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“ Ever since I was a boy, I always wanted a horse that could walk well and was comfortable to ride,” he explained.“ Joe seemed to fill this requirement. Besides, he was a gentle horse, and we thought he would be just the animal for the children.”
The family enjoyed Joe so much, that they decided to raise a few more. Two years later they bought a mare, CUPPS OREGON QUEEN, from a ranch near Flathead Lake. It was through this combination— originally meant to produce horses for all the family to ride— that produced a high steeping winner, JOE’ S LIL QUEEN.
Something Extra
From the time LIL was a small colt. Bob said that she“ just seemed to have something extra.” Last winter he contacted Charles Court, a well-known horse trainer at The Dalles, Ore.
Court agreed to take the young horse on a test trial of three months and said at the end of that time, he would notify the Keyser’ s“ if she had it.”
At the end of a week of training, he called to tell them he thought they had a winner in a show horse.
Since that time,. another colt has been produced, which also seems to have the making of a winner. This is a stallion, QUEEN’ S LITTLE JOE, and he is being trained by Evaro( Preach) Gray of Missoula. Takes Honors
Following several months of training, LIL was entered in the Oregon State Fair in September where she won second place in the Walking Horse Junior Class.
In October, she walked off with more trophies at the Pacific International Horse Show in Portland, Ore. She won the first place silver trophy and blue ribbon for the open mare-gelding class.
Horse fanciers say that this is unusual for such a young horse.( LIL was just two years old and had been in training about 8 months when she won her first ribbon). Attends Show Mrs. Keyser attended the show at Portland. Meanwhile, her hus band, who has contacted a case of“ walking horse fever,” went to Tennessee to see about getting another stallion.
At the horse show in Portland, Mrs. Keyser noticed that all the other horse stalls were draped with luxurious cloth, and looked more like rooms than stalls. So she hurried down to a department store— purchased a few yards of bright red flannel— and decorated LIL’ s stall.
When she returned home— she brought the material with her. and stitched up four pairs of bright red pajamas for the little Keysers.
Successful Search
Meanwhile, her husband was successful in his search for a stallion and purchased a horse known as SECRET VENTURE. This stallion can trace his history back through a long line of champions.
The Tennessee Walker is not just a show horse as many might believe. The breed came originally from the matings of southern and northern horses during the Civil War. But it wasn’ t until Feb. 2, 1950, that the United States government for the first time recognized the Walker as a“ distinct and pure breed of light horse.”
The Walker, according to people v / ho know horses, is one of the best pleasure animals to have and to ride— whether you go camping in the mountains or just want to run across the back pasture.
After riding HEY JOE, I can agree.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE ASSOCIATION NEWS BULLETIN FOR 1964
The NCTWHA was having one main difficulty in the year 1963, that was in establishing a suitable constitution and set of by-laws for it to work by. It was decided to send away to the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders’ Association of America for a copy of their constitution, and after some delay, it was finally received. Now, we have a working constitution, that of the National Association. This constitution, along with its by-laws were voted for unanimously by the members of the NCTWHA at its first January meeting.
The calendar for 1964 has moved the meeting date from the first Saturday of each month to the second Saturday of each month, thereby eliminating all holidays which would keep us from having successful meetings, with the attendance dropping during these times. The place of the meetings are the same, being held at the Sacramento Horesmen’ s Association clubhouse, located at 3200 Longview Drive, Sacramento, California. The time of the meetings will be the same also, beginning at 7:30 P. M. Mark this down on your calendars and be sure to attend. Notices are mailed out a few days in advance as reminders to all members.
It was also voted upon during the January meeting that the fiscal year be from January 1 to January 1, in accordance with the national association, so the dues are due and payable from that time. The cost is $ 9.00 per family, allowing two votes, and $ 7.50 per single member, allowing one vote. An adult voting member must be sixteen years of age or older. The dues must be paid on an annual basis and membership cards will be mailed out upon receipt of the annual dues.
Another date to mark on the calendar is the coming election of officers. February will be the month for the nomination of President, Vice-President and Secretary- Treasurer. The date for this will be February 8th, and the election will be held in March, second Saturday of course. Please, all members urged to attend this meeting to vote for your choice. Ballots will be mailed to those requesting same if they can not possibly attend.
Anyone in Northern California who is interested in joining this fast-growing organization( in less than two months we had fifty-two charter members) please write to Virginia Lamb, 2901 37th Avenue, Sacramento, or dial 421-1740, and an application blank will be mailed
out immediately.