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
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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