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WISCONSIN WALKS
BUDDY ' HUGH is working quite a few good horses, as usual, that seem to be coming along fast. He has a beautiful little black Perfection mare of Mrs. JEAN WOLF’ S that is as sleek as can be, has a fine flat walk and a beautiful canter, and is doing better every day with the running walk. Mrs. Wolf is from Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. Buddy’ s bam is nearing completion, and should be one of the nicest around.
We visited the J. T. LEECH barn at Winchester for the first time, and what a lovely and picturesque spot they have. It’ s a setting that looks like a painting. He worked all four of the JAMES TOLBERT’ s horses, and how these horses are coming along! We saw7 the pretty7 roan Souvenir mare that has improved fabulously; a black Midnight Sun coming three-yearold that is pretty7 as can be, and really can go; and the great Midnight Queen Bee who looks better that ever; but most fabulous of all is the sorrel two-yearold Midnight Sun stud, Sun’ s Creator( known before as Pride of Midnight), w7ho has two outstanding gaits, and is the one to watch for. He looks like he can take them all... and will be one of the great ones. It wras a treat to see him work.
Our Walking Horse personalities for this month are the PHILIP KREUGER family of Mequon, Wisconsin. They are relatively new Walking Horse owners, having purchased their first one about a year ago, and Mr. Kreuger ended his first season of showing most successfully.
Their horse background and eventual acquisition of a Walking Horse is an interesting tale: as has been heard before, an active interest in horses( or any hobby or sport) is one of the best antidotes to juvenile boredom( one of the fore-runners of juvenile delinquency). The Kreugers, JOYCE and PHIL, decided this was the best method of luring their oldest son away from TV, so in 1962 decided to purchase a horse. It ended up to be two horses( a Welsh pony in foal, and a pleasure horse since converted to a w7alk-trot pony), and eventually, by the summer of’ 64, six— a variety of pleasure horses.
The Kreugers have four children; PHIL, 14; LINDA, 11; JEFF, 7; and STEVE, 6. Their walk-trot mare w7as put in training at the Nancy Lynn Stables in Grafton, Wisconsin. In September of 1964 Linda rode in the Tripoli show at Joy Farm and saw a demonstration of the Tennessee Walking Horse. As Mr. Kreuger says, " A loud holdout, my days were, at that show, unknowingly numbered.” In early 1965 MARY LYNN TREIS, owner and trainer of Nancy Lynn Stables, tried to find a Walker for Phil Kreuger, and by the end of April Dictator Again was purchased for him. By the middle of May, he says, " I was in the ring at the Madison( Wisconsin) show and have loved every minute since. In the meantime, Linda wanted to try equitation,
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Jean S.( Mrs. Leo) Baum
Box 250 Ixonia, Wisconsin 53036 after some good success with her walk-trot pony, and eventually Dream Doll, a four-year-old chestnut mare, was bought through Nancy Lynn Stables and Mockney’ s Rolling Meadow Stable of Lemont, Illinois. Linda and her new mare are going great guns.
At almost the same time, another mare was added to the Kreuger string: a bay, Countess Valentine, for Joyce, who will show her in walk-trot events this year.
Phil Kreuger and Dictator have improved steadily throughout the past show season, each time getting more with each other and putting on a better and better show. This pair finished up as Amateur Reserve Champion of 1965 in Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. Again quoting, " My first year was more than could be expected. Dictator and I look forward to next year. Joyce and Countess Valentine are acquiring experience and poise together. Linda and Dream Doll take aim at the 12-and-under equitation. Jeff hopes to start showing occasionally in equitation and loves to ride. Steve cheers us all( but gets bored too easily), and Phil prefers being a stableboy and follows the group with his pitchfork and basket. We are, as you can see, a varied family!”
They are also, as you can see, a very lovely family, with a great interest in horses, and we are glad to welcome them into the Walking Horse world. The Kreugers are members of the Wisconsin Walking Horse Association, Phil is a new member of the Board, and we know their interest and abilities will add much to the growth of Walking Horses in Wisconsin.
If any of you Wisconsin or Northern Illinois people have any news, be sure to send it to me at River Tree Farm, Ixonia, Wisconsin 53036. We’ ll be glad to hear from you!
A NOTICE FROM THE TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
In a bulletin appearing in the VOICE last month entitled " RULE CHANGE,” it was reported that " Effective January 1, 1967, any one stallion will be allowed 100 registrations for his colts during the calendar year, and beginning January 1, 1966, stallion owner is required to file by the 10th of the following month the name of his stallion and registration number of same, the number of mares bred to the stallion the preceding month.”
NOTICE: THIS RULE HAS BEEN REVOKED AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE RULES OF THIS ASSOCIATION PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE
TO CONTACT US AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.
TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION P. 0. Box 286 LEWISBURG, TENNESSEE
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