1964-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1964 August Voice | Page 38

LEADING THE WAY . . . these three
Tennessee Walking Horses lead the Wag­
on Train down the dusty road. Eiders
from Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama
participated. Here, Mr. Dutch Jones and
friend chat as they ride along.
At the foot of one Georgia’s
highest mountain ranges lies the
horse-minded little twon of Chats-
worth. Here, every year for the
past five years, hundreds of ad­
venturers, outdoorsmen and horse­
men have gathered to make a trek
to Ellijay, Georgia and back, travel­
ing the way by horseback and by
horse-drawn wagons. It is true . . .
some modern conveniences have
been incorporated to make the four
day journey more comfortable
(such as baloon tires on a horse
drawn covered wagon) but for the
most part, people come prepared to
really “rough it" for about a week.
The Appalachian Wagon Train
was the idea of Mr. C. W. Bradley
of Chatsworth, who has pioneered
a re-newed interest in horse acti­
vities in North Georgia and is an
avid Tennessee Walking Horse
lover with show horses, brood
mares and a stallion located at his
Holly Creek Stables in Chats­
worth. r. Bradley is also the found­
er of the “Trailrider”, a publica­
tion designed for Saddle Clubs
whose primary interest is pleasure
riding and the National Association
of Trailriders”, which is an organi­
zation designed to further interest
in this type of horse activity.
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READY TO START . . . Wagon Master C. W. Bradley prepares to head’em out with
registered Tennessee Walking Horse LUCKY leading the way. LUCKY is a MID­
NIGHT SUN horse which was purchased at (he Haynes Haven Farm Sale some
years ago for S96.00. In 1958, his owner died and he was purchased by Mr. Bradley
and brought to Chatsworth, Georgia. He has served well as a pleasure horse and
every year joins the Wagon Train either as a saddle horse or carl horse.
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