Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-22
issued: 1977-06-22
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note: Vol. 20 No. 25 Wednesdesday, June 22; 1977 The Aldergrove.Star Illegitimus non carborundum ft-orinoitl library Jun 77 Victoria BC Phone 856-8303 or 856-5212 IS* per copy "Bureaucracy" cited Building department to be out of work? Taking the dog for a walk was never like this! When Derrick Mobey of the Fraser Valley Hunt TALLY - HO takes the hounds for a dally constitutional It's like a mass exodus. Little rest for hounds in off season ALDERGROVE — Hunting in general Is probably one of the most popular sports in Canada, yet Aldergrove can claim the distinction of being home for the only fox hunting association west of Ontario. The Fraser Valley Hunt carries on in our midst with an English lady's and gentleman's tradition dating back to the days of King Edward II. Our local hunt sports all the trappings of the European variety with only a few minor differences, and offers locals a rare opportunity to witness a bonafide foxhunt in "full cry" over the surrounding countryside. At present, the hunt is in its mid season break, a lapse in hunting necessary while local farmers are haying and can not allow hunters and hounds to gallop through the fields. Although the members of the hunt take a breather at this time of year, there is only partial rest for the hounds, and for Huntsman Derrick Mobey. Mobey is the association's paid employee who resides on south Jackman Road near 8th Avenue. It is his function to train and care for the hounds and steeds. Mobey's experience in this regard goes back to his home in Cornwall, England, where he worked as a groom for the hunt, and later to another hunt in the Suffolk area where he cared for horses and assisted in the training of the hounds. "I wanted to do more work with hounds," he explains, adding that he was very lucky in moving to Canada to find the Huntsman of the Fraser Valley Hunt repairing to England. Mobey has now realized his dream as chief servant of the hunt. His days are spent caring for a kennel of 21 hunting hounds and a …
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0420704
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : Central Fraser Valley Star Publishing Ltd.
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text