1962-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1962 May Voice | Page 23

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Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse
Lima, O. Newspaper Reports
Walkers "In Short Supply"
the Walker is sought after, but the
breeding farms have a high demand
for show stock and since show horses
bring a higher price than do pleasure
animals, breeders are more anxious to
sell to show people.
There are, however, a number of
new owners coming into the picture,
many of whom own fine stallions and
brood mares.
The fact dtat they do not always
meet the rigid requirements for show
animals does not mean they are not
By Dale Archer
good horses. It simply means that
and Shirley Fowler
One of the most beautiful Tennes­ these owners have beautiful animals
see Walking horses in the Lima area and do not care to put them through
is the chestnut stallion owned by the routine required to make show
horses of them.
Stanley McNutt, Mendon.
There are a number of good brood
Shown in parade classes and as the
lead horse in Mercer and Van Wert mares in the Lima area and the serv­
county fair races, Champ was sired by ices of Champ are available to these
the well-known Steppin' Sandy, for­ mares at a very nominal fee. The colts
merly owned by Edgar Huffine, Van of such matings are as true blooded
Wert. The Huffine Walking horse as anyone could wish for and will
farm was disbanded several years ago have the Walking traits that are so
desirable. Such colts usually bring a
following a fire.
Although the Tennessee Walking good price to the seller.
horse has been bred for more than
Within the past week, we were
100 years as a horse without a trot,
he can be induced by proper shoeing interested to read in an agriculture
column that there are now more horse
to present a very creditable trot.
His natural gaits are a flat walk, a owners in the United States than in
the so-called “horse and buggy days”.
running walk and a canter.
We have tried for a long time to
The Walker has few peers as a
pleasure horse. He has a pleasant dis­ secure the figures that would back up
position, is sturdy and pleasant to our own contention of this fact.
It is unfortunate, however, that
watch and is an easy keeper and easy
there is an almost total lack of coordi­
to break.
Properly broken, the Walker, de­ nation among horse people. This lack
veloped in the south to provide com­ of coordination is holding back the
fortable, yet fast, transportation for growth of the horse world to a dis­
plantation owners, has a fast, sliding heartening degree.
gait, similar to the pace or the slow
Ride-a-Tlion at Woodbury
gait of the American saddle bred.
When riding Lhe running walk the
Druggist L. D. McCrary of Wood­
rider sits flat in the saddle and does bury, Tenn., tells us the 23rd annual
not post.
Ride-A-Thon will take place May 30