Claire Hartsook Boyce, longtime riding instructor, show manager and judge, died on Aug. 25. She was 96 years old.
Mrs. Boyce graduated from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro in 1933 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education. She taught in local schools and the P.E. department of the college before opening Little Bit Pony Farm, where she taught young riders for the next 40 years.