1964-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1964 January Voice | Page 20

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Stevensville, Montana, have a mare,
JOE’S LIL QUEEN, in training
here. Now this LIL QUEEN has a
pedigree, but she certainly doesn’t
let it bother her in the least! She
makes no pretenses. She’s no gla­
mour girl. At the P.I. some pick-
named her “LIL SAGE-BRUSH
ANNIE.” Until she hit the ring!
There she showed she was honest,
she was true, she was poetry in
motion, and she could fly! She
came like a meteor to win the
Junior Walking Horse Class on
Sunday night. Then she came in
on Tuesday and won the mare­
gelding class. JOE’S LIL QUEEN
— where’d she come from — who
cares — just watch where she’s
goin’, and how! Charles Court has
set her on her course and she’s on
her way.
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illness. Mr. Swope, though in the
Horse business only three years,
from 1960, is credited by many
people with influencing the ad­
vancement of the Tennessee Walk­
ing Horse in the Tri-state area of
Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia
more than any other person in this
region.
Mr. Swope became a Walking
Horse fan by way of an unregis­
tered Walking pleasure horse
which he trained and exhibited
during the summer of 1961. This
interest led to the construction of
a twelve-stall barn and eventually
to a full time professional trainer.
He was hospitalized in December
of 1962 and his illness forced his
retirement from active participa­
tion; however, the many people
whom he influenced and whose
example they followed have suc­
ceeded in carrying out the pro­
gram he personally started. It was
out of the corps of friends and as­
sociates that rallied around his ef­
forts that the Tennessee Valley
Walking Horse Association, one of
the nation’s largest and most active
Walking Horse associations, was
formed.
The trainer whom he hired is
now established in the area and is
making great strides to promote
and develop top Walking Horses
for many people from the tri-state
area. Grady Swope was a true
friend of the breed and a genuine
lover of the Tennessee Walking
Horse. Those many people who
knew him will regret his passing.
Mrs. Alfred Erickson has an­
nounced that she will continue
with the work of her late husband
at the Skyline Arena, in Everett,
Washington. Ronald “Moe” Morris,
of England, who had been Al’s
assistant for the last year, will
continue with training and teach­
ing. Mrs. Erickson, “Margo,” is.
well qualified for the manage­
ment. She has been an active
partner with A1 in all phases of
their horse business. She has been
an enthusiastic horsewoman all
her life. She received much of her
training at Stevens College in
Columbia, Missouri. Later she
taught equitation. In 1955 she won
both the ladies five-gaited and
ladies three-gaited classes at the REQUEST FOR DATES
Cow Palace in San Francisco. She
too has many, many friends who OF SHOWS
wish her continued success.
All readers of the VOICE, and
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especially
those who are connected
The Great Northwest is increas­
ingly Tennessee Walking Horse with one or more horse shows, are
urgently requested to send (as soon
territory. Watch us grow!
as possible, please) the place and
TRI-STATE WALKING HORSE date of every show with classes
ENTHUSIASTS DIES
for Walking Horses. If possible,
Mr. Grady D. Swope, 40, Chat­ send also the name and address of
tanooga area building contractor the person from whom entry forms
and prize lists may be obtained
and noted Walking Horse enthu­ Send these to: VOICE Publishing
siast, died recently in a Chat­ Company, Box 3054, Chattanooga
tanooga hospital after a lengthy Tennessee, 37404.
HE WAS THE POET
BUT WE DIDN’T KNOW IT
We are pleased to discover and
acknowledge the author of the
poem entitled The Tennessee
Walking Horse that appeared on
page 10 of the November issue of
the VOICE. Dr. J. P. Gardner, of
Kingston, Ohio, has informed us
that he wrote this poem many
years ago for the purpose of ac­
quainting people in his area with
“the real gaits, disposition, smooth
riding and other admirable quali­
ties of the Walking Horse of that
day (better known as a Plantation
Horse).” We shall look forward to
printing more of Dr. Gardner’s
entertaining poems in future issues.
HONORS TO VOICE
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Congratulations to Charles
Goldswig, of St. Petersburg,
Florida, and Dayton, Ohio, who re­
cently was honored at a dinner
meeting of the Florida Walking
Horse Association in Bradenton,
Florida. Mr. Goldswig was given a
plaque in recognition of his con­
tribution to Walking Horse com­
petition in Florida. The presenta­
tion was made by Dr. Marvin Sil­
ver, president of the Association.
Congratulations also to Dr. M. E.
Ensminger, of Clovis California,
who has been elected president of
the newly organized American
Society of Agricultural Consul­
tants. This pioneer organization
now has members : rom 14 states
and invites all eligible United
States and Canadian Agricultural
Consultants to join. For further in­
formation write to Dr. M. E. Ens­
minger, Ph.D., 3699 East Sierra
Avenue, Clovis, Californis, 93612.