1967-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1967 March Voice RS | Page 34

1953, SUN’S JET PARADE—1957,
SETTING SUN—1958 and SUN’S
DELIGHT — 1963 k MIDNIGHT
MACK K has sired two RODGER’S
PERFECTION — 1959 and MACK
K’S HANDSHAKER 1960).
We appreciate your bringing this to
our attention and arc pleased that you
are so perceptive of records and
bloodlines.
“Gentlemen:
‘'What Have You Done For the
Walking Horse Business Today?”
This question could mean 101 dif­
ferent things and I think if you were
honest
Editor) with yourself you
would find this true. Possibly we don’t
want to see ourselves for what we are
or where we are heading.
Instead of a Sale, it remains a Set-
Up from point of sale to getting to
the judge to letting my Customer win
this class. I want him to feel I was
correct or did him a favor in letting
him have this horse. Build him up and
let the rug come from under him in
whatever fashion suits the case.
In selling a horse there are no set
standards or practices as followed in
other business or related retail outlets.
Just within the past month I was
quoted the price of a mare and two
other men received a quotation on the
same horse that was $1,000 different.
I most likelv had been mistaken like so
many other “CUSTOMERS” for a
’i"ne has come for the “CUS-
to take a good long
this WALKING HORSE
K ■ K. \ ESS todav.
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feeling of firm conviction
K.:t JUDGES or INJUSTICE in the
show ring must be taken for what it
was in the past and look for HONEST
OPINION or pinning of horses. This
Panel of Judges you speak of in an
all out and honest effort could pos­
sible be the answer.
Not long ago I witnessed a most
pathetic display of judging. The class
had been worked, two horses were
called on the rail for a work out out
of 6 horses. 6 riders and two judges
tying the class. The horses worked
both ways of the ring and were called
for pinning. One horse placed 1st and
the other 3rd. 'This I need someone
to explain to me). After said class
JUDGE A pinned his horse 2nd.
JUDGE B pinned his horse 1st and
placed 3rd the gent un-lucky enough
to he out of this region who should
have been pinned 1st for his horse had
3 true gaits. This continued through­
out the evening and if your horse had
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been purchased or trained at anytime
bv either you were tied in the money.
It is very saddening for myself or
anv rider to have the JUDGE look
or place his RIDER rather than the
horse. I have in the past had a judge
walk around the parked horses and
look at me as to say Just-Who-T he­
ll eck arc you and not once take a good
look-see during the class.
The judge with whom I base refer­
ence is from the Heart Of Walking
Horse Country. If a judge can’t pin a
class of three horses without a work
out he has a card to steal rather than
judge.
In all of the barns I have visited I
have vet to see a Two-Year old worked
clean without wedges, chains or
scootin-juice. The A.H.S.A. is trying
to rub its head with one hand and pat
the tummy with the other so far as
this ruling is concerned. Again we cus­
tomers will be a den of fools to believe
that all of the fine two year olds will
be disqualified for having scars. The
trainers I am sure will have a tre­
mendous influence on getting this rule
thrown out with the rest of the used
stall hay.
So in truth ‘WHAT HAVE YOU
DONE
FOR
THE
WALKING
HORSE BUSINESS TODAY’.
To coin a phrase ‘There is no bus­
iness like show business.’and there is
•NO
BUSINESS LIKE HORSE
SHOW BUSINESS?’
These questions, my friends who do
pay your hills, I will leave with you
to ponder. Were you Set-Up Today?
Did you really win the class or place?
Do I have as much fun showing this
year as in the past? Where do we go
from here?”
Editor’s Answer:
“Dear Sir:
Remember that one of the most at­
tractive features of the horse business
today is the fact that we have no price
controls, no union or management ele­
ments to consider and, no sales taxes
or other government factors to answer
to when it comes to buying or selling.
When vou or I enter into a transaction
regarding a horse it is your ability to
buy or sell versus mine. The horse
business is about the only area of bus­
iness where we can boast of this free­
dom today.
I feel that the same basic elements
of “human nature” enter into this that
enter into all areas of business. We
cannot legislate morals and if a person
is basically inclined toward one di­
rection or another, we cannot force
him to think or do otherwise. Editors
APRIL 4 — Searcy, Arkansas Horse Show, Con­
tact Joe Webb, Searcy, Araknsas.
APRIL 7, 8 — Fourth Annual Tyler Saddle Club
Horse Show, Tyler, Texas.
APRIL 15—Crossvillc, Alabama Horse Show, Cross-
ville. Alabama. Contact A! Holt, 994 Lanici
Boulevard, Atlanta, Georgia.
APRIL 27. 28. 29 — 33.d Grecneville South Caro­
lina Horse Show. Contact J. D. Massey, p.O,
Box 1U82. Greenville, South Carolina.
APRIL 28* 29 — Chattanooga Pilot Club Horse
Show, Warner Park Field House. Contact
Thomas Dye. 7925 Shallowford Road, Chatta­
nooga, Tennessee.
MAY G — Opelika Horse Show. Lee County Fair­
grounds. Opelika. Alabama. Contact Scab S.
Phipps. P. O. Box 1025. Opelika, Alabama.
MAY 6 — Sumter. South Carolina Horse Show.
2 P.M.. Sumter. South Carolina.
MAY G — Albertville Lions Club Horse Show,
Albertville. Alabama.
MAY 6 — Alcxian Brothers Hospitality Benefit
Horse Show, Santa Clara County Fairgrounds.
San Jose. California.
MAY 7 — Napa Valley Horsemens Association An­
nual Horse Show, Napa Valley Horsemens As­
sociation Grounds. Napa, California.
MAY 13 — Dalton Pilot Club Horse Show, Dalton,
Georgia.
MAY 14 — Northern California Tennessee Walking
Horse Association Annual Spring Horse Show,
State Fairgrounds. Sacramento. California.
MAY 27 — 35th Annual Shelbyville PTA Horse
Show. Celebration Grounds. Shelbyville, Ten­
nessee. Contact Mrs. Bryant Wooslcy, Jr., 600
Kingree Road, Shelbyville. Tennessee.
JUNE 3 — Shades Valley Horse Show. Way High
Farms, Birmingham. Alabama. Contact Shades
Valley Horse Show Association, V. O. Box
5781, Birmingham, Alabama.
VOICE
TRADE MARKET
FOR SALE — Pleasure horses, registered
unregistered, on hand at all times. Con­
tact DAVID WELSH. Leeswood Stables.
Oaks Corners,
N. Y.
14518.
Phone
315-278-1328.
THE FOLLOWING REGISTERED TENNES­
SEE WALKING HORSES FOR SALE — Nine
brood mares to foal this spring, one three-
year-old filly, three two-year-old fillies, two
yearling fillies, three yearling studs and
three proven breeding stallions. All grand­
daughters and grand-sons of MERRY BOY.
MIDNIGHT SUN, and WILSON ALLEN. All
gentle and grain fed, morning and night.
Will sacrifice eight or ten head: $350 and
up so bring your transportation and save
an extra trip. Staltlions are pasture broke.
V. A. Treadway, 6208-B W. Okmulgee,
Muskogee, Oklahoma. Phone MU 2-3843
or MU 2-7481.
FOR SALE: Hidden away i n the wilds of
Massachusetts! A beautiful sorrell Walk­
ing mare with MIDNIGHT SUN and LAST
CHANCE breeding. Excellent pleasure and
brood mare, very well-mannered. Her
young filly now demands my limited time.
Contact Mrs. Edward Sten, 1430 Bedford
Street, North Abington, Massachusetts.
Phone [phone].
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