LIFE & TIMES


Maryland Will Miss... Horse show husband Burt Collier of Lusby


died on April 15. Before he married Equiery photographer Beth Collier, she told him she wanted a life of horse showing and spectating. He happily jumped on the adventure and the couple traveled the world watching the top competitors at such venues at Blenheim Pal- ace, Blair Castle, Badminton and Burghley. He was a fantastic horse show husband, pa- tiently taking care of Beth’s horses at dressage and hunter shows as well as local horse trials over the years. In 1997, the couple were named Volunteers of the Year for the Maryland Com- bined Training Association. T ey also volun- teered at the 1995 FEI World Cup Dressage Finals in California and for many years at the USEF National Dressage Championships and USEF Dressage Selection Trials in New Jersey. T e couple could also be seen each year as jump judges at the Fair Hill International in October.


Former Mary- land Horse Council president Richard “Rich” W. Wilcke of Pleasureville, Kentucky,


died on


April 18 at the age of 79. In addition to MHC president, Wilcke was


also Rich Wilcke


a former execu- tive vice-president of the Maryland Horse Breeders As-


sociation, a founding executive director of the Maryland Million Ltd. as well as the founding editor of Mid-Atlantic T oroughbred. In addi- tion to Mid-Atlantic T oroughbred, Wilcke was a guest writer for T e Equiery on several occasions. Look for a tribute to Wilcke in the July Equiery and on equiery.com


Burt Collier with his wife Beth in England.


Mary Seale Scrivener of Glenwood died on April 27 at the age of 85. Born in Booneville, Kentucky, Scrivener was valedictorian of her high school class and graduated from the Uni- versity of Louisville Business School. She also attended Eastern Kentucky University. She met Tom Scrivener in Ohio while working a summer job and the couple were married in 1961. T ey then moved to Howard County to rase a family. She was a founding board member of Columbia Bank. Scrivener was also a longtime member of the Howard County Garden Club and chairman of its Ways and Means Committee. In addition, Scrivener was an avid horseback rider and ac- tive member of Howard County-Iron Bridge Hounds along with her husband.


Mary Scrivener Ann L.B. Yellott of Greenspring Valley died


on May 3. She was 94. When Yellott was just six years old, she announced she was changing her name to Cowboy Bob, which confi rmed to her family what they already suspected… she was a horse-crazy kid. Her Bryn Mawr School friends called her Ben, based on her maiden name of Benet. At Sweet Briar College, she was known as Ann. Yellott spent most of her


Comings & Goings


Kevin Gilmore has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Offi cer of T e Stronach Group, which owns and opperated 1/ST Racing here in Maryland and in other states.


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Former hunts- George


Franklin Harne, Jr., of Middle- town died on May 8 at the age of 68. Harne attended Linganore High School and gradu- ated from South Carroll High School in 1972. He was a plasterer with the family business, Harne Plastering Company. He was also a retired painter with Frederick County Public Schools. Harne’s true passion however was working with his hounds. He was a ken- nelsman and huntsman for several years with New Market-Middletown Valley Hounds. After retiring from his professional roles with NMMVH, Harne established his own private pack called Last Chance Hounds, which were featured in the May 2023 Equiery for their re- cent hound trials wins.


George Harne, Jr.


of Marylanders


life on horses and was a huntsman for her pri- vate pack of two and a half couple fox hounds. She also played lacrosse and held a small plane pilot’s license. Yellott was inducted onto the Dressage Century Club (earned by competing in a dressage show when the combined age of horse and rider is at least 100), and also com- peted in eventing and show hunters with her daughter Andie.


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