1966-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1966 February Voice | Page 26

WISCONSIN WALKS
Jean S. (Mrs. Leo)Baum
Box 250
Ixonia, Wisconsin 53036
He feels satisfied with the future of the Walking
Horse in Wisconsin, that the future is really bright
— "or I wouldn’t be with them.” Quite a few that
he sells are for field trials.
Mac is on the board of the Wisconsin Walking Horse
Association and is a very active and interested mem­
ber. He headed the committee for the trail ride for
the group this last fall. His barn is located 70 miles
northwest of Milwaukee, 4 miles south of Beaver Dam
on Highway 151. The latch is always open, so George
McGilvra says to come and visit anytime. You are
always welcome!
JOHN T. CARTER LEASES ROBINWOOD FARMS
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Much has been said about the passing of "Ol’ Sun,”
but I just have to add out sentiments from the North.
We think he was the greatest, and that his death is
a tremendous loss to the Walking Horse world. We
would always describe him as "the greatest living
breeding stallion of any breed,” for that’s what we
considered him. Our lovely filly by him (and out of
our Go Boy mare) and the unborn colt by him (due
in March) are and will be living tributes to him, as
will all the other outstanding get of his, spread all
over the country. We in Wisconsin mourn him greatly,
but there’s no denying he led a long and wonderful
life.
Our personality of the month is GEORGE McGILVRA,
a trainer, buyer and seller of horses from Beaver Dam,
Wisconsin, and an exceptionally nice person. "Mac”
has had horses ever since he can remember, and, dur­
ing the depression, dealt in work horses.
In 1951 or 1952, at a Marion, Indiana, 4-H Fair,
he saw his first Walking Horse and made up his mind
then and there that someday he was going to own
that breed of horse.
Opportunity didn’t present itself for quite a while,
however. He was a busy many working at the Uni­
versity of Wisconsin at decentral breeders institute,
and was the first and only technician approved for-
four years.
Then one day in Booneville, Missouri, Mac was
unloading some horses and saw a stallion, a Walking
Horse of course, that really interested him. The horse
was spoiled, but Mac bought him anyway, gelded
him, squared him away and showed him for two years.
In those two years he was never out of the money.
When Mac’s family was grown, he finally had time
to start training horses, which is what he had always
wanted to do.
At present, he has 19 horses in his bam, of which
seven are two-year-olds, three are three-year-olds,
and one is a four-year-old ... he is kept mighty busy!
He also sells a lot of horses, many of them pleasure
horses. As he says, "People are getting away from
walk-trot horses, and are getting started with Walk­
ing Horses.”
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JOHN T. CARTER, veteran Walking Horse trainer,
recently announced that he has leased the Robinwood
Farms in Kingsport, Tennessee, and that he would
maintain his Walking Horse training operation from
these facilities. John has been working out of this
stable for four years in association with the owners
of the farm, Mr. ROBERT PIERCY and Mr. RUS­
SELL WAGGONER.
In going over his present training operation, John
pointed out that 1965 had been the most active and
successful year he has ever had. He sold a total of
$65,250 worth of top stock this past year and had
approximately 25 to 30 head of horses in training at
all times during the year. The modern stable has
twenty-five stalls in it and there are fourteen stalls
in another stable on the farm, so he can accommod­
ate well over thirty-five horses in training at one
time. John and his four full-time helpers have their
hands full with a good crop of two-year-olds and some
age stock. When the Robinwood Farms six-horse van
pulls out for the first show of the season, you can be
sure that several good Juvenile and Amateur horses
will be on board, as John has done quite well work­
ing with them for several years.
GUY-YOKLEY HORSE SHOW MANAGEMENT TEAM
Two of the top announcers in the Walking Horse
business have formed a Horse Show Management
team. PETE YOKLEY, Pulaski, Tennessee, and EM­
METT GUY, Jackson, Tennessee, are offering their
services to associations and civic clubs giving horse
shows. These services will include the mailing of en­
try blanks to a sizable list of exhibitors. Since their
fee will depend on the entry fees, they will concen­
trate on having as many exhibitors as possible at a
show. They will send an advance man to the area of
a show to help set up all the local equipment, such
as the ring, the announcing system, etc. Their serv­
ices also include the purchase of trophies and rib­
bons, and the presence of a ringmaster, a blacksmith
and a clerk to take entries. Class sheets will be print­
ed with the approval of the sponsoring organization.
They will also contact judges if desired. For complete
information, contact either Mr. Emmett Guy, P. O.
Box 949, Jackson, Tennessee; or Mr. Pete Yokley,
Pulaski, Tennessee.
VOICE of the Tennessee Walking Horse