1964-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1964 October Voice | Page 7

Tree!
ABS
at the first sign!
For over 70 years, Absorbine has proved
effective in the relief of bog spavin,
windgall, ringbone, sores and bruises.
At the slightest sign, use Absorbine
promptly!
Full strength: Apply
right on strained
tendons or any troubled
areas. It draws out
soreness. Never any loss
of hair or blistering.
And it’s antiseptic, too.
No other liniment has
Absorbine’s combina­
tion of fungicidal
properties.
Here at home, the mail is an ever
increasing source of delight and
surprise. I’ve been most pleasantly
surprised by some very pleasant
telephone acquaintances from dis­
tant points. While the subject dis­
cussed is always Tennessee Walk­
ing Horses, that broad subject has
been broken down into dozens of
branches. I can’t help but be flat­
tered when some one consults me
as an authority, but, in all honesty,
I must assure you I’m far from
OCTOBER, 1964
Body Wash: Leading trainers ad­
vise a daily Absorbine wash as ex­
cellent protection against lameness.
Regular use helps horses cool out
and stay supple.
Buy Absorbine in the long-lasting,
12-ounce bottle or in the economi­
cal horseman’s gallon size. Avail­
able wherever veterinary supplies
are sold.
ABSORBINE VETERINARY LINIMENT
W F Young, Inc., Springfield, Mass. In Canada: W.F, Young, Inc., Montreal 19, P.Q.
that. But, the experience I’ve had
I’m glad to share. So far, our ex­
perience with Walkers can be
summed up briefly with three let­
ters, “JOY”. These horses seem to
have almost human intelligence.
As Lloyd said the other evening
as we were homeward bound after
another perfectly delightful ride,
“Why would any one want any­
thing else, when they can ride one
of these?” (And, the nicest part
about them is that it requires only
a little common horse sense to han­
dle them.)
Recently several letters carried
the same theme, mainly, breeders
in this area are concerned about
some of the announcements and
impressions made at the horse
shows regarding the Walking
Horse as a pleasure horse for the
man of moderate income. Frequent­
ly as the stake horses come into
the ring, the announcer makes
some remark like: “Now you are
looking at the Tennessee Walking
Horse. His running walk or show
walk, is a natural gait. But these
horses are the results of years of
selective breeding. The horses in
this ring right now could not be
replaced for $80,000.” And Mr. and
Mrs. Public shrug their shoulders,
sigh, and remark, “We’d sure like
to have one, but they’re ’way be­
yond our pocketbook.” And, per­
haps drop the matter there without
further inquiry.
However, some letters have ar­
rived that are at the other end of
the scale. These are exemplified by
the following, which I quote with
permission, after the author and I
had a phone conversation and he
began to realize what he had re­
quested: “Could you tell me where
I might pick up a good brood mare,
a registered Tennessee Walker?
I’d like one with MIDNIGHT SUN
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