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JohnT. Carter is a family man with five children and
three grandchildren. Re carries his fifty years well in
looks and actions. A young lady once stated that "he
looks like he just stepped out of a cigarette ad. . .
rugged but nice.” His wife MALLIE has followed his
horse activity with interest and enthusiasm but pointed
out that, in the early years, she seldom went to a horse
show because of the children. She is now in a position
to help him in many ways and does so willingly.
Born in Scott County, Virginia, John T. grewup on a
farm that depended heavily on horses as work animals.
He contends that it was his early activity with horses,
working them behind the plow and logging with them,
that gave him his real understanding of the noble
equine. The horse, says John T., is a peculiar sort of
animal. They will kill themselves trying to please man,
if it is the right man. He pointed out the tremendous
difference in trying to get a team of giant stock horses
to work with you in moving heavy logs and the modern
day-by-day routine of training a horse for the show
ring. All things considered, however, the principles of
"trainer and horse" are the same.
For several years, after dec