1966-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1966 September Voice RS | Page 12

Breed Registration Numbers
I have just obtained from each
of the breed registration associa­
tions figures showing (1) their 1965
registrations; and (2) their total
registrations since their beginning.
Table 1 tells the story.
TABLE 1
1965 AND TOTAL REGISTRATIONS OF LIGHT HORSES AND
MINIATURE DONKEYS IN u! S. BREED ASSOCIATIONS
1965
Registrations
Breed
THE BATTLE OF THE BREEDS
The "battle of the breeds” has
raged as long as we have had
breeds. Except for the occasional
emphasis on fancy points to the
detriment of utility values, perhaps
this breed competition has been a
good thing.
Sometimes it’s good, even for
ardent breed enthusiasts, to back
off and take a look at themselves
and their competition. How do the
breeds stack up in terms of num­
bers of animals registered, and in
breed characteristics?
Breed Characteristics
Sometimes folks construe a write­
up of a breed of livestock — in a
book, U. S. Department of Agri­
culture bulletin, or column — as an
official recognition of that breed.
Nothing could be further from the
truth, for no person or office has
authority to approve a breed. The
only legal basis for recognizing a
breed is contained in the Tariff
Act of 1930, which provides for the
duty-free admission of purebreed
breeding stock provided they are
registered in the country of origin.
But the latter stipulation applies
to imported animals only.
In this column, no official recog­
nition of any breed is intended or
implied. Rather, I have tried earn­
estly, and without favoritism, to
present in summary form the fac­
tual story of each breed. In par­
ticular, such information relative
to the new and/or less widely dis­
tributed breeds is needed, and often
difficult to come by.
............................ 18,435
............................
............................ 8,386
6,000
............................ 86
Total
Registrations
443,542
300,000
39,225
65,600
302,135
75,000
112,642
4,747
Arabian:
............................ 1,383
Pony of the Americas...................................................................
Hackney............................................................................................
Missouri Fox Trotting Horse.......................................................
Connemara Pony.................................................... .......................
Buckskin...........................................................................................
American Albino ............................................................................ ............................
............................
............................
Spanish Mustang............................................................................ ............................ 97
44
14
8
31,887
38,000
118,581
15,446
5,602
29,828
4,759
21,380
5,377
2,101
2,101
994
351
1,976
1,105
115
95
TABLE 2
BREEDS OF LIGHT HORSES, PONIES, AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS
Breed
LIGHT HORSES
AND PONIES:
American
Albino Horse
Place of
Origin
Color
Other
Distinguishing
Characteristics
Disquali­
fications
Primary Uses
United States;
on White
Horse Ranch,
Naper, Neb. Snow-white hair,
pink skin, and
preferably dark
eyes. Variable, accord-
cording to type
(including both
light and draft
horse purposes)
American
Gotland
Horse Baltic Island of
Gotland, a
part of
Sweden Bay, brown,
Average about
black, dun,
48” high, with
chestnut, pal­
a range of 11
omino, roan,
to 13 hands
and some leop­
ard and blanket
markings Pintos and animals
Harness trot
with large mark­
racing, pleas­
ings are disqual­
ure horses,
ified
and jumpers;
for children
and moderately-
sized adults
American
Paint Horse United States White plus any
other color.
Must be a rec­
ognizable
paint Stock horses,
Pleasure
horses, Show
purposes
American
Saddle
Horse United States;
In Fayette
County, Ky. Bay, brown,
Ability to furnish
chestnut, gray,
an easy ride
or black.
with great
Gaudy white
style and
markings are
animation.
frowned upon Long, graceful
neck, and
proud action
No discrimina­
tion is made
against glass,
blue, or light-
colored eyes
Solid color or Ap-
paloosa-like
spots.
Horses that single­
foot or pace are
disqualified
Three- and five-
gaited saddle
horses.
Fine harness
horses.
Pleasure horses.
Stock horses.
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