1964-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1964 May Voice | Page 32

WALKING HORSES WEST
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Next is a letter from Mr. Ro­
land L. Brunet, Box 625, Poncha-
toula, Louisiana who would like
to come to the West Coast to train
Walkers. He has had a background
of fourteen years training for show
and pleasure, winning blue rib­
bons throughout Louisiana and
Mississippi. I am sure from Mr.
Brunet’s letter that he is sincere
and can furnish references, so, if
you please?
McCLURE NAMED TO
CALIFORNIA FAIR BOARD
R. “Mitch” McClure, well-known
Los Angeles auto dealer, has been
named by Governor Brown to the
board of the California State Fair
and Exposition. Mr. McClure will
fill the vacancy left by the late
William C. Wright of Sacramento,
This notice was announced in the
Sacramento Bee in a March edi­
tion and stated that Mr. McClure,
well known as a breeder and exhi­
bitor of Walking Horses, is also
active in land development, tax
and auditing and insurance firms.
Being a native of Indiana and a
former school teacher, he is a mem­
ber of Dodgers Stadium Club, a
10 year member of the Tourna­
ment of Roses, vice president of
the Tennessee Walking Horse Ex­
hibitors Association of California
and regional vice president of the
Tennessee Walking Horse Breed­
ers and Exhibitors Association of
America. Congratulations, Mr. Mc­
Clure!
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In the San Juaquin Valley, on
Highway 59 a few miles north of
Merced, California nestles 160
acres of beautiful, fertile land, sur­
rounded by trees and covered with
green pasture. On this land romps
several mares and colts. It is peace­
ful, serene, and boasts a beautiful
modern home, resided in by Dr.
E. R. Meister and his ever so won­
derful wife, Jimmie. To the Meis-
ter’s, country living means one
thing, raising horses. Not just any
horse, mind you, but Tennessee
Walking Horses. What to some may
be just a hobby, to these fine peo­
ple it is a way of life and the Walk­
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ing Horse is both their business
and pleasure. With the able assis­
tance of Joe Williams, they are
able to maintain this 160 acre ranch
with comparable ease. At this time,
they have a number of some of the
finest bred brood mares I have
ever seen, headed by the illustrious
DUNN’S TROUBLE MAKER, a
noble chestnut stallion sired by
MIDNIGHT SUNSET by MID­
NIGHT SUN and out of MERRY
LADY BELL, sired by WHITE
MERRY BOY JR. by MERRY
BOY.
About fifteen years ago the Meis-
ter’s moved to the San Juaquin
Valley from Southern California
for health reasons. Here, Mrs.
Meister took over the management
of the ranch while Dr. Meister, an
O. D. in San Diego, maintained his
practice there, able to come home
only on weekends. Dr. Meister is
a native of Iowa and came to Cali­
fornia in 1921. Mrs. Meister is a
native Texan and undoubtedly in­
herited her love of livestock and
fine horses. She brought with her
and is still using the brand of her
grandfather, the HALF CIRCLE
J. A more gracious couple would
be hard to find. They became char­
ter members of the Northern Cali­
fornia Walking Horse Association
because of their love and devotion
to the breed. In 1963 they pur­
chased DUNN’S TROUBLE MA­
KER to replace their herd sire
at that time in order to improve
their colts. The breeding of this
fine stallion, along with the excel­
lent breeding of the mares on the
ranch, should prove to be quite
fruitful. Also, this great stallion
should prove to be a boom to all
of the Walking Horse owners in
TRAIL OR PLEASURE
HORSE TRAINING
Wonted—Horses for training in trail
or pleasure riding. Can take them
immediately. Have 32-stall bam, in­
door working area, plenty of acre­
age for training-trail in the vicinity.
Also can give riding lessons.
Communicate With
VIRGINIA LAMB
2901 37th Avenue
SACRAMENTO, CALIF.
the San Juaquin Valley area. Walk
on, Dr. and Mrs. Meister, walk on!
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Mr. James A. Woodard writes, “I
have the last colt sired by a blood
bay stallion with a star and snip
and two hind socks. He is called
SMOKEY and is about fourteen
years old. The man who owns him
knows he was registered, but all
he could remember was that part
of his registered name was FIRE­
BALL. He bought him at a sale
and never got the papers.” Mr.
Woodard owns a two year old filly
sired by this horse, now gelded,
and would like to know if the
horse is remembered by anyone.
His description should bring back
a memory or two from someone, so
if it does, drop him a line. It would
be appreciated.
It makes me very proud to re­
ceive the kind of letters I do and
I do my best to answer them as
quickly as possible and answer the
questions asked. Sometimes it is
impossible to get to them right
away, but to those wonderful let­
ters I haven’t yet answered, do not
think I have forgotten you. An
answering letter may be in the
mail right now. If I can not an­
swer your questions, then I will
do my level best to find someone
who can. Keep them coming and
believe me when I say “I’ll do my
best.” I feel that I must apologize
if it takes me longer than seems
necessary, and also feel that I owe
a short explanation to those won­
derful people I haven’t written to
in so long. With four children, the
youngest at this writing, being 6
weeks old, an ill mother, two busi­
nesses to attend to and various
other little time consuming items
to handle, I am, for a fact, some­
what slow. And, in answer to other
questions such as “Why haven’t
you had anything in last issue of
“VOICE” and questions to that ef­
fect, the reasons just given for my
slowness in writing is also why
sometimes I haven’t had articles
in my beloved “VOICE.” Yes, I am
indeed going to give more of my­
self to the magazine.
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