1966-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1966 October Voice RS | Page 24

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Witt was forced to close up his stables and go home. An­
other was spreading that Mr. Bob Cherry had been caught
mistreating a horse and was ordered to court. None of
these incidences ever took place. In fact, to our knowledge,
none of the men who were most prominent in these
“rumors” were even questioned, though no doubt they
were surveyed and their horses were found to be in good
shape.
Where do we go from here? That all depends. It de­
pends on YOU . . . the horse owners and trainers. Re­
member that there is now a rule on the books of the
American Horse Show Association that states that any
Walking Horse showing in Two Year Old Classes in 1967
with scars of any kind on the forefeet will be disqualified
from competition. This, in our opinion, is an unjust rule,
but one that was made as a last-resort to give full notice
that the mistreatment of Tennessee Walking Horses would
be tolerated no longer. It is our firm opinion that we can
educate many outsiders as to the “facts” regarding the
alleged abuses of our breed. It will take time and pa­
tience although many Humane officials are “tired of wait­
ing and want action NOW”. We must embark on a per­
sonal program, each one in his or her own way, to take
better care of our show horses; To protect them from
chain rubs that go unnoticed until they become an ugly,
though harmless scar and make good use of the many
protective ointments and salves designed to prevent perma­
nent damage to the feet of our horses. You CAN do it
and you MUST do it. Start today and then maybe next
year it will be YOUR horse that heads for the winners
circle at the Celebration. Only you know “how humane
you can get”.
ABOVE—Founding Editor Ben A. Green illustrates a point as
he addresses the staff of the VOICE Publishing Company at
a general meeting held during the week of the Celebration.
Mr. Green elaborated on the progress of the publication and
complimented the staff for their efforts on behalf of the Walk­
ing Horse business.
BELOW—Listening attentively are members of the staff. Pic­
tured are Mrs. David Howard, Janie Bramlet, Gloria Spencer,
Mr. and Mrs. Skip Standsberry, Jean Baum, Bess Faulkner,
Charlotte Neil, Sharon Terry, Janie Sawyer and Billy Jo Ann
Estess.
VOICE STAFF MEETING HELD
DURING CELEBRATION
During the week of the Celebration, the VOICE of
the Tennessee Walking Horse national magazine hosted
a breakfast honoring the contributing editors of the mag­
azine. This breakfast was used to good advantage to talk
over mutual problems of the editors and the staff.
Each contributing editor was given a chance to air
their views concerning the magazine while discussing the
horse activity in their particular section of the country.
Many of the comments made by these contributors were
helpful to the editors of the magazine and action will be
taken on them.
The magazine is extremely grateful to these hard
working columnists for their efforts in behalf of the mag­
azine. The breakfast, while serving as a token of apprecia­
tion, cannot replace the hours of time and energy spent
working on columns. We would like to take this opportun­
ity to again thank these contributors for the fine job they
are doing and to assure them that we will do everything
in our power to help them whenever possible.
Members of the contributing staff on hand for the
breakfast were Carolyn and Skip Stansberry, Jean S.
Baum, Janie Bramlett, Billy Joe Ann Estess, Sharon Ter­
ry, Janey Sawyer, Sheriff L. O. Ledford, Mary L. Hinson,
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Charlotte Neil. Editorial members of the VOICE on hand
were Mr. and Mrs. C. Bruce Spencer, Bess Faulkner, and
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Howard.
, A highlight of the breakfast was a short address by
the founding editor of the VOICE Ben A. Green. Mr.
Green took time out from his hectic Celebration week
schedule to talk to the group and we are most appreciative.
We feel that this breakfast went a
creating a closer feeling between the
its contributing editors. We hope that
m improving the quality of our service
we will endeavor to make it so.
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of
long way towards
VOICE staff and
this will be a help
to our readers and
the Tennessee Walking
Horse