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FIRST ‘CAMP- our’ AT SAANICHTON ‘OUTSTANDING’

A small segment of the largest
horsemen’s organization in the
world had a big week July 6
to 11 at Saanichton,

The Victoria - Saanich Pony
Club, an-affiliaca: ot the 86,000-
member British.Horse Society,

held its first camp-out, or work-
"ing rally, at the North and South

Saanich Agriculiural Society's

- fair grounds,

it consisted basically of six
days of first-class instruction in
Nat riding, dressage, cross coun-
try riding and stadium jumping, -

Nineteen of the club's 64 meni-
bers took’ part and they lived on
the grounds, under adult. super-
vision, with their horses, ,

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They were required to main-
tain high standards in all of their
activities -~ not only in riding,
but in the grooming. of their
horses, of cleanliness. of their

‘horse stalls and tack, neatness-

of tack and feed rooms, cleanli-
hess of themselves, and their own
living quarters, Inspections were
made regularly and demerits:
given,

Standards are laid down in the

--rules of the British Horse Society
_ which is endeavouring to promote
“ horsemanship
_Olympic Games standards,

‘and =~ riding to

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Topeflight instructors were on
hand for the. club’s first rally

_. Which was described as “highly
successful’ by district commis--

sioner of the pony club, Alf Pink,
He and his wife. Yvonne were
mainly responsible for the for-
mation of the Victoria - Saanich
club a-year..ago last May, and
.. it was Mrs, Pink. who led the
. task of organizing the rally,
Visitors: during - the week. de-
scribed the camp-out as ‘“out-
standing’! and were full of praise
for the work being done by. the

-pony club, which was taken into.

the British Horse Society foldof+
ficially last-November, ~~
ot was obvious lessons were
» being learned well and that the
club has some top-calibre riders
in the making, :
Pony club membership is for

vriders under 21 years of age.
: Ownership of a horse or pony
About .
half of those at the rally were

is. not a requirement,

on loan,

“An~ important requirement,

. though, Is desire on the part of

the individual to improve his or
her horsemanship, and willinge

=ness to work hard at all facets
. of “the: sport.

Pony club. mem-
bers also must face up to dis=
:-Cipline,
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. There ts.a similarity between
the rules and activities of pony

’ clubs and those of 4-H farm clubs.

Of the 19 members who took
part in the rally, 17 were girls
who “bunked’’ {n the fair grounds
4-H building which. was rented
from. the - agricultural society
along with stables, ring facilities
and a concession stand.

Each paid $25 for the week,
which Included their meals, They
supplied their. own horse feed.

Althcugh it was a work week,
it was labor of love. The young-
sters showed enthusiasm for
every part of the program,

There was variety. Part of
each day was set aside for horse~
back games, and there were
trail rides as well with swim
sessions for both rider andhorse
at Island View Beach,

* The 19 members were separ-
ated into three teams of five and
one of four. Daily orders were
posted and a strict schedule
maintained, Typical of the rou-
tine is the program posted for

~ Monday, July 7:

** £ ek 2
6.30 a.m, rise and shine; 7,00

‘morning stables (mucking out

etc,); 8.00. breakfast; 8.45 tack
up; 9.00 Chipmunks: team jump-
ing instruction. in the ring; Bad-
gers flat riding instruction in
ring; Coyotes cross-country ‘at.
Brown farm; Cougars: dressage
at Parker ring; 10,10 break;
10.30. instruction as before ex-
cept two ring classes. switch |

with each other; 11,30 noun stabe .

les; 12 noon wash up and lunch;
12.30 tuck shop and rest; 1.30

_ tack up; 1.45 Badgers and Coy- .
trail. Chipmunks crdéss~

otes
country, ride 4.00, Cougars and
Chipmunks ‘to dismount in ring
to assist in setting. up -game;

(4.15- ali teams participate: in: {
competitive - game; 4.45 ‘evening - +
stables and tack clean-up; 6.15 °

supper; 7.30 lecture by Roy Jew-

- ell onsare ‘of hooves and legs;

9.00 late watering; 9,30 wash up,
bed, cocoa; 10,00 lights ‘out.

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‘Chief. instructor for the week -

was Mrs, Gay Brown who or-
ganized the instructional pro-
‘gram.
club examiner, Mrs. Brown gave
personal instruction on cross-
country riding over achallenging
course on her. 60-acre. family
farm off-Puckle Road. It included
many. natural jumps,

obstacle.
the fair grounds to the farm un~
der supervision,

Dressage instruction also was

_given away from the fair grounds
-- by Mrs. Margot Parker inher |

ring on Hovey Road,
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Roger Fuller, a student at Uni-

versity. of Victoria, and formerly.
; with a pony club.on the mainland

in which he became highly quali-

fied, also instructed in crosse —
country riding as well as in ca= :

valletti work.
Mrs, Anne ‘Wood - ‘of Cobble

‘Hill, formerly of Haney, gave in="-
. struction {n jumping, A member.
of the national executive of the
she like the others _
has: a. high standing: in teaching. >
Fitch instructor was-Mrs. d.V,
' (Betty). Donaldson of Victoria,

“Pony” Club,

well known in local and mainland
show: riding, »
‘Youngsters in flat riding. ,

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Mrs, Dawn Ruthven, with Mrs

Barbara ~~ Trickett”
looked -after
games section of the program,

Meals for the week were. the
‘chore of Mrs, Pink who had
an.able. assistant in Barbara

assistin

Gerbrandt. Miss Gerbrandt also™
took care. of a. concession booth,
__ A major job was complationand |.
posting. of scores which Marilyn

Milier looked after,

_ Chuck: Flood. and “John Brown,

made up the ring crew.
Western Horsemen’s
Joaned its fairgrounds club house
to the pony people as sleeping
quarters for some of. the ‘ine

structors, and as alectureroom. *

Garden City Horsemen's Club
donated use of a portable kitchen.
‘Awards were announced ‘on the

last evening of the camp whenthe

Shetland Team was applauded for
accumulating the least number of
demerits during the week,

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Individual winners were: trail
horse, Adena Fisher; turn-out
in hand, Trudy Moffatt; dressage,
Gina Ross; stadium jumping, Jo-
net Ruthven; fancy dress, Jeanie
Fraser; games, Rennie Canip-
bell; most improved riders, Ro-
bert Todd and Adena Fisher;
sportsmanship, Mark Ruthven;
least’ demerits, Melissa Shep-
herd; most improved horse, Gail
Fuller,

Others taking part were Vicky
Aker, Lynda Clapp, Sharon Gere
brandt, Kim Bonnell, Jill Rogers,
Michele Pink, Cathy Dumka, Su-
sanne Pink and Jane Timmis.

A highly qualified pony |

banks, |
ditches, drop fences anda quarry. /
The teams rode from

who coached the x

the competitive

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Ready for the day! sactivities, with washing on, the rail. ‘in background, are, from left:
~ Susanne Pink on Even Steven, Jonet Ruthven on Breeze, Gina Ross on Heart's
: and Jane Timmis on Triple A \ Flyer.

“Not. too: inter ‘ested in’ ice cream bar. offered by. Robert:..:
~Todd is. Sir James “who: has” his. eye 0 n the hay barns: 2

on crossecountry ride is made by Kim Bonnell on “her big -

Desire To Improve, Willingness To Work
Main Requirements In Pony ¢ Club Creed

BY LLOYD BAKER |

s Content,

. | Ee 8:30 a.m, to 9:00 p.m:.

~ PONY TEAM.

SCORES HIGH
AT LANGLEY -

A team from the. Victorias
Saanich’ Pony Club recently
> returned from ‘a. provincial

where it scored high.
of Gail’ Fuller. as .captain,
and Rennie Campbell as stable

“helper, both non-riding com-
petitors, and. Trudy. Moffatt

«Even Steven, >

< In. individual judging, Gail

: > petition, .
ee sportsmanship award...

, tered) a ‘competition of .. th
ce Kinds oe op gas

rally of six ciubs at Langley. ye

The team was composed:

. Tomato.

with her horse, Kitten: C*
Mira;- Kelly McCullagh © with:
Red, and Susanne Pink with a

-. In. the “overall. ‘standings, a
a the local’:-team placed’ thirds. °

_ Placed first.in abridlingcom=.: [oo
and. Trudy “Won, as

It was the: first ‘time the ~
Victoria-Saanich club has‘en-

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