24 February, 1963
Virginia Lamb( Continued from page 23) a bad rider, and even a horse that has been trained to direct rein may lose his ability to do a running walk properly if he is handled wrong. It is not the neck-rein itself that will cause the horse to go off gait, but the way he is taught to start with.
If he is worked on too lose a rein, where he can throw his head in any direction he chooses, you will find that he is off gait. However, as stated before, if he is trained to do his gaits first and then taught to rein, and worked on a rein just loose enough to be able to rein well and still have full control of your mount, then he should perform in the flat foot, running walk and canter and give as much satisfaction and pleasure to the rider, the same as one that is on the direct rein. Possibly more so, as it is a more relaxed type of riding. It depends upon the preference of the rider as to the style of reining on your pleasure and trail horse. Any way you do it, relax and enjoy yourself! You will never find an easier horse to ride.
Baby Lamb Doing Fine
On Nov. 27th a new baby daughter was born to our columnist, Virginia Lamb. The tiny young lady’ s name is Tracy May Lamb and she weighed 5 pounds and 8 ounces. Our Congratulations to Ted and Virginia! They have two other children. Virginia wrote,“ Our baby is doing fine but she was born just a mite early. She will fit into a shoe box but we are so happy she is O. K. She just made it under the wire.”
In a letter of January 15th, Virginia says,“ Tracy is doing fine now. She weighs 9i /£ pounds and eats like a horse. That’ s what I get for riding horses up to the last minute. All of my kids come into the world thinking they are half horses.”
We think the Voice is indeed fortunate to have Virginia Lamb as a columnist. She is dedicated to the Tennessee Walking Horse breed and says it gives her a wonderful feeling to know that she is doing something
Minister Tells Of Trek To California
The Rev. C. E. Greene, 7309 Exeter St., Paramount, Calif., recalls the time he took Little Society King from Johnson City, Tenn., to California by trailer and amazed many Californians who had not before seen a horse of the Tennessee Walking Horse breed.
He believes“ King” has served to stimulate interest in the breed— having sired many good colts in the Far West. The horse’ s grandsires are Miller’ s Wilson Allen and Brantley’ s Roan Allen.“ King” won a pleasure class at a large show in Johnson Cityin 1950.
The minister is pastor of a Baptist Church at Paramount and until this year was on the staff of the Union Rescue Mission in downtown Los Angeles. He and friends hope to make an auto trip to the 1963 Celebration.
that she has dreamed of for so long—“ to help others and to promote the Walking Horse for the truly great horse it is.”
J. D. Hall offers—
• Several started 2-year-olds
• One Good Junior Horse
• Two Amateur Geldings
• Several Good Broke Pleasure Horses— A Few Good Brood Mares
Let Me Start Your Green Colt— You Will Like What You See.
J. D. HALL STABLES MELROSE FARM
Nashville, Tennessee Call AL 4-8494 Address Correspondence to i. D. Hall, RL 1, Eagleville, Tennessee