NSLM Newsletter - Summer 2010

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The National Sporting Library & Museum
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ARESEARCHCENTERFORHORSEANDFIELDSPORTS MIDDLEBURG,VIRGINIA
NUMBER96 1 9 5 4 • FIFTY-SIX YEARS • 2010 SUMMER2010
Literary and Visual Art Donations Enhance the Collections
The National Sporting author also comments on
Library & Museum has the importance of disposi-
cause for celebration tional aptitude of animals
when a rare book, manu- intended for work as a
script or painting is team (there are at least
donated! Gifts of books, three separate chapters on
manuscripts, art and film the temperament of horses
keep the collections and how it may be used to
updated and enriched, enhance the consonance in
enabling the institution to the combination of more
meet the growing needs than one animal), and the
of visiting researchers and differences in internation-
resident scholars in the al riding and harnessing
John H. Daniels styles (special emphasis is
Fellowship Program. In given to the French style,
addition to paintings by differentiating it from the
Franklin Brooke Voss, current Austrian fashion).
Sam Savitt, Henri Delattre The work is almost cer-
and Charles Johnson tainly unpublished: we
Payne, as well as a Paul can find no similarly-titled
Brown poster, there have printed work,” stated
been many books and Croft.
manuscripts added to the Timothy J. Greenan,
collection this past year. NSL&M Board Member,
In time for the opening donated three extremely
of the current Library rare dog books which are
exhibit Lives of Dogs, currently on display.
Hector Alcalde, an These volumes will bene-
NSL&M Board Member, fit the researcher studying
gave a unique 19th-centu- the history and develop-
ry manuscript this sum- ment of sporting breeds
mer. Mittheilungen aus and dogs in general. The
Dem Umfange der first is Hunde-Gallerie oder
"She Said Yes" from The Corbould Sporting Alphabetby H. Courbould (c1901).
Fahrkunde Herausgegeben Naturgetreue Darstellung
is a small folio of 88 pages, written rial-royal army of Austria in Italy, des Hundes (Dog Gallery, or Lifelike
in a neat and elegant cursive hand. who is identified by the initials ‘L.P.’ Representations of Dogs), published
This donation, along with recent on the title page…. It is dedicated to by Theodor Götz, in Weimar,
18th-century acquisitions on coach- Johann Freyherrn [Baron] von Germany,1838. The folio contains 32
ing, will serve the researcher who is Frimont, the Austrian cavalry gener- hand-colored engraved plates of
interested in 18th and 19th-century al and commander of the Order of illustrations by artist Eduard Lobe
coaching, training carriage horses Maria Theresa, who was at this time depicting 43 different European dog
and social customs. commander of the occupying breeds of the early 19th-century.
British bookseller Justin Croft, Austrian armies in Italy. The author Greenan obtained the rare book
Ph.D., writes in his description of is likely to have been in his service. from bookseller Richard Hooper, of
the acquisition by Alcalde, “An “The volume contains detailed Washington, D.C., who said, “It
Austrian equestrian manuscript on directions and comments on the dif- includes a wide range of sizes from
the management of carriages and ferent ways of harnessing, training Schossehunde, or lapdogs, including
their horses, [it] was written in 1820 and combining horses for different the Mopshund, or Pug, up to the
by a senior lieutenant of the impe- occasions and requirements…. The
continued on page 2
Donations ume is A Chart Showing the This spring, sporting book pub-
Relationship of Famous Greyhounds lisher Nick Lyons, founder of The
continued from page 1 Over a Period of Nearly 200 Years by Lyons Press, donated eight fly-fish-
Ash, published 1933, also donated ing and other field sport books.
Mastiff and Neufundlandischer by Greenan. Lyons enjoyed a long career as a
Hunt (the Newfoundland). Another William M. Klimon, an active sporting book publisher from 1977 to
of the larger dogs represented is the member of the Library Management 2001. He authored eighteen fly-fish-
Bullenbeisser, or Bull Baiter. It is and Book Acquisition Committee, ing and sporting books and over
now extinct but its genes are a major has donated a number of sporting four hundred essays. Among the
component of the present day books and pamphlets that he has gifts are The Quotable Fisherman,com-
Boxer.” found at far-flung book shops and piled and introduced by Lyons, 1998,
The Book of the Greyhound by some he adroitly snared off eBay. and The Orvis Guide to Beginning Fly
Edward C. Ash (b. 1888) is a compre- The most delightful is The Corbould Fishing, by Tom Rosenbauer, preface
hensive overview of the greyhound Sporting Alphabet: 28 Hunting by Nick Lyons, 2009.
as a coursing hound as well as the Pictures,published in London, c1901. Some real gems come to the
development of the breed. Ash The oblong book is illustrated with Library as people downsize their
traces the noble canine from its foxhunting sketches and vignettes, homes and seek a good place for the
desert origins in ancient Egypt to its and hand-colored drawings. collection of books they so carefully
arrival in Britain and the royal court. Corbould designed it to be shared by amassed. Kandee Haertel, of Galena,
Published in London, 1933, it is children and adults alike. He deftly Illinois, recently shipped six boxes of
beautifully bound in tan pigskin depicts the chase from the child’s her equestrian books to the NSL.
with a gilt vignette of a greyhound viewpoint, both mounted and afoot, Once an active endurance rider, she
on the cover and a color frontispiece as well as the adult’s, complete with developed a collection containing
by English painter Arthur Wardle romance and mistakes during the many books on trail riding, includ-
(1864-1949). Accompanying this vol- chase. ing trail guides for equestrians.
Recent Book Donations Edith Overly-Gallopsby David Gray,1899, The “ABC” of
Riding to Hounds by C.B.M., 1916, Annals of the
Warwickshire Hunt 1795-1895 by Sir Charles Mordaunt,
Hector Alcalde-An Austrian equestrian manuscript on 1896, The Private Stable: Its Establishment, Management and
the management of carriages and carriage horses, writ- Appointmentsby “Jorrocks,” 1899, Hunts with Jorrocks from
ten in 1820 in Padua, Italy,by asenior lieutenant of the Robert Surtees’, 1924, and Foxhunting Recollections by J.
Imperial-Royal Army of Austria. Stanley Reeve, 1928.
Jacqueline B. Mars – A Gift from the Desert: The Art, Mrs. Howard Buhl-Shotgunning in the Lowlandsby Ray
History and Culture of the Arabian Horse by Sandra L. P. Hollan, 1945, with a slipcase; Shotgunning the Uplands
Olsen and Cynthia Culbertson, 2010. by Ray P. Holland, 1944; An Artist’s Game Bag by Lynn
Bogue Hun, 1936,# 764 of 1,225; Grouse Featherby Burton
Nick Lyons – Six books published by Skyhorse L. Spiller, 1935, #657 of 950; and Bishop’s Wildfowl by
Publishing, New York: Inventing Montana, by Ted RichardE. Bishop, 1948.
Leeson, 2009; Trout and Their Food: ACompact Guide for Fly
Fishers, by Dave Whitlock, preface by Nick Lyons, 2010; Virginia Fout – Ten sporting books including Woods and
Afield: American Writers on Bird Dogs, edited by Robert Waters and Some Asidesby Harry Hampton, 1979; Auteuil
DeMott and Dave Smith, 2010; The Orvis Guide to Hier et Aujourd’hui by Guy Thibault, 2003; Wings from
Beginning Fly Fishing, by Tom Rosenbauer, preface by Cover: The Upland Images of Robert Abbett and Ed Gray,
Nick Lyons, 2009; My Life Was This Big, and Other True Essays by Ed Gray, 1996.
Fishing Tales,by Lefty Kreh with Chris Millard, introduc-
tion by Nick Lyons, 2008; In That Sweet Country: Mrs. Lee Lynn – 20 equestrian books from the estate of
Uncollected Writings of Harry Middleton, selected and her son H. Bailey Lynn.
introduced by Ron Ellis, 2010.
Ladew Topiary Gardens – The My Lady’s Manor Races,
William M. Klimon–Blood Horses: Notes of a Sportswriter’s 1909-2009by Margaret Worrall, 2009.
Son by John Jeremiah Sullivan, 2004; Horses: The Visual
Guide to over 100 Horses from Around the World by Elwyn National Steeplechase Assoc. – American Steeplechasing
Hartley Edwards, 1993; Dealing with Horses by J.F. Kelly, 2009(2010).
1961; Dog Love by Marjorie Garber, 1996; Catalog of a
Collection of Fine English Sporting Prints and a Few Original Skyhorse Publishing – Afield: American Writers on Bird
Paintings by Famous Artists, introduction by Raymond Dogs,edited by Robert DeMott and Dave Smith, 2010.
Glendenning, 1947.
William S. Morris III, August Futurity – 2009 Augusta
Norman Fine– Foxhunting Adventures: Chasing the Story Futurity Yearbook.
by Norman Fine (2010).
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Jennifer Ashabranner, of
Recent Book Acquisition Highlights
Alexandria, Virginia, recently contact-
ed the Library with a collection from
the estate of her late friend, Patricia
Meadows, who frequented many lec- These books were purchased through the NSLBook Acquisition Fund, which
is funded by contributions and proceeds from the NSLDuplicate Book Sale.
tures at the NSL over the years.
Ashabranner knew her friend would James Penn Boucaut, The Arab: The Horse of the Future,London: Gay and Bird, 1905.
want her collection of equestrian
books, videos, and DVDs to be used Edward L. Anderson, How to Ride and School a Horse,London: W.H. Allen &
by generations to come. Many of the Co., 1881; and A System of School-Training for Horses, London: W.H. Allen &
books are about Arabian horses, some Co., 1882.
of which are new to the Library’s sec-
J.T. Denny, Horses and Roads, or, How to Keep a Horse Sound on His Legs,London:
tion on the breed.
Longmans, Green, 1880.
Gifts of books, manuscripts, art,
hunting diaries, film and DVDs are Robert Henderson, The Barb and the Bridle, a handbook of equitation for ladies, and
welcome. Potential donors are manual of instruction in the science of riding, from the preparatory suppling exercis-
encouraged to first contact the es on foot, to the form in which a lady should ride to hounds,London: The “Queen”
National Sporting Library & Museum Office, 1874.
where they will be connected with the
Librarian or the Art Curator. Robert W. Hughes, Flyers: Virginia Race Horse,Richmond, 1885-1887, a scrap-
In the case of books, the Librarian book of four lengthy newspaper articles by Hughes about Thoroughbreds
will review the material and that and breeding, one published in the Industrial South,and three in the Richmond
Dispatch.
which is appropriate to the Library’s
Collection Development Policies will Marie Isabelle, “Surafix Cavalier”: Anew system of breaking-in & training horses,
beaccessioned. Material that is dupli-
London: Bosworth & Harrison, 1856.
cated in the collection will be com-
pared to find the best copy. The dupli- Karl Kegel, Mittheilungen aus dem Umfange der Pferdezucht, Pferdekenntnis,
cate will be entered in the annual Reitkunst…, Bamberg: Johann Friedrich Schmidt, 1820. (Basics of breeding,
Duplicate Book Sale Catalog which is care and riding, with a subscriber list of aristocracy and military officers.)
mailed to all NSL supporters in
J.B. von Sind, De rim Felde und auf der Reise geschwind heilende Pferdearzt…,
September.All proceeds from the sale
Vienna: Trattner, 1782. (Aveterinary cavalry officer writes about the care of
go into the NSL Book Acquisition
horses while one rides cross-country.)
Fund to buy needed books and other
research material for the use of our George Stephen, The Adventures of a Gentleman in Search of a Horse,
researchers and scholars. Philadelphia: Carey,Lea & Blanchard, 1836.
—Lisa Campbell
Masters of Foxhounds Association Lecture and Book Signing
The evening of May 29, over 100 people attended the Library’s book event for the Masters of Foxhounds
Association’s newly published book, ACentennial View: Foxhunting in North America Today,edited by John Strassburger.
Speakers for the evening wereMarvin Beeman, DVM, MFH of Arapahoe Hunt and Pres. of MFHA; C. Martin Wood
III, Jt.-MFH of Live Oak Hounds; and Lt. Col. Dennis J. Foster (Ret.), MFHA Executive Director. The Library also
opened a new exhibit Lives of Dogs in Literature, Art and Ephemera.
Ryan
Noel
of
courtesy
Photos
Contributing authors (seated l-r) Wes Sandness, Daphne Wood, C. Martin
Wood III, Dr.Marvin Beeman, and Rene Latiolais sign copies of A
Centennial Viewfor book buyers. Manuel H. and Mary Johnson, and John Zugschwert.
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National Sporting Library Museum
&
Staff News
Directors of The National Sporting The National Sporting Library & Museum has several changes to announce.
Rick Stoutamyer has been appointed to the position of Chief Operating Officer. He
Library Museum
& has been Director of Administration since August 2009. Elizabeth Tobey, Ph.D., is
102 The Plains Road now Director of Research and Publications. Two new staff members have been
Post Office Box 1335 hired. Maureen (Mickey) Gustafson is the Director of Communications and
Middleburg, Virginia 20118-1335 Education and Hannah Reuter replaces Brenna Elliot as Curatorial Assistant.
Librarian Lisa Campbell attended a week-long class at Rare Book School,
OFFICERS
University of Virginia, in June. The class, “The Printed Book to 1800: Description
Manuel H. Johnson
Chairman and Analysis,” was an introduction to the physical aspects of books from the
hand-press period and covered the identification and description of paper, typog-
Jacqueline B. Mars
raphy, letterpress printing, illustration processes, binding materials and styles,
Vice Chairman
and the use of physical evidence in bibliographical analysis. The course was
Charles T. Akre, Jr.
taught by David Whitesell, who is Curator of Books at the American Antiquarian
Treasurer
Society, before which he was rare book cataloger at the Houghton Library,
Lisa Campbell Harvard University.
Secretary
Introducing New Staff Members
DIRECTORS
Mimi Abel Smith
Charles T. Akre, Jr.
Hector Alcalde Maureen Gustafson, Director of Communications and Education
Thomas H. Anderson, Jr. Maureen (Mickey) Gustafson, a Middleburg resident,
Arthur W. Arundel is a visual arts administrator, independent curator and
Donald P.Brennan historic preservationist. She is the new Director of
Donald G. Calder Communications and Education. Mickey recently served
John Coles as the administrator of ArtTable, Washington, D.C.,
Timothy J. Greenan, M.D. Chapter,anational organization for professional women
Helen K. Groves in the visual arts and is the former director of the
Manuel H. Johnson Rockford College Art Gallery, Rockford, Illinois. She
Jacqueline B. Mars worked with Lisa Campbell and Brenna Elliott to curate
Clarke Ohrstrom the popular Lives of Dogs exhibit in the Forrest E. Mars,
Sr., Exhibit Hall. Mickey has extensive experience in the
Jacqueline L. Ohrstrom Maureen (Mickey) Gustafson
non-profit world. She is an Advisor Emeritus to the
Dr. Betsee Parker
National Trust for Historic Preservation and is the former chair of the Illinois
Lorian Peralta-Ramos
Historic Sites Advisory Council. She is a collector of vintage photography.
F. Turner Reuter, Jr.
Hannah Reuter,Curatorial Assistant
THE NATIONALSPORTING Hannah Reuter is the new Curatorial Assistant. She
LIBRARY & MUSEUM NEWSLETTER recently graduated from the College of Charleston with a
(ISSN 1068-2007) Bachelor of Arts in Arts Management. In South Carolina
she worked for the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition as
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well as a fine art gallery, the Charleston Renaissance
Published by the Gallery. A Middleburg native, Hannah’s experiences in
National Sporting Library & Museum the sporting world have been augmented throughout her
life with the art that depicts its culture. She is thrilled to
Tel. [phone] · www.nsl.org
be a part of the National Sporting Library & Museum and
Maureen Gustafson looks forwardto the opening of its new building.
Editor, Hannah Reuter
Director of Communications & Education Lives of Dogs Continues to Play
Rick Stoutamyer
Chief Operating Officer
The Library’s Forrest E. Mars, Sr., Exhibit Hall has hosted the popular Lives of
Lisa Campbell Dogs in Literature, Art and Ephemera, since May 27. Curated by Maureen
Librarian
Gustafson, Lisa Campbell and Brenna Elliott, the popular show has become a des-
Elizabeth M. Tobey, Ph.D. tination for visitors beyond the region. Doriane Ruml and her son, Alden, from
Director of Research & Publications
Lexington, Massachusetts, included the exhibit in their plans for a July trip to his-
toric Virginia. Kathryn (Kit) Feldman, the author of an upcoming book, Lick Your
Hannah Reuter
Curatorial Assistant Plate! Celebrity Chefs Cook for their Dogs & Yours,Bowtie Press, to be published fall
2010, visited the library to do research and see the exhibit Lives of Dogs. Garrett
Judy Sheehan Faulkner, Features Editor of The Georgetowner, reviewed Lives of Dogs in the
Event & Office Manager
August 11 issue, commenting, “The exhibit serves to remind us of the animal that
touches and shapes our lives, sometimes as much as people do.” The exhibit will
continue to be on view through December 11.
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2009 National Sporting Library Annual Report of Donors
T
Chairman’s Letter
he year 2009 proved to be historic for the National Sporting Library as an institution in terms of growth and
expansion. It is with profound gratitude that we thank our donors for their generosity which made this growth
possible. Despite the economic downturn, the Library has been able to maintain the number and quality of its pro-
gram objectives. By the end of 2009, $6.3 million was pledged for the National Sporting Art Museum and funding com-
mitments are still coming in.
In September, the Board of Directors broke ground and construction began the transformation of the 1804 Vine
Hill mansion on the NSLcampus from use as rental office space to a magnificent Museum of Sporting Art. With a beau-
tifully designed addition, the future Museum will host rotating exhibits in eleven galleries in a 13,000 square-foot mod-
ern facility. Grunley Construction is expecting to complete their work in December of this year. Board member and
guest curator, F. Turner Reuter, Jr., is organizing the inaugural exhibit, “Afield in America: 400 Years of Animal &
Sporting Art, 1585-1985,” slated to open fall 2011.
Reuter’s book, Animal and Sporting Artists in America, published by the NSLhas been an enormous success and
an important source of funding for the Library. The standard edition sold out with just a few copies remaining of the
deluxe edition.
The Library’s rare book collection continues to grow with the acquisition of works published from the 16th
through the 19th century. Books are purchased with monies from the Book Acquisition Fund which is supported from
the proceeds of the annual Duplicate Book Sale. In 2009, $14,700 was raised.
Fly-fishing and river conservation were the topics of the NSL’s second annual symposium. The day-long event
was a huge success in terms of public awareness of the Library’s angling collections with an outstanding panel of
nationally recognized speakers. The John H. Daniels Fellowship Program continues to attract top academic and jour-
nalistic scholars in the realm of horse and field sports. Forty-two applications were received from five countries, and
eight fellowships were awarded.
Exhibitions of books, ephemera, and art continue in the Forrest E. Mars, Sr., Exhibit Hall. “F. Ambrose Clark
Rare Book Room Afternoon Delights” opened in the fall which received good publicity and attendance.
We are proud and excited about the immediate and long-term future of the institution. The new Sporting Art
Museum will further enhance the experience for both visitors and scholars, while the depth of literature continues to
expand and attract the brightest minds to delve in the stacks.
The Board of Directors thanks each and every loyal and new donor for their generous philanthropy.
Sincerely,
Manuel H. Johnson
Chairman of the Board
2009
Mrs. Elizabeth Busch Burke Mrs. Jacqueline Badger Mars
The Ivy Circle Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Calder + Mr. and Mrs. Clarke Ohrstrom
Carnival Cruise Lines Mr. George F. Ohrstrom
Ms. Jane Forbes Clark Mrs. George L. Ohrstrom, Jr.
Mrs. Frances Massey Dulaney George L. Ohrstrom, Jr. Foundation
$5,000 and above Mr. and Mrs. William G. Fendley, III Dr. Betsee Parker
Dr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Greenan Ms. Lorian Peralta-Ramos
Mr. and Mrs. William Abel Smith Monica and Hermen Greenberg Foundation Dr. and Mrs. F. Turner Reuter
Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Akre, Jr. Mrs. Helen K. Groves Ms. Felicia Warburg Rogan
Mr. and Mrs. Hector Alcalde Mr. and Mrs. Manuel H. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Smith
Amb. and Mrs. Thomas H. Anderson, Jr. Mr. William M. Klimon Mrs. Mary Weeden Winants
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Arundel Ms. E. Margriet Langenberg and Mr. and Mrs. René R. Woolcott
Ms. Katrina Becker Mr. Joseph Manson Ms. Sandra S. Wright #
Mrs. Magalen O. Bryant + * Mr. Bryce M. Lingo
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Guardians
Chairman’s Council continued Mr. Edmund T. Mudge, IV
Chairman’s Council Mrs. Arthur H. Nash
Ms. Kimbrough K. Nash
$1,000 - $2,499 Mr. and Mrs. Eric B. Nettere
Leslie Greene Neuhoff
$2,500 - $4,999 Mr. and Mrs. P. Hamilton Clark, III Mrs. Allen D. Ohrstrom
Mr. William S. Coleman Ms. Bridgett Poe Paradise
Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Matheson Mr. James Parsons
Mr. William M. Backer
Mr. and Mrs. John L. McShane Ms. Cynthia S. Piper
Barker Welfare Foundation
Ms. Catherine C. Murdock Mr. Trevor Potter and
Mr. and Mrs. Zohar Ben-Dov
Ms. Jean Perin Mr. Dana Westring
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Brennan
Mr. and Mrs. James Regan* Mr. and Mrs. James Rathvon
Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Bunting, III
Mr. William C. Steinkraus * Mr. and Mrs. Allen J. Richards
Mr. and Mrs. John Coles
Mrs. Paul Wolk Mrs. Judith H. Richter *
Mr. and Mrs. John Kent Cooke
Mrs. Emily P. Ristau
Mr. Paul D. Cronin
Sponsors Ms. Anne Rowland
Mr. Paul L. Davies, Jr. Mr. Enrique Solari
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dietrich Dr. Rebecca K. Splan
Mr. and Mrs. Guy O. Dove Mr. Rick Stoutamyer
Mr. Kevin Fay $250 - $999 Ms. Edee Tudor
Mr. P. Jay Fetner Mr. Peter L. Villa
Ms. Genevieve K. Frost Ms. Judy Allen Ms. Hedda Windisch von Goeben
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Glickman Mrs. Evelyn A. Baird Mr. and Mrs. C. Langhorne Washburn
Mr. and Mrs. Ted J. Guarriello, Jr. Ms. Sara Lee Barnes Ms. Janet G. Whitehouse
Mr. and Mrs. Sydney D. Hall Mr. Thomas H. Beddall and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Wiley
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin H. Hardaway, III Catherine C. Larmore Wind Fields Farm, LLC
Mr. Anthony J. Horan and Mr. Perry J. Bolton * Ms. Megan Witt
Ms. Susan L. Trotter Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Bopp Mrs. Alston Osgood Wolf
Calvert Bowie Mr. and Mrs. C. Martin Wood, III
Mr. and Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin, III
Dr. Rita Mae Brown Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Wood, Jr.
Mrs. Alice Maxine Rowley Janes
Mr. and Mrs. P. Hamilton Clark, III Mr. and Mrs. James L. Young
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Massie
Ms. Susan Clark Col. (R) John F. Zugschwert
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Matheson, III
Mr. W. Donald Clark
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Mills, Jr. Friends
Ms. Annie Cleland
Ms. Mary C. Morgan and
Mr. Kevin Concagh
Mr. G. Michael Neish Mr. Edward F. Connolly
Col. (R) and Mrs. Robert W. Newton Mrs. Martha Daniels *
$50 - $249
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Q. O'Neill Mr. Magruder Dent, III
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest M. Oare Mr. and Mrs. Vas Devan
Mr. Irving Abb
Mrs. Roberta W. Odell Mrs. Petra Dollwet
Anonymous
Ms. Nancy H. Parsons * Mr. and Mrs. John J. Donovan, Jr.
Mrs. Debra S. Arthur
Ms. Nicole H. Perry and Mr. Joseph C. Edens *
Ms. Alice Babcock
Mr. Andrew T. C. Stifler Dr. and Mrs. Martin P. Fleming
Ms. Nancy Gibson Prowitt Ms. Nina Fout Mr. David E. Bagby, Jr.
Ms. Claire J. Reid Mr. John H. Fritz Mr. W. Gary Baker
Mr. and Mrs. F. Turner Reuter, Jr. Mrs. James C. Garwood Mr. Stacy V. Bearse
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C. Rietz Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gibbens Dr. Jennifer Beisel
Mr. Gregory W. Gingery Mr. Paul W. Belasik
Ms. Barbara S. Riggs and
Ms. Jennifer Greenleaf Ms. Chryssi Benitz
Ms. Sarah C. Riggs
Mr. Thomas P. Hafer Mr. John Charles Bennison
Gen. (R) and Mrs. Crosbie E. Saint
Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Hart Mr. M. L. Biscotti
Mrs. Georgia Shallcross
Mr. John J. Head and Ms. Kay B. Blassic
Mr. and Mrs. S. Bruce Smart, Jr.
Dr. Patricia A. Daly Mr. and Mrs. William E. Bobbit, Jr.
Alan M. Speir, M.D.
Mrs. Ann Mari Horkan Mr. Perry J. Bolton *
Mr. T. Garrick Steele
Ms. Deborah Howell Mr. C. B. Boyer, III
Ms. Mary H. D. Swift
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kansteiner
Ms. Melinda Brewer
Mr. Peter S. Tsimortos
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Kemmerer
Mrs. Toni Brouillard
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund S. Twining, III Ms. Kimila M. Kercheville
Mr. Daroyl K. Brown
Ms. Laura W. van Roijen Horace A. Laffaye, M.D.
Mr. Hugh H. Brown, III
Ms. Virginia S. Warner Mr. Douglas H. Lees, III
Ms. Jackie C. Burke
Ms. Viviane M. Warren Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Mackall, Jr.
Ms. Barbara J. Byrd
Mr. and Mrs. John P. White Ms. Julie Iselin Malone
Ms. Katherine K. Cawood
Ms. Margaret R. White Mr. Raymond C. Moffett, Jr.
Ms. Jean Chappell
Ms. Jeanne Morency
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Chatfield-Taylor
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ST Publishing/Mr. Joe Clancy Dr. Deborah A. Logerquist, DVM Ms. Felicia S. Tracy
and Mr. Sean Clancy Mr. Richard John Lundgren Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Tuckwiller
Mrs. Peyton S. Cochran, Jr. Mr. Jed Lyons Mrs. Barbara S. Van Curen
Mr. and Mrs. Farnham Collins Dr. and Mrs. M. P. Mackay-Smith Mr. and Mrs. Willis Van De Vanter
Mr. B. F. Commandeur Ms. Ann K. MacLeod * Dr. Jens von Lepel
Ms. Cleo M. Converse Mr. Jack Martin Ms. Kathryn G. Waldo
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cook Mr. George A. Masek Ms. Sarah C. Whitmore
Ms. Jeri A. Coulter * Dr. Hildreth B. McCarthy, MD Mr. and Mrs. William N. Wilbur
Mr. James E. Covington, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael McCormick Ms. Helen C. Wiley
Mr. Timothy Cox Mr. William H. McCormick, VMD Ms. Lynden Willingham
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Crandell Ms. Abby McElroy * Ms. Shirley S. Winer*
Frances W. Crawford Dr. Susan McHugh Mr. and Mrs. Peyton Wise
Mr. and Mrs. Robert deButts Mr. Harry G. McIntosh Mr. and Mrs. James C. Wofford
Mrs. C. Lindsay Dole Ms. Jennie C. Meade Ms. Joan B. Wolf
Ms. Pamela Stokes Donehower Mr. Gary L. Medeiros Mr. and Mrs. Henry N. Woolman, III
Mrs. Tria Pell Dove Ms. Sharon K. Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Worrall*
Ms. Ramona Dowdal Mr. Joseph L. Moran Drs. Ken and Ann Young
Mr. H. Benjamin Duke, III Ms. Maralyn D. Morency
2009 Gifts-in-Kind
Mrs. Victor duPont Mr. George Morris
Ms. Ellen Epstein Mr. and Mrs. Michael Motion
Ms. Erica Feiste Mr. John Mundt
Ms. Lisa Ford Ms. Karen Myers and Gifts of Art, Books, Periodicals, Manu-
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Forsman Mr. David Zincavage scripts, Film, and Ephemera are gratefully
Mr. and Mrs. P. Douglas Fout Ms. Marilyn Newmark acknowledged by the National Sporting
Ms. Kay D. Frye Mrs. Douglas Vere Nicoll Library.
Ms. Kim C. Gall Ms. Jane M. Noland
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Geyer Ms. Lily L. Norton
Mr. Irving V.M. Abb
Mrs. M. Tyson Gilpin Mr. and Mrs. Ralph O’Connor
Ms. Judy Allen
Ms. Debbie Goldstein Ms. Edith H. Overly
Dr. Thomas Altherr
Ms. Charlotte Goodwin Mr. and Mrs. Gunnar Overstrom Ms. Katrina Becker
Ms. Nancy Graham Mr. Earl B. Parker, Jr. Mr. Paul Belasik
Ms. Jane Greenleaf Ms. Susan Kane-Parker Mr. M. L. Biscotti
Mr. John C. Gregory, Jr. Ms. Mary Charlotte Parr * Ms. Robin Bledsoe
Mr. Les Gross Mr. Peter J. Pegg Ms. Inga Braune
Mrs. Sherman P. Haight, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Edward S. Petersen Mr. Shoren Brown
Ms. Karen Halver * Ms. Alva Pitts Ms. Jackie C. Burke
Ms. Amanda Harmon Potomac Ridge Activities Committee Ms. Lisa Campbell
Harness Racing Museum Mr. and Mrs. William G. Prime Mr. Hal Chaffee
and Hall of Fame Ms. Deborah G. Pritchard Department of the Army
Mrs. Mary-Whitley Haycox Mrs. Alice B. Quinn Dr. Elisabetta Deriu
Mr. Gerald Hempt Mr. David K. Reeves* Mrs. Frances Massey Dulaney
Mr. Gary L. Dycus
Heritage Plantation Foundation, Inc. Ms. Jeannette B. Rettig
Mr. Bill Eaton
Mr. Dennis Hertel Mr. Barclay Rives
Ms. Brenna Elliott
Ms. Katherine F. Hitch Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Rogers *
Ms. Marilyn Evon
Ms. Moira M. Hoen Mr. Andrew C. Rose
Mrs. Dielle Fleischmann
Mr. Edwin Hoffman Ms. Patricia Rothman
Ms. Virginia Fout
Mrs. Bruce Duff Hooton Mr. Philip K. Schenck, Jr.
Mr. John C. Graham, Jr.
Mr. Verne L. Hosta Ms. Barbara I. Sears
Ms. Karen Halver
Ms. Mary Southwell Hutchison Mr. Theodore Sedgwick
Mr. William M. Klimon
Ms. Ann L. Jones Ms. Barbara Severin
Horace A. Laffaye, M.D.
Mrs. Richard K. Jones Mr. George B. Shick, Jr. Lancaster County Historical Society
Ms. Jane Karasick Ms. Betsy Smith Mr. H. Douglas Lees, III
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Kaye Ms. Kitty P. Smith Estate of H. Bailey Lynn
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Kerr Ms. Polly D. Smith Mrs. Jacqueline Badger Mars
Mr. Dennis Kugler Mr. Richard C. Smith Dr. Susan McHugh
Ms. Greta B. Layton Mrs. Patricia R. St. Clair Mr. Collin F. McNeil
Dr. William Lee Ms. Elizabeth Stokes Ms. Pricilla Miller
Mrs. Robin Lepard Ms. Susan F. Mills Stone Ms. Sally Mitchell
Mr. John P. Levis, III Mr. George Strawbridge, Jr. Mr. Ben McC. Moïse
Mr. John Limbocker, Jr. Dr. Sandy S. Termotto Montpelier Steeplechase & Equestrian
Mr. and Mrs. S. Scot Litke Dr. Elizabeth M. Tobey* Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Trowbridge Littleton
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Donation to National Book Patrons for
Ms. Vicky Moon
National Steeplechase Assoc. Sporting Library Art “Animal and Sporting
Mr. Guillermo Noguera L.
Northern Arizona University Library
Museum Exhibit Artists in America” by
Mrs. George L. Ohrstrom, Jr.
Palette Press
F. Turner Reuter, Jr.
Ms. Mary Charlotte Parr
Ms. Deborah G. Pritchard
Anonymous
Ms. Jennie Rathburn
Mr. F. Turner Reuter, Jr. Donation National
Mr. Robert L. Banner, Jr.
Mrs. Judy H. Richter
Mr. and Mrs. Mason Lampton
Mrs. Grace E. Ritzenberg Sporting Library/
Ms. Jennifer W. Rose Volunteers
Mr. William Secord Chronicle Cup
Ms. Betsy Smith
Estate of Gordon G. Smith
The National Sporting Library would like to
Mr. Gordon Smith, Jr.
thank the many volunteers in 2009 who
Ms. Elizabeth Stokes Mr. and Mrs. Clarke Ohrstrom
Mr. Rick Stoutamyer Mr. George F. Ohrstrom assisted with events, care and processing of
Dr. Elizabeth Tobey collections, and other special projects.
Donation for National
Mr. William D. Trego
Virginia Department of Agriculture Ms. Jeri Coulter
and Consumer Services Sporting Library & Mrs. Tria Pell Dove
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Mrs. Trowbridge Littleton
Ms. Viviane Warren Museum Permanent Mr. Douglas H. Lees, III
Mr. Robert K. Weber Dr. and Mrs. Edward Petersen
Ms. Nancy Whitehead Endowment Mr. Benjamin Schoenberger
Mr. J. Harlan Williams Mrs. Georgia Shallcross
Mr. Bryce Winants Mr. Rick Stoutamyer
Mr. Garet W. Winants
Mrs. Mary Weeden Winants Mr. and Mrs. Manuel H. Johnson
Mr. Peter Winants, Jr.
Donations for
Donation to John H. Key
+ in memory of Sandra Wright
Restoration of Felicia
*in memory of Peter Winants
Daniels Fellowship
# in memory of George L.Ohrstrom, Jr.
Warburg Rogan
Fund
Collection
Hunting with
Mrs. John H. Daniels
Mr. and Mrs. William Abel Smith
Donations and Pledges Bath County
Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Calder
Mrs. Helen K. Groves
for the National Hounds
Mrs. Jacqueline Badger Mars
Mr. and Mrs. Clarke Ohrstrom
Sporting Art Museum Dr. Betsee Parker
Mrs. Lorian Peralta-Ramos Mrs. George L. Ohrstrom, Jr.,
MFH, invites Ivy Circle and
Donation for Saturday Chairman’s Council donors to
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Arundel hunt with the Bath County
Mrs. Frances M. Dulaney Public Lecture Series Hounds this fall. Legendary
Dr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Greenan
huntsman, Melvin Poe, will lead
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel H. Johnson
the pack from Fassifern Farm as
Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and
they hunt the territory outside
Helen C. Kleberg Foundation Anonymous
Warm Springs, Virginia. This is
Mrs. Jacqueline Badger Mars
Poe’s last season and just four
George L. Ohrstrom, Jr. Foundation#
hunts are planned. For informa-
Jacqueline L. and George L. Ohrstrom, Jr.
tion and reservations, please
Advised Fund
contact John Coles at 540-687-
Dr. Betsee Parker
6500, ext 17.
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Leap of Faith: Fellow Elizabeth Letts Tells the Incredible Story of Snowman
In writing about champion show tracking horse show results. The Horse,
jumper, Snowman, Elizabeth Letts is a general-interest equestrian maga-
realizing a childhood dream. Like zine, also provided her with historical
many girls, Letts had a childhood information about horsemanship in
obsession for horse stories. One of her the 1950’s. Newspaper clippings in
favorite books - which she checked the Margaret L. Smith scrapbook in
out of the library countless times - the NSL’s archives documented high-
was Rutherford Montgomery’s, lights of the show circuit of
Snowman. Letts also recalls a photo- Snowman’s day.
graph in which Snowman appeared Raised in Rolling Hills, California,
to leap over another horse. Daniels Fellow Elizabeth Letts Letts became interested in creative
Snowman’s remarkable story, how- writing while an undergraduate at
ever improbable, was completely real. exercises for the U.S. cavalrymen or Yale University. Following a stint in
Snowman’s owner/trainer, Harry de private events in which only the the Peace Corps in Morocco, where
Leyer, started riding his father’s wealthy participated. But after the she met her husband Ali Alalou, Letts
brewery horses as a child in the war, Letts explains, the nation saw a enrolled in a nursing program at Yale.
Netherlands. Following the Second “democratization” of horse sports. Her career as a nurse midwife provid-
World War, de Layer emigrated to the The army’s disbanding of the cavalry ed inspiration for her first two books,
U.S. where he befriended horseman after the war and the mechanization the novels Quality of Care (2005) and
and instructor Captain Vladimir of farming resulted in the availability Family Planning (2006). Letts and
Littauer (whose collections and of more horses for pleasure riding. Alalou also co-wrote a children’s
papers reside at the NSL), who helped Riding academies sprung up in urban book, The Butter Man (2008) set in
him earn his instructor’s certificate. and suburban areas, offering afford- Morocco. They and their four children
The Knox School on Long Island able lessons to members of a growing live in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, an
hired de Leyer to head its riding pro- middle class. The show arena became area renowned for its horse farms.
gram. In February 1956, de Leyer pur- a place where anyone could compete The Eighty-Dollar Champion will be
chased Snowman for $80 at a at the highest levels, even a recent released in summer 2011. On Friday,
Pennsylvania horse auction after the immigrant with an inexpensive, August 27 at 2 p.m., Elizabeth Letts
fleabitten gray draft-cross gelding had unpedigreed horse. and Harry de Leyer presented a pub-
failed to sell and had been loaded Letts spent July at the NSL as a lic Roundtable discussion on
onto a truck bound for the slaughter- Daniels Fellow. She reports that The Snowman.
house. Returning to Long Island, de Chronicle of the Horse aided her in —Elizabeth Tobey
Leyer later noticed from Snowman’s
numerous escapes over the pasture
NSL Seeks Fellowship
fence that the big gray horse could LivesofDogs:
jump. De Layer schooled Snowman, Applicants for
Origins&Evolutionof
helping him overcome his initial
2011-2012 Hunting&SportingBreeds
clumsiness to become a champion
show jumper. Snowman’s greatest tri- AOne-DaySymposium
umph came in 1958 when he won the The next deadline for John H.
Jumper Championship Class with de Daniels Fellowship applications
Leyer on his back at New York’s will be February 1, 2011.
Madison Square Garden. Nicknamed Established in 2007 in memory of
“The Cinderella Horse,” Snowman John H. Daniels, the fellowship
became a celebrity, appearing on the provides stipends and compli-
Johnny Carson Show and in numer- mentary housing for researchers
ous magazines before his death from using the Library’s collections.
old age in 1974. The Library welcomes applica-
Letts is under contract with tions from university professors, Sat.,October23,9-5
Ballantine Books to publish graduate students and post-docs,
Snowman’s story, tentatively titled museum and library profession-
The Eighty-Dollar Champion. als, journalists, and independent Lecturesbyaninternationalpanel
of experts cover the historical
Montgomery conflated many of the writers working in a wide variety
evolution of the dog, including
events in Snowman’s career for the of disciplines, including history, domestication,huntingintheclassical
sake of brevity, but Letts has chosen to art history, comparative litera- world and medieval Europe,
carefully record the horse’s career ture, equine studies, geography, EnglishandAmericanfoxhounds,
between the years 1956 and 1960. The and area studies. anddogsinVictorianEngland.
decade of the 1950’s was a pivotal Visit the website www.nsl.org
period in the history of horse shows in for more information or contact
Pre-registration&feerequired.
the United States, and Letts hopes to Elizabeth Tobey, Director of
Call540-687-6542x11orvisit
put Snowman’s story within this con- Research & Publications, at 540-
www.nsl.org.
text. Prior to the Second World War, 687-6542 x 11 or [email protected].
horse shows were mainly training
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Middleburg and its Strategic Role in the
that Confederate General Robert E.
Lee’s victory at Chancellorsville,
Gettysburg Campaign of the Civil War
Virginia, in May 1863, led to Lee’s plan
to invade the Union a second time in an
effort to end the war by covertly mov-
On June 19, 1863, the town of reads: “In memory of the 1.5 million ing his infantry north through the
Middleburg, Virginia was awash in horses and mules that were killed, Shenandoah Valley. Lee instructed
Blue & Gray as Union and Confederate wounded or died of disease in the Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart’s cav-
cavalry troops fought in the streets and Confederate and Union armies in the alry to screen Lee’s infantry movements
surrounding countryside. On June 19, Civil War.” Burden recounted recent until those troops were north of the
2010, Middleburg was besieged again research, now available in the Library, Potomac River. The screening led to the
as 110 horse and history aficionados which estimates even higher losses. largest cavalry battle of the Civil War on
crowded into the Founders’ Room at “Bud” Hall came to the podium with June 9, 1863, at Brandy Station in
the National Sporting Library Culpeper County, Virginia,
to hear presentations by histori- while Lee’s foot soldiers contin-
ans Clark “Bud” Hall and ued moving north without
Childs Burden. The lectures being detected by Union
focused on the cavalry battles of General Joseph Hooker.
Aldie, Middleburg and Hall then discussed the two
Upperville, June 10-27, 1863, weeks in June 1863, and, espe-
and the strategic role they cially, June 17 -21, when Union
played as a prelude to the battle and Confederate cavalry
of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. clashed in and around
Childs Burden, President of Middleburg. He provided
the Mosby Heritage Area detailed descriptions of the
Association and long-time attacks during this period,
preservationist, opened by including the fighting on Vine
highlighting the efforts of non- Hill. During this critical week,
profit organizations, including Stuart’s Confederate cavalry
the National Sporting Library & successfully kept Alfred
Museum, that “work together Pleasanton’s Union cavalry
as partners for the promotion of from learning that the main
open space” by protecting his- body of Lee’s army was cross-
toric landscape that makes the ing Ashby’s Gap, ten miles
continuation of equine field west of Middleburg, to
sports possible. “In Loudoun descend into the Shenandoah
and Fauquier Counties alone, Valley and hide behind the
we have over 92,000 acres in Blue Ridge Mountains as they
protective easement and our marched north. General Lee
home has earned a unique would not be seen again until
sense of place where fox hunt- July 1, 1863, in Gettysburg,
ing and polo go hand in hand Pennsylvania, and historians
with the preservation of hal- designate the battles fought
lowed ground,” he said. around Middleburg as the
The National Sporting prelude to Gettysburg.
Library is on land once known Hall noted that “one
as Vine Hill and Burden dis- believes Confederate troopers
cussed two monuments located on the a unique map created by the Piedmont would approve of the fact that the horse
Library’s property: the newly installed Environmental Council specifically for saved Middleburg when foxhunting
Virginia Civil War Trails sign which the NSL lecture. Titled “Middleburg: and horse eventing resuscitated the
describes the desperate struggle on Vortex of War,” the map shows the loca- town in the early 1900s - even though
Vine Hill June 17, 1863, between troops tions of all Civil War engagements mostly New Englanders and New
from Rhode Island and North Carolina, within a fifty mile radius of Yorkers moving down here made it
and the Tessa Pullan sculpture, The Civil Middleburg. Hall began his lecture happen as they helped local citizens
War Horse, an iconic symbol at the with a definition of vortex as “a whirl of create the nation’s horse and hunt capi-
Library, commissioned by Paul Mellon. activity from which it is hard to tal.” And he closed with the idea that
Burden relayed how Robert escape,” and he asked the audience to “vortex” still applies to the town:
O’Neill’s 1993 authoritative account of “hold that thought….” “Middleburg is a whirl of activity from
the Aldie, Middleburg and Upperville Putting faces with names in history which it is hard to escape!”
battles influenced Paul Mellon who books, Hall displayed old photographs Clark “Bud” Hall’s notes and the
chose to honor the valiant cavalry horse of key participants in the battles around Middleburg map are available at the
by initiating research and commission- Middleburg. He then discussed NSL. For the record, the definition of
ing a sculpture. The result is Pullan’s Middleburg’s geographic proximity to vortex also describes a “Bud” Hall lec-
exhausted cavalry horse carrying an Ashby’s Gap in the Blue Ridge ture. If you haven’t attended one, you
empty scabbard symbolizing the loss of Mountains and why it was significant need to.
—Rick Stoutamyer
his rider. The base of the monument to the Gettysburg campaign, explaining
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