1966-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1966 February Voice | Page 16

OUT OF
THE NORTH
By Arlene Eklund
16611 Gaynelle Road
Tinley Park, Illinois
[phone]
The newly formed Wisconsin Walking Horse Asso­
ciation, WALTER PIEPER, President, sponsored its
first all-Walking Horse Show at the ROSS DRAKE
Stable in Hartland, Wisconsin during the latter part
of 1966. Chairman of the show was GENE LOSEE
of Hebron, Illinois, and PERCY MOSS and Dr. W. V.
GARNIER judged the twelve hotly-contested classes.
The response was tremendous to this, the first show
of its kind in the area. All classes were filled with
the best Walking Horses this region had to offer.
The Wisconsin Walking Horse Association must be
commended on its great effort to advance the breed
and congratulated on the success of its first show.
It's nice to know that not everyone is concentrat­
ing entirely on showing. There are still a few who
raise Walking Horses for pleasure, not for profit. They
are concerned with a smooth, easy-going walk rather
than the fast, high-stepping show gait. It is high
time that they received some of the attention that
has been focused on the show ring. Among this won­
derful group are JOHN and JOAN KRUMM of Crys­
tal Lake (this couple is better known to the public
as the very talented exhibitors of RAYMOND SMITH’S
Sun Dust Fury). My parents and I drove up to see
them last fall and spent a most delightful day riding
over hill and dale in the midst of the beautiful autumn
scenery. They have a mare, Snook’s M., that is as
smooth as silk, and she was unshod! Now that’s what
I call a real Walking Horse.
Joan’s father, WILLIAM EDWARDS, was among
the first in this area to own and raise the breed.
"The biggest little horse in Illinois,” trainer ED
JOHNSON calls him. Who? Why, Rhapsody in Mo­
tion, a beautiful grey roan gelding that RYER TRIES-
ENBERG brought up from the Murray Farm Sale
for his daughter MARCIA. I don’t think I know of
another horse with as much heart as this one has.
He gets down in back, out in front, and goes like
the wind. They plan to take him to the Chicago In­
ternational — a very good idea. He looks like a
horse with a future.
Ed is also working a five-year-old roan gelding,
My Souvenir 612096, by Souvenir’s Jupiter and out
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of Fashion Star. He and Ryer bought this one from
SAM PASCHAL. They hold high hopes for top hon­
ors at the International, where Ed also plans to
show Jet’s Jock Pat, owned by Dr. CLARK McCLURE
of Knox, Indiana.
Ed’s turning his Windy Hill Farm in New Lenox,
Illinois, into quite a Walking Horse barn. Aside from
the show stock, he’s training a pretty little three-
year-old pleasure mare for L. P. HEATH of Flossmore
and a chestnut gelding of his own. If anyone can do
well, it’s Ed Johnson.
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The saddle —
1. Remove girth, clean as described under point
3 below.
2. Turn saddle upside down.
3. Wash panel (that part of saddle in contact with
horse’s back) and gullet (underside center). With
sponge wetted in warm water and wrung out, apply
saddle soap to leather, and rub to work up a stiff
lather to remove sweat and dirt before it hardens.
The amount of dirt will determine how much soap,
water and elbow grease are necessary.
4. Wash rest of saddle in same manner, following
the order given under Order of Cleaning.
5. Dry entire saddle with chamois.
6. Take second sponge, dampen slightly and apply
leather preservative or glycerine soap without suds
to all parts of saddle; following the order given.
The Bridle —
Wash the bit in warm water.
On the leather part, follow exactly the same pro­
cedure given for saddle: wash thoroughly with warm
water and saddle soap or castile soap, dry with cha­
mois, apply either preservative or glycerine soap
with slightly damp sponge.
Using cheesecloth, apply metal polish to all metal
parts; then polish with flannel. If the bridle is not to
be used for a time, clean and dry the bit, and apply
a light coat of petroleum jelly to prevent pitting or
rusting.
Blankets and Pads —
Hang up or spread out to dry; the brush off hair
and dried sweat.
After Cleaning
Store in cool, dry place.
Hang the bridle on its rack, neatly and so that all
parts drape naturally without bending.
Place the saddle on its rack.
Cover saddle and bridle.
ACHIEVEMENT
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that
one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has over­
come while trying to succeed. — Booker T. Washington
VOICE of the Tennessee Walking Horse