( Continued from page 20) home; and if you don’ t have young things at home, you can’ t keep the
business at home!
If we are wrong in this, show us why and wherein we have erred in our conviction. Our mind is open on the matter and we’ d like to believe our position is not well taken— but, when it’ s night, the dawn will come ere long. foaled true to the breed. Then the daughters dropped could have carried on and held high the torch. In the course of a few years, these dams and their filly-get could have produced an appreciable number of future walkers.
But, for a few pieces of silver, these matrons are gone. Will the depletion continue?
Middle Tennessee is the“ factory” for the production of these horses of the“ free and easy” gaits. It is here that this breed originated. It is here that the center of the industry should remain. Market your products; but don’ t sell your plant— not if you want to stay in the manufacturing business!
“ What would the world be to us if the children were no more; we would dread the desert behind us more than the darkness before,” or something like that said Mr. Longfellow. And this might be well thought upon in connection with the alarming sale of walking horse dams.
Brood mares that are regular breeders are leaving us too fast, according to our sincere conviction— and this is voiced here only because of our sincere interest in the future welfare and development and progress and expansion of the Tennessee Walking Horse industry in Middle Tennessee.
Sires never seem to be recognized or fully appreciated until they are eight, ten or twenty years old. Brood mares don’ t seem to be good producers until they are six, ten, twelve and upward. Where are these mares when they reach such ages? If they haven’ t been shown to death at two, three, four and five— they are sold; and many times these sales take them out of the State.
Why did a certain quartet of old brood mares make such a notable contribution to the walking horse breed? One of these grand old dams which we are thinking of, and which all you breeders know, is living today. She’ s done a swell job. And why? Because, like the other three, she“ stayed at home” and produced a foal each year. If you don ' t keep’ em and breed’ em at barn. storming
BOB REED STABLES
Right outside of Lewisburg, Tennessee is one of the most active professional stables in this part of the country. BOB REED, SR. and BOB REED, JR. are both active in working the twenty horses that they have in the stable at the present. Some of the outstanding stock they are working includes: Sun’ s Ann of Shadowville, owned and ridden by ANN FELTON as an amateur horse; Piddley’ s Black Ace, a good black two-year-old owned by CHESTER WINGFIELD of Lewisburg; and Souvenir’ s Delight, a three-year-old roan filly owned by LESTER MOORE. Dr. Jeffries, a three-year-old stud owned by WADE KEPNER of Wheeling, West Virginia is doing quite well, as is Sun Dust Sam, a sorrel two-year-old stud coltownedby C. D. MACKEY of Piedmont, Alabama. Other two-year-olds in the barn are a Piddley filly owned by ALLEN MOORE of Fayetteville and a bay stud colt by Invasion that is owned by VIC THOMPSON. Mr. JIMMY McNEIL is the proud owner of a three-year-old stud colt by Sun’ s Quarterback that is showing good promise.
PORT ORANGE Walking Horse Stables
In a recent letter to the VOICE, Mr. GOTTLOB KOENIG announced the opening of the new Port Orange Walking Horse Stables in Daytona Beach, Florida The new facility has forty-eight 12x12’ box stalls and is 320 feet long by over 60 feet wide. In the stable are a. feed room, a tack room, a washroom, an office, alounge
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WALKING HORSE ENTHUSIAST WINS MAYORALTY OF RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
Among the most outstanding persons within the ranks of Walking Horse enthusiasts, from coast to coast, is WILLIAM L. McLAURIN of Raleigh, North Carolina. At present, Mr. McLaurin is Mayor, pro tem, of the City of Raleigh and has been a councilman on two previous occasions.
In addition to his civic efforts and interests, Mr. McLaurin has shown, raised and bred quite a number of Walking Horses and has proven to be one of the most faithful and loyal Walking Horse enthusiasts in the state of North Carolina. He owns and operates, among other business ventures, a Walking Horse stable within the city of Raleigh. In 1965, he was awarded the Capital City Horseman’ s Association’ s " Man of the Year” trophy. His interest in the breed is aptly evidenced by the gold Walking Horse lapel pin which he wears on all occasions.
SECOND NOTICE A few months ago we ran a small ad in the VOICE stating that we had a few select Tennessee Walking Horses just waiting for new owners. We had good response and now have more satisfied customers. We still have several other outstanding Two Year Olds as well as Junior and Aged Horses. Guaranteed " Brantley Broke”... no tricks.. ■ just good horses ready to show. Come to see us!
Contact: BILLY BRANTLEY BATTLEGROUND STABLES Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia( Near Chattanooga, Tennessee) Phone 866-1984 Day and 866-8726 Night
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