1969 Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1969 January Voice RS | Page 106

Dear Sir: Have just received my copy of VOICE for September/October. Sure glad to receive your fine magazine over here. I have been active in horses all my life. I took a 30-day leave to come back to the Celebra­ tion this year (1968) all the way from South Vietnam. I spent a week and a half in Shelbyville, and it was worth the trip to be there to see Donald and ROYAL HEIR crowned World Champion on Saturday night. I have known Donald and Sam Pas­ chal for the last 30 years - their dad and mine were very close friends. I plan on taking another 30-day leave in 1969 to be there for the Celebration and see the World Cham­ pion crowned. I hope to retire from service in 1970, get me a few horses, show each week for a hobby. If anyone there has any pictures of horses, I wish they would send them to me. I would like to frame them, put them up in our dining room and mess hall. My home is in Middle Tennessee. Sure will be good to get back in good old Tennessee and retire - see a good horse show or two each week - and be with the best people in the world again. A devoted horseman, PSG. JAMES D. JENKINS RA25253429 18th Repl. Co. 90th Repl. Bn. APO 96491, San Francisco, Ca. for two divisions in Walking Horse shows — one for horses that do three gaits with lots of motion and where speed is not emphasized, and another for horses doing these three gaits plus one other - a show gait. This would take the guesswork out of judging Walking Horses. Today it is always a puzzle as to which horse will be tied first: one that does three perfect gaits but does not have out­ standing speed at the running walk, or one that has three good gaits with tremendous speed in the running walk. This must be a question in the minds of many Celebration watchers since there doesn’t seem to be any standard forjudging Walking Horses. One year we see a big-lick horse crowned Grand Champion, and the next year, a horse that does a good running walk with lots of motion. Having two divisions is a way to keep Walking Horses walking, and still fill the grandstands with people - for they pay to see a big-lick. Many horses have been passed over as mediocre because they could not "turn it on” in a running walk. Sincerely yours, STANLEY ROWLAND Camden, Tennessee Dear Sir: Once in awhile you come across something so basic and yet so factual and "down to earth” you want to pass it on to others. The above is true of "The Art of Getting Along.” I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do the one which currently hangs in my office. Very truly yours, M. G. WILLIAMS (EDITOR’S NOTE: As Mr. Williams stated in his letter, we thought this was well worth passing along to our readers.) THE ART OF GETTING ALONG Dear Sir: The cover story in the December VOICE made a point that I feel is essential to the future of the Walk­ ing Horse. To quote: "He showe d him at times with great speed in the running walk and he showed him at times in three gaits that were almost reminiscent of the 'old-time’ Walking Horses.” This emphasizes the need 106 Sooner or later, a man, if he is wise, discovers that business life is a mixture of good days and bad, victory and defeat, give and take. He learns that it doesn’t pay to be a sensitive soul — that he should let some things go over his head like water off a duck’s back. He learns that he who loses his temper usually loses. He learns that all men have burnt toast for breakfast now and then, and that he shouldn’t take the other fellow’s grouch too seriously. He learns that carrying a chip on his shoulder is the easiest way to get into a fight. He learns that the quickest way to become unpopular is to carry tales and gossip about others. He learns that even the janitor is human and that it doesn’t do any harm to smile and say "Good morn­ ing,” even if it is raining. He learns that most of the other fellows are as ambitious as he is, that they have brains that are as good or better, and that hard work and not cleverness is the secret of success. He learns that it doesn’t matter so much who gets the credit so long as the business shows a profit. He comes to realize that the busi­ ness could run along perfectly well without him. He learns to sympathize with the youngsters coming into the business, because he remembers how bewild­ ered he was when he first started out. He learns not to worry when he loses an order because experience has shown that if he always gives his best, his average will break pretty well. He learns that no man ever got to first base alone and that it is only through co-operative effort that we move on to better things. He learns that bosses are not mon­ sters trying to get the last ounce of work out of his for the least amount of pay, but that they are usually fine men who have succeeded through hard work and who want to do the right thing. He learns that the folks are not any harder to get along with in one place than another, and that "get­ ting along” depends about 98 per cent on his own behavior. Moonglow Stables P.O.Box 177 BARNWELL, S. C. TRAIN BOARD SELL TRADE TENNESSEE WALKING HORSES Manager/Trainer BOYD MELTON Phone 803/259-1278 Owners Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Black, Jr. Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse