McKENZIE STABLES
Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse 31
Striking TWH Tribute By Teacher In School Journal Going To All
( Editor ’ s Note — A most remarkable tribute to lire Tennessee Walking Horse appeared in the NEA ( National Education Assn .) Journal in December , 1961 . That publication goes to hundreds o £ thousands of school teachers . It is here reprinted by special permission of the NEA Journal officials .)
I REMEMBER . . .
We spent the summer of 1946 , she and I , as constant companions at a Rocky Mountain forest-ranger station miles from the nearest road . It was , of course , no formal school , and I would not then have called her my teacher . It was much later that I realized how naturally and how beautifully she introduced me to that country where she had lived all her life and where I intended to establish my new home .
Nor did I understand at the time how modern were the educational methods my teacher used . She took me along unpeopled trails in the primitive areas of the Flathead National Forest , exposing me without warning to majestic mountains , small waterfalls tinkling like music boxes , tart berries hidden in deep groves of pine , deer that crossed the trails more quickly when they heard us coming , chipmunks and squirrels with upright tails and endless chatter .
She left me free to scan a landscape or to examine the petal of a wild flower as it pleased me . With equal approval from her , I might pursue a doe and her fawn pell-mell over a hillside , or sit beside a stream for an hour , idly watching an inch worm measuring blades of grass . Nor was my study always and entirely by observation .
With my teacher ’ s tacit approbation , I made constant notes with my camera and took questions she had no answers for back to that walking encyclopedia of Western wildlife , my ranger husband .
My teacher allowed me , then , to follow my own interests without restraint , merely making sure that the whole panorama of the West was set before me . But she did more than that . She encouraged me to go farther than I could have gone alone . She warned me of false and dangerous paths , without curbing my desire for discovery . She provided me with companionship in learning , based on mutual love and respect for the subject before us . Fler attitude was unfailingly that of affection , patience , and understanding . Although Montana will never give her a teacher ’ s certificate , I learned more in that summer session than I have ever learned in any other , and I shall always be grateful to her as an unforgettable teacher . Her name was Nan , and she was a chestnut mare of that superior breed called Tennessee Walker .— ( Elizabeth Paine Schafer , District 6 High School , Columbia Falls , Montana .) NEA Journal of December , National Education Association .
MORE PARTY LINE New Recruit In Mississippi Mrs . Fred Bailey of LamberL , Miss ., remarks “ We are very new in the Walking Horse business ; 1961 was our first year . We are cotton and soybean farmers , and horses are a sideline for us . . . We need a trainer . We should have advertised in your first issue but failed to do so . We need someone now . We have horses to show this year . . . We need someone to work at our barn on our farm . I surely hope this letter isn ’ t too confusing . . .’’
( Note — The Voice Editor talked aTound in Shelbyville , and hustled out a suggestion to the Baileys . They may have found someone by now . The letter was dated April 2 . Glad to welcome such fine folks to the Tennessee Walker family of followers . BAG .)
# * # Walkers At Salem , Va . “ My wife and I own three registered Walking Horses and we really enjoy them ,” writes William B . Myers , Jr . Upland Dr . RFD No . 2 , Salem , Va . He and Wilma like the magazine and also liked the book . And they like to have Walkers treated right too .
* * * Virginia Lamb , Trail-Rider A young lady named Virginia Lamb , 2901 37th Ave ., Sacramento , Calif , is secretary of a riding club and knows a lot about trail-riding . We are trying to get more information from her — Planning special treatment soon .
Standing At Stud
MERRY BOY ' S MAJOR No . 462820
Sire Hinkle ' s Allen 440552 by Merry Boy . Dam Allen ' s Majorette 421306 Bright sorrel , bald , 3 high stockings , flaxen mane and tail . Sire of natural run walk colts .
$ 75.00 to reg . mares
LIBERACE ' S PLAYBOY No . 590720
Sire Eagle ' s Mr . Liberace 541209 Dam Bond Rally 453170 Bright sorrel , bald , 4 high stockings , white flaxen mane & tail . First colts from him this spring good run walkers with class .
$ 100.00 to reg . mares
Walkers for sale at all times CALVIN MILLER
Rhame , North Dakota 13 miles west of Bowman on U . S . H . 12
Phone BR 9-3420
McKENZIE STABLES
Peterstown , West Virginia
WALKING HORSES FOR ALL AGES SUITABLE FOR AMATEURS READY TO SHOW
VISITORS WELCOME
J . M . and DAVID McKENZIE , Owners
Phone PLS 3-4303