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well Black Beauty, foaled June 19, 1962. Owner, C. L. Gramling, Jr., Orangeburg, S. C.
HANDSHAKER’ S BIG BOY, s, by Mack K ' s Handshaker out of Nell’ s Last Girl, foaled April 10, 1962. Owner, Buford James, Prospect, Tenn.
RHYTHM BLAZE, m, by Hall Allen’ s Glider out of Pitter Pat Allen, foaled June 6, 1962. Owner, Alvin H. Huddleston, Livingston, Tenn.
WARRIORS TWINKLE LOU, m, by The Warrior out of Parader’ s Lady Pearl, foaled May 28, 1962. Owner, Walter E. Nutter, Lost Creek, W. Va.
GO BOYS PILOT, s, by Wiser Go Boy out of Rose Mary Stark, foaled May 18, 1962. Owner, Vemer C. Bracey, Joel ton, Tenn.
SHADOW ' S PRIM ROSE, m, by Go Boy’ s Shadow out of Maude Miller II, foaled April 12, 1962. Owner, Jack Johnson, Brownsville, Tenn.
PLUCK’ S NANCY ALLEN, m, by E. R. Pluck Miller out of Lady Mix, foaled April 13, 1959. Owner, Marcus Mc- Connico, Brownsville, Tenn.
DOUGHBOY ' S CAVALIER, s, by Merry Doughboy out of Little Eva, foaled April 8, 1962. Owner, G. G. Musgrave, La Crosse, Wash.
ELDORADO SUE. m, by Suns Eldorado out of Sweet Sue Manley, foaled April 1, 1961. Owner, J. W. Manley, Beech Grove, Tenn.
MIDNIGHT DREAM P., s, by Midnight Bama Boy out of Silver Lady Ann, foaled April 8, 1962. Owner, Zelon Phillips, Cookeville, Tenn.
KYDIE MOODY MERRYSUN, m, by Goodman’ s Merry Sun out of Lady Ginger Allen, foaled April 12, 1962. Owner, Kenyon Moody. Sylva, N. C.
COMET’ S RED CLOUD, s. by Mitch’ s Comet out of Mitsie-Jack, foaled May 15, 1962. Owner, Homer Davis, Poison. Mont.
BAY BOMBER, s, by Bomber Blue Lightnin out of Meddlesome Mattie G.. foaled July 2, 1962. Owner, Dr. Otto F. Apel, Portsmouth, O.
HAR-VAL’ S RED ROCKET, s, by Happy Boy’ s Prince out of K. C.’ s Maid O Gold, foaled May 9, 1962. Owners, Harper Reid & Val Reid, Arlington, Calif.
BIG SHOT’ LUCY LEE, m, by Sun’ s Big Shot H. out of Bonnie’ s Beauty, foaled April 10, 1962. Owner, J. PI. Jordana, Lewisburg, Tenn.
SUN ' S SARAH LOU, m, by Midnight Sun out of Glory Gold Girl, foaled June 23, 1962. Owner, Kennie R. Nelson. Lewisburg. Tenn.
SUN’ S SQUARE DEAL, s, by Midnight Sun out of Merry Honey Gold, foaled May 7, 1962. Owner, Kennie R. Nelson, Lewisburg, Tenn.
HANDSHAKER’ S RED BUD, s, by Go Boy’ s Handshaker out of Midnight June, foaled May 24, 1962. Owner, Will G. Allen, Lewisburg, Tenn.
LADY VOLUNTEER P, m, by Go Boy’ s Volunteer out of Sundays Bobby Sox, foaled April 21, 1957. Owner, C. D. Patton, Arrington, Tenn.
ANGELS VOLUNTEER, s, by White Angel’ s Ace out of Lady Volunteer P, foaled Aug. 25, 1962. Owner, C. D. Patton, Arrington, Tenn.
SHAKER’ S EBONY LADY, m, by Mack K ' s Handshaker out of My Louise, foaled May 30, 1962. Owner, C. D. Patton, Arrington, Tenn.
SHAKER’ S RED LADY, m, by Mack K’ s Handshaker out of Sundays Bobby Sox, foaled April 8, 1962. Owner, C. D. Patton, Arrington, Tenn.
MIDNIGHT’ S CASANOVA, s, by Midnight Sun out of Alice Allen Wilson, foaled May 21, 1962. Owners, Mr. and Mrs. Roy O. Cline, Fayetteville, Tenn.
PARK’ S NELL, m, by Rambling Henry out of Judy Girl Wilson, foaled May 10, 1951. Owner, Sam W. Parks, Normandy, Tenn.
REYCLIF RAMBLER, s, by Reyclif Merry Junior out of Decision Anne, foaled May 26, 1962. Owner, L. W. Schroeder, Garnavillo, Iowa.
BROADWAY LADY, m, by Sun’ s Talk Nation out of Merry Maker’ s Lady, foaled July 3, 1961. Owner, William N. Henry, McDonald, Tenn.
MIDNIGHT WILSON’ S ACE, s, by Midnight Storm K. M., out of June-Au-Pcg, foaled May 18, 1962. Owner, Orman S. Meador, Sweet Springs, Mo.
Continued on page 77 one horse was removed from the list by action of the Executive Committee.
Naturally some horses were missed in the selection of Foundation animals, and doubtless some were included that could not properly qualify on the basis of sustained production. The reason for this is that members of the Executive Committee varied, and naturally the persons present did all they could to have horses identified that they knew about in their own family history. Probably some outstanding horses were not so represented and were therefore omitted in the assignments. Remember the Foundation list was confined to deceased animals— whereas the actual registration records show only animals which were living at the time of registration.
Our Foundation list was closed out at No. 115( meaning only 114 sires and dams) when the Tennessee Walking Horse was recognized as“ a pure and distinct breed” by the Animal Husbandry Department of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. This happened on Feb. 2, 1950. A requirement for recognition was that the Breeders’ Association must maintain the breed through registration of only those animals which could show pedigrees tracing to Foundation animals already designated— except for geldings as previously set out. Therefore no more Foundation stock was chosen. Recognition by the U. S. Government was very important. It came after a sustained 15-year effort put on by the Breeders’ Association and various individuals. Recognition was accorded in a U. S. Department of Agriculture bulletin on Light Horse Breeds. It read:
“ A breed of horses may be defined as a group of horses having a common origin and possessing certain well-fixed, distinctive, uniformly transmitted characteristics that are not common to other horses. They have been bred for a particular purpose; individual ancestry is recorded by a registry association.” Later the bulletin states:“ The Tennessee Walking Horse— Particular emphasis is placed on the running walk. It averages 15 1-2 hands and weighs 1,000 to 1,200 pounds. Many colors occur in the breed, including sorrel, chestnut, black, roan, white, bay, brown, gray, golden, white markings on the feet and legs are common.”
Why Just Nine Stud Books?
Q— Why are there just nine volumes of Stud Registry Books?
A— At the present time there is not enough demand to justify the publication of the additional stud books. It has been discussed several times and printing prices have been quoted on them— but the prices are prohibitive right now for the small demand of the book. That is the reason the stud books have not been printed. We have four volumes ready to be printed now.
The last( ninth) volume of stud books was dated 1948. It contained 871 pages— practically all in solid type. Some complete sets of the nine stud books are on hand right how at our office and there is virtually no demand visible for them. At one time I asked our entire membership of 1,600 if they wanted stud books and received only five affirmative
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