Larking and Babbling
Meet the New MFHA District Rep: Sheila Jackson Brown
Last year, Sheila Jackson Brown, Jt.-MFH of
Green Spring Valley Hounds, became the director for the Maryland-Delaware District of the Masters of the Fox- hounds Association. As the district director, she serves on the MFHA Board and man- ages a grueling schedule. District directors represent all the hunts in their districts. T e Maryland-Delaware dis- trict has nine MFHA-recog- nized hunts: De La Brooke Foxhounds W, Elkridge-Har- ford Hunt, Goshen Hounds, Green Spring Valley Hounds, Howard County-Iron Bridge Hounds, Mar- lborough Hunt, New Market-Middletown Valley Hounds, Potomac Hunt, and Wicomico Hunt. District directors are expected to hunt with each pack during their three-year tenures, in- spect each pack’s kennels, and investigate any problems or concerns that involve a hunt. Ken-
nel inspections are keenly important, as it can help to stave off potential problems before they become big problems, ensuring that the MFHA is proactive and ahead of the animal-rights activities. Directors mediate territory or
fi xture disputes and any other problems that may arise. If there is an unrecognized hunt in their district that has applied to join the MFHA, the district director must visit and interview the applicant, and then render a recommenda- tion to the board. A district director must attend
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three board meetings a year (at his or her own expense), and usually participate in several conference calls on various issues. A district
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director usually organizes district meetings for the hunts in their districts at which they can share information (Maryland is fortunate in that it has MAWC), and keeps the clubs in- formed on MFHA issues. Observed MFHA executive director Dennis Foster, “It’s a tough job and we only pick people [to serve as direc- tors] who put foxhunting fi rst, regardless of their politics. T ey are dedicated and leaders of our sport.” Maryland foxhunt-
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ers know Sheila Jackson Brown as the longstand- ing and dedicated fi eld master of the Green Spring Valley Hounds. Like her mother before her (also Sheila Jackson, also an MFH for GSV), Sheila runs her fi eld like a tight ship, brooks no babbling or larking, in turn rewarding her fi eld with good sport, having perfected the balance of blazing good runs with adroit positioning for optimum views. T us, we would expect the same type of leader- ship as our district di- rector. Emily Esterson, publisher of Covertside (the MFHA’s offi cial magazine), recently trav- eled through Maryland, visiting with diff erent hunts. Emily had the pleasure of sitting down with Sheila at her Jack-
son’s Hole farm in Upperco. “She is very down to earth, practical, and clear-minded,” observed Emily. “What you see is what you get. No hid- den agendas, no political wrangling. She truly understands the sport and is engaged in it in a way that many others are not.” And what does Sheila expect out of her ten-
ure? “For such a small state, we have a very diverse group of hunts, in type of hounds, in country and in the sport that’s provided. T at’s great! I’m really looking forward to hunting with everyone over the next three years, visit- ing all the kennels at some point and getting to know everyone better.”
Three Generations of Foxhunters Joanne Mumma of West Friendship is creat-
ing new foxhunting memories with the Howard County–Iron Bridge Hounds after spending 22 years foxhunting through Maryland with vari- ous clubs on three generations of foxhunters. Joanne was coaxed to try foxhunting in 1988 with her backyard trail horse Tsal Ta’s Mas- querade, who took to the sport so well she thought nothing of the line fences at a joint meet with Green Spring Valley. “I
remember
at that meet Kathy Brighoff saying,
Spring Horse!’” Before begining her foxhunting career, Tsal
Ta’s Masquerade was bred to T roughbred stal- lion Cutladdy, producing the mare Tsalataire in 1987. When Joanne retired the then 21-year- old Tsal Ta’s Masquerade from hunting, Tsal- ataire took over her dam’s role in the hunt fi eld, serving as Joanne’s mount for 14 years. During that time, Joanne had the pleasure of hunting a lot of good territory including Howard Coun- ty-Iron Bridge, Green Spring Valley, Elkridge- Harford, Jackson’s Hole, Cheshire, Goshen, Orange County and Iroquois. “She loved to run and jump,” Joanne said. Joanne retired Tsalataire at age 17 to have a
foal by the Morgan stallion Chief of State and now this third generation mare, named Tsalute, is carrying on the tradition. “After not being in the hunt fi eld for seven years, I took Tsa- lute foxhunting for the fi rst time this past Sep- tember,” Joanne says. “She was great with the hounds. As a T oroughbred/Morgan, Tsalute is not real big, but she is an incredible package of power, agility and sensibility,” she added.
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