1965-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1965 January Voice

v ® ice OF THE TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE A NATIONAL PUBLICATION DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO THE BREED VOL. 3 JANUARY, 1965 NO. 11 PUBLISHED BY VOICE Publishing Company GENERAL OFFICES For Information Contact: P. 0. Box 3054 124 E. 10th Street Chattanooga, Tennessee 37404 C. Bruce Spencer c/o VOICE PUBLISHING COMPANY Ph. 267-1726 Chattanooga, Tennessee STAFF BEN A. GREEN..................................Founding Editor C. BRUCE SPENCER..................... Managing Editor FRED E. FRIEND........................... Associate Editor GLORIA L. SPENCER......................Associate Editor BARBARA M. FRIEND....................Associate Editor IVAN MARSHALL......... ...................... Art Director CHUCK LAYTON ..................... Staff Photographer BESS FAULKNER............................. Circulation and Reader Service MARY FRANCES GREEN____ Contributing Editor JUDY BYERS............................... Contributing Editor MIRIAM MERRIS....... DR. M. E. ENSMINGER............ 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Classified Advertising Rates — $7.50 per column Inch. Postmaster: Form 3579 should be sent to Voice Publishing Company, P. O. Box 3054, Chattanooga, Tennessee. 2nd CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT CHATTANOOGA, TENN. The VOICE PUBLISHING COMPANY does not stand sponsor for opinions or facts stated by authors or contributing editors in this magazine. IN THIS ISSUE EDITORS COLUMN .................................................................................................................. 3 COVER STORY........................................................................................................................... 4 REMEMBER BACK WHEN ....................................................................................................... 8 MONTGOMERY SOUTHERN CHAMPIONSHIP ..................................................................... 18 PROFESSIONALS ON PARADE .............................................................................................. 22 DR. M. E. ENSMINGER ............................................................................................................ 27 ROVING REPORTER ................................................................................................................ 28 JUDY BYERS ............................................................................................................................ 30 WALKING HORSES WEST ....................................................................................................... 32 PROFILES .................................................................................................................................. 34 THE HI-LINE .............................................................................................................................. 35 REGISTRATIONS OF THE T.W.B.&E.A.A................................................................................. 36 THE NORTHWEST CORNER ................................................................................................... 43 BASIC INHERITANCE .............................................................................................................. 47 DIRECTORY MAP ..................................................................................................................... 49 BITS & SPURS .......................................................................................................................... 56 FROM EAST TENNESSEE .............................................................................................. 59 TARHEEL REVIEW ................................................................................................................... 68 THIS AND THAT .......................................................................................................................... 70 HORSE SHOW RESULTS.......................................................................................................... 72 STALLION DIRECTORY LISTINGS.......................................................................................... 76 VOICE TRADE MART................................................................................................................. 79 JANUARY, 1965 AN OPEN LETTER TO THE NATION'S WALKING HORSE LOVERS!!! Why a VOICE of the Tennessee Walking Horse? We have asked ourselves this question many times during the past year. We have pon dered our reasons for being and considered the many duties and obligations that we, as the unoffi cial “voice” of the breed, have to our nationwide readership. In reviewing 1964 and how the Tennessee Walking Horse has fared, we have come to the reali zation that this is still a fast-grow ing business and that there are many phases to it. We also have come to the realization that those of us who are vitally interested in the Tennessee. Walking Horse are in hot competition with every other breed in the nation. We compete for their business at all levels. We strive to create more interest in and demand for the Tennessee Walking Horse both as a show horse and a pleasure horse. When ever a newcomer to the horse busi ness decides on Walking Horses we have reached into the pockets of those who are promoting and are making a living with the Gaited Horse, the quarter horse, Morgans, Arabians and all other breeds. When the Tennessee Walking Horse enters the show ring today the crowd comes alive and a new interest is generated by their beau ty, exciting gaits and speed. The people wait until some lesser at traction comes into the ring to “go for cokes.” Occassionally we hear crys of “foul,” “cruelty,” and “man made” and yet the Tennessee Walk ing Horse is still gaining on all other breeds as the number one attraction in the national showring. As a national publication de voted exclusively to this breed, we are eager to point out that, unlike some other publications, we do not regard the Tennessee Walking Horse and its advocates as a “red headed step child” that is tolerated simply because it represents a cer tain amount of guaranteed income. Our coverage of the Walking Horse world in intended to embrace all phases of interest from the Plea- (Continued on Page 35J 3

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