From timc@2ubh.com Wed Aug 28 10:55:08 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: zzzz@localhost.netnoteinc.com Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phobos.labs.netnoteinc.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31D4F43F99 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 05:55:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from phobos [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for zzzz@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 28 Aug 2002 10:55:06 +0100 (IST) Received: from n24.grp.scd.yahoo.com (n24.grp.scd.yahoo.com [66.218.66.80]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g7S8e8Z16624 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 09:40:08 +0100 X-Egroups-Return: sentto-2242572-53136-1030524014-zzzz=example.com@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.66.96] by n24.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Aug 2002 08:40:14 -0000 X-Sender: timc@2ubh.com X-Apparently-To: zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_0_1); 28 Aug 2002 08:40:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 69869 invoked from network); 28 Aug 2002 08:40:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m13.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 28 Aug 2002 08:40:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO gadolinium.btinternet.com) (194.73.73.111) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Aug 2002 08:40:14 -0000 Received: from host217-36-22-4.in-addr.btopenworld.com ([217.36.22.4]) by gadolinium.btinternet.com with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #8) id 17jyN3-0004sQ-00 for forteana@yahoogroups.com; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 09:40:13 +0100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express Macintosh Edition - 4.5 (0410) To: zzzzteana X-Priority: 3 Message-Id: From: "Tim Chapman" X-Yahoo-Profile: tim2ubh MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com; contact forteana-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 09:39:20 +0100 Subject: [zzzzteana] White Horse vandalised Reply-To: zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by dogma.slashnull.org id g7S8e8Z16624 http://yorkshirepost.co.uk/ed/front/481722 Pro-hunt activists target top sight ONE of Yorkshire's most famous sights yesterday became one of the first targets in bizarre attacks on White Horse landmarks linked to the hunting debate. Villagers near Thirsk could not believe their eyes when they woke yesterday to find the famous White Horse of Kilburn had acquired a rider during the night. In another incident, the Uffington white horse in Oxfordshire had a huntsman and three hounds added to the ancient figure, which is thought to represent a Celtic god or tribal symbol. Pro-hunt activists in the Real Countryside Alliance (RCA) ­ a radical alternative to the better-known Countryside Alliance ­ admitted responsibility last night for targeting the two images. The 314ft by 228ft landmark at Kilburn has been lovingly preserved since it was carved in the limestone by schoolmaster John Hodgson and his pupils in 1857. But during Monday night someone nailed on a massive figure of a huntsman with a horn ­ which had been cut to scale out of a single piece of white carpet. It was removed yesterday by members of Kilburn White Horse Association, who found a Countryside Alliance badge attached to the carpet. John Roberts of the association said: "It has obviously been very well organised. It was a well crafted piece of kit: a figure of a huntsman with a horn cut out of carpets. "It was big and impressive and could be seen for miles about. They tied it to bushes at the top and nailed it down. It caused all the stone chippings to be pushed downwards, which will help turn the white horse grey. It will not get another refit for another year. "Whoever did it must have come with a vehicle ­ a tractor and trailer or a lorry ­ because the carpet must have come in one piece. It was extremely well planned and took several people an hour and a half to get it off." The sculpture needs constant work because, unlike chalk horses in the south of England, it is cut into limestone which is the wrong colour and needs whitening. Mr Roberts added: "The damage as such is not great but it adds to the deterioration, which means it will need more work next time. "We would have more sympathy if, having made the point, they would come to take it away again because it was a major job." Andy Wilson, chief executive of the North York Moors National Park, said: "It is a scheduled ancient monument and the local residents are very proud of it and go to enormous trouble to keep it white. There is also careful consideration of what shape it should be kept with the constant growth of vegetation so you can understand the alarm and regret at any changes. There has not been a cut in the turf ­ which would be much more of a problem. It would seem it was carefully plotted beforehand." An RCA spokesman said: "Some people in the country are getting very frustrated at the inaction. All we want is Ministers to take notice. Marches don't seem to be doing anything good." The Countryside Alliance said it did not have any part in the action. Spokesman Adrian Yelland said: "The Countryside Alliance only ever advocates campaigning that is lawful and dissociates itself from acts of vandalism and regrets any damage that may have been caused by this incident." The incident follows graffiti on road signs and motorway bridges in Yorkshire thought to be RCA work. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> 4 DVDs Free +s&p Join Now http://us.click.yahoo.com/pt6YBB/NXiEAA/MVfIAA/7gSolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: forteana-unsubscribe@egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/