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FOR SALE : Registered Tennessee Walking Horses . HILLS PERFECTION . MIDNIGHT SUN . MERRY BOY and GIOVANNI breeding . This is vour chance to get HILL ’ S PERFECTION blood lines . We have in SUN ' S MERRY MAN the only direct son . a stallion , from HILL ’ S PERFECTION . He is a lop stallion in all ways . Our foals are natural born Walkers , they do not have to be made ; and they have the best conformation and heads to be hand . We have up to 50 Walkers for sale at all times - brood mares , pleasure horses and show prospects , also top young stallions by SUN ’ S MERRY MAN by HILL S ' PER
FECTION by MIDNIGHT SUN . We also have a top young pony stallion at stud and for sale , MERRY MAN ’ S FLYER M ., sired by SUN ’ S MERRY MAN by HILL ' S PERFECTION . Visitors always welcome . Contact Calvin and Maxine Miller , Double Diamond Ranch , Rhame , North Dakota 5S651 . Phone 279-3420 .
HORSE WALKERS - Build your own from our complete specifications , blueprints , photos . Rugged *} - horse walker . Can be built for less than SI00 . A great deal of time and money was spent in research , development and testing of this machine . Send S10 to Circle K Rack Company , Box 212-A , Clarksville , Michigan .
FOR SALE : The following brood mares bred to MACK K and SUN ’ S DELIGHT . Mares by HALL ALLEN . MIDNIGHT IKE . MACK K . SUN DUST . PRIDE OF HALL ALLEN , MIDNIGHT SUN and MIDNIGHT SUN GLO . Also three yearling fillies by MIDNIGHT SUN GLO out of the three abovementioned mares . These are priced to sell . Telephone 615 ; 526-4746 day or 526-2818 night , or write Morrison Lowe , Jr ., P . 0 . Box 446 . Cookeville , Tenn . 38501 .
WANTED TO TRADE : Registered Walking Horses by Celebration champions for top registered Angus cows of O Bardoliermere and Ankonian Excaliber bloodlines . Write Quarter Circle Spear Ranch , 3373 N . Sabino Canyon Road , Tucson , Arizona 85715 .
FOR SALE : Registered Walking fillies and colt . 3 weanling fillies . 1 yearling filly and 1 weanling colt . Top bloodlines . Contact II . J . Snider , Liberty , North Carolina . Phone 622-4562 or 622-2377
FOR SALE : $ 1500.00 THE COPPERHEAD
8 year old Juvenile or Ladies Gelding Sorrel , 15V2 hands , by MERRY GO BOY out of LAST CHANCE mare . Absolutely gentle — not bad habits . Anyone can ride or handle .
CONTACT : FRANK HUTTON BOX 991 CLARKSVILLE , TENNESSEE
Dear Sir : letters
I call your attention to a news bulletin appearing in the December issue of the VOICE , stating that recently the U . S . Department of Agriculture has officially ruled that the Tennessee Walking Horse industry is a " luxury enterprise ” insofar as the federal government is concerned .
I am very much concerned with this matter and literally shocked to learn that the U . S . Department of Agriculture in Washington could be this confused , unjust , and misinformed . How could it possibly be that the federal government considers the entire structure of breeding , raising and selling of Tennessee Walking Horses a " luxury enterprise ” when literally thousands of farmers and other individuals over the country do this for a livelihood and attempt no other form of employment . I wonder if the thousands of individuals that have intrusted their time and money in pastures , brood stock , and breeding facilities to maintain their income feel that it is merely a " luxury enterprise .”
What about the scores of individuals over the nation that have given up cattle farming , and other gainful occupations , to derive their income from raising , buying , and selling Tennessee Walking Horses ? Would they consider this only a luxurious way of spending their time and sweat ?
To any thinking man , this official ruling by the U . S . Department of Agriculture is absurd and an insult to the many individuals scattered over this country that derive anhonest and hard way of life from the Walking Horse industry . If this ruling is allowed to stand , then it will certainly be a serious and crippling blow to the Walking Horse breeder , trainer and show element . Every attempt should be made by every interested individual to curtail this ridiculous ruling and set the thinking straight on this particular matter once and for all .
In this time of stress , when more revenue is needed by the federal government , I hardly agree that the Tennessee Walking Horse industry be so unjustly imposed upon .
I am enclosing a copy of this letter to my congressman and State Commissioner of Agriculture here in Mississippi , and I urge you , the editor of the VOICE , to ask everyone concerned to contact their respective congressmen as soon as possible .
Sincerely yours , ROY F . HARMON , JR ., M . D . Houston , Mississippi
Editor ’ s Reply : Dr . Harmon , thank you for your response to this critical situation . We have received considerable comment regarding this issue but your letter seemed to reflect the basic attitude a little better than most . We suggest that all of our readers take heed of this issue and that they follow your lead in contacting their congressmen . Thank you for your interest !
Dear Sir :
I recently purchased a Tennessee Walking Horse ( TOP BRASS , registration number 600404 ), His sire was KING OF MIDNIGHT , registration number 540980 . KING OF MIDNIGHT was listed as a Two- Year-Old World ’ s Champion Walking Horse in the National Celebration in 1952 . The stallion that I recently purchased was foaled May 30 , 1959 at Jamestown , New York .
I am writing to you hoping that you will publish this letter , as you
often do under Letters to the Editor , as I would like to learn more about the whereabouts of KING OF MIDNIGHT , whether he is still being shown has expired , or is used for breeding purposes . Possibly the owner would be so kind as to drop me a line at my address below , giving me some information . I am very curious as to what happened to this horse as I never read or hear anything about him .
Many thanks for any assistance you can give me .
Sincerely ,
GEORGE D . WRIGHT P . O . Box 126 Smyrna , Delaware 19977
Editor ’ s Reply : We were unable to locate any information on KING OF MIDNIGHT , so we ’ re leaving it up to our readers . Thanks for writing .
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