Friday, November 10, 1967
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Tally-ho! KU coed is after the fox
By S. Allen Winchester Kansan Staff Reporter
Riders, horses and hounds will gather at a farm near Overland Park Saturday morning for a fox hunt sponsored by the Mission Valley Hunt Club.
Linda Molby, Kansas City, Mo., senior and a "whippers-in" for the club, will be among the riders. The whippers-in helps to keep the pack of hounds from straying, she said.
The huntsman is in charge of the bounds. The master is in charge of a field of 10 to 25 hunters on horses.
After the hounds pick up the scent of a fox they begin baying and the hunt begins, Miss Molby said.
The hounds are "cheered on"
by rhythmic calls played on a horn by the huntsman, she said.
The hounds lead the hunters over an area covering about 15 to 20 miles of dense wood and fields. Barriers about three and a half feet high are placed randomly throughout this area for the horses to jump over.
The barriers, called "jumps", include post and rail fences, stone walls and "chicken coops" made by stacking telephone poles in a pyramid form.
Miss Molby said spills occur frequently after a hard freeze or rain. Winter freezes are especially hazardous because hounds sometimes fall through the ice on partially frozen ponds.
She said one club member is noted for his "valiant rescue" of
a hound that had done this. The rider jumped into an icy pond and "saved" the hound. However Miss Molby hinted the hound would have been quite capable of saving himself.
The riding pace is not a constant gallop, she said, because foxes tend to run in circles and hounds in "spurts." The larger the number of hounds or hunters, the slower the hunt is. Hunts generally last about two hours.
The fox is usually not killed,
Miss Molby said. A hunt ends
when the hounds lose the fox,
or the huntsman calls them home,
Hunters provide their own horses, saddles and riding clothes. The horses may be any breed. English hunting saddles are used.
The first meeting of the Presidents Council, consisting of all residence hall presidents, was held last night in the home of Emily Taylor, dean of women.
The purpose of the council is to discuss common problems within
Dorm presidents discuss problems
the residence halls and to formulate solutions for them.
Fred Krebs, Shawnee Mission senior, Templin Hall, was elected president of the council and Nancy Hall, Lincoln, Neb., junior, Watkins Hall, was elected secretary-treasurer.
Scholar of exotic music to speak
"Lokananta, Heavenly Music Played on Invisible Instruments" will be the topic of a Humanities lecture by Mantle Hood at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the University Theatre.
Hood will also speak on "Political Implications in the Arts of Indonesia" at a Student Union Activities coffee-forum to be held at 4:30 p.m. Monday in the Kansas Union Forum Room.
Hood is director of the Institute of Ethnomusicology at UCLA and a scholar of exotic music. He will arrive at KU Monday for a three-day speaking tour to music, history and religion classes.