E. Burt Hunter, First TWHBA President, Dies
Georgia Group Picks Officers, Gives Trophies
2 January, 1963
VOICE
of the Tennessee Walking Horse
Ben A. Green.................... Publisher-Editor
Mrs. Ben A. Green........................ Secretary OFFICE— SHELBYVILLE, TENN.( This monthly magazine is dedicated to the welfare of the Tennessee Walking Horse breed for show and pleasure.)
OUR AIM— To maintain a permanent publication that will merit the full support of all who love the Tennessee Walking Horse.
Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse is owned by Ben A. Green and Mrs. Ben A. Green, Shelbyville, Tcnn., and its editorial contents can be used for re-publication by any person or firm provided proper credit is given and the magazine is correctly quoted.
Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse is published monthly at 1110 South Brittain St., Shelbyville, Tenn.
Send all subscription payments and advertising payments to Ben A. Green, Shelbyville, Tenn.
Subscription Price: $ 4 per year; single copy 50 cents.
Challenges Of 1963
The New Year brings new challenges for the Tennessee Walking Horse and for the people who love the breed.
In this world of competition— it can be taken for granted that for progress in 1963— the Tennessee W a 1 k i n g Horse people must furnish the leadership insofar as their favorite breed is concerned.
Definite gains were reported during the past year.
From all accounts there were more and better shows with more and better Walking Horse classes. Inclusion of the Walker classes resulted from dedicated, personal work on the part of many people in various sections of the country. They had to show in most convincing fashion that entries would be available for classes limited to the breed.
On the breeding front it is evident Lhal more registered Tennessee Walking Horses were actually registered than in 1961— by several hundred according to Executive Secretary H. Tom Fulton of the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders & Exhibitors’ Assn, of America, Jnc., with headquarters in Lewisburg, Tenn.
There was also an increase of several hundred in association membership, a gain in registered judges and manifest improvement in various phases of the Tennessee Walking Horse Industry. Although statistics are difficult to compile with respect to Tennessee
E. Burt Hunter, First TWHBA President, Dies
Edgar Burl Hunter, Sr., 69, a cofounder of the original Tennessee Walking Horse Breeder ' s Assn, ol America, and its first president, died at a Lewisburg, Tenn. hospital late in December and was buried at Temple Cemetery in the Farmington community, near Lewisburg. He had been ill for an extended period.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Edith Browning Hunter: three daughters, Miss Jean Hunter, Farmington, Tennessee Walking Horse news columnist for the National Horseman magazine; Mrs. Phil Sanders, Lewisburg; and Mrs. W. A. Johnson, Jr., Donelson. Tenn., one son, Edgar Burt Hunter, Jr., Lewisburg; and other relatives.
Mr. Hunter and Jim McCord, newspaper editor, later governor, called a meeting in 1935 that resulted in formation of the Breeder ' s Association. Hunter later became secretary-treasurer and had much to do with the association program to establish a Tennessee Walking Horse Registry. 1-Ie was an association director for many years.
As a young man he was associated in Tennessee Walking Horse breeding activities with his father, the late Bright C. Hunter.
They owned the famous foundation stallion, Hunter ' s F-IO, who won several championships at the Tennessee Stale Fair and was a sire of many champions there prior to 1934. Hunter ' s Allen F-10 was sired by Allan F-l out of Pat, a mare which traced to Mountain Slasher. The Hunters acquired him at age 8 and kept the horse until his death at age 27.
Walking Horse riding for pleasurelather than show— it does appear evident that increased interest and impetus are being shown on a nationwide front.
So the challenges for 1963 are the same as those which faced the Tennessee Walking Horselovers of the land in 1962. Solutions which provided effective last year should continue to be effective— in view of the fact that assuredly more people will be dedicated to the effort.— Ben A. Green, Shelbyville, Tenn.
Georgia Group Picks Officers, Gives Trophies
Members of the Georgia Walking Horse Exhibitors Assn, held their annual Christmas party and business meeting at the Atlanta Athletic Club on Dec. 7 with the following officers elected:
President, Curtis Hudgins: first vice-president, Buck Weaver; second vice-president, Roy Davis; secretary, Adolphus S. Callaway, Piney Ridge Stables, Cross Roads Farms, Rayle, Ga.; treasurer, Mrs. Adolphus S. Callaway.
Secretary Callaway reported trophies awarded to high point winners in the following order:
Walking Horse Stake Championship, Mr. Chevrolet, Belaire Stables, Calhoun, Ga.;
Walking Mare Championship, Midnight G-Nila, Hudgins Stables, Gainesville, Ga.;
Amateur Walking Horse Championship, Son of Belaire Stables, Roy Davis up;
Walking Stallion-Gelding Championship, Mac’ s Little Doc, Belaire Stables;
Junior Walking Horse Championship, Go Boy’ s Mr. Somebody, Belaire Stables;
Two-Year-Old Walking Championship, Little Doll( owner J. R. Delke, Athens, Ga.), Boyd Hudgins up;
Juvenile Walking Horse Championship, Belaire’ s First Son, Belaire Stables, Bill Davis up.
She Too Can Testify
Mrs. Marius J. Lindloff, wife of an Episcopal minister at 924 Sunset Drive, Fayetteville, Ark. writes:
" I heartily agree with all who write about the health aspects of owning a Walking Horse. Someday I am going to write you a long letter about my experience.
“ There is nothing better than a horseback ride to straighten out one’ s problems— both physical and mental.
" I have been secretary of the Riding Club here 18 years( since it was organized.) Gene Goff started me with Walking Horses and now I ride and love a black mare I goi from Charlie Brown at Joplin.
" She is by Midnight Pleasure, R. G. and equally well bred on her dam’ s side( Merry Boy Bloodline).’’