NEW BOARD MEMBERS
In our continuing program to keep members of the Breeders ’ Association and Walking Horse enthusiasts at large informed of the activities of our breed registry , we present the following synopsis of the backgrounds of the newly elected members of the Board of Directors .
C . M . Waters , Jr ., Alexandria , La .
Mr . Waters is a graduate of the
Georgia Institute of Technology . He served with the United States Air Force during World War II with the
Ninth Air Force in England and retired with the rank of Major . Mr .
Waters is at present Chairman of the Board and President of the Fireside Mutual Life Insurance Co . and President of the North Park Association . He is a Director of Heritage Manor , Inc ., and a member of the Board of Trustees of the St . Francis Cabrini Hospital . He has served as Preisdent of the Chamber of Commerce . Mr . Waters is a member of the Episcopal Church and served on the Vestry . He also served as Treasurer of St . James Parish . He has served on the Board of Trustees of the Diocese of Louisiana . Mr . Waters is sincerely interested in the Walking Horse business , his wife and two children having shown some of the top horses in the country . Mr . Waters has always had a very sincere feeling for his fellow man with a deep sense of fair play for all . At present Mr . Waters is * active in several areas of the Walking Horse business , including show horses and breeding . He recently purchased the winner of the Two-Year-Old Championship at Columbia and is also a partner in the Sellebration Sale , which will be held in Shelbyville , Tennessee during the Celebration . We are confident that Mr . Waters will be an asset to our Association .
DeWitt Owen , Jr ., DVM , Franklin , Tn .
Dr . Owen needs no introduction to the Walking Horse business . An honor graduate of the Michigan State College of Veterinary Medicine , he was a member of Phi Zeta , international veterinary fraternity , and is a charter member of the American Association of Equine Practitioners . He is a past Chairman of the School
Board in Franklin . Dr . Owen is considered by his profession to be one of the foremost authorities on equine
medicine and has written several papers on this subject that have been published in leading veterinary magazines and journals . He is , without doubt , one of the top horse veterinarians in America and a businessman of the highest caliber .
Dr . Owen has served one term on the Board of Directors and was reelected this year . He has served well and , while extremely busy with his veterinary work , has made every effort in the past to participate in the affairs of the Board of Directors . We
feel that Dr . Owen has an unusually close contact with the rank-and-file members of the Walking Horse community and is genuinely interested in the future of our breed and this
Association . We are confident that he , too , will continue to be an asset to our Association .
" ONCE UPON A TIME . .
Robert S . Krabbenhoft of Scottsville , Kentucky , told us the beginning of what might one day be a very interesting story .
Mr . and Mrs . Krabbenhoft attended the recent Hengen-Lenox Sale in Shelbyville , Tennessee , and bought two mares , one with a foal by her side and the other in foal to SCAT- MAN . Bob had planned to take them back to Kentucky on Sunday , and his inspection of the pregnant mare on Friday led him to believe that
she was not quite ready to foal , so he decided to leave her in the rather
small stall overnight . This was a bad decision , as she foaled during the night and apparently stepped on and broke the leg of the new black stud colt .
Mrs . Krabbenhoft , not being the type to give up easily , ignored the advice to destroy the foal and engaged the services of Dr . Ed Perryman , who inserted a pin in the colt ’ s leg and constructed an ingenious crutch . He admired the colt , and , as Bob wasn ’ t looking forward to transporting and caring for the little fellow , Dr . Perryman ended up the
owner of a slightly damaged , but well bred , colt .
Bob says he hopes his new-found friend , Dr . Perryman , can raise the colt and have him develop into a real success . . . very sorry beginning notwithstanding !
ALABAMA . . . ALL THE WAY The horse shows have started in Alabama and Mobile had a good show sponsored by the Sheriff ’ s Posse . Don Bell of Fayetteville , Tennessee judged the Walking Horse classes .
The Walking Horse Stake was won by GO BOY ' S CADILLAC JEWEL , with Jimmy Ellis up for Ellis Farms , Orrville . The Three-Year-Old Stallion Class was won by BALLY HOO ’ S APOLLO with Billy Brantley up for Slocum & Doughty of Mobile . In the Walking Pony Class , the top spot went to FREDDIE THE FREELOAD ER with Ty Irby up . In the Junior
Class , HANDSHAKER ’ S RED ACE captured the top spot , giving Jimmy Ellis two blues to carry home . This horse is owned by Mrs . Lyman Phillips of Brewton .
Complete results of this show can be found in the Show Results section of this issue .
The big event that everyone looked forward to was the exhibition of the
current World Champion Walking Pony , SETTING SUN ’ S APOLLO ,
with Lynn Doughty riding . APOLLO has been resting and getting fat for the last two months , and he and Lynn showed what good rest can do , making a flawless exhibition . Trainer Billy Brantley said they plan to retire APOLLO this year .
APOLLO has his first colt on the ground , and he is an exact replica of his famous sire down to the white mane and tail .
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