82 The Chronicle of the Horse

Jane FurrThe Chronicle of the Horse’s former production manager Jane Elizabeth Furr died at her home in Middleburg, Va., on June 19. She was 70.

Ms. Furr was born on Nov. 27, 1945, to Thomas and Maudie Furr and was a lifelong resident of Middleburg. She began working for The Chronicle of the Horse in March of 1965. She started as a member of the composition staff, using electronic type setting and paste-ups to produce the magazine.

She became former managing editor Nancy Lee Comer’s assistant before ultimately taking on the production manager title. She organized layouts as well as coordinated the editorial and advertising departments, helping ensure the magazine made it to the printer on time every week.

“You could always rely on her to do a job and do it well,” said Comer. “When I gave her a job, I knew that it was going to be done and was going to be done right. And she worked well with everybody else. We enjoyed our days at the Chronicle and working together.”

She remained on the staff for 47 years.

She was very dedicated to her community and close to her family, raising one of her nephews, Ray Arthur, as her own son after the death of her sister.

“Everybody loved her in town,” said Arthur. “She made a big influence, or a big impression, on a lot of people.”

Ms. Furr was a devoted member of the Middleburg Baptist Church congregation and served on several committees

such as the Joy Club Committee and the Ordinance Committee. She was also active in the Backpack Buddies Program, a charity dedicated to providing meals for underprivileged children in Loudoun County.

“She was always calling or sending little cards to

people that were sick or, you know, maybe lost a loved one or something,” said her friend and Chronicle colleague Mildred

Ann Sudduth. “She was just always

in contact with her community.”

Ms. Furr is survived by her brother-in-law Charles Bradshaw; her nephews, Ray Arthur, Steven Bradshaw, Michael Bradshaw and David Bradshaw; and two great nieces.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations should be made to the Middleburg Baptist Church, 209 E Federal Street, Middleburg, VA 20117 or to the American Cancer Society, cancer.org.

LennoxInternational Grand Prix dressage horse Lennox died on June 17 due to colic. He was 27.

Lennox (Lowenstein—Aglaia, Adlerfels) was born on May 3, 1989, in Germany. Under Robert Dover’s guidance, Kenn Acebal purchased the 3-year-old Westphalian gelding from the breeder, who was primarily a pig farmer.

“Back then you could get a really lovely 3-year-old for not that much money,” recalled Dover. “He was a terrific find.”

Over the next several years, Dover rode and trained Lennox for Acebal. The pair rode on the fourth-placed team at the 1998 FEI World Equestrian Games in

Rome and represented the United States at the 1999 FEI World Cup Dressage Final in Dortmund, Germany, finishing eighth.

“He was certainly there for me when I needed him,” said Dover. “He was great [in Rome]. We won some classes while in Europe during the selection process for that WEG. He was just a very nice horse to compete because he wasn’t emotional—he was steady. He was the kind of horse that if he was round and through he would do a nice job. He was very competitive at the time. He was just a really nice show horse.”

In 1999 Acebal took over the ride on Lennox and trained with Olympic gold medalist Anky van Grunsven and Sjef Janssen in the Netherlands. They returned to the United States and won the ABIC/USDF Region 3 Open Grand Prix Championship in 2000.

Acebal compared him to a Golden Retriever at the time. “He wants to do the right thing,” he said. “He always tries. Of course, sometimes he’s convinced that what he wants is the right thing, and he’s definitely smarter than me.”

Acebal rode Lennox at the Grand Prix level through 2002, contesting national and CDI classes with the gelding.

From 2006-2009, Susan Harris showed Lennox in the small and large tour. She fondly remembered his big personality: “One Lennox thing that he did when we were showing at the Kentucky Horse Park is he broke through his stall-guard and took off,” she said. “He trotted all over the horse park and wouldn’t let anyone catch him. He was a real character, and he was a real people horse.”

After the gelding’s show career ended, Acebal gave Lennox to a veterinarian in Georgia to be retired.

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