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Driving in the '80's
- 1. Driving in the‘80’s A retrospective miscellaney
- 2. U. S. CarriageDriving History: Dates of note • 1962 CAA Formed – » Carriage Journal edited by Paul Downing (1898 – 1975) • 1969 Combined Driving Rules Written by Sir Michael Ansell at suggestion of HRH • 1970 First Competition in the US – Brunswick, N.J. – • 1974 American Driving Society Formed – Phil Hoffmann, president Victor Shone’s Driving Event, Millbrook, NY Charlie Kellogg edits The Whip 1975 Myopia Driving Event – Massachusetts Judges: T.A.G. Moore, D. Thackeray
- 3. 1974 American DrivingSociety Formed Phil Hoffmann President
- 4. Victor Shone’s DrivingEvent, Millbrook, NY
- 5. 1974 The Whipbegan Publishing • Charlie Kellogg, editor
- 6. Some of theADS Directors Jack Weir Bill Remley Bill Radebaugh
- 7. Our teachers Tom RyderGeorge Bowman
- 8. 1975 First MyopiaDriving Event Ipswich, MA • Competitors included • Micki Bowen • Spencer Brewster • Macy Hill • Charles Kellogg • Jamie O’Rouke • Deirdre Pirie • Holly Pulsifer • Barbara Weir • Frolic Weymouth • Jack Seabrook • Kate Whaley • Richard Nicoll
- 9. Hazards were simpler;carriages fragile!
- 10. 1977 • Ledyard ’77- Leading riders from Ireland, Great Britain, West Germany, Italy, Canada and Holland competed and watched a driving competition for four-in-hands (15 to 25 miles!). 16 started, only Jung, Pirie, Sirrenberg, Jenkel, and Kellogg finished. • The 4th annual Carriage Show at No. Andover, New England Region of the CAA; first CDE at Gladstone • At Myopia CDE – 49 competitors drove FEI Dressage Test #1 (elementary, incl. 6 pairs) or #3 (Intermediate, including 3 teams) and had from 30 cm, to 60 cm clearance in cones! • The ADS met at the Mohonk Mountain House • The Combined Driving Committee formed at the Union Club in NYC
- 11. 1979 Exchange withNorth of England Driving Club • Myopians competed at Lowther, Cumbria, England with horses belonging to George Bowman’s driving club.
- 12. 8 English Driverscompeted at Myopia • Tommy Fawcett • George Denny • Clive Richardson • Betty Fisher • Barbara Stothert (here) • Robert Bowman • Betty Lambert • Jennifer Harrison
- 13. Millbrook CDE - •Richard Nicoll, Frank Kinsella, and Lois Cheston
- 14. 1979 • The USET,led by Josh Barney, accepted our proposal to have Combined Driving as its 4th international discipline, with no funding • Phil Hoffmann (ADS), Homer Easterwood (CAA), Col. Thackeray (AHSA), and Holly Pulsifer (ADS Combined Driving chair) instrumental in persuading the board. • Fundraising commenced!
- 15. Phil Hoffmann andDon Thackeray were the forces behind the USET Driving Program
- 16. 1980’s – the“international decade” • Training and funding of potential team members resulted in the selection of • John Fairclough –with Tish Hewitt’s Hungarians • Jim Fairclough - with Liz Tippett’s horses • Jamie O’Rourke – with Tish Hewitt’s second team • Clay Camp – with his own Gelderlanders • Deirdre Pirie – with her own Hungarian horses
- 17. John Fairclough John F.in the infamous Sand Pit Hazard at Windsor, 1980 John Fairclough with Tish Hewitt
- 18. Jimmy Fairclough Jimmy withLiz Tippett & her horses at Windsor, 1980
- 19. Jamie O’Rourke Jamie withTish Hewitt Jamie in Dressage
- 20. Clay Camp Clay inThe Maze Clay – his wife Barbara, and Vance Coulthard
- 21. Deirdre Pirie Closing Ceremony– with groom Marc Johnson; Chef d’Equipe Holly Pulsifer The only American to finish the marathon in 1980
- 23. Clinics around theCountry • Deirdre Pirie teaching a clinic in California, about 1979. • Not world class yet!
- 24. 1981 Bill Lower Wonthe National Team Championship – Vanderbilt Cup Tjerd Velstra, taught a clinic
- 25. And the Pairsbegan ….. • Fall 1980 – Pair Championship at Gladstone. The Top 5 – Jung, Fairclough, Cheston, Pirie, and Lower finished at Madison Square Garden • Myopia hosted the USET National championship with Velstra judging. 1st Bill Lower, 2nd Bill Long, 3rd John Jenkel (California) • Radnor, Millbrook, Chesterland, Genesee events
- 26. 1982 • Jung &Pirie won a silver medal at Aachen – our first! • World championships were held at Apeldoorn in Holland. US finished 7th Jimmy Fairclough with Clay Camp’s Gelderlanders – 12th Deirdre Pirie – with her Hungarians – 19th Emil Jung with his Holsteiners - E
- 27. 1983 • National championships atMyopia won by Emil Jung • Tucker Johnson won Preliminary pair class • Charlie Cheston competed at the trial world pair championship in Italy
- 28. 1984 • Radnor, Chesterlands, Genesee,etc. no longer held • Lower won pair class at Myopia, but Cheston won national pair championship at Gladstone proving the viability of small horses • World Championship at Szilvasvarad, Hungary • Bill Long 7th; Pirie 16th, Jung – E, Groenewoud 22nd. Very difficult course.
- 29. 1985 • Larry Poulinwith Morgans was 1st out of 16 pairs at Myopia • Pair Championship at Sandringham – Larry finished 8th, Sharon Chesson, 35th (broken hand) and Charlie Cheston 21st which put the team in 6th place. • Bill Long won the teams class at Windsor • Gladstone Equestrian Association formed • Chrysler sponsored Gladstone. Finn “imported” Juhasz (WDC 1984); Velstra (WDC 1982) and Nikki Pahlsson to compete
- 30. 1986 • National championshipheld at Fair Hill was won by Emil Jung, Bill Long second • Tucker Johnson won his 1st Advanced class • World Championship at Ascot. The US finished 4th – Groenewoud broke elbow on course walk – Long finished 9th, Pirie 16th, Jung was Elim, again!!!
- 31. Deirdre Pirie drivingin the Home Park, Ascot
- 32. 1987 • Gladstone becamea CAI – much publicity and exposure for the sport. • Velstra finished 1st, Chardon 2nd, Juhasz 3rd, and Bill Long 4th – the same order as the 1986 World Championship. Finn paid to bring them to USA. • Tucker went to Germany to work with Emil Jung • The Pairs placed 8th at Reisenbeck. Team was Poulin, Cheston, Lower, Johnson as an individual
- 33. 1988 • World Championshipat Apeldoorn again • US placed 7th with Long, Pirie, and Groenewoud. Camp was 34th; Jung Eliminated! • Larry Poulin again won the USET Pair Championship. • Gladstone facility was deeded to the USET as a permanent home.
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- 35. 1989 • Masters Cupat Windsor – Team, Pair, and Single format tried out. Won by Bill Long, Lana Wright, and Randy McFarland. • Tucker begins to drive a team in national events • Pairs compete at Balaton-Fenyves: Poulin, Chesson, and Wright. Valdes is Alternate • Chesson 1st in dressage, Lana 5th, Larry 8th – finally we are world class! Udo Hochgesurtz of Canada, who trained in US, won individual gold • Team placed
- 36. The Queen ofDressage – Sharon Chesson, 1st in the World, 1989
- 37. US Team atBalaton-Fenyves 1989
- 38. 1990 • Finn Caspersonbecomes President of the USET. He navigates for Bill Long at all competitions
- 39. 1991 – AGold Medal!