Lynn Lloyd, M.F.H.
Huntsman

Lynn Lloyd has never been one to balk at hard work or adventure. Reared on a dairy farm near Drums, Pennsylvania, Lynn helped care for dairy cattle; she was responsible for the arrival of the first horse on her parents' farm. "I was only three but I knew I wanted a pony. At that time a Shetland with a saddle and bridle was available through the Sears catalog for $99, and that's where mine came from."

At 19 Lynn traveled to Britain to be apprenticed as a groom at a stable and kennel, where she learned how to work with hounds and horses. She became so enamored with the training that she forgot how little she had set aside for her return trip. "My parents sent me with the understanding that I was responsible for my trip home," Lynn Recalled; "I was so completely wrapped up in the regimen that I forgot I only had 3 months on my student visa!" Temporarily stranded in England, Lynn Lloyd's personal compass setting changed entirely, a change that has lasted a lifetime.

Resourceful Lynn apprenticed herself to a hunting stable on the estate of a wealthy English family. She stayed in Britain another 9 months, accruing a working knowledge of the fox hunting trade. When she finally did return to the United States, it didn't take long for her to embark upon her new calling. Lynn took an entire year to travel by horseback from Maine to California. Readers with good memories might remember the journey being covered from month to month by TV news in 1973. "I wasn't trumpeting a particular cause," she said, "but I'd wanted to make the journey for a long time, so I took a year off and rode!"

 

Lynn arrived in Reno in 1980 and set up housekeeping along Red Rock Road, a dirt road just four miles from the California border. It was Nevada at its rural best, and her first home was a small trailer without electricity. She had no telephone or other conveniences, but she had a vision; the clarity of her dream carried Lynn through the lean times. As early as 1981 she boarded horses at a small facility on her property.

 

Eventually Lynn's goal of setting up a fox hunting business was realized, complete with championship Foxhounds and a stable housing beautiful Thoroughbreds. "It's been a long haul," Lynn said, "but we're now among the best facilities of our type in the United States." Lynn recently purchased another 600 acres a mile and a half away. This unbelievably beautiful facility includes spring fed custom kennels and horse stables, tack room with tie ups and wash barn, and our fabulous new clubhouse. year.