pionage , Midnight Shadow H , Go Boy ’ s Invasion , Mack K ’ s Image , Sun ’ s Whipporwill , Invasion ’ s Diamond , Merry Boy ’ s Go Getter , Jamison ’ s Midnight , Gunsmoke ’ s Commander , Sun ’ s Chance RG , Allen ’ s Black Magic , Hancock ’ s Sun Delite , Jeffcoat ’ s Go Boy , Mister Trigger , Major Walking Boy , Go Boy ’ s High Tide , Captain ’ s Gay Boy , Sun ’ s Rocket Go Man , Parade Pride , Glory ’ s Mack K , Tugging at Midnight , Black Gold ’ s Copper , Sun ’ s Duplicator , Barrett ’ s Merry Man , Judy ’ s Sun , Midnight Sparkie , Pride of Dixie , Ebony Senator , Midnight Chief Allan , Wilson Dean ’ s Choice , Midnight Black Boy , Ebony Masterpiece , Black Magic LM , Go Boy ’ s Glory , Sun ’ s Double Chance , Keene ’ s Go Boy , Go Boy ’ s Commander , Piddley ’ s Choice , Sun ’ s Big Shot , Sun ’ s Black Jack , Midnight ’ s Flying M , Mack K ’ s Big Story , Delight ’ s Society Sun , Stately Go Boy , Scat Man , Shadow ’ s Reflection , Midnight John , Bandbox , Sun ’ s Top Man , Midnight Secret , Midnight Sun II , Piddley , Mack K ’ s Reflection , Midnight Pat H , Cotton Queen ’ s Go Boy , Go Boy ’ s Moonshine , Evening Sun , Go Boy ’ s Astronaut , Go Boy ’ s Mister Me , Sun ’ s Holiday , Shadow of Ichabod , Midnight Sun ’ s Pride , Go Boy ’ s Scottie , B Major Wilson , Go Boy ’ s Grey Ghost , Mark of Merry Boy , Midnight Magic Marche , Major Reveille , Go Boy ’ s Hiawatha , Mack K ’ s Mambo , Go Boy ’ s Walkaway , Go Boy ’ s Jim Dandy , Ellas Major
Wilson , Piddley ’ s Go Boy , Shining Jupiter , Candy Caydence , Shadow ’ s Brantley , Lady May ’ s Trooper , Rapid Joe , Chief Joseph , Sun ’ s Eldorado .
One of the most interesting aspects of our survey was the " general comments ” which we received . We want to share some of these with our readers and have broken them down into categories with regard to special interest .
BREEDING : " I am just beginning with two good brood mares . Hope to breed to a good stallion and improve or at least maintain best of Walking Horse breed .” " I think the saddest thing to happen to the Walking Horse business was to allow artificial breeding .” " My percentage of colts the past 10 years has been only 50 %. You can buy yearlings cheaper than you can raise them .” " Our experience has been that mares will fail to settle after bearing 3 or 4 colts . You should let them take a 6- to 8-month rest and then rebreed .” " I would like for the Breeders ’ Association to consider any colt foaled the first nine months of the year to be registered that year . Any colt foaled the last three months ( would be ) registered the following year .” " I am a beginner in the breeding of Walking Horses and I lost $ 658.00 the first time out .” " I started with one registered mare in 1963 . I failed to get a colt in 1964 or 1965 and finally got an INVAS-
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