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Favorite historical foxhunter -
Theodore Roosevelt, who once was among a
handful of finishers of a run of the season with Genesee Valley, even though on that same hunt he had earlier fallen and broken his arm.

Favorite foxhunting quote -
from William Wadsworth, MFH -
"The most important gait in a field hunter is standing quietly. If your horse won't stand, train it. If your horse won't train, sell it. If your
horse won't sell, shoot it."

Best foxhunting advice -
from Dennis Foster just before my first trip to England..."When asked about your riding ability incident to being horsed, be conservative. Tell them you can ride anything and someone will be challenged to prove you wrong."

Unique moment up -
Being allowed to take Grand National finisher
Alpenstock, cross-country over fences from the Royal Military Academy stable at Sandhurst in 1988.

Best enjoyed huntsman's horn usage -
The late Tommy Haney, then huntsman of Mooreland ("funning" around, could play three horns at once). His "Gone Away" southern style could cause a tear without running with a frigid breeze in the face.

Dumbest move with best outcome?-
The little and obviously brain-challenged buck which somehow jumped into my brother's hound
exercise yard at Lonesome Palm Hounds in northern Florida this week...over a 7 foot fence and obviously before hounds were let out of kennel in the morning.

Rob Kornacki, US Army (Ret)

Foxhunter since 1983-
...1,000 hunts

15 years Fort Leavenworth Hunt (FLH)- Honorary Secretary (1985-2000)

21 years FLH whipper-in-
From 1985 to 2006)

2002 finalist-
North American hunt horn blowing championship

FLH interim huntsman -

Whipper-in-Lonesome Palm Hounds (LPH), Florida since 1994

Hunted in midwest, south and southeast USA and England

Earned colors in three MFHA foxhunts

1-Riding Chaperone-
The United States Pony Club (USPC) for the international foxhunting exchange in England 2008

Current member of the USPC national foxhunting committee

Presented numerous foxhunting classes-
to include in MFHA and USPC national meetings

Multiple foxhunting-related articles and poetry-
in local, state and national publications -

-Will initiate a program to bring foxhunting classes and riding opportunities to the Kansas School for the Blind, Spring 2009-

Rob Kornacki

This year's judges are Rob Karnacki from Fort Leavenworth, and Susan Gentry from Cloudline Hounds.

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Winners of the Western Hunt Challenge Tour 2000, are the Red Rock Hounds, for the benefit of the Nevada Women's Fund;

This year, John Jeffords, MFH of Mr. Jeffords' Hounds, is donating a new perpetual trophy to the hunt that raises the most funds for the charity prize fund.

Mr. Jeffords Hounds in Wyoming...

1999 Initiated in 1999 by John Jeffords... by MFH of Mr. Jeffords Hounds in Mr. Jeffords' Hounds, Iron Mountian , WY.

The Western Hunt Challenge Tour had three judges determining which pack, hunting their own country (unless they opt to hunt another Tour participants country), has shown the best days sport. The winning hunts designated charity receives a cash prize comprised of donations made throughout the Tour.