a day of great views and long hunting with both horses and riders fully tired out by the finish!I’m looking forward to starting this year’s new entry. We have two litters to enter. One by Farquhar, an English dog of TNY and ECH bloodlines and a fell bitch, Naughty. These pups are classed as pure English. Farquhar’s bloodline is proving to be somewhat influential in North America, with offspring successful in both show ring and hunting field being produced from him and his siblings across the States. One pup from his litter, Neptune, had a head start this spring season as he demonstrated his maturity and did really well. Neptune also went on to do exceptionally well at the Canadian Hound Show in June, winning his class and then going on to win Champion Unentered hound as well as Reserve Champion English Dog and English Foxhound. His sister, Nibble, managed a 4th in her class. One of his litter mates was drafted to the Green Spring Valley Hunt in Maryland as a puppy and went on to win the dog class at their puppy Show this year. This gave me enormous pride, as GSV is one of the premier HUNTSMAN’S REPORT 2019: Continues...Polly Winsor, Road Whipphoto by Diana MacdonaldBev Nicolson, Whip in Training photo by Diana MacdonaldRos, Teresa and Laura showing off the silver at the Canadian Foxhound Showphoto by Ron Adam

11TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 2019It was a chilly fall morning in the early ‘80s; the ϐixture was at Broccoli Hill, residence of Latham and Paddy-Ann Burns, 2nd Concession King, 9 a.m. “Be there early, wear a black jacket and bring a cheque”. Those were the directions of my host, and later sponsor, before my ϐirst hunt. All around me trailers were arriving, folk were tacking up, mounting, men in red jackets and ladies with blue collars exchanging pleasantries, but my host was nowhere in sight.“Hello Aaandeeeeeee!”, and I turned to see this great bear of a man grinning at me..... Frank Vlahovic ....at last someone I knew but hadn’t seen for a couple of years. Being apprised of my situation, i.e. almost 9 a.m. and no host, Frank took over, introduced me to the Field Secretary (waivers and cheque) then the Master. I mounted and just as the ϐield set off we saw my host arriving.I met Frank about 1970 when we boarded horses at Maple Valley and played Mounted Push Ball. In ‘73 we were invited to join the Toronto Polo Club and for about 10 years spent a lot of time together in the saddle.In the hunt ϐield Frank was always careful himself and watchful of others in difϐiculty. While he was still able to mount from the ground Frank often heeded the cry “Gate Please” and stayed to close a gate or remained behind to be certain that the person closing the gate was safely mounted and away. In all hunts there are the inevitable checks when the Huntsman and hounds seek out the scent of the lost quarry. This was the time to ϐind Frank and partake of his ϐlask of ϐine cognac. A nip on a chilly morning hunt is never out of order.Frank was singularly generous in providing mounts to members who had no horse or were otherwise unmounted because their horse was ill or injured. This meant the rider was hill topping on a disciplined polo pony and often getting a better view of the hounds working than did the main ϐield.Elegance, gentleness and old world charm deϐined the man. He had a twinkle in his eye, a ready smile and a good word for everyone. Above all he loved people and horses. There was no doubt that his family; especially his wife and lifelong partner “Trude” were primary in his life.But Frank had many friends, some from the mid ‘40s, his early days in Canada, others through his business and many from the horse world; he brieϐly tried his hand at racing, played polo both in Canada and the U.S.A., particularly in Florida, and of course hunted with TNYH. His interest in people and their lives was not limited to his friends and their extended families but also encompassed neighbours, tradesmen and workers that came to the farm or serving staff at any restaurant where he might have lunch. With his incredible memory for names and places he remembered their stories and valued his relationships. In more recent years, when we were unable to hunt, we would ride through the conservation area behind Frank’s farm, and then have lunch and often a wee dram. Then, when Frank could no longer ride, we continued to have the lunch and the wee dram until we were unable to have the lunch.It has been my privilege to have had so many happy experiences with Frank and Trude over so many years. I will always be grateful for his generosity, humour, and friendship. He will be remembered.Memoriam to Frank VlahovicWritten and photo submitted by Andy Zajac

TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 201913The New Headquarters of the Masters ofFoxhounds Association Is Open!Written and Photos by Denya MasseyMiddleburg, Virginia, is the heartland of fox hunting tradition, beginning with a young George Washington, and our new MFHA headquarters sits proudly on historic Route 50 in the middle of the town - where Washington most certainly fox hunted.The beautiful old stone house, formerly owned by the famous equestrian photographer Howard Allen for over half a century, has been completely renovated to serve the MFHA membership. During our visit, we noted how these handsome rooms have been individually designed for speciϐic functions, and each reϐlect a piece of foxhunting history, as well as bronzes and portraits. Call ahead to arrange a visit to the ‘head ofϐice’!In addition to the MFHA Headquarters, Middleburg also offers the Red Fox Inn, the National Sporting Library, the famous Fun Shop, the Middleburg Tack Exchange, and numerous restaurants. Within 20 miles are many other villages and towns to entertain, feed, lodge and indulge visitors. Well worth the trip!Front facing, on the Moseby Highway - Route 50South facing side, with generous parking Bronze hounds in “Full Cry” at the rear porch steps

TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 201915Horses, Hounds and CoyotesMeet Canada's only woman employed as a huntsmanReprinted with permission from Joe O'Connor, Financial Post Magazine, December 11, 2018.Being a huntsman is anunusual career for anyone but it is doubly so for Rosslyn Balding, who numbers among only a handful of female in the profession worldwideRosslyn Balding is sitting on a couch with her wool-sock-clad feet tucked comfortably beneath her. The professional huntsman has a bundle of handwritten notes in her right hand, which she keeps reminding herself, aloud, to refer to, but which she mostly keeps forgetting to check. She admits to being nervous. She has never been interviewed by a journalist before and is wary, in a most open, friendly way that, despite assurances to the contrary, I am an undercover, coyote-loving writer who has come to a 120-acre property, just south of the village of Creemore, Ont., to blow the lid off an arcane blood sport.Long associated with the lords and ladies of the United Kingdom, fox hunting — picture men in redcoats, women in black coats, horses, hills, dales, baying hounds and a fox ϐleeing for dear life — has been around in the New World for almost 200 years. And it still is around, a relic from another time, embodied by Balding’s employer, the 175-year-old Toronto & North York Hunt club (TNYH), and by herself, a 48-year-old single mother from Scotland. “I hope your article isn’t about killing coyotes,” she says in a sweet brogue. “Because we are not a very effective means of predator control.”photo by Karin McDonaldphoto by Karin McDonald

16www.tnyh.horseBalding lives on the club’s property with her teenage daughter and son, 52 modern English foxhounds, ϐive English cocker spaniels, four horses, one beagle and a deer named Stag. Most of the time, the coyotes that the hounds (and riders) pursue escape, aided by tricky “scenting” conditions. That’s fox hunting-speak for a southern Ontario microclimate with differing soil types and sudden elevation and temperature changes, which pose problems for a dog’s sense of smell. The coyotes’ high survival rate isn’t viewed as a personal failure, and, to be fair, they don’t always survive.Balding is the only woman employed as a huntsman in Canada, which has 10 accredited hunt clubs, and among only a handful of female huntsmen worldwide. “Female huntsmen are extraordinarily rare,” says Polly Winsor, a longtime TNYH member and professor emeritus at the University of Toronto. “Ros is terriϐically knowledgeable, honest, cheerful, energetic — and hugely skillful at what she does. She is ϐirst rate.”TNYH has 60 members, who each pay about $2,000 a year in dues, a sum that doesn’t include the costs of owning a horse and a trailer to transport it. There are no lords or ladies among the current membership, although Lady Eaton, of Canadian department store fame, and long deceased, was a past member, while Edward VIII, then Prince of Wales, once joined a hunt during a visit to Canada in 1924.Lately, however, the club is nearer to obscurity than its former majesty, and features a cross-section of (mostly) white-collar professionals — a lawyer, engineer, property developer, marketer, realtor, retired professor, interior designer, anesthesiologist and even a puppeteer — among its ranks. Balding runs the day-to-day operation. It’s a role that involves caring for the property, four staff horses — her mount is named Molson — wooing landowners to get access to their acreages and, critically, nurturing, training and caring for a pack of foxhounds, medium-to-large-sized dogs bred to be athletes and, in theory, if mostly not in practice, coyote killers.Being a huntsman is an unusual career for anyone, to put it mildly. But it’s one made stranger by the path Balding has travelled to arrive at this spot, on a couch, in a small clubhouse full of oil paintings and other hints of past grandeur, a washroom with fox-patterned curtains and a portable bar with a tips jar.The hardshipswe have lived are what make usas a person. ButI am not goingto say it hasbeen easyRosslyn BaldingTen years ago, Balding was living happily ever after with, “the love of her life,” Owen Balding, a huntsman in the Lake District of northwest England. The pair worked alongside one another in “hunt service.” He tended the hounds; she looked after the horses. Balding insists that we are all hunters, even if we don’t know it, or care to admit it. Our ancestors ate what they killed, and the pursuit of quarry — galloping across ϐields, dodging obstacles, feeling the blood pulse in your temples, being surrounded by the wonders of nature — is “thrilling,” an adrenaline rush that taps something deep in our primordial core.Besides, Balding says, she always loved horses and dogs, and aspired to study animal psychology, but she dropped out of university after a year — with the blessing of her parents, both doctors — to work at a riding school in North Yorkshire. It was her gateway to fox hunting, and it introduced her to the love of her life and, much later, to a terrible loss. Cancer took Owen in 2011, a shattering blow that ultimately propelled a single mom to Canada. “The hardships we have lived are what make HORSES, HOUNDS AND COYOTESContinues...photo by Karin McDonald

TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 201917us as a person,” she says. “But I am not going to say it has been easy.”Balding started working at TNYH two years after her husband’s death. She was promoted to huntsman when her male predecessor, also from the U.K., took a job in the United States. Part of being a huntsman involves wearing a redcoat. Part of being a traditionalist from the Old Country — as Balding both is and in some ways isn’t — involves knowing that women aren’t allowed to wear redcoats, according to custom. The huntsman’s redcoat is unique among all coats, because it has ϐive buttons, compared to three or four buttons for members and staff. “On the one side of it I was like, ‘Oh, I am a woman, and I really shouldn’t be wearing this,’” she says. “But on the other side of it I was like, ‘Oh, I am a woman, and I am wearing a redcoat — and how great is that?”The redcoat hangs in Balding’s ofϐice closet, near a ϐiling cabinet with a list of hounds’ names taped to its side and two stuffed animals — one fox, one hound — on top. Her hounds are her “babies,” though she claims a favourite in Signal, a square-headed pooch who pokes his head through the kennel door to receive some rubs whenever she wanders near.There is a small brass horn on the huntsman’s desk. Balding uses it to call to the dogs, and steps outside to demonstrate on a crisp October afternoon, cautioning me to stand back before she blows into it. The blast is a cue, albeit a false alarm on this day, that a hunt has begun, and it elicits a chorus of delighted howls from 52 unseen hounds. “They are singing,” she says. “They are happy.”Fox hunting might be an anachronism in Canada, but, overseas, it is a bitter divide, with the Brits cleaved into anti-hunt (mostly urban, upwardly mobile) and pro-hunt (mostly rural, farmers and old aristocracy) camps. “You were always cautious about saying what you did back in England,” Balding says. “You just never knew who you were speaking to, or how they might react. But people over here are intrigued. They ask me lots of questions. I have never encountered any negativity. But maybe that’s because Canadians are so polite.” Or maybe Canadians don’t like coyotes.photo by Diana MacDonald

19TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 2019TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNTCelebrates 175 Years of SportWritten by Janet FeairsThis year the Toronto and North York Hunt celebrates 175 years of sport, and to coin a fact noted by Michael Byrne, longer than Canada has been a nation. To commemorate this historical event an Invitational Joint Meet was held Saturday October 27th from the Toronto and North York Hunt kennels in Mulmur, Ontario and our fellow Canadian Hunts were invited to attend. As of Friday October 26th we were expecting over 70 riders and an additional 30 guests for the complimentary breakfast, a lot of pressure for our Huntsman, Rosslyn Balding and our hounds to perform!Saturday morning, if you lived in Southern Ontario, you woke up to a blanket of snow and much more falling! Slippery road conditions, jack knifed tractor trailers on routes to the meet left many riders with the disappointing decision to leave their trailers and horses at the barn. So on the day, approximately 40 riders braved the driving conditions and 40 additional guests for the breakfast attended. As it turned out, contrary to normal winter storms, the further north you travelled, the less snowfall had accumulated and by mid-afternoon the skiff of snow covering the grounds at the kennels had completely disappeared.Those fortunate enough to ride in the hunt were not disappointed, with hounds ϐinding straight away in the ϐirst draw! A blistering pace was set off to the north-west. After a long, fast, run through some difϐicult terrain, hounds checked and were cast but were unable to pick up the line again in a deep gully. Hounds were collected and photo by Barb Redford Photo by Karin McDonald

20www.tnyh.horsetaken to the far side of the gully. Working well, hounds found again and relentlessly chased their quarry north once more. Two coyotes were viewed, but hounds stayed together on the hunted one. Both ϐields were treated to several views of the quarry closely chased by the pack in open, harvested cornϐields where he tried his best to double back and lose his pursuers. GPS signals identiϐied the area where hounds slowed down and the hunt was concluded. Ros rode in to be with her hounds and determine the outcome, unfortunately it was like trying to ϐind a needle in a haystack, so hounds were gathered and the horn signaled “Going Home” with all on.The hunt from start to ϐinish lasted over three hours with tired hounds and staff returning to the kennels after four hours. Many riders without mounts followed by road and at times the trafϐic jam on some of the narrower paths almost required a trafϐic signalman!The clubhouse was full, the open bar was bustling and the food was warm and hit the spot on the ϐirst snowy day for the fall of 2018. TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNTCELEBRATES 175 YEARS OF SPORTContinues... Photo by Karin McDonald

TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 201921There has been a long afϐiliation with Pony Clubs and foxhound Clubs and Toronto and North York Hunt would like to revive this afϐiliation by reaching out to local Pony Clubs situated in our Hunt Country. We were able to connect with two clubs, Blue Mountain Pony Club and Dufferin County Pony Club. With the organization of members, Bev, Reuben, Nancy, Heidi, Shirley, Karen and Andy Bite, MFH hounds and huntsman, Ros Balding with whippers-in, Teresa Robinson and Laura Balding visited the Blue Mountain Pony Club at Kelly Sybersma’s lovely riding facility located in Thornbury in early March. A Kennel Tour was arranged for the Dufferin County Pony Club, in late April, hosted by Carl Feairs, MFH, Janet Feairs and huntsman Ros Balding. Great turnouts and presentations were made with both pony clubs and the children and attending parents came away with a greater understanding of the sport and its traditions. Please read on to hear more about the presentations.TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT Welcomes Local Pony ClubsBlue Mountain Pony Clubhosted by TNYH MembersWritten and photo’s supplied by Bev NicolsonOn March 2nd, 2019 ϐifteen members of the Blue Mountain Pony Club and their supportive parents were hosted by TNYH member Reuben McCallum and Kellie Sybersma at their farm near Thornbury. Reuben prepared lunch, a “Hunt Breakfast” to warm us all up and enhance the “Hunt” experience.TNYH Members Andy Bite, MFH, Karen Cybulski, Nancy Beacon, Bev Nicolson, Shirley Lowe and Heidi Sauder-Mach, as well as Jennifer Burrows all contributed to the presentation. Topics included: Why we hunt, how we hunt, what you need to know to hunt, what to look for in a hunt horse and included a side saddle demonstration. TNYH Huntsman Ros Balding and Whippers-in, Teresa Robinson and Laura Balding brought some of the TNYH hounds. They introduced the

22www.tnyh.horsehounds, reviewed how they train and work with the hounds and held mock hunts in the arena. If smiling Pony Clubbers and happy hounds are any indication of a successful event, then it is safe to say this was deϐinitely a success. The whip-cracking lesson was a nice touch too, good one Ros.We felt it was important to connect with Pony Clubs in our Territory and were so pleased with the turnout of members from the Blue Mountain Pony Club.Ten pony clubbers and six adults attended our clubhouse on a bright and windy Sunday in late April. To enhance Rosslyn Balding’s presentation to the attendees, arrangements were made to display both hunt clothing, masks of the quarry and the traditional appointments carried by mounted foxhunters and huntsman. A lively interactive discussion ensued about the various items with explanations of what they were and in some cases why they were used. The children were invited to take a turn at blowing the hunting horn and trying their hand at cracking a hunt whip! Great fun was had and we were pleased to see the quieter pony clubbers become more engaged and involved in the day’s activities. After the presentation and discussion a visit to the kennels ensued and hounds greeted their guests with enthusiasm! Of course an up close visit of the new puppies delighted the children and adults and even our roe deer shed his ϐinal antler in full view of our guests! After the kennels, a visit and tour of our stable followed and then we returned to the clubhouse BLUE MOUNTAIN PONY CLUBHOSTED BY TNYH MEMBERSContinues...Duﬀ erin County Pony ClubKennel TourWritten and photo’s supplied by Janet Feairs

TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 201923for light refreshments. A casual slideshow of photos from the hunt ϐield was available to view while we ate. Ros had alerted the pony clubbers during her presentation that a team quiz would be given to wrap up their visit. So pony clubbers were split into teams and Ros gave a 15-question quiz. The winners were awarded with special treats and all participants left with age appropriate foxhunting colouring books and MFHA booklets describing the sport of Foxhunting. We had a wonderful time and received some lovely written thank you notes (see sidebar) from the kids, some sent to us later the same day. It was a rewarding experience for all.DUFFERIN COUNTY PONY CLUB KENNEL TOURContinues...

24www.tnyh.horseMany of us, or at least for those of us who did not discover hunting through family connections, start off hunting to ride and this fox hunter certainly did.I started hunting with Hamilton Hunt on the recommendation from my then riding coach, Margie Godson. I was kindly introduced to hunting by Kathy Ellis who at the time was a Hamilton Hunt Member. I still remember our ϐirst trip to the Hamilton kennels, Kathy being an old hand at trailering the one and a half hour trip down, must have been grinding her teeth in frustration as I carefully maneuvered my trailer onto the on ramp for the 403 highway, we were lucky to arrive with time for me to unload Max, remove his shipping bandages and his head bumper and get tacked up and introduced to the Masters and Field Secretary. I can’t recall at all what happened during that hunt, I was simply trying not to pass the Field Master! I swore my arms were stretched after that ϐirst hunt, but I loved it and joined on a ϐive time trial membership at the end of the day.I loved riding cross - country, the thrill of not knowing what was coming up around each bend, negotiating obstacles that simply appeared in front of us and the many views of wild life and foliage I was treated to over the course of the day. Fortunately for me, my horse Max had no problem riding in a group or having hounds around, he just seemed to think he needed to be up front! I became the circle queen, as we got closer to the front of the ϐield, I would look for a place where I could peel off and circle to the back. The Hamilton Hunt members were extremely tolerant and welcoming. In my second season hunting, 2001, I was introduced again by Kathy Ellis to the Eglinton and Caledon Hunt (now Eglinton and Caledon Hounds) their kennels being only twenty minutes away, meant less time travelling and more time socializing, much more appealing to me at the time. Again, I loved the experience and meeting so many fun people who made Max and I feel special. At the time it was normal to hunt in ϐields of 30 to 40 riders. The camaraderie at the hunt breakfasts and socials was a highlight of Carl’s week and mine during the fall formal season. At the time Carl belonged to the Brampton Cycling Club and was an avid competitor and cyclist, but he was welcomed to each hunt social activity we could attend. As time went by, Carl now a familiar face at Hunter Paces, Hunt Breakfasts and work parties, decided he might just try joining the hunt ϐield. So in 2004, Carl started lessons on a brood mare on a lunge line at my then boarding stable, Black Lightning Stables, owned and operated by Petra Brunner. Carl quickly graduated from the lunge line to riding Max in lessons. I acquired my second mount, Soleil, a six-year-old Hanoverian/Appendix Quarter horse and Carl and I never looked back. Carl quickly graduated to ϐirst ϐlight and in his third season decided he wanted to try whipping-in. Carl enjoyed it so much, he learned as much as he could that ϐirst season and became an Honourary Whipper-in behind huntsman Steve Clifton for the next eight years. This included our walking out hounds as many days in a week that we could manage, and we also walked puppies for two seasons. These activities, working with hounds and becoming better read in the art of fox hunting (encouraged by a small group of ECH members who met monthly in a fox hunting book Hunting to Ride or Riding to Hunt?Written by Janet FeairsRos on Horseback with Adoring HoundsA much younger Janet Feairs with Maxphoto by Karin McDonald

25TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 2019club) changed my focus more to hounds and the nuances of fox hunting. I looked forward to hound exercise in early spring, slowly learning the names of hounds and their individual personalities. I love spring hunting because you can really see the hounds working in leaϐless hardwood tree coverts and in the ravines before they ϐill in with foliage. I discovered I was really starting to ride to hunt! This change in priorities also encouraged me to try whipping-in and I enjoy performing this function not only on horseback but also will road whip if my horse or I are not in top form to hunt mounted. Once I became involved in taking on the duties of the Canadian Foxhound Show Secretary (a real learning curve) I became more involved in understanding the bloodlines and family tree’s of the hounds. In 2014 we joined Toronto and North York Hunt and believe our current huntsman, Rosslyn Balding is the best in Canada and I have learned a lot from her.I only wish we lived closer to kennels so we could participate in walking out on a regular basis. So don’t be surprised when you ϐind yourself transforming from Hunting to Ride to Riding to Hunt, once you make this transition, you will have a lifelong passion that does not necessarily require a horse to enjoy!HUNTING TO RIDE OR RIDING TO HUNT?Continues... HoundsJanet on Casper and Carl on Maxphoto by Karin McDonaldphoto by Barb Redford

26www.tnyh.horsePuppy walking, sounds harmless enough, but for those in the know, you must be prepared to work. Every new litter of hounds is sent out to “walk” at around eight weeks of age. The reasons for “walking” puppies is to socialize them, to learn their names, learn to accept being on a lead and pretty much discover as much of the world outside of the kennels as possible. We have many repeat puppy walkers, including Master Laurel Byrne and Heidi Sauder-Mach as well as William and Daniel Lawson, who will now have their second and Daniel’s third year of puppy walking with two pups from the Charlotte – Brutus litter. I caught up with Daniel and William at this years Puppy Show where last years puppies are shown off and commence their first entry into the hunt field this fall.Here is what they had to say:William age 13Hello my name is William. I have puppy walked one female puppy. Digit. This year I am walking Crystal. When I was first asked to puppy walk. I thought that's all I was doing. Walking a puppy. I have learned a lot. Like how to properly take care of a puppy. The most exciting part was when mom told me the puppy would be staying with us. I had to teach them their names, to lead on a leash, and to go to the washroom outside. Also to learn to play with people and catch a treat along with many other tricks for fun. They had to learn to be friendly with people and livestock. All of these things are what a huntsman is looking for while training your puppy. When you are naming your puppy the huntsman will have a list of names you can choose from. All the names will be two syllables and start with the first letter of the pups mother’s name.Puppy walking can be challenging, as puppies are hard work. They have so much energy. Some lessons have to be taught over and over again. But in the end, when your puppy understands what you are teaching them, that is the biggest reward. I love the fact that I am training a puppy to go into work. Every puppy is so different. These are the challenges I like to face and learn with each puppy. I am excited for the years to come and getting to know each puppy as an individual and overcome all challenges with our accomplishments. Puppy Walking 101Co-written by Janet Feairs, William and Daniel LawsonNeptune and Digit facing off for Grand Champion PuppyWilliam and Digit

TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 201927Daniel age 11This will be my 3rd year puppy walking for Toronto and North York Hunt. The puppies I have walked are, Kestrel and Neptune. This year I have Ceaser. I have helped my brother walk his puppy because he didn't know how to.I know some of the challenges before I started puppy walking, but I have learnt a lot over the years. Puppy walking is a lot of fun and very challenging. I have learnt that training a puppy can be a lot harder then a bunny. Puppies always seem to find themselves in trouble. I have walked both a girl and a boy puppy. I don't find much difference in the way they behave. It all depends on the puppy. Both have been very energetic and playful. Also very smart. When training your puppy the huntsman wants them to learn their names, have manners, and be socialized with people, children and animals of all kinds. Teaching them to catch a treat is a bonus. But most of all they want them to have a puppy life. With playing and learning. My advice to anyone who wants to puppy walk is, pick up all your stuff. Puppies like to chew. Be prepared for a puppy to hog your bed. They love to cuddle. Keep your puppy playing and moving during the day or you won't get a good nights sleep as they will play all night. But most of all have fun and enjoy your time with the puppy, as they will always make you laugh and smile at their funny playful ways. Editors NoteIt is of note that both William and Daniel walked the hounds that won first place for both Unentered Dog – Neptune, walked by Daniel Lawson and Unenetered Bitch – Digit, walked by William Lawson. Neptune went on to win Grand Champion Unentered Foxhound at the Canadian Hound show this past summer and also Grand Champion Foxhound with Digit taking Reserve Champion at our recent puppy show. We will all be watching to see how Ceaser and Crystal will fair at next years Canadian Hound Show (host hunt will be Eglinton and Caledon Hounds) to see if William and Daniel instill winning ways with their puppies!Photo by Millie MarrenJudges Pat Vanesch-Dussault, MFH and Judith Barr, MFHDaniel with NeptuneRing Steward, Michael Laine

28www.tnyh.horseOn July 29th, 2018 TNYH members Nancy Beacon and Bev Nicolson hosted a Gourmet Hack at Nancy’s beautiful Rabbit Run Farm near Flesherton. The day started out and continued to be warm and sunny. Nancy lead the ride up the hill at the back of the home farm to present a stunning view of the surrounding countryside, then on down through the ϐields and into the Beaver Valley and the area around Hogg’s Falls. Bob Gielen, one of Canada’s top endurance riders, was on double duty that day supplying cool beverages at the rest stop and then heading back to the farm to man the BarBQ.On returning to the farm everyone enjoyed some cool beverages, snacks, BarBQ, salads and cake under the tent at Nancy’s outdoor kitchen. The challenges of the day were debated, many laughs were shared and the beauty of the area and trails will be remembered.We are very excited that Nancy is hosting our August 5, 2019 Hunter Pace at Rabbit Run. Ron Adam and Glenn Jones went waaaaaay over the top with a Gourmet Hack from their Fox Hollow Farm through the Mono Cliffs Park and the adjoining Dufferin Forest. Ron’s idea of hosting a joint Hack and Silent Auction with Eglinton and Caledon Hounds, (with proceeds being split between the two Clubs), was a great catalyst for everyone to get to know the other Club’s members and put names to familiar faces.Ron lead the Walk Trot Canter group, while I lead the Walk Trotters. Notwithstanding the fact that Ron and I marked the trail and rode it several times I still managed to make a wrong turn and get slightly lost-ish (actually it was Gizzy’s fault as I was turned sideways talking to people behind me and he went the wrong way – bad horse).The Half Way House, manned by Jim Miller and Gord Kerr, was very welcome as per usual. There’s nothing quite like a swig of Bubbles on a hot day.One of the best parts of Summer are the Toronto and North York Hunt Gourmet Hacks and 2018 was no exception!Written by Bev Nicolson and Alison MillerFox Hollow FarmA lovely plateAlison Miller on GizzyThe attendeesphoto by Wendy Webbphoto by Wendy Webb

TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 201929Upon our return to Fox Hollow, Glenn and crew had prepared a truly lovely lunch, complete with table centrepieces (which we all stole at the end of the day).The Silent Auction turned ugly when, as I was chatting and eating and stealing ϐlowers, I was not paying attention and was outbid on a pair of Leaf Tickets generously donated by Stuart and Victoria Lazier. The good news is there were so many other items donated by Ron & Glenn, Deb Shortill and others that I was able to secure a couple of things for myself.Nancy & Bev and Ron & Glenn have hosted Gourmet Hacks for a few years running and we would like to thank them for all their generosity, hard work and exceptional hosting abilities!Ron Adam hoisting his stirrup cup to toast the fieldBob Gielen, mugging for the cameraJunior TNYH member Fancesca van KeekenBev Nicolson and VicarNancy Beacon leading off the rideONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF SUMMER .....Continues...photo by Wendy Webbphoto by Wendy Webb

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TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 201931One: Ceremonial Farewell. Aperson about to start a journey on horseback is wished farewell by someone on the ground. As a way of saying “good luck,” an innkeeper would hand up to the rider something to drink, enough for a quick swallow before the ϐinal good-bye. The owner of a grand home took pride in having his servant serve a stirrup cup to any departing guest. When the sport of foxhunting became fashionable in Victorian Britain, the stirrup cup became customary at the meets, served before the moving off of hounds. Two: Liquid Courage.In the days when a traveller faced long hours in the cold or risked unknown dangers, the stirrup cup was meant to offer warmth and comfort. In the 18th century the drink might be spiced wine fortiϐied with gin, but by the late 19th century, the customary liquid was port or sherry. Three: Special Containers. Any cup can function in this ceremony, as long as it is small enough to be held in one hand (recipients must manage their horses with the other). Yet metal makes the best stirrup cup, because glass or china risk breakage out of doors. Over the past two centuries and more, silversmiths strove to tempt wealthy customers by making cups designed for this ceremony. These stirrup cups had a heavy base shaped like the head of a fox, hound, or other animal, which gave the rider a ϐirm grip. Often, as a clever touch of design, such cups could also stand on those heads if set on a table, but they are not stable when not actually being held. Stirrup Cups in the Toronto and North York Hunt.The longevity of this tradition is proven by one of the oldest pictures of the Toronto Hunt, a drawing in 1876 showing a meet at a roadside inn, one rider downing a drink, while a waitress with a tray waits for him to hand back the cup (see 2015 pp. 35-36, tnyh.horse).Meets of TNYH often (not always) included an early morning sip of port or sherry, but the cups themselves were usually plastic. They were plastic, that is, until Jan Humphrey, owner of Briarwood Farms in King City, joined our club. Raised in the English countryside, Jan instantly understood what we lacked, and she assigned herself the job of ϐixing it. Commanding the internet, she collected dozens of stirrup cups and entrusted them to my care. Today our riders begin each hunt by keeping alive a truly old tradition. The Three Meanings of “Stirrup Cup”by Polly WinsorSnowy stirrup cup servingClose up of actual stirrup cups Jan Humphrey, Polly Winsor & Guest with table and stirrup cup ready to serve.Polly Winsor and Chris Dodd with stirrup cup table set upphoto by Janet Feairsphoto courtesy of Diana MacDonaldphoto by Janet FeairsAndy Bite, MFH sipping from a stirrup cup prior to moving offphoto courtesy of Diana MacDonaldphoto courtesy of Karin McDonald

32www.tnyh.horseThe future belongs to the young and if these seven foxhunters have anything to say about it, we will be in good hands. Toronto and North York Hunt has planned to host a Canadian qualifying meet for the Junior North American Field Hunters Championships this October 5th.We are excited to host these juniors to ride in one of two hunt ϐields at this special meet, ϐirst ϐlight and the hilltoppers. Our thanks to our two judges, Sue Rasmussen, MFH Eglinton and Caledon Hounds will judge ϐirst ϐlight and TNYH member, coach and trainer, Mary Ann Parker will be judging the hilltoppers.Those Junior riders, who qualify, will be encouraged to travel to Middleburg Virginia to compete at the Championships on Nov 9th 2019.We are very proud of our Juniors and hope you can make it out to ride with us at the qualifying meet Saturday October 5th from our kennels property.For more information contact: info@TNYH.horse or visit: www.JNAFHC.comHi, my name is Connor Aubichon from Carp, Ontario I'm going into grade 8 and I am twelve years old. I have a six year old appaloosa\welsh cross pony named Roy (Royal Polkadot). He's my best friend. I got him when he was three.I have known horses for all of my life, in fact I learnt to stand up by crawling up my mum's horses leg; Myst was only three years old then, he's now 15 and still a very big part of our family and he just loves Roy. I started to ride at three years old by myself, before I rode with my mum. I did not start jumping until I was six years old and I did a lot of hunter jumper when I was ten. I liked jumping and competing but I wanted more time to ride. I liked to go hacking and jumping so that is why I started hunting. It was perfect for us.I did my ϐirst hunt when I was eleven, I liked it so much that I have hunted for the last two years. In the last two years I have learned a lot from the Hunt Masters and other members, everyone is so nice and very helpful. The hounds are a lot of fun to ride with, but you have to be very careful not to hurt one, Roy is very careful and loves the hounds.I broke my foot two weeks ago, so now I train bareback - but this is helping me to develop my positioning and balance, I will be able to ride in the hunt again in a month and a half.Roy and I have done Halloween corn mazes together, we have ridden into Fulton's Pancake House to have spring pancakes and wafϐles, turns out Roy loves eating my wafϐles. We have had lots of adventures at Horse Country Campground like going over obstacles, and doing great long forest rides and even getting him to swim in a lake with me. We did a really fun horse trick clinic there too, Roy loves to smile, hug and is learning to bow too. I also like to just go hacking out with my brother. Anything I want to do, Roy is right there with me for whatever we want to try. I am very excited to be a part of the Jr. National Hunt this fall and look forward to representing the Ottawa Valley Hunt Club with Roy. One day I hope to wear a red jacket, I have a vintage one from an auction in my room that I keep hung up on my bed.Thank you,Connor AubichonThe Future of Fox Hunting In CanadaWritten by Janet FeairsConnor Aubichon

TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 201933My name is Hunter Laskowksi and I am 16 years old. I will be participating in the ϐirst ϐlight ϐield at the qualifying meet for the Junior North American Field Hunting Championships.My riding career started at a very young age, before I could even walk. As a third generation foxhunter with the Wellington-Waterloo Hunt, I began my hunting career in 2012 at the age of 9 on my Welsh Canadian cross pony Sonic. In 2015 I was awarded my Hunt Colours. My early days saw me whipping in with my mom and in the last few years as a junior Whipper-In on my own. Recently I have been learning the ropes of the ϐield in order to round off my education of hunting and to see it from every point of view.Outside of fox hunting I have shown in a range of disciplines from Cross Country to Hunters on the Trillium Circuit. I have started a number of OTTBS straight off the track and have taken on a number of problem projects. I’m excited about participating in the qualifying meet in October for the JNAFHC and the possibility of travelling to Virginia in November to compete.Hi, my name is Francesca van Keeken. I am 12 years old and I ride my Icelandic pony named Steinn. I have been around horses since I was born and started riding at age 2 and have been in formal lessons since I turned 7. I will be riding in the hilltopper ϐield representing the Toronto and North York Hunt.THE FUTURE OF FOX HUNTING IN CANADAContinues...Hunter LaskowksiMy name is Madeline Pottruff and I am 17 years old. I am a junior member of the Hamilton Hunt Club. I will be participating in the qualiϐiers for the JNAFHC in the ϐirst ϐlight this fall. I ϐirst starting fox hunting when I was 15 years old and fell in love with the sport. I am currently riding in both the hunter and jumper divisions and I look forward to the start of this years hunt season!Madeline PottruffFrancesca van Keekenphoto by Karin McDonald

34www.tnyh.horseMy name is Jaden Feairs and my Poppa is Carl Feairs, MFH with Toronto and North York Hunt, my Nana is Janet Feairs, also a member of Toronto and North York Hunt. I am now age 13 and started riding at age 4 when I received my ϐirst pony Elroy. At age 7 I earned the MFHA Fairly Hunted Award while hunting on lead line with Eglinton and Caledon Hunt (now known as Eglinton and Caledon Hounds). I earned my Toronto and North York colours three years ago and am looking forward to riding in the hilltopper ϐield at the JNAFHC qualifying meet scheduled on the TNYH ϐixture card this fall October 5th.Hi, my name is Lexi Vinerskis and I am 11 years old I enjoy riding a 10 year old Andalusion/Quarter horse mare, named: Miss Pepper Potts. I started riding three years ago and enjoy showing Pepper at the Hamilton Hunt Cub and also Hunt with Hamilton Hunt. I plan to ride in the hilltopping ϐield.Photo credit Karin McDonaldTHE FUTURE OF FOX HUNTING IN CANADAContinues...Jaden FeairsLexi VinerskisI have been hunting my whole life, however only started horseback riding properly at the age of 12.My hunting life began with my father who was the huntsman of the North Tyne Hunt and the Coniston foxhounds in the UK. I now whip in to my mother who is the huntsman of the Toronto and North York Hunt. I plan to ride in ϐirst ϐlight in the qualifying meet. I also participate in team penning and barrel racing in my spare time with my pony Ellie. Laura Balding Age 17Laura Balding Photo credit : Cat Davey

35TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 2019For people with multiple sclerosis, the thought of owning a dog can be daunting - will I have enough energy to exercise and look after it? What if I relapse, how can I handle the commitment? Despite these concerns, ever since I was diagnosed with MS ϐive years ago, the little voice in the back of my head had been saying, “You need a dog. Get a dog.” So ϐinally, one day, I did. But not just any dog. I was lucky enough to get a foxhound, named Pintail. If I had googled foxhounds, I would never have done it; foxhounds are actually described as high energy, high maintenance, and noisy dogs. Yet the reality couldn’t be more different. Foxhounds are intelligent, loving dogs with excellent listening skills - which is why they are so effective in the hunt. They are both trained, and predisposed, to listen intently to the huntsman. Pintail came to me through Heidi’s Horse & Hound Retirement, a non-proϐit organization specializing in ϐinding homes for retired foxhounds. She is from the Toronto and North York Hunt club, and Heidi transitioned Pintail from life in a kennel to being ready for life in a house. That little voice in the back of my head couldn’t have been more right; I did need a dog. I’m fortunate that my MS symptoms are relatively mild, but like most people with MS, I struggle with fatigue and depression. Before Pintail came into my life, it was far too easy to sit on the sofa and feel sorry for myself; now I get outside for regular walks, which I’ve realized is also a great way to meet people and socialize. (I’m sure I saw and spoke with my neighbours more in the ϐirst week with Pintail than I had in the previous year), and as Heidi says, while hounds love getting out for a good walk or run, they are also very happy to snooze the day away. It’s this aspect of the hound personality that makes them the perfect companion - for anyone, but especially for a person with MS. On one particularly bad day a few weeks ago, Pintail snuggled up, with her head resting on me, as if to say, don’t worry, no need to get up, we’ll just rest today ... which was exactly what I needed. Pintail has opened up my life, which is an incredible blessing when living with a degenerative autoimmune disorder like MS ... I am riding again and have even joined the Toronto and North York Hunt as an associate member, which is something I never dreamt I’d be able to do. Adopting a retired foxhound is the best possible therapy - I highly recommend it!Foxhound Therapy Written and photos supplied by Sylvie Hand

TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 201937A painting showing six horsemen with a packof hounds has hung for years in the clubhouse of theHamilton Hunt. I was unaware of this fact when I wrote about some early pictures of the Toronto Hunt ( 2015,p.35). Back then, I had only seen two small black-and-white copies of the painting, one in a 1955 book Under Six Sovereigns: Fox Hunting in Canada by Frank Proctor (p. 232), the other in William Gray's 150 Years in the Field: Toronto and North York Hunt 1843-1993 (p.8). When I later encountered the painting itself, a watercolour of charming subtlety and impressive size (14 ¾ by 27 inches), I wanted to know who painted it, and when, and why. Thanks to a member of the Toronto Hunt, Hugh Hart, who has shared his historical research with me, I can now answer these questions. Hugh showed me a handwritten document that had been given to his club not long ago. Dated 1870, it is a formal letter to John Hendrie from over 20 members of the Toronto Hunt. The ϐirst signature belongs to William Pearce Howland, a father of confederation who was then Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. Three other men identiϐied themselves as ofϐicers of the club: William Copland, President; James Gooderham Worts, Treasurer; and Henry Godson, Secretary. In ornate script the document declares the group's gratitude to John Hendrie for his “able and zealous management” as their Master of Foxhounds. To express their thanks, they are presenting him with a picture “representing yourself and hounds.” Hugh and I are convinced that the painting now in Hamilton is the one referred to in this document.The identity of the six men in the painting supports our belief that it was John Hendrie's gift from his fellow foxhunters. In the centre, behind the pack, is Hendrie himself, with the huntsman (sometime kennelman) Jack Halligan almost hidden behind him. To his right are Copland and Worts, at at the other end, standing, is Godson, so here we have, around the MFH, the club's president, treasurer, and secretary. Next to Godson is Pillans Scarth Stevenson, whose studio portrait shows us how well the artist captured his likeness. Stevenson worked for the Grand Trunk Railway in Hamilton, where he doubtless knew the Hendrie family, because its cartage business depended upon goods shipped by rail. John Hendrie and Stevenson both moved to Toronto around 1865, each as agent for those two companies.How do we know the names of these men? The painting itself bears no clues, which is hardly surprising. The artwork was for the pleasure of John Hendrie, who would recognize his friends without help. The six names must have been written down somewhere, however, on some paper now lost, because both Proctor and Gray published identiϐications under their images. Gray in 1994 was not simply copying Proctor's 1950 book, because Gray's image is larger. I am sure that Gray saw the same list Proctor did, because Gray corrected Proctor's “R. S. Stevenson” to “P. S. Stevenson” and added the information that Stevenson was “from Hamilton.” Before the age of Google, it is very unlikely that Gray could have unearthed the obscure Pillans Scarth Stevenson, but it would have been logical for John Hendrie himself to have added this fact, to explain the presence of the only man in the painting with no role in the Toronto Hunt. Neither Proctor nor Gray tell us that Copland, Worts, and Godson were president, treasurer, and secretary. We ϐirst learned that from their signatures on the 1870 document, those roles later conϐirmed by an 1871 report in the Globe newspaper that Hugh discovered. SOLVING HISTORICAL MYSTERIES:An Early Painting of the Toronto Huntby Polly WinsorPhotograph made in 1910, copying an earlier photograph now lost. Property of the McCord Museum in Montreal, catalogue II-193051.0, reproduced with permission.

38www.tnyh.horseWe were long misled by both Proctor and Gray listing “A. Godson,” but the Globe report makes us correct that to Henry Godson. The list that both authors saw may have just read “Godson,” but Proctor might have known of the prominent contractor Arthur Godson. Proctor named the central ϐigure John Hendrie, but Gray, writing 40 years later, called him William Hendrie, probably because John's older brother William was famous for his leadership in the horse SOLVING HISTORICAL MYSTERIES:AN EARLY PAINTING ....Continues...

39TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 2019The Toronto Hunt in 1870, painted by Marmaduke Matthews. Left to right: William Copland, president; James Gooderham Worts, treasurer; John Hendrie, Master of Foxhounds; John Halligan, huntsman; Pillans Scarth Stevenson; Henry Godson, secretary. Property of the Hamilton Hunt, reproduced with permission, all rights reserved. world (he helped found the Ontario Jockey Club) and for the wealth generated by his cartage company (his estate is now the Royal Botanical Gardens), so Gray may have thought Proctor had made a mistake, especially since the painting itself hung in the

40www.tnyh.horseHamilton clubhouse. That location is easily explained: John died childless, so his possessions would have been inherited by his Hamilton relatives.Hugh and I suspect that it was Pillans Scarth Stevenson who organized the creation of this painting. Two lines of evidence suggest this. Stevenson later moved to Montreal, and that city's McCord Museum now houses a photograph (actually, a 1912 copy of an earlier photograph) that was clearly the basis for the painting. When Hugh discovered this picture, we were both taken aback, but we ought not to have been surprised. By 1870 photography was a lively industry, and Toronto had a number of studios, so the ϐirst step for an artist hired by the Hunt would have been to get an image from which to work. We wonder if the artist used this one, making minor changes, or the photographer took several pictures, and the artist copied another exactly. A handwritten note on the edge of this photograph links it to the Stevenson family, which suggests to us that Pillans Scarth Stevenson was its original owner. The other line of evidence is oddly negative. His name is missing from the list of Toronto Hunt members thanking Hendrie, and in both photograph and painting, Stevenson is not wearing riding clothes, which suggests he may not have been a member of the club. This seems conϐirmed by the oral tradition of the Stevenson family. His great-grandson Brian Dewart was told that Pillans Scarf Stevenson lost an arm in a farm accident as a young man, which agrees with what can be seen in these two images. If he was no sportsman, why was he in the painting, unless he was a close friend of John Hendrie?The photo shows the landscape more clearly than the painting does, ϐlat in front with a hill behind, which fuels our curiosity about the exact location. We had already supposed that since hounds were kenneled downtown in 1870, the most probable site was Queens Park. Over a decade before construction of the current Parliament building, the Toronto Hunt did hold meets there. It is tempting to see a resemblance between the two fences in the photo and fences in pictures of Queens Park from that era.Because the painting was done on commission, it was appropriate, though frustrating to us, that the artist did not sign it. Luckily I happened to know the name of one Toronto artist of the period, since a photographic collage of 1877 that I described in (2015, p. 37) was signed Marmaduke Matthews. Many of his paintings can be seen on line; most of them are landscapes of western Canada dating from the 1880s. Matthews had studied art in his native England and then settled in Toronto in 1869. Besides seeking commissions, he worked for photographers, adding colour to portraits. According to the Dictionary of Canadian Artists (4: 1153), he “was a great hunting enthusiast and became an accomplished horseman.” What convinced me that he is our man was a pair of paintings, each showing a man with a dog shooting at birds, that I found on the website of an auction house. Several stylistic details in these sporting scenes closely match details in our painting. One of the pair is signed M. Matthews 1868. Can we make a guess as to why the members of the Toronto Hunt wanted to honour John Hendrie in 1870? The truth is that until Hugh Hart began to dig, very little was known about our club's early history, for most of its records were destroyed when the clubhouse went up in ϐlames in 1910. The claim that our club is over 175 years old is based on a few minimal mentions from the 1840s of a Toronto Hunt, but this story is contradicted by an anonymous article published in 1909 in a book entitled Lovers of the Horse: Brief Sketches of Men and Women of the Dominion of Canada Devoted to the Noblest of Animals. The writer was clearly someone familiar with the Toronto Hunt who also had access to the club's records. The article states unequivocally, “It was not until the year 1865 that Toronto...could boast of an organized Hunt...in 1865, a number of Englishmen got together and organized the Toronto Hunt.” To reconcile this with evidence that “the Toronto Hunt” already existed, we must consider the word “organized.” In the 1840s and 50s, a pack of hounds had been kept in the military garrison of Fort York, and every MFH was a British army ofϐicer, a gentleman brieϐly stationed far from SOLVING HISTORICAL MYSTERIES:AN EARLY PAINTING .....Continues...Pillans Scarth Stevenson, detail from the Marmaduke Matthews painting.

TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 201941home. That kind of hunt would not have had a president, treasurer, or secretary. Hugh has recently uncovered direct evidence that supports the version of history found in Lovers of the Horse. The Globe reported that on May 23rd, 1863, “upwards of twenty gentlemen...met at Grand's [tavern] for the purpose of organising a hunt club. It was resolved that they should meet again next Saturday evening for the purpose of drafting rules, and to devise measures for placing the club on a proper footing.” There again is the key word “organising,” thickened by the words “rules” and “club.” The item ends with a hope that “the garrison hounds” might contribute to this new enterprise.Starting in the 1850s, the British government began to transfer the job of defence to its Canadian colonies, at the same time urging us to raise our own militias. In 1854, the Crimean War caused most British troops to be recalled from Canada. Thus it makes sense when we hear that around 1860 part or all of the garrison pack was moved to Hamilton. In Toronto, informal sport was provided by hotel-owner William Steers, who kept about a dozen hounds.Census records tell us that John Hendrie, working as agent for his brother's company, moved from Hamilton to Toronto in 1864. He must have taken on the mastership of the newly-organized Toronto Hunt soon after his arrival, because the 1870 document thanks him for “many Seasons of good sport.” Close to Hendrie in the painting is the huntsman, John (“Jack”) Halligan, who was also an employee of the Hendrie ϐirm. Hugh has found evidence that Halligan had worked with hounds in Ireland before coming to Canada around 1862. Like Hendrie, other leaders of the club were men of business: Copland was a brewer, Worts a distiller. Godson was head of the city's works department. Other signers of the 1870 document were lawyers, veterinarians, owners of stables, hotels, and restaurants, men who earned their bread rather than living on inherited wealth. None were military. In June of 1866 the situation in Toronto suddenly changed. A band of well-armed Irish-Americans called Fenians crossed the Niagara River intending to take Upper Canada hostage. In response, Britain sent a troop of cavalry, the 13th Hussars, survivors of the Crimean War, who arrived in November. There was no ϐighting left to do, so Lieutenant Colonel Soame Gambier Jenyns organized drills for the local mounted militia. He is also listed as MFH of the Toronto Hunt until the troop departed in November 1869. Unless we ϐind some overlooked letters or diaries, we may never know how Hendrie and Jenyns got along, nor what style of leadership this battle-hardened English ofϐicer brought to the newly-organized Toronto Hunt. What we do know is that soon after Jenyns left, its members declared to Hendrie “that they are mainly indebted to your exertions for the success which has attended the endeavour to establish and maintain, in a sporting style, a pack of hounds in this city... whereby the good old country sport of fox hunting has been made, and no doubt will continue, a Canadian sport in like manner....” May we read into the phrase “in a sporting style” their release from a whiff of military discipline? Certainly what we see in the painting is a relaxed moment among friends, their horses at ease, their reins loose. They are not trying to impress anyone, just enjoying their fellowship.The 1870 document said the signers were “looking forward to many more seasons of equally good sport under your management.” They must have been disappointed when John Hendrie returned to Hamilton the next year. Nevertheless, he and his friends had laid a solid foundation for their sport. Over the next dozen years Copland, Worts, and Wort's business partner George Gooderham served as MFHs of the well-organized Toronto Hunt. Andrea Dreger, Secretary of the Hamilton Hunt, graciously let me borrow Marmaduke Matthew's watercolour so that I could have a copy made. This copy can now be seen in the clubhouse of the Toronto and North York Hunt, while the original hangs in Hamilton. Photograph of Pillans Scarth Stevenson, approximately 1880, from the collection of his great-grandson Brian Dewart.

42www.tnyh.horseA Glamorous 175th AnniversaryTNYH Hunt BallWritten by and photos supplied by Denya MasseyThe reception rooms were sparkling with candles, ϐireplaces roaring, ϐloral arrangements, Christmas season glitter, dinner seating charts, and live auction items with their descriptions for bidders to plan their winning bids! Cocktails and refreshments were served with delicious ‘ϐinger-friendly’ hors d’oeuvres, and friends in formal evening dress mixed and mingled. The front reception was ϐlanked by a continuous video describing the live auction items as well as a handsome 12’ wide banner of the ϐirst known photograph of the entire Toronto Hunt on horseback with hounds at foot in 1896. Famously unearthed by our intrepid Polly Winsor through Mr. Hart from the Toronto Hunt, the photo banner made a terriϐic background for instant photos. When the dinner bell was rung and guests seated, President Bill Carter greeted all the guests, thanking them for supporting this memorable celebration. At each place in the dining room was a pamphlet detailing the 175 year history of today’s Toronto and North York Hunt, including its creation at the Toronto Hunt itself, and its division to a live pack and drag pack in the 1920’s, which led to the formation of today’s Eglinton and Caledon Hounds. In the same TNYH blue cover were the evening’s menu and live auction information.Before dinner, our Toronto Hunt host Marcel Bregstein entertained us with his adeptness in telling a comedic story around sabrage - the art of opening a fully-loaded champagne bottle with a sabre! Deftly and swiftly, his sabre sliced open a bottle, sending champagne sparkle into the air - but no shards of glass! Dinner guests in the front line were safe - and we were all impressed! (Do not try this at home!)Following this feat of daring, a wonderful dinner was served, then a gorgeous dessert, after which the live auction got underway. TNYH members To celebrate in grand fashion the milestone of the 175th Anniversary of the Toronto and North York Hunt at the historic Toronto Hunt overlooking Lake Ontario was an exhilarating occasion. Not only were most members of TNYH in the room but also many friends from the foxhunting communities across Ontario, ϐilling the dining room to its maximum capacity! The support and enthusiasm for this celebration was a testament to the long history of North America’s 2nd oldest foxhunt, and its close relationship to many of today’s hunts including Beaver Meadow Foxhounds, Eglinton and Caledon Hounds and Wellington-Waterloo Hunt.

TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 201943and our many guests were enthusiastic and generous in their bidding, rewarding those who had kindly donated their time, talents, event tickets, personal memberships and even their own homes, to support the Toronto and North York Hunt. The work was done! The dancing began, with tables and chairs pushed back to make room for the dance stage, and the John Lennard Band swung into action! The dance crowd was enthusiastic, and the non-dancers had the pleasure of enjoying the reception rooms, ϐireplaces still burning bright, after-dinner drinks or coffee, and visiting with friends. Given the signiϐicance of the historic occasion, it was important for TNYH to host a memorable and elegant anniversary event. The Hunt Ball organizers, Gill von Teichman, Karen Cybulski & Denya Massey, were very appreciative of the generous compliments, but our success was only possible with the support of our Members, our hosts Toronto Hunt, and friends of TNYH. As is said, it took a village. On behalf of the organizers, we thank the village.

44www.tnyh.horseMy journey in foxhunting as many know began before I could walk. This journey that I talk about really explains my life, as foxhunting to me isn’t a hobby but a way of living. This sport has taken me all over the UK, and now Canada, as well as the United States. Even though I have been a part of this sport my whole life (many associate it with riding horses) I didn’t actually fully begin riding until I moved to Canada where for my 12th birthday I received a cheeky, full of character, pony named Ellie. Once Ellie and I ϐigured out how to ride in the ϐield (with some testing moments) we then progressed to whipping-in which is where we’re both happiest and work best together. For a change of pace my Mom took me out to a Team Penning event. Mom had been introduced to the sport by one of our landowners in Feversham and she acquired a little dun quarter horse, named Sugar who excelled at the activity. On Wednesday nights, Mom, Sugar, Ellie and I would travel up to Feversham and practice penning. The odd time we would ϐinish a days hunting, switch trailers, outϐits and tack up our horses in their western gear then make our way to a friendly competition to team pen. It was a long day for both horses and riders, but I enjoyed every second of it!Hunting is great and all don’t get me wrong I love spending my Saturdays with a keen pack of hounds in full cry galloping across an open ϐield or twisting and turning through trees, however I loved riding fast. A few years ago we participated in a hunt race while in Virginia and that’s where I found a love for speed and so did Ellie (although thinking back now I realize Ellie had a need for speed when we started hunting when I would go from my proper position in the ϐield to suddenly way up front with the hounds without warning!). I began to have ambitions of becoming a jockey. Unfortunately, I soon realized that my dreams of going fast and becoming a jockey were over before they started as I measured my height and looked at my build and realized it was not to be. So on June 15th 2018, I was witness to a new sport you can enjoy with your horse, I attended the Orangeville rodeo and although this was not the ϐirst time I’d watched barrel racing it was the turning point that made me decide barrel racing was the next step for Ellie and I in our riding career. When I found barrel racing I knew that the riders height and weight factors didn’t matter and I could still go fast with the added thrill of three barrels. I From Horses and Hounds to Barrels and BovinesWritten by and photos supplied by Laura Balding

TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 201945went home and researched the rules and regulations to get a better idea of the sport and with the help of my friends at team penning and Teresa, (our Professional whipper-in, who used to ride in rodeos) I got some pointers on barrels and where to begin our training.I found three old plastic barrels, an empty paddock and began. After hound exercise and in my spare time I’d spend teaching Ellie the pattern and add in some fun exercises for her to warm up. Ellie was a fast learner and the summer of 2018 ,after we had the pattern down, I entered all the fall fairs within a reasonable distance into the barrel racing competitions. We did great for our ϐirst year, competing against girls who were experienced barrel racers on experienced horses placing 3rd and sometimes 2nd if we really pushed ourselves. After gaining experience I decided it was now time to consider competing on a snappier horse, one that is bred for this. As great as Ellie was I’ll still take her to the fall fairs but I’m planning on stepping up my game to rodeos where I think Sugar will do best. Sugar is a great little quarter horse however it takes a lot of time to earn her trust and teach her new tricks, so this summer (the summer of ’19) I have been putting in lots of hours teaching and training her the clover leaf pattern and after a couple of fairs last summer and one rodeo training day I believed we would be ready to ride in our ϐirst ofϐicial rodeo competitions. Sadly, we missed the opportunity to make it out to more than one or two due to Sugar becoming lame, which has resulted in revising our training and 2019 competition goals. This is my journey to date from horses and hounds to barrels and bovines. Two great horses that have gone from the hunt ϐield and riding English to competing in some team penning along with three snappy turns and a fast run home!News and views in and around Creemore.The CreemoreECHO3 Caroline St. WCreemore, ONL0M 1G0705-466-9906www.creemore.com

46www.tnyh.horseRobert Gielen and BangWritten by Janet Feairs, photos supplied by Bob GielenI made arrangements to visit with Bob at his Flesherton Ontario farm and upon pulling into the driveway was immediately treated to a view of two gleaming blood bay Arab horses, lounging in the sunshine in their paddock.Bob, like myself became a horse back rider as an adult, when his former spouse decided they needed a recreational activity they could enjoy together. They took up trail riding, however Bob, being a goal orientated individual, just couldn’t muster enough enthusiasm for the past time. Bob happened across an article in the local newspaper reporting on a community member, Patricia Rideout, who won the Canadian Competitive Trail Riding Championship. This intrigued Bob, who knew Patricia (a client of his then business) and contacted her to ϐind out more. The rest as they say, is history.Bob took up Competitive Trail Riding and then naturally evolved to Competitive Endurance Riding. When Bob relocated to Ontario, he continued riding competitively and eventually met our own, Nancy Beacon (longtime TNYH member) a legend in the Canadian Endurance community. Nancy became both a friend and fan of Bob’s work ethic and provided constant support and encouragement for Bob to strive to achieve higher levels in the sport. Bob, a true competitor, took riding lessons to improve his seat and studied seasoned Endurance Riders techniques and strategies to improve his results. After thirty-three years in the saddle, Bob has represented Canada internationally three times, 2008 in Malaysia at the World Endurance Competition, in 2010 at the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky and only last year at the World Equestrian Games at Tryon, North Carolina.Bob has ridden many horses over his lifetime, and started with a Quarter Horse half Arab/Thoroughbred cross, but now strictly competes on pure Arabs. Bob’s high-level horse, Bang (More Bang for your Buck) is of French Arab breeding and was sourced by Bob from the Arab racing circuit in the US.There are many attributes one needs to be a successful endurance competition horse, obviously they must stay sound and be capable of going the distance, be comfortable eating and drinking while on course and most importantly be able to recover to a 64 beats per minute heart rate. Every Endurance competition has water available on course every ten kilometers, either a natural stream or water is trucked in to a watering station. During an Endurance competition a “Hold” is a mandatory stage of a race, this is where the horse is rested for 30 to 40 minutes (depending on the conditions) and this rest period only commences once the horse recovers to the 64 BPM, many an Endurance race is won or lost at the Hold period. Besides being physically and mentally ϐit, endurance horses are supported by a riders team to provide much needed electrolytes on course and assist in keeping the horse cool. It is not unusual for a horse to shed 50 pounds of water and minerals during an 80 Kilometer race, which can easily require a rider on the horses back for up to 8 hours. So how do you get a horse into this kind of condition and mindset? Bob rides four to ϐive times per week riding usually two hours not necessarily on the same horse. The work is long and slow when ϐitting up a new horse to the sport. He varies the work with choosing a route that has different terrain. You need to build up back strength and ϐit the horse up without stressing tendons and muscles. Bob will typically train up to thirty kilometers to get his mount ready for an eighty-kilometer race. Once the horse is ϐit, it is maintenance that is needed. After a big race the horse will be given a full week off to recover. Bob weighs in with full competition tack at 186 pounds and uses a special saddle particularly well suited for Endurance riding, called a Reacter Panel Saddle. Not only do you need a ϐit horse, but of course the rider must be ϐit as well. Bob, at age 69, (after

TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 201947two knee replacements) ϐitness trains by walking, cycling and practicing yoga and of course time in the saddle. At the world Endurance Competition level, the distance is 160 kilometers, or about as much as a horse can manage in a day. Bob keeps his horses going year round by travelling to Ocala, Florida over the winter months.Bob will keep busy this summer with local rides including a 160 km race in New Lowell, in the Creemore area and will travel to South Carolina, Brockston to enter the North American Endurance Championships. In order to qualify for the North American Championships Bob ϐigures he will need to complete a qualifying ride in no more than 11 hours time, depending on the course.Bob believes Bang is at about his peak in performance and probably could have two more World Equestrian Championships left in him, the next WEG will be held in 2020 in Italy. Getting there is the biggest challenge as sponsorship and syndicates are not available in the Endurance world in Canada. Typically you need ϐive people on your support team, 2-3 at the Hold and 2 more out on the trail. I asked Bob if things have changed over the years in the sport, such as introducing technology, he admits that is part of it. He has used heart rate monitors and GPS equipment, which calculates average speed etc while on course, however, he realized early on that the gadgets distracted him at the expense of observing his horses ears. Bob recounted that he thought in one race his horse was overdoing it, by the GPS readouts only to discover Bang had way more left in the tank! The race courses have also become ϐlatter, there still are technical courses which include hills, streams and corners, but being faster is much easier on ϐlat terrain and so many courses tend to incorporate more ϐlat track. He also feels that the respect and authority of the ofϐicials has been eroded and he ϐinds this aspect disappointing. He goes on to say that while he has come out hunting with TNYH as a guest, he is always impressed with the traditions of hunting still evident in the sport and admires the respect paid to the Masters and or Field Masters while out hunting.I learned a lot about Endurance Riding and have come to appreciate it is much more than just sitting in a saddle for X number of hours!

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TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 201949 Cover ContestWritten by Janet FeairsTracey VienneauWe are very pleased to introduce you to the amateur photographers who participated in our 2019 photo cover contest. The photos taken of the hunt ϐield and hounds in the 2018 hunting season have been spectacular and many of the shots deserved to represent our hunt on the cover. Photographers were limited to submitting a maximum of three photos for the contest. Due to the conϐines of ϐitting the cover page, some photos would have required cropping which left the original photo almost unrecognizable. T racey Vienneau, is both a riding member and a director on the TNYH board. He and his wife, Maryse made the move from the town of Shelburne to the Third Line in Mulmur, just a 5 minute drive from the TNYH Kennels. When Tracey ϐinds he cannot hunt mounted, he joins us in his truck road whipping and has taken some fantastic photo s in the ϐield. You will ϐind more of Tracey’s photos used in various articles published in this edition. Keep them coming Tracey.

50www.tnyh.horse COVER CONTESTContinues...Diana MacdonaldI f you don't ϐind Diana Macdonald on a horse at an equestrian competition you will often ϐind her behind the camera. A lifelong amateur competitor in many breeds and disciplines from the local to national level, Diana is now translating that knowledge into honing her skills as an amateur photographer that sells the odd image. For many years, Diana and her mother, Vivianne, bred and competed with Arabians and Half-Arabians and in recent times with Half-Welsh and Sport Ponies, after a brief foray into breeding Hackney Horses. Diana's prior hunting experience comes from hilltopping at age 8 with her grandmother Bea Billings with the Eglinton and Caledon Hunt Club, while her mother rode 2nd horse for Major Kindersley, MFH. Pony Club years with Credit Valley Pony Club, associated with Eglinton and Caledon Hunt Club and later High County Pony Club. When not out photographing, you ϐind Diana off on an endurance ride or in the showring with her Half-Welsh pony.

TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 201951Catherine Daveyphotosbycat@live.ca www.photosbycat.caWith a background competing in hunters, jumpers and western (including barrel racing), as well as working as a race, show, and polo groom, I have an understanding of how horses move and have been able to apply that knowledge to my photography. I understand the angles that ϐlatter and the ones that show all the ϐlaws. Hunting is particularly challenging because you are often shooting from the roads into the distance and have little knowledge of when and where the horses and hounds will appear. Over the last several years I was also busy acting as a road-whip which put me in proximity to the hounds but didn't always allow me to use my camera. Some of the best images I have of the Hunt exist only in my memory.I am active in 3 local photography clubs and have passed courses for judging with both provincial and national organizations. In the past I have supplied images for each year and my website has had mostly hunt photos on it, but I am in the process of switching it over to mostly Fine Art and Equine Portrait sessions. I hope to still get out to a few hunts each season and wish TNYH all the best. COVER CONTESTContinues...

52www.tnyh.horseK arin McDonald dedicates every free moment training her camera lens on an ever-expanding list of favourite subjects, especially those in nature. Her lifetime love affair and personal experience with horses, fuels her unique ability to capture the beauty and excitement of the equine world and its participants, bringing them to life in stunningly memorable portraitures. She is an expert at digital retouching and loves the creative challenge of transforming even a simple shot into a work of art! Karin McDonaldof Beaumirage Digital Photogrpahy COVER CONTESTContinues...

53TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 2019Barb RedfordofRed Koru PhotographyI have been a photographer for the past 15 years and love spending my time travelling and shooting landscapes as well as nature. I was introduced to the Hunt Club by Karin McDonald and have enjoyed every meet I have been out on. Having owned horses in Manitoba and competed in eventing and jumping I miss the days at the barn and the hunt club gives me some " horse time". I would also love to come out on a hunt one day in my "red jacket" after all as a member of the RCMP we are considered the queens representative! COVER CONTESTContinues...

54www.tnyh.horseHeidi Sauder-MachH eidi Sauder-Mach is a TNYH member and Barn Manager for former TNYH Master, Michael Belcourt. Heidi also successfully operates Heidi’s Horse and Hound Retirement non-proϐit placement service for retired hounds and horses. Heidi is riding in the TNYH hunt ϐield at most ϐixtures, introducing friends and acquaintances to the sport of ϐield hunting, and luckily for us, she usually has her cell phone camera at the ready. COVER CONTESTContinues...

55TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 2019Ron AdamR on Adam, TNYH member and owner of Adam and Company Interior Design Inc. always has his cell phone on the ready to capture special moments and the photo he captured in the hunt ϐield in our formal season in 2018 was nothing less than spectacular. The scene Ron captured certainly shows off the grandeur of our hunt country and a terriϐic view of TNYH hounds in full cry streaming across an open ϐield. This photo was chosen for our cover in this edition, as it was easily adapted to ϐit our cover without compromising the shot. Congratulations Ron and keep those photos coming! COVER CONTESTContinues...

57TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 2019When I suggested a proϐile of artist Nola McConnan for ,I truly had no idea how versatile and astoundingly talented she is. Even knowing Nola well for many, many years, my vision of her portfolio was woefully incomplete.Not only has she done hundreds of commissions of horses and dogs here and abroad, but also woodcuts, posters, the GO-GO Moose, the ABC booklet of lino cuts of Muskoka, landscapes of Muskoka, a competition logo for the Canadian Equestrian Team, posters for the Royal Winter Fair (ok, I did know that!), extensive teaching including booklets like “Just Horse, from Life”, and over 1,500 images (yes, that’s one thousand ϐive hundred original, thoroughly researched images) for The Heritage Sports Project! Whew, this dynamo has been busy and is hugely respected.VISUAL ARTIST NOLA McCONNAN:Talented, Dynamic, Creative, Innovative! By Denya MasseyThe competitor in this portrait, Caroline Strang, now a PhD specializing in Animal Behaviour, writes “as a gift for completing my PhD, my parents commissioned Nola to do a portrait of my Junior Jumper Maria. Nola created an undeniable likeness of Maria in action, including my mare’s intense and slightly wild expression! It perfectly captures one of my favourite memories and I enjoy seeing it every day.”Yet her vast portfolio and talents all center on this overriding principle: be the best you can be and share with others. Nola’s enthusiasm, skill, experience, and ability to ϐind the best in whatever she does or teaches brings compliments from all her clients. Scott Sillcox of The Heritage Sports Project says Nola is truly one of a kind and never says no - there isn't anything she isn't game for trying if asked. To see more of Nola’s artistry and an incredible chronicle of the history of equipment of the NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA and NCAA from 1868 to 2013 and intricate drawings of their arenas, do visit heritagesportsart.com and you will ϐind all your favourite teams’ uniforms over the years.

58www.tnyh.horseNola’s ϐirst commission came when she was 17, when a fellow boarder, who had seen her personal sketches, asked her to sketch his horse loose in the paddock. For this, she was paid a handsome $50, and that ignited the passion to make visual art her career, graduating from the Ontario College of Art in 1974. However, she took an interesting path, which included designing, building, and installing displays for major retail chains, and designed a number of Santa Castles for shopping malls along the way.However, Nola remained committed to painting, and through portrait commissions continued to build her reputation. Her sketches, portraits and landscapes are on walls around the world. Given the quality, freshness, beautiful use of light and colour, her portraits are emotive and enjoyable. The subjects are always expressive and true to the character. No animal lover could fail to be moved by the character and soul she captures in her works.Certainly Nola’s most vocal and best-known clients are those who have had portraits painted of their beloved pets. Her portrait of Whimsy, a Norwich terrier, prompted her owner to rhapsodize "she has captured her expression perfectly, and every time I look at it, I want to ϔind Whimsy and give her a hug. Nola is a very talented artist, and you can clearly see that her expertise is in creating a lovely image of a beloved pet." Whimsy’s mum explained that Nola had done a wonderful portrait of Ali Baba (her horse), and Nola "was quite taken by Whimsy when we met up recently, so I asked her to do the little portrait of my wee dog. When we returned from Aiken it was ready, and it is exactly what I had hoped it would be!"VISUAL ARTIST NOLA McCONNAN:Continues...

TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 201959Nola tells stories of a childhood spent in Muskoka, where she developed a love for the water, rocks, light, trees and wildlife. Whether bringing the tiniest detail to life on paper, the Muskoka ABC booklet, or large-scale landscapes, the joy and beauty of Muskoka leaps out at you.She credits two Emily Carr paintings as follows, in her own words: Growing up, we had two E. M. Carr works in our dining room, and recounts “Every night over dinner I studied them. Through this dinnertime observation, Ms. Carr taught me colour, to be bold, and to experiment with media, no matter what the subject. Miss Carr loved water colour and preferred it to oil. So do I. Inspired by Miss Carr, my egg tempera and pencil crayon works often use her techniques. Years later the Carr works were sold to a very famous collection. Their new owner allowed me to make this copy of my favourite - Forest Landscape 1913 .These two head studies, recently purchased at auction, advertised as ‘prints’, but, as Nola does not do prints [reproductions], she was fascinated when the new owner contacted her.I was surprised. I immediately offered to examine them. She had purchased two originals. All these years later the portraits are in exceptionally good condition. Fresh, clean with the reserved whites sparkling in the Watt portraits the background and under painting is oil thinned to watercolour consistency with spirits. Imagine how excited the buyer was to learn the portraits were originals, and meet the artist 26 years later!The inclusive and all-Canadian GO-GO Moose demonstrates Nola’s creative imagination. Done speciϐically for the Moose in the Toronto City program for GO Transit, Union Station, GO-GO Moose was the perfect example of Nola’s inclusive approach to creating a large piece of very Canadian art. To bring GO-GO Moose to life, Nola enlisted members of Arts East, local councilors, MPPs and the community surrounding Kingston Road United Church, and set up shop at Kingston and Scarborough Roads so passersby could look in to see the project as it evolved. Nola was much commended by different public agencies for her concept and execution of an intricate project involving many different people and organizations. Nola teaches, shares, creates, invents, explores and enjoys the world of art. She approaches every subject - whether it’s Isabel & Buckshot barrel racing or a detail of the Muskoka shoreline or a sketch - with fresh eyes. She holds workshops and classes in her beloved Muskoka, and her broad skills include many iterations of the alphabet, speciϐically here in her Muskoka ABC booklet – B for Busy Beaver and C for a Cheery Chipmunks.....Well known for her dedication to introduce, share, and support all artists, Nola is a member of the Colored Pencil Society of America, East York Garden Club, and the only Associate of the Ontario College of Art to receive an Adult Teaching Certiϐicate. Nola was a signing member of the Toronto Watercolour Society, an associate of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, and the Editor of the Banbury Brief of The Banbury Studio. Nola is one of the very few professionals in any business who keeps her website www.merriweatherdesignstudio.com very up-to-date!

60www.tnyh.horseErica Brunner was born in Switzerland to a non-horsey household, however her Grandfather operated a livery and Erica can only speculate that her love of horses skipped a generation to land with her.At age 12 or 14 the family went to visit her Grandparents who were in the midst of harvesting hay. This was in the high Alps, no equipment was used to cut, swath and load the hay on the wagon, it was all done by hand. Once the wagon was full, Erica was offered to drive the wagon back to the farm. The wagon was hooked up to one horse and one cow, Erica thought she had died and gone to heaven, she knew this was ultimately what she wanted to do.Erica and Simon (her husband of 60 years) immigrated to Quebec and settled in Hudson in 1960. This is where Erica met Ami Clarke, who independently owned and operated a breeding and training facility. Erica states it was Ami who mentored the beginnings of her career in driving. Erica also started riding in her early 20’s and her daughter Kirsten followed in her footsteps, catching the love of horses at an early age. Erica recalls hitching up Kirsten’s pony to the cart to drive the one and a half hour trip to the Lake of Two Mountains Pony Club to stable the pony overnight for the Saturday Pony Club meeting. The Brunner’s didn’t have a horse trailer and owned only one vehicle. Simon would take Kirsten and Erica the next morning by car to the meeting and at the ϐinish Erica would hitch the pony back up to the cart to return home. Erica says Kirsten always had one of the best-behaved pony’s! Simon was busy concentrating on his career and had no inclination of becoming involved with equine pursuits, however as every father knows, supporting his children’s passion can become all consuming, and so found himself in the position of District Commissioner for the Lake of Two Mountains Pony Club.Erica and Kirsten did some fox hunting with Lake of Two Mountains Hunt, but Erica always felt more at home driving and as she says you have a special connection with your pony when you drive, communication is from your hands, voice and whip cues rather than your legs and body.In 1981 the family moved to Ontario and settled on a small horse farm on the Sixth Line in Erin Township. Erica remembers being able to drive for hours on the local roads, and ride, never taking the same path twice. Farmers gave permission to ride through their ϐields, (always keeping to the headlands) liability was not something people at that time feared and Erica and her peers were only too willing to clear the circumference of the farm ϐields of debris and fallen trees for the pleasure of riding around the numerous farm ϐields. Erica successfully competed all over Quebec, Ontario and the United States, driving in both Pleasure and Combined Driving Competitions. Erica owned more than one cart and a convertible carriage, which could be used in the Combined Driving competitions both in the Dressage phase, the Marathon and Cones phase. Of course if you live in Ontario, in the winter a sleigh was driven and in the captured photo you see Erica in the drivers seat in a sleigh built in 1885 known as a Bourleau. Erica was gifted a lovely ladies wicker It’s in the BloodWritten by Janet Feairs, photos supplied by Erica Brunner

TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 201961phaeton (used primarily in the pleasure driving classes) originally purchased in England by the founder of Sun Life in 1895. There have only been two owners since of this lovely phaeton. The combined driving competitions can be likened to the phases of Eventing. The levels of competition start at Training, Preliminary, Advanced and Intermediate. There is a dressage test in a ring with the same letters used in classical ridden dressage. The test includes ϐigure 8’s; backing up, halts and various gaits the driver puts their horse through. Next is the Marathon phase. This is where a navigator is included in the carriage to assist with maintaining the carriage’s balance. The horse’s vitals are taken by a veterinarian at the start to provide a baseline; midway through the course (which consists of negotiating hazards and other obstacles including water crossings over a nineteen kilometer marked course) the horse is checked again at a midpoint and allowed to continue within the allotted recovery time. A ϐinal vet check is done once the team crosses the ϐinish line. If the horse could not recover to the acceptable heart rate and respiratory levels, at any vet check, that team would be disqualiϐied. The ϐinal phase of the combined competition was negotiating a course set up of 19 cones, the fastest and cleanest round would win this phase. Erica owned one carriage for her combined competitions, which weighed in at 380 pounds, and was equipped with air shock absorbers and power disc brakes on a dual axel. The carriage could be converted from the marathon set up to a classic carriage for dressage, including rear seats, a change in harness and patent leather accents. Erica also competed in a fun “dress up” class at one of the Classic Driving Competitions hosted by Dr. Cormack at his Tralee driving facility. Erica, never to be hemmed in by conformity, dressed up as a farmer, had a young friend riding in a dump cart with a payload and took ϐirst place to the delight of the crowd.Kirsten Brunner followed in her mother’s footsteps by becoming a world class driver, competing worldwide and placed 5th at the 1997 World Championship in Combined Driving in Riesenbeck Germany representing Canada. Kirsten was third going into the ϐinal Cones phase and frustratingly her horse, a welsh cob/standard bred kicked the last cone over with a back leg! A real heart breaker for Kirsten! Kirsten has many other driving achievements including being ranked world’s top 6 driver by the International Equestrian Federation in 2002. Kirsten established Beaverwood Farm in 1987, located on the Third Line Hillsburgh Ontario. Kirsten is extremely busy with breeding and training of high quality riding and driving ponies, both for sale and for lease to up and coming riders in the show circuit as well as providing lessons for both driving and under saddle students.Kirsten’s daughter Kilby is quickly becoming a well-known name in the equine competitive world, last year, at age 14, winning single pony training division in the Combined Driving event in Metamora New York and also winning (under saddle) the Junior Jumper Canadian Championship at the Royal Winter Fair on her mare, Halo. Three generations of Brunner women all successfully competitive, as Erica says, the passion needed to excel, particularly in the equine world must run in the blood!

62www.tnyh.horse%8//<,1*I am a true Canadian bear. I am polite until poked (sorry). I d’ont check from behind. I put friends fiirst, put bullies in their place and put the apostrophe wherever I like. And I am straight forward and real in all that I do ~ just like the pure local fruit that roars and showcases what Ontario has to offer.A portion from ech bottle and can sold is donated to Friends First, an anti-bullying initiative.LCBO # 518746Retail Price: $14.95LCBO # 518753Retail Price: $14.95LCBO # 573428Retail Price: $3.25

TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 201963Riding the Mongolian DerbyWritten and photos supplied by Tamara Beckstead, DVM and whipper-in to Wellington Waterloo HuntTwenty-eight horse stations, forty-four riders, one hundred crew members, two hundred herders, fourteen hundred horses and one thousand and ϐifteen kilometers of mountains, steppe, rivers, sand and swamp to ride up, over, around and through.Why this adventure? I was asked time and time again. Why now as a ϐifty-three year old amateur rider with two children, a mortgage and businesses to run where I was the chief cook and bottle washer. It all started on a drive home from a Montreal Hunt Club weekend. Listening to the CBC my friend and I talked endlessly about horses and the adventures we were yet to have aboard them. Then, as if on cue, we heard a Canadian lawyer, named Heidi Telstad, recant tales about the Mongolian Derby that she had just won (along with an American and an Australian in a three way tie). I was intrigued. It sounded like a crazy way to spend ten days on horseback in the original land of the horse. Once home I researched the Mongolian Derby, including speaking to previous derby riders to gather a better understanding and then sent in my application for the 2017 Mongolian Derby. After a telephone interview (to verify that I had experience riding horses, some degree of athleticism and a sense of adventure), I was accepted to ride in the Mongolian Derby, but I still wasn’t sure if I was meant to do this race. A few days passed and I went to see Alex Pangman in concert (a fellow rider and a double lung recipient twice over). Alex is known as Canada’s Sweetheart of Jazz and on that night she sang a Doris Day song called “Enjoy Yourself”. I felt that Alex singing this particular song was an omen to go to Mongolia and ride in the Derby - I was in!It seemed that you needed to know how to ride to do this race, but the type of riding you did—the actual discipline—didn’t matter so much. I hoped that my background as a three-day eventer and foxhunter would fare me well. Internet reports posted from past competitors warned of: broken ribs, amputated ϐingers, cracked pelvises, punctured lungs, torn ligaments, fractured collar bones, concussions, horrible rubs, bucking horses, lame horses, uncontrollable can’t steer horses, can’t stop horses and can’t make go horses, runaway horses (carrying away your saddle packs), fraying girths, lost bridles, sickness (vomiting, diarrhea), extreme dehydration, sunstroke, heat stroke, kidneys failing, getting lost (due to poor navigational skills, lost GPS’s, poor understanding of how GPS’s work, no GPS’s and malfunctioning GPS’s), getting stuck in swamps, portaging rivers, swimming across rivers (or being swept down rivers), unappetizing food, unappetizing beverages and everything smelling and tasting like goat, not fun, don’t expect fun.The warning on the Adventurists website (the crazy UK group that organizes and promotes "the longest, toughest horse race in the world" — as documented in the Guinness Book of World Records) cautioned any would be competitors that this race would not be easy. “Before you consider applying for this race, we want to point out how dangerous the Mongol Derby is. By taking part in this race you are greatly increasing your risk of severe physical injury or even death. The nature of the Derby means that if you do fall off, the response time of the medics is going to depend on where you are. If you are seriously injured you may be hundreds of miles away from the nearest hospital. The Mongol Derby is an extremely physically demanding and dangerous race, and holds the title of the toughest horse race in the world for a reason”. I didn’t fully understand the upcoming race, and wouldn’t until I rode in it. I did however assume that something would go wrong for all of us riding and that I would be lucky to ϐinish, let alone ϐinish in one piece.

64www.tnyh.horseEven some of the Mongolian parents I would meet whose eight-year-old children who could gallop for hours without saddles, thought the race was crazy. No wonder, then, that a man in Bristol had thought the race up elsewhere – named Tom Morgan. Tom found that the steppe’s medieval messaging system (which had allowed Genghis Khan, more correctly Chinggis, in the years 1162-1227 to conquer huge chunks of Asia and China) were still in place until the 1960s, and with the guidance of an original postal rider, he staged the ϐirst Mongol Derby nine years before I entered. The race has grown since, and now boasts a ϐield of 40 to 45 riders annually. In preparation for the race I hired a personal trainer at my local Y. I rarely ventured into the gym except to run on the treadmill; the pool to swim lengths, or a spin class which were my safe zones. The gym intimidated me but I told myself it was necessary. I had not quite a year to get ready for this race, so I’d better get physical (think Olivia Newton John era 1981). I ordered an endurance saddle from South Africa, the same saddle we would all be using to ride the Derby, to become accustomed to riding without knee rolls. I apologized to Modesty, (my whip and former event horse), when I told her that her new job in life was to help me bank as many kilometers in this saddle as possible over the next eleven months. A new friend, Sarah Cuthbertson (an endurance rider who had also previously ridden in the Mongolian Derby) generously lent me her endurance horse Bentley so that I could ride endurance races to see what it felt like to ride for hours on end. Bentley was a seasoned professional, I, on the other hand, was a soaking wet exhausted blob after having completed a mere 80 kilometers on one of the most humid weekends of a southern Ontario summer. One thousand kilometers in 10 days, what was I thinking??? How many riders ϐinished the race during your year I asked a repeat offender, “I think thirty-eight of us started…seventeen ϐinished but I wasn’t one of them.” I wondered why anyone would do this grueling race twice. Her answer was simple, she wanted to ϐinish the race, having been only one hundred and ϐifty kilometers from the ϐinish line when she was bucked off and shipped back to Ulaanbaatar for radiographs. My year would see thirty-ϐive out of forty-four riders ϐinishing.Race organizers sent would be Derbyists a month-by-month “Your Year of the Derby” calendar. This was sent at the beginning of the year so that we would have the entire year to train with lots of time to prep. We were advised to assemble our gear in February, get vaccinated in April, commence language training in early May and use July to visit relatives and update our wills.Maggie, an endurance – riding specialist, sent handouts on ϐitness, navigation, horse packing, hydration, and best clothing options (all of which were to be ϐigured out in the months, not days, leading up to the Derby).Flying over the steppe was beautiful as it unfolded in green waves with little islands of white tents (nomadic gers) and herds of grazing beasts. Ulaanbaatar soon made an appearance with nomads’ tents at the outskirts; farther in, grey buildings with Soviet style architecture and large above space ground cylindrical pipes (used to distribute heat to the city) gave way to slick glass high-rise structures and dozens of construction cranes. Ulaanbaatar sits at a coordinate where the cold lasts for much of the year, long enough that the marmots (“cousins” to the Canadian groundhog) outside the city begin growing their new coats immediately after shedding them in July. Ulaanbaatar is a city in ϐlux with the new quickly trying to replace the old. Half of the country’s population lives in Ulaanbaatar attracted by the modern conveniences that any big metropolitan centre could offer. By now the only hint of horses rested on the togrog, (Mongolian currency) adorned with wild maned horses galloping off the bills stuffed in my wallet.After two days of staying in a centrally located youth hostel in downtown Ulaanbaatar and recovering from thirty-six hour jet lag, it was time to assemble with fellow competitors in a conference room at the Holiday Inn. We chatted while eyeing each other up and down wondering who would be in the race category (the ϐirst 10 riders usually established by day three or four who were in it to win) and who would be in the adventure category (everyone else). GPS’s were preprogrammed with race coordinates for each of the twenty-eight legs of the Derby. Trackers were handed out so that Head Quarters could keep track of our whereabouts at all times and report on our progress to the outside world and/or to send medics/vets to our aid. Next came the weigh in with the cut off being 75kg dressed to ride. This proved not to be much of a challenge for one competitor whose luggage had not followed him from the airport. Saif, from Pakistan, had nothing but his dress shirt, dress pants and dress shoes, not exactly Derby worthy attire. We quickly donated odds and sods to Saif, our youngest competitor at age nineteen, so that he could join us in 2018 Derby.Next up a ϐive-hour bus ride on dirt roads out to the steppe to start camp where we had two days of pre-race training. We learned how to approach the wary Mongolian horse, ALWAYS from the left, how to hobble the Mongolian horse (a necessary skill so we still had a horse to ride come morning) and we got our ϐirst and only ride before the race on a relatively tame Mongolian horse. I had been led to believe Mongolian horses were especially life threatening. Despite standing half asleep on the horse lines RIDING THE MONGOLIAN DERBYContinues...

TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 201965and occasionally head bobbing a ϐly off, they were rarely handled and therefore hypersensitive to human motion. If you were lucky enough to get on board, you would, I’d been told, certainly have no control after that. The right to buck off a human being is what I think of as a universal horse right and past competitors had broken bones at training camps due to bucking horses, rearing horses and runaway horses. Race organizers had selected tamed horses to prevent a repeat of previous year’s injuries. Onto our horses we gingerly climbed and when we were ready to go the herders spoke to the horses “Choo choo” the equivalent of a cowboy’s “giddy-up”. Alarmingly there was no equivalent term for “whoa”. Our horses took up a donkey trot. Sadly, for more than one competitor, some of who were not used to riding at speed, or could not steer their horses the inaugural ride did not end well. Cele, a mature rider from Australia, was screaming at our small test group to slow down when we let our mounts accelerate into a gallop to test out all the gears. We, in turn, yelled back “Circle your horse”, but this unfortunately resulted in a prerace trip to the medics for Cele to treat scrapes and bruises when rider and mount parted company.Soon enough it was Race Day, the day we had all been prepping for over the past 12 months, or in my case, 24 months. Nine weeks before I was set to leave for Mongolia, in the summer of 2017, I fractured my femur when a tree jumped out at us, at least that is how I choose to remember that day. Not a scratch on my body or my horse Modesty, just a gimp leg. Although bones may heal in six weeks once stabilized with plates and screws, soft tissues (muscles, tendons, ligaments and nerves) take much longer to come back to ϐighting form, if they are ever truly the same. Now a year later I was ϐinally in Mongolia and it was time T minus ten minutes. Forty-three riders were saddled and bridled (a rudimentary metallic bit with goat gut reins) attaching our supposedly ϐire breathing dragons to our hands, our ϐive kg saddle packs were securely attached to our saddles and helmet cams were on and recording. The last rider to mount was just checking her girth when she was told not to bother getting on. GPS satellites were down over Europe and Head Quarters, back in Britain, would not let the race begin unless they could track us, safety ϐirst. Our ten day thousand and ϐifteen kilometer race had just turned into a nine-day race with the same number of kilometers to ride. One more day to prep, relax or fret.The following day everything technical was sorted and the race got under way. At the start line it felt as though the steppe was inspecting us: transcontinental riders from all disciplines, a curious bunch, a motley crew, a sea of legs hanging down from little horse tummies. Our short-necked horses with big heads would now start us on our journey. I chose a stallion as my ϐirst mount, a handsome paint with a long mane that had never been pulled or roached, a virgin mane. Katie the race organizer had some ϐinal words of wisdom for us courtesy of Mike Tyson when she said “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face” and with that we were off!With the start line behind us, riders spread out in all different directions and although I hadn’t made a pact to ride with anyone in particular I had hoped that I would be riding with someone that I had become friends with over the past week, this was not to be, at least not on the way to horse station number one some thirty-four kilometers away. The horse stations, or urtuus, are two or three white gers and a horse line. Earlier in the summer the Derby’s head horseman Unenburen Uyndenbat traveled the steppe with race organizers to ask families if they could bring thirty to forty ponies together to make an urtuu. Some steppe families have as many as two hundred horses and can create a station singlehandedly; others team up with neighbouring herders. On the days when the riders arrive, the selected ponies wait around the urtuu horse lines, and the families charge the organizers for each pony the competitors ride. The map book instructs us to seek water wherever we can ϐind it in wells, rivers, lakes, ponds, springs and waterholes (does this mean puddles?) My horse is not thirsty he is also not fast, I must continually “choo choo”at him and am already getting tired as his initial race start gallop slowed to a trot and then to a walk and then I think that he has fallen into a marmot hole because now he is on his side. No it is not a marmot hole, he has just decided to roll and I just happened to be on his back. Thank goodness Mongolian horses are small, I don’t want to be eliminated before I reach the ϐirst horse station. Back up I get annoyed with my selection in horses. Mr. Stallion may be pretty but his work ethic is deplorable. His attention is now focused on the ladies because whenever we pass a herd of horses grazing he tries veering towards them and calling out as we run sideways, not good, not good at all, certainly not how I wanted my ϐirst leg of the race to go. Did I just get punched in the face? I think so.

66www.tnyh.horseA few times a year, nomadic families in Mongolia pack up their gers and move through the land in search of better pasture. Contrary to popular belief, nomads have ϐixed circuits-they are not drifters, and will return to similar places each year.If there is one piece of furniture crucial to the Mongolian steppe, it’s the ger, meaning, “home” in Mongolian. Usually pronounced “gaire”, it is a white circular felt tent (the felt having been made from goat ϐleece). Each one has a tin chimney sticking out of the centre. There are no windows. Gers are cool in the summer and warm in the winter, when cow dung heats the central stove. Two poles hold up the entire tent. Gers are collapsible and packed up in an hour, and the families that I met often had more than three. After their passing, apparently you would hardly know they’d been. The respect for nature or baigal-”what exists”- is such that many Mongolians on the steppe wear shoes with soft, curved soles to spare the stalks of the tiniest plants to avoid hurting the earth. Finally I arrive at Horse Station 1, have my ϐirst vet check, which Mr. S easily passes as his heart rate probably never exceeded 64 beats per minute the entire leg (heart rates must fall below 64 beats per minute within ten minutes to avoid a veterinary penalty) and I pass him off to a herder. I try to eat some food (goat with noodles) then select horse number two and am off again. This leg of the journey I ride with Sam from South Africa who has injured her ankle already when her bolting horse ϐlew her from the start line to Horse Station One all the while riding with a twisted stirrup. Sam is in agony and keeps dismounting trying to adjust and ϐix her stirrup but then she can’t get back onto her horse without my assistance shoving her butt into the saddle as her damaged ankle belongs to her right leg. Sam tells me to ride on but I don’t want to ride alone nor do I want to leave her all alone. It turns out, Sam only started riding less than a year ago in preparation for this race, this fact leaves me speechless. Eventually we arrive at Horse Station 2 and Sam decides she is out, her race is over with her ankle the size of a melon. Yippee I get to ride alone again, I am annoyed with Sam but more annoyed with myself. I don’t want to ride alone but I don’t want a carry forward in a jeep, I am not injured, I am just tired, annoyed and alone. When you arrive at a Horse Station last, your selection of horses may be more limited as all the “good ones” may be gone. I ask for a fast horse, one that will bolt me to the next station so that I may catch up with the pack. I have been told that herders, when asked sometimes recommend slower horses to female riders out of concern for their safety. My concern is riding alone. I need to catch up. I want a “khurdon mur bayaan la” I say, trying not to annihilate the Mongolian language, a fast horse thank you. A horse is chosen for me based on my speciϐications but I can’t get near him, every time I approach, the whites of his eyes show and he races backwards. The translator tells me that the herders advise riding this one only along the highway; I opt for a less khurdon mur, one that I can actually approach and mount. And I’m off trying to catch up to my friends, the majority of whom are likely either at or at least well on their way to Horse Station 3. I now have the infamy of being the last rider on course - yay me. After riding along for several hours I realize that I will not make Horse Station 3 before 8:00 pm, the mandatory cut off time (as marmot holes are even less visible in the pitch black). I must ϐind somewhere to stay for the night. We had been advised at start camp that Mongolians are extremely hospitable and should we need a place to stay for the night we could ask a family on the steppe for lodging and water for our horse. So what do I have to lose, I am a whacky foreigner riding a thousand and ϐifteen kilometer race on my own in a strange country where I don’t speak the language. I pull up to a ger, jump/fall off my horse onto the ground, spit up a little (that goat stew really didn’t agree with me) and lay there as Papa approaches. Papa puts my arm over his shoulders and leads me and my horse back towards the ger whereupon Mama approaches and takes me into the ger while Papa unsaddles, waters and hobbles my horse. The children of the ger stare wondering who is this Martian that just landed on their doorstep. Charades is an interesting game that I’m not sure if I played well that night or not. I tried to communicate that I was not hungry just tired and wanted to sleep. Not long after I arrived Crew from the Adventurists tracked me down (that GPS tracker really did work) to ensure that I was ok and explained to my Mongolian hosts who I was and exactly what I was doing out here on my own. The Crew also reminded me that my horses’ welfare was my responsibility not my hosts who were not part of this race and that I should be the one unsaddling, hobbling and watering my horse no matter how tired, unwell or annoyed I was. Point taken, I signed up for this adventure and it was time to suck it up. We only rode geldings and stallions because the mares in this region of Mongolia are reserved for milking and breeding. Riding a different horse every forty kilometers is exhilarating. You put your trust in the horse to carry you across the steppe dodging and weaving around brush, marmot holes and the carnage of animals that did not survive the winter. I remember bones, lots and lots of bones. The Mongolian horse, like any horse lacks speech and makes up for it with his strengthened sensitivity to the unseen. Horses are sensitive beings and while humans may fail to grasp one another’s inner workings, the feeling of rider anxiety is obvious to a horse. The unity of a horse, the very idea of the centaur, is a unity of minds. When a human is tense, the horse will ϐlee. Flight is, after all, the horse’s natural expression. Do not tense up when riding a Mongolian horse, it won’t end well.When I ϐinally arrived at Horse Station 3, the following morning, all the riders RIDING THE MONGOLIAN DERBYContinues...

TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 201967were gone having set out at 7:30am (the ofϐicial start time) and unless I sped up I might be riding the whole race by myself. I decided on a carry forward which now meant that in the annals of history I would not ofϐicially complete the Mongolian Derby having accepted outside help. I would however continue my adventure having rejoined a group of riders at Horse Station 4. l did pay to ride in this wild adventure, however everyone back home would like me to return with a story to tell so onwards I went.ALWAYS take the tracks around the mountains, it’s the best route. This was advice that I should have heeded on the day that Manuel (a rider from Portugal who I had started riding many legs of the race with) and I parted company. The day started off ϐine, an early breakfast of goat’s milk and dry tasteless biscuits, ϐill up water bladder with warm water that tasted of goat, add iodine tablets then select two (hopefully compatible horses) and “choo choo” away to the races. Soon we encountered a water crossing, not very wide but stretching on for miles. I was game to get off and lead my horse across, Manuel not so much. Who cares if we get wet feet I argued let’s just go, we are wasting time. Off and through the knee high water I trudged leading my horse to the opposite side then I remounted. No problem see. Manuel reluctantly obliged my rants and dismounted but within a nanosecond his horse was off on its own Derby fortunately a passing crew picked up Manuel and proceeded to try to wrangle the beast but that particular Mongol horse was Nadaam horse (an annual race where young children gallop horses to win trophies) and led them on a ten kilometer chase until a local herder caught the not yet tired horse. I was now alone yet again and I didn’t like it. I GPS’d my way in the general direction of the all important blue line on my device, but never quite found real life dirt tracks. Consequently I went up and over the mountains, very picturesque but tiring for a horse. My mount eventually decided that he’d had enough and laid down, well that’s just great. No amount of encouragement could convince him to move on so reluctantly I pressed my HELP button. Three hours later help arrived. One medic, one vet and their driver were relieved to see that I was uninjured but my horse needed medical attention as he had developed thumps (an electrolyte imbalance causing the horses diaphragm to spasm as if he were hiccupping). IV ϐluids infused with potassium would have soon righted the situation if only the horse had stayed still. Now unsaddled with one liter of potassium ϐluids already in his dehydrated body he must have felt better because he soon broke free of the medic’s hold and galloped away trailing the still attached IV line and ϐluid bag behind him. Well that’s just great because now I’d not only lost my horse (which would have been retired anyway) but I’d also lost my bridle, which was still attached to my horse. This afternoons adventure resulted in two carry forwards for me as there were no available bridles at the next horse station. The horse was later found doing just ϐine without the IV attached. There are many other exciting adventures from my Mongolian Derby experience that I can recant, like the time that Manuel and I actually did make a successful water crossing together, albeit being swept down a river with a strong current complete with whirling twirling whirlpools. We were desperately trying to reach the other side and not be swept back to the side that we had just left all the while holding onto the reins of our nearly submerged ponies and swimming one armed while fully dressed and helmeted. Oh but the river was so refreshing and we were ϐinally a little less dirty. I must also mention that once we bush wacked through dense vegetation that we discovered was on an island and therefore had a second swim. Then there was the time that Manuel, Carol (a lawyer from the US) and I got stuck in a bog and had to dismount from our horses and slowly, painfully suction our way back to terra ferma. I contemplated pushing the Help button that time again but wondered what the Crew would be able to do, one way or another the horses would have to be walked out of the bog. Both horses and riders were exhausted and covered in mud but eventually we made it out. Another adventure , again involving water, had me leading my horse (after I had done a face plant into swamp water when my horse tripped and I decided not to remount) and my friend Michael's horse (a soon to be retiree from the US) across a knee deep swamp then stepping onto some purple ϐlowers and immediately wondering why they felt so spongy. Flumppt went me and my horse through the ϐloating matt of purpleness, now I was up to my waist in water and my horse was up to his shoulders in water with pretty purple ϐlowers surrounding us, not good, deϐinitely not good. Unsaddling and removing my saddlebag lightened my horse’s load but he still looked like he was resigned to becoming a tar pit mammoth. Encouraging (whipping and yelling) at the poor horse to move ϐinally resulted in success and he was freed from the possibly deadly bog. Word was getting around that I seemed to have an afϐinity for water be it fast moving or stagnant. The Mongol Derby was everything that I signed up for and so much more. It was a time to challenge myself (both mentally and physically) and time to make new friends with like minded crazy horse people in a truly unique and beautiful country. For nine short days (but long days in the saddle) I got to turn a little bit feral and ride through outer Mongolia on Mongolian horses and experience a culture in a land that time seemed to have forgotten. I would highly recommend a “game” rider to consider this adventure.Addendum: This year’s winner of the Mongol Derby was Bob a 70-year-old cowboy from Idaho.

69TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 2019Hunter Spirits And Sacred GroundBy Christopher DoddIt’s generally assumed but not often thought of; the land around the Toronto and North York Hunt clubhouse was once the territory of another group of hunters long ago. When French explorer Samuel de Champlain recorded his last wilderness trek into Huronia in January of 1616, he wrote of his encounter with a First Nations group living south of Georgian Bay in approximately ten villages. If Champlain was ever told the actual name of these people (Khionontaterrhonons), he probably had great difϐiculty pronouncing it, so he referred to them as “Petun”—a word that meant “tobacco”. Although the dominate crop surrounding their villages was corn, tobacco was a spiritually-important plant for these people and this, perhaps, justiϐied the moniker.In reality, the people Champlain had met were an off-shoot of the larger, Wyandot First Nations group (referred to as “Huron” by the French at the time). Modern usage of that European nickname, Huron, is falling into decline due to its inaccuracy and derogatory meaning. Petun, also a nickname, will be used here out of convenience, along with Wyandot, in order to discuss this speciϐic group.One of the oldest known Petun villages was located in Mulmur, just three kilometers north of the TNYH clubhouse, and members ride by the spot all the time. In archaeological circles it’s referred to as the “Latimer Site”—taken from the name of the pioneer farmer who owned the land on which surface artifacts were eventually ploughed up. The height of Petun activity there predated Champlain’s visit by at least forty years.The “Latimer village” would have been nine to ten acres in size, encircled by an impressive palisade for protection and surrounded by hundreds of acres of cornϐields which would have reached as far east as Airport Road and likely beyond. Within its defenses, the village would have consisted of innumerable longhouses for sheltering families and storing corn and tobacco.From this base, the Petun would have travelled far and wide, hunting deer, beaver, rabbit, and taking ϐish from the nearby rivers. There would have been trails and paths crisscrossing through the forests created by decades of foot-trafϐic. The Petun had to gather wood for their ϐires and for constructing their longhouses and fortiϐications. Along with hunting and gathering, they tended to their vast ϐields of corn; planting, weeding, and harvesting. They manufactured everything they needed: clothing, ϐinery, weapons, tools, pots, tobacco pipes—all made from animal skins, fur, wood, bone, and clay. The Petun participated in trade with friendly tribes and sometimes they engaged in warfare—to protect and defend their territory. They were masters of wildlife management, farming, and social governance because they had to be.Much of what we know about the Petun comes from the writings of Jean de Brebeuf, a French Jesuit priest and contemporary of Champlain, who travelled extensively through Wyandot territory and lived amongst them for years. He learned their language and documented everything he saw.

70www.tnyh.horseBrebeuf conducted what was, ostensibly, an anthropological study (albeit one that was imperfect and seen through the narrow lens of Western Christianity at that time).He noted that the Petun shamans (whom he referred to in his writings as “sorcerers”) used the hallucinogenic tobacco plant to enter a trance-state which permitted their souls to leave their bodies and travel into the sky. These forays into the spirit world were used to bring back the souls of the sick whose spirits had strayed. The shamans also brought back information they used to predict the future and to locate things that had become lost. They made an impression on Brebeuf. The Jesuit became convinced that some shamans were in league with the Devil and powerful enough to control the weather.Using Brebeuf’s eye-witness accounts of Petun customs, rituals, and belief-systems, we can extrapolate what would have occurred at the Latimer village when someone died. For the Petun, death was not a ϐinal state; it was a transitional phase. The body would have been placed on a mat in the fetal position and then wrapped in a robe. A ceremonial feast was held by the immediate family and was attended by members of the village. The body was then taken to a temporary cemetery that was located not far from the settlement and placed on a raised wooden platform held six feet off the ground by posts. The body would be left there where it was exposed to the elements. Over the years, as more villagers died, the raised platforms of the cemetery grew in number and came to resemble a gathering of tall tables each supporting its own bundle of bones. Occasionally, a Petun body might be buried in the ground and the grave encircled by a small fence with a shrine placed on top.The Petun had an intricate and complex spiritual belief system. They believed that human beings had two souls. One slipped away from the body immediately after death. The second soul stayed ϐirmly anchored to its bones; it would remain with them forever. The other soul was now free to begin its journey to a place in the spirit world called The Village of Souls.The way to the Village of Souls was marked by speciϐic geographic features in the real world. The spirits followed a broad, well-beaten path to a special rock called Ekarenniondi which means the rock that stands out. There, the Petun soul would encounter an old man named Oscotarach. Using a method that we can only imagine, Oscotarach would open up the head of the soul and take out the brains so that nothing of the individual’s life could be remembered.The last leg of the journey required the soul to cross over a river on the trunk of a fallen tree and then into The Village of Souls. Once there, the Petun spirit was ϐirmly in the afterlife. There was no coming back.Because old man Oscotarach was an eternal being, it was theorized by scholars that he must be made of an eternal substance like rock. Ekarenniondi was also clearly a rock—so the general consensus was that they were different names for the same thing. Over the centuries, scholars, archaeologists, and amateur adventurers sought out and debated the location of Ekarenniondi/Oscotarach. Experts now agree that the sacred rock marking the way to The Village of Souls is located at the Scenic Caves on Blue Mountain just outside of Collingwood. It’s an impressive geological feature projecting skyward from the side of a dramatic cliff face. From its top one can see a grand view of the blue waters of Georgian Bay. It is, in all essence, the rock that stands out.Once local resources had become depleted, the time came to abandon the Latimer village. Successive Petun villages generally followed a migration northwest, following the Niagara Escarpment, towards Blue Mountain. Before moving on, the Petun needed to take care of those who could not follow.Petun families returned to the platforms and graves. They collected the remains of their loved ones. The bones were then carried ceremoniously to a large communal pit that had been carefully prepared for mass internment. This enormous grave was approximately ten feet deep and thirty feet across and was illuminated by torches which burned day and night.According to Brebeuf’s descriptions of such an event, the bones of loved ones were solemnly placed within the great pit HUNTER SPIRITS AND SACRED GROUNDContinues...

71TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 2019along with gifts and symbolic items. As ceremonial ϐires burned, the mourners cried and wailed and sang. As the ossuary ϐilled with carefully placed skeletons, the depositing of remains hastened. Near the end, with the communal grave nearly full, Petun families would resort to tossing bones in anywhere to ensure a place for their kin.Once full, the great pit was covered over with animal skins and layers of bark, sand, and earth. This was not just an ossuary of skeletons; it was an accrual of spiritual energy, a gathering of ϐirst souls. A sacred ground.The living then retreated and took part in “The Feast of the Dead” which was the largest of the ceremonial feasts undertaken by the tribal group.And then they left.Unfortunately for the Petun, contact with the French in the 1600’s was the beginning of the end for them. With little natural resistance to European diseases such as smallpox, measles and yellow fever, the Petun population was soon devastated and reduced to about a thousand individuals.After several harsh winters in which they nearly starved, combined with the surety of war with the encroaching Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), the remaining Petun packed up and left in 1650. Their long migration south to safer lands lasted several hundred years. The direct genetic descendants of the Petun make their home today in Oklahoma, Kansas, and the Detroit Valley.The Petun village at the Latimer site has never been excavated. Archaeologist Charles Garrad, reminds us that “to dig is to destroy”. However, much has been learned about the village from the abundant surface artifacts that have been collected there over the years. Some can be found in Collingwood and Ottawa museums as well as personal collections by local families that have been passed down through the generations.Out of respect for the dead, property owners, the necessity to protect the site, and in accordance with the policies of the Ministry of Culture, the location of the Latimer ossuary will not be revealed. No excavations have occurred there and never will. With certainty (and with the current landowner’s permission), TNYH members frequently ride over that sacred ground.Hunters passing over hunters.The intent of this article is to provoke personal reϔlection and acknowledgement of the past, to deepen the experience for those who ride over a traditional hunt territory, to stimulate the imagination and bring history alive, and to remember those hunters who came before. Sources ConsultedGarrad, Charles. Petun to Wyandot.Canadian Museum of History, 2014.Researching the Petun. Ontario Archaeology, 2010.Heidenreich, Conrad. Huronia: A History and Geography of the Huron Indians 1600 – 1650. McClelland and Stewart Ltd. 1973. Raible, Pat. The Petun: People of the Hills. Curiosity House Books, 2016.Wyandotte Nation website (www.wyandotte-nation.org)

72www.tnyh.horseBotany on Horseback: The Forest Springs to LifeWritten by Carolyn LaneAs foxhunters, we are grateful to our landowners for granting us permission to ride on their lands which would otherwise, be inaccessible. With this privilege, comes unexpected pleasures – observing deer in their natural habitat, the sight and sound of myriad bird species, picking an apple from a lone tree in long-since abandoned homestead, watching the way the forest changes with the light and season.During the spring, if we look down from our trusty horses, we can observe the forest ϐloor springing to life: yellow trout lily, trillium, coltsfoot, horsetail, leeks, wild ginger, blood wart, or marsh marigold to name a few.Here are some favourites:The yellow trout lily, or yellow dogtooth violet, is a species of perennial, colony forming, spring ephemeral ϐlower native to North America and dwelling in woodland habitats. Within its range it is a very common and widespread species, especially in eastern North America. The common name "trout lily" refers to the appearance of its gray-green leaves mottled with brown or gray, which allegedly resemble the colouring of brook trout.Horsetail Spike-rush is an aquatic, perennial plant in the sedge family. It reaches about 50 to 100 centimetres in height and grows in water four to 35 centimetres deep. Horsetail Spike-rush ϐlowers in the late spring and produces fruit from July to October. The fruits are found at the tip of the stem and are covered in light brown scales. The plant has pale green, hollow, straw-like leaves that grow in tufts from a rhizome or tuber. Throughout its range, the Horsetail Spike-rush grows in shallow water along the edges of ponds.Marsh marigold is a perennial belonging to the buttercup family. One of the ϐirst ϐlowers to bloom in the spring, its shiny yellow ϐlowers indeed look very much like buttercups. Flower buds may be cooked and pickled in vinegar for use as a substitute for capers. Young leaves are also edible as cooked greens when boiled. No part of this plant should ever be eaten raw. Marsh marigolds thrive in swamps and edges of streams, and in wet forest environments.Coltsfoot is a perennial weed native to Europe, North Africa and parts of Asia. It was introduced to Canada in the 1920's, and can now be found in most provinces. While widespread in Southern Ontario, the most common location for coltsfoot is on roadsides, both township roads and highways. From this foothold, it can spread by seed or rhizomes to adjacent ϐields. While this weed has not spread rapidly, it is of concern because there are very few herbicides that will control it adequately, and it thrives in several crops.By Carolyn Lane, with thanks to Fay Jensen and Caryn Colman for sharing their vast botanical knowledge while on horseback.

73TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 2019The Canadian Hunt HorseWritten by and photos supplied by Heidi Sauder-MachI have always had a fondness for black horses. My ϐirst love “The Black Stallion”, then “Black Beauty”, and then my ϐirst horse, ”Dark Secret”, a jet black ¾ Arab x Quarter horse mare.In the beginning of my career working with horses, I was fortunate to have apprenticed for Ginny Dailly Sealy, daughter of the late Colonel G.D. Dailly, founder of “The African Lion Safari” in Cambridge, ON. For 14 years Ginny performed a Canadian horse “Liberty” performance with her four gorgeous le cheval Canadien black stallions. Now retired from the show, she had one remaining stallion, Pharaoh at her family farm. For me it was love at ϐirst sight when I met Pharaoh and once I spent some time working with him it was true love. It was this enchanting stallion who ϐirst showed me what an amazing breed the Canadian horse is.The Canadian horse dates back to 1665 when King Louis XIV of France sent 2 stallions and 12 mares to New France, a newly established colony along the Saint Lawrence River that had a complete absence of horses. King Louis constituted a strict breeding program to ensure horses would continue to produce offspring, and grow the equine population for the community. As there were so few horses compared to the number of people, the Canadian horse was a valued possession. They had to be the plow horse, carriage horse, and riding horse. They endured harsh conditions, cold winters, with only the strongest horses surviving. These horses were tough, and adapted to the Canadian climate surviving with eating very little through the winter months.The Canadian horse, Le Cheval Canadien, is generally black in colour, some bays, chestnuts, and can have white markings but are never grey or “white”. They are all around a solid horse in body and mind. Canadians are nicknamed “The little horse of iron” for good reason. They are typically between 14.3-16 hands, have solid feet and legs, a broad chest, strong shoulders, a short back and well-muscled hindquarters. Canadians have a strong but gentle personality, are “easy keepers”, have an agreeable temperament, a straight forward attitude for work and are eager to please. These attributes have been kept and carefully bred for generations creating what I have found to make a superb hunt horse as well as excelling at many other disciplines and jobs. We have many Canadian horses in our hunt ϐield and over the last few years I have owned and hunted three wonderful Canadian geldings. They are brave, sensible, and enjoy the companionship and adventure with fellow horses and riders. Their fabulous shoulders keep you safe and secure as you are traveling up and down hills and through trappy territory yet they have the speed and stamina to carry you softly and securely as you are galloping across a ϐield following a pack of hounds. The Canadian horse does not get unsettled by the cry of the hounds or the sound of the huntsman’s horn.There are very few other breeds that have the consistent temperament, Sultan at his side job with the York Regional PoliceGiorgio Armani and Kirsten Arnold huntingSultan and I hunting

74www.tnyh.horsesoundness, ϐlexibility, and dependability the Canadian horses have. These horses look after their riders so that they can just sit back and enjoy the ride. They truly are an amazing breed of horse. When you ride le Cheval Canadien, you can’t help but have a smile on your face knowing you are riding your own “Black Stallion”.For more information on the Canadian horse breed go to www.lechevalcanadien.comHeidi Sauder-Mach is a TNYH member, professional horsewoman, founder and Executive Director of Heidi’s Horse and Hound Retirement, and stable manager for ex MFHA Michael Belcourt. You will see Michael and Heidi out on their Canadian horses at most TNYH ϔixtures.Ralph Lauren and Kirsten jumpingRalph Lauren, and I huntingHeidi’s Horse and Hound RetirementHeidi Sauder Mach(705) 888-3282@HeidisHorseandHoundRetirementHeidisHorseandHoundRetirement@gmail.com

TORONTO AND NORTH YORK HUNT | 201975What’s that I hear as I strain to listen with ears and noseThe wind has shifted and I am alone, that’s always the way it goesMy pack is away so I must not stay, but which way should I goNo horses about or trucks on the road the horn just has to blowThe wind has let up and now I can hear, the sweet song of hounds in full cryI hear the horn hardening the pack on the line, and catch up I must tryWhat a wonderful sight, my pack in full ϔlight and our Huntsman praising us allThere is nothing better than being together, the pack, and the ϔield in the fallWritten by Janet Feairs, inspired by photo taken by Cat Daveyphoto by Cat Daveyn by Janet Feairs, inspired by phWritte

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