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Dicky Cowan Submitted by Jacquie Cowan


T e Chesapeake Dicky Cowan


Plantation Walking Horse Club recently lost a founding mem- ber…Dicky Cowan, beloved husband and partner of 50 years to Jacquie Cowan. Cowan passed away T anksgiving week after a debilitat- ing illness of several months. He was a


true animal lover and protector His fi rst vol- unteer job during their early marriage years was as an investigator for the local humane society in his home area of Bristol, Tennessee, where together he and Jacquie helped break up that portion of the national I-81 Petnapping Ring. In order to share Jacquie’s love of horses, Dicky


learned to ride on a friend’s Arabians, then switched to gaited horses (of course). He was a natural rider with a tremendous respect for and insight to horses, which made him a popular farm and pet sitter. Although he never owned his own horse, he loved camping, hanging out with fellow horse folks, and clogging when the music played. T ere was always a spare horse for him to ride on his favorite trails, like Fair Hill with the Chesapeake Club and Manassas Bat- tlefi elds with the Black Horse Cavalry. Dicky was a great volunteer, always willing to


pitch in and help. He shared words of encour- agement as a judge for the Plantation Walking Horses of Maryland’s annual Murder Mystery Judged Pleasure Ride. For many years he en- dured the scorching heat of the Howard County Fair Gaited Horse Show as the Ring Steward in his coat, tie, shorts and boots. He made fun of the power invested in him as the “Paddock Master” for National Walking Horse Shows. Dicky was also a member of the Tuckahoe


Equestrian Center and T e League of Mary- land Horsemen. Dicky will be remembered and missed most


for his home brew, Righteous Richard’s Apple- jack, which he said was, “made with apples from Heaven with a touch of Tennessee for class.” With it, he toasted the Chesapeake riders before each parade; and gladly donated bottles to local fundraisers. He was most proud when it brought $500 at the NWHA Championship Show auc- tion in Tennessee -after providing samples every night in the barns before the auction. www.equiery.com | 800-244-9580


Jacquie misses her best friend and love of


her life. She is making great strides recovering from her stroke of last year. She hopes you will remember her sweet Dicky with fondness and share your memories of him this spring at his Celebration of Life when the weather warms and we can appreciate the farm he loved.


John T. von Stade of Lutherville died on No-


vember 25 at the age of 83. He was a leading fi gure in T oroughbred racing circles and was the President of the National Museum of Rac- ing and Hall of Fame from 1989 through 2005. His 17-year tenure as President is the longest in the museum’s history. Von Stade was born in New York, where his father was a well-known polo player, and the family spent most winters in Aiken, South Car- olina. His father was also a founder (in 1950) of the National Museum of Racing, a president of the National Steeplechase Association and the fi nal president of the Saratoga Association be- fore it was assimilated into what is known now as the New York Racing Association. Von Stade graduated from St. Paul’s School


in New Hampshire in 1956 and from Harvard University with a major in history in 1960. He then attended the Aspen School of Music and served in the U.S. Army Reserve. He owned and operated the Essex Gallery of Sport in Far Hills, New Jersey. He also kept a small stable of T oroughbreds in New Jersey, mainly for steeplechasing. He served as co-chair of the Far Hills Race Meet for 50 years. Von Stade leaves behind his second wife, Phyllis


Kaltenbach von Stade, whom he met in the early 1990s. T ey were married in Monkton in 2001. T e couple fi rst lived in New Jersey, but moved to Lutherville in 2015 to be closer to family.


Kathleen “Kate” Buckley Collins of Hag-


erstown died on December 26. She was 74. She was a long-time horsewoman who foxhunted with An- tietam Hunt and later was active with her daughter in the Shenandoah Valley Pony Club.


Collins Kathleen Collins


was also known for her work with Wash- ington County Hos-


pital where she would take her dog Badger for pet therapy visits. Collins was born in Bethesda and lived in Chevy Chase during her childhood.


Paul Preston Hockenberry of Clear Spring died on December 29 at the age of 84. Hocken- berry was a mem- ber of the Ameri- can Quarter Horse Associatio n, Maryland Quarter Horse Associa- tion and Ameri- can Paint Horse Association.


He Paul Hockenberry


owned Windsong Farm in Clear Spring where he


raised and showed horses for over 50 years. Born in Downsville, Hockenberry graduated from Williamsport High School in 1955. He worked for the R. Paul Smith Powerplant in Williamsport and then Mack Trucks Inc. in Hagerstown for over 40 years.


T oroughbred racing legend William “Billy”


H. Turner, Jr. died on December 31 at the age of 81. He was best known as the trainer of 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew. Born in New York, Turner was based out of Belmont park for most of his career. He got his start however, in Pennsylvania’s horse country where he primarily trained steeplechase horses. He was a jockey fi rst and then became an assistant to Hall of Fame steeplechase trainer Burley Cocks of Maryland. Turner took out his train- ing license in 1966. Prior to his racing career, the young Seattle


Slew was boarded in Maryland at Mrs. Hen- ry Obre’s Andor Farm near Monkton, where Turner and his wife Paula broke him to ride and began his racehorse training. According to Equibase, Turner trained winners of 533 races for earnings of $17,501,009 from 1976 through 2016. Equibase statistics prior to 1976 are incomplete so his true careers earnings are not known. Turner was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1981. After retiring, he moved to Florida where he remained until his death.


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She attended Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart and graduated from American University with a degree in Sociology. Professionally, she worked for IBM in Washington, D.C., where she oversaw the servicing of major government and corporate accounts. Collins is survived by her daughter Kristen Cochran, a former Equiery employee, and son Matthew Cochran.


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