1963-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1963 August Voice | Page 24

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August, 1963
“I had been working with the “Sher­ he emphasized that “when horses are
iff" this past winter on a new routine young and learn a trick they are apt
where he would waltz to music. He to forget it unless you work on it every
had the routine down pretty good and time you do a routine.”
this spring would have had it done to
The Lorain reporter said "The
perfection,” the grey-haired trainer White Sheriff” will be sadly missed
said.
by many children who have taken
“When stallions are young they are short rides on the gentle stallion dur­
One o£ the nation's best known quick to pick up the tricks. As they ing various outings.
Judging from information available,
"trick horses," a Tennessee Walking get older their reactions begin to slow
Horse named "The White Sheriff,” down but when they learn the trick The White Sheriff was never used for
died early this year of a kidney ail­ they never forget,” Keltner added. But competitive showing.
ment at the home of his owner—Paul
S. Kellner of Vermillion, Ohio.
• BLACK
“SIR HENRY'S SUNDAE"
• 5 YEAR OLD
He was a 12-year-old stallion who
is reputed to have exhibited his “abil­
• GELDING
$ ,
ity” at more than a score of rodeos,
• 15 HANDS
county fairs and parades.
A top Walking Horse for good rider. Reason for selling . . . "too much horse for lady
amateur". Well set in all three gaits. Very fast running walk.
He was foaled on W. G. Thomp­
son's farm near Ripley, Tenn., on May
WRITE OR CALL: MR. BILLY BRANTLEY
•
BATTLEGROUND STABLES
Area Code 404-866-1984
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
10, 1950. When the foal was only five
and one-half months old he was
bought by Paul S. Keltner, who owned
him the rest of his life.
Mr. Keltner moved to Memphis,
Tenn. in 1951 to work at the Ford
Motor Co. plant and took The "White
Sheriff’’ with him. Subsequently the
Kellners moved to Rt. 1, Vermillion,
O. in 1958. When the stallion was a
young foal Keltner began to teach him
tricks.
Reported in the Lorain, O., Jour­
nal, here is how Keltner explained the
training of The "White Sheriff,” as
told by Bill Conley:
"The easiest way to train a horse
is to be calm and leach him the tricks
in privacy. When you have to teach
a horse a trick where there is a lot
of commotion, he is liable to concen­
trate on the movements about him
and not on the trainer,” Keltner said.
"He said he had taught the 1,150-
pound stallion more than 60 tricks,
working mostly in the evenings when
there were no animals and people
around to distract his attention.
"Among the many tricks taught the
stallion were how to shake hands, to
answer questions with a nod or shake
of the head, to pose like an Indian’s
tired cayause at the end of the trail;
to turn around and around until his
legs were all twisted around one an­
other; to ride his own especially made
seesaw.
“To use his teeth to untie a rope or
pick up a hat; bow on one knee or
The Second Edition of his Great TWH History Book has an index and is
two knees and while bowing place his
especially fine for Library Use. The author will mail a copy of this book to
face down on the ground between his
knees; Crawl on his knees; play dead,
any public library or college library AT A SPECIAL PRICE of $5, to encourage
and ride a ground "surfboard’ to open
TWH appreciation. The regular mail price is $7.50. BE SURE THAT YOUR
his act at rodeos.
LIBRARY HAS A VOLUME. Order From
“The stallion had appeared in more
than a score of rodeos, county fairs and
Ben A. Green, Shelbyville, Tenn.
parades in Tennessee, Arkansas and
Kentucky. He and his trainer would
put on shows between the rodeo rides.
FAMOUS
PERFORMING
TWH DIES
FOR SALE
2 250.00
EVERY PUBLIC LIBRARY SHOULD
HAVE A COPY OF THIS VOLUME