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Mary Hensel, MFH - President Marilyn Carney, MFH - VP Gene Deutsch, MFH - VP	Jill Wagenknecht, MFH - VP Jane Liesman - Secretary Armand Hoffstetter, Treasurer	Lillian E. Lewis, MFH Emeritus Dr. R. Bruce McCloskey, MFH Emeritus Werner Kugler, MFH Emeritus

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BRIDLESPUR HUNT CLUB SPRING HUNTER PACE
Valley Green Farm - Bridlespur Clubhouse
Saturday April 5, 2008 at 9:00 AM
ENGLISH & WESTERN RIDERS ARE WELCOME
Choose a partner and ride a marked course through our lovely Hunt County
Afterwards enjoy a swell luncheon at the clubhouse.
PRIZES! RIBBONS! FUN! FOOD!!!
Download the ENTRY BLANK HERE (PDF)

Formal Season Opening / Blessing / Brunch - November 4th

You could not have ordered a more perfect day for the opening. After a tasty stirrup cup the Deacon performed the blessing. Three fields of about 60 riders moved out for a nice 2 1/2 hour hunt covering most of the club's land.	Lei Ruckle and Eleanor with the youth field prior to heading out. I counted 11 youth riders - a great turnout. Let's all help and encourage them as much as possible since they are the club's future.

Mary and Lee seem to be enjoying the bar service. Hats off to Marilyn Carney and all the workers in the kitchen who made sure the pot-luck brunch was a huge success. Nobody went home hungry.	Marge and Marvin Harwood were the guests of honor as the club showed their appreciation for the couple's tireless dedication to the equestrian community spanning six decades. Florence Shinkle presented a faux Post-Dispatch cover honoring the couple. To view the full page click here (pdf)
Eleanor leads the field on a picture perfect day You can find lots more photos here.

Halloween Hunt

We had everyone from Annie Oakley (she was claiming to be an Indian princess) to Superman show up at the Wildlife Area.

Photos Here

Hunt Ball - October 20th

The beautiful Algonquin Golf Club was a fabulous venue to celebrate our 80th Anniversary. The evening opened with cocktails and passed hors d’oeuvres in Club’s elegant library. Photographer Don Granger was on hand for pictures, formal and candid. The Silent Auction, hosted by Lei Ruckle and her right-hand man, mother Boots, was better this year than ever and inspired many bidding wars.

When Huntsman Eleanor Hartwell blew the horn to call everyone to dinner, the doors opened and the crowd was greeted by tables glowing with custom made Hunt Scene lamps and personal gifts of our 80th Anniversary Photo Journey album, created by Leslie Ayers with cover artwork by Jean Mutrux. Everyone enjoyed reminiscing over the pictures and memories. Anne and Harry Weber shared special memories of hunts gone by with the guests.

Hunt Club Colours were awarded this year to Gigi Harrow, Janelle Allton and Tess Fleischli. A special recognition award was bestowed upon long-time members Leslie Ayers and Marilyn Carney to honor them for all they have contributed.

The Bob Kuban Band cranked up during a delicious dinner, and an energetic crowd danced the night away after dessert and wine.

Youth were on hand and had a great time

A case of line dancing broke out
Must have been something in the wine

Irish Fox Stables was well represented

Lei & Boots with the spoils of their work

Many More Photos Here

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Cool Stuff
An interesting video demonstrating all of the various hunting horn calls. Thanks to Armand for finding this.	Topo maps showing territory covered, reports and photos of many hunts. Really interesting. Thanks to Leslie Granger for creating these.

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Paper Work

Hunting Licenses: Please make sure your hunting license is up to date. You can get Missouri licenses online here and Illinois licenses here.

Guests: We MUST have a signed waiver of liability on file before you can join us in the field. Please download the form here, print and sign it and give it to the Hunt Secretary prior to the hunt. You can also mail it. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, if you do not have the reader you can download it here.

We need everyone's email address.

If you have not done so, please send Jill a message so that she can add you to the list.

email Jill here

Note, this is not for publication on the web site.

WARNING

Under Missouri law, an equine professional is not liable for an injury to or the death of a participant in equine activities resulting from the inherent risks of equine activities pursuant to the Revised Statutes of Missouri. 537-325

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