1962-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1962 July Voice | Page 33

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From Gridley, Calif.
You can bet there are Tennessee
Walking Horse lovers at a lawyer’s
office located at 965 Spruce Street,
Gridley, Calif. Charles L. King of that
address wanted the Voice and the Bi­
ography pronto. “My wife and I read
the magazine from cover-to-cover,” re­
marks Charles. We suggest that the
Kings get in touch with the Donald V.
Smiths at Red Bluff, Calif, and share
their experiences with Walking
Horses. Charles’ P. O. Box is 115.
FOR SALE
21-Stall Barn
Many Horses Of All
Ages and Sex
—Mares In Foal-
Come to SEE ME or
PHONE AT NIGHT
CY 4-2758—Unionvilie, Tenn.
R. C. BOYCE
Barn on Highway 41A Four
Miles North of Shelbyville, Tenn.
"CHAMPION COLTS"
For Sale
TOP YEARLINGS
PLEASURE HORSES
BROOD MARES
Charles Martin
Lascassas, Tenn.
Ph. 893-0776
Buddy Moore
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Ph. 893-1672
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It Happened
In Montana
BY VIRGINIA LAMB
By chance, at the California Spring
Festival, May 1962,1 met a very warm,
congenial couple by the name of Mr.
and Mrs. R. W. (Lorena) Black who
hail from Big Sandy, Montana. They
had a 3,000 pound steer I stopped to
see and the conversation somehow
turned to the Tennessee Walking
Horse. Lorena told me of her favorite
horse, a gelding named Prompt Re­
turn by Brooks Allen and out of Gal­
lant’s Fancy.
Return was foaled in Chinook,
Montana on May 6, 1952. It was love
at first sight for the Blacks as soon as
they saw this sorrel, bald faced colt.
Lorena said they just had to have him.
As soon as the colt was weaned, he
had a new owner. They also bought a
full brother to this little colt.
At the age of two, Lorena decided
lie should be broke to ride, so she put
her stock saddle on him, a curb bit
that he was going to be wearing, and
still is, climbed aboard and rode him
into town. She figured he might as
well be started in the fashion he was
to be ridden. The first day out, he was
clocked at 1 I miles per hour by Mr.
Black.
The versatility of this little horse
goes from pleasure riding, to trail rid­
ing, lo herding and cutting cattle, and
on to a pony horse. For two years, Mr.
and Mrs. Black followed the racing
circuit since they owned Thorough­
breds and carried Prompt Return
with them. Mrs. Black ponied two at
a lime from the back of Return and
he was never upset by the antics of the
highs tiling racers.
Many offers were received during
this time as to the purchase of this
amazing horse but they were promptly
refused. One offer was 51,500 and
would have been much higher had
Lorena been willing to sell. Her son,
joe Black, was a jockey and well
known in the racing world during
that time.
Although Return had no formal
training, he has a natural gait and
refuses to be outdone. His full brother
was sold to a neighbor and is one of
the finest cattle horses in Montana.
Return might have made a great show
horse, but in Mrs. Black’s words, 'The
pleasure and satisfaction I have re­
ceived on the back of Return means
far more to me than owning a fine
show horse, and where else would 1
find a horse as loyal?
"He will wait as many hours as
necessary, saddled and ready to go,
without getting impatient; work all
day and still ham it up in front of a
crowd at a parade. None of this can
ever be repaid in money.” Congratu­
lations, Lorena Black, for providing
the versatility of the TWH.
Word From Stillwater, Minn.
A friend at Stillwater, Minn., Route
4, says the Voice “is just what we
Walking Horse people needed and
wanted.” She is Mrs. Robert G. Peter­
son and we appreciate her letter very
much.
We Hurried It Along
We really go for a friend like Mrs.
Etna Eklo, Route 2, Clara City, Minn.
She airmailed a letter June 14 saying:
“I was given the above address and
told I could subscribe to the Voice of
the Tennessee Walking Horse mag­
azine. Please send subscription rates
and start my subscription immediately
(underlined twice). We are very
much interested in Walking Horses,
having raised them for seven years.
I am looking forward to receiving my
first copy of your magazine.” (We bet
Mrs. Eklo was beautifully surprised
when her “first copy” consisted of
March, April, May issues totalling 112
pages of magazine reading. Everyone
wants all issues so they can keep a file,
they tell us. BAG.)
Another Ohio Walker Lover
Evidence is that “Beautiful Ohio”
gains part of its beauty from Ten­
nessee Walking Horses. Paul L. Case-
bere, Box 578, Edgerton, Ohio, writes;
“Enclosed please find $4.00 for a year's
subscription to the “Voice.” I am the
owner of a Tennessee Walking Horse.
I have been given a copy of the maga­
zine and enjoy it very much. (P.S. If
possible, please start this subscription
with Vol. 1, No. 1.)” (Paul, whoever
gave you that magazine is one of our
friends. They grow by the day, be­
cause every clay we gain new friends
because others teil them of the Voice,
it’s an absolutely unbeatable way to
make this magazine become the best
horse breed publication there is. Then
the magazine will equal the horse.
BAG.)