1969 Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1969 March Voice RS | Page 44

WALK ON. MINNESOTA
SHADOW VALLEY FARMS PURCHASES
MIDNIGHT BEAU AND SUNDOWN S.
MINNESOTA WALKING HORSE ASSOCIATION
Plans are now being made for the big All-Tennessee
Walking Horse Show to be held June 8, 1969. This will
be a combined halter and performance class show and
will be held on the Washington County Fairgrounds at
Bayport, Minnesota. In June of 1968 the MWHA spon­
sored a Tennessee Walking Horse Clinic and Halter
Class Show at the same site, and was so encouraged
by the fine turn-out of both exhibitors and spectators
that they are planning an even bigger show this year.
Two newcomers are welcomed to our Board of Direc­
tors. Each has been appointed to one-year terms
recently vacated. Miss Connie Flodin of St. Paul, Min­
nesota owns a Tennessee Walking Horse stallion,
PARADER’S PRIDE. Miss Sharon Lee Hoffman calls
Hastings, Minnesota home. The Sharon Lee Stables
is a prominent exhibitor of Tennessee Walking Horses
under the guiding hand of trainer Rudy*Nieman.
Spring of 1969 has brought many new members into
our ranks. Miss Alice C. Hoff of Minneapolis, Minne­
sota is well-known in the horse show circuit as a train­
er and instructor at Hollow Haven Farm. She made
her debut in the Walking Horse classes last year. Bob
and Judy Jensen of Hamel, Minnesota are prominent
in all phases of horse show activity. Their Kanttell
Farm is well-known at all of our local shows and many
of the larger shows out-of-state.
Some sad news to report from Dr. Gerald E. Bol of
Eveleth, long-time breeder of Tennessee Walking Hor­
ses. His black Walking Horse stallion, RODGER’S
FIREBALL, escaped from his paddock because of the
high, hard-packed snow early this year and found his
way into the pasture containing Dr. Bol’s aged herd
sire. POTTER’S BEN. Old BEN won the resulting bat­
tle. leaving RODGER with severe injuries. RODGER’S
FIREBALL subsequently died during corrective sur­
gery at the University of Minnesota Veterinary Clinic.
And, as though this misfortune wasn’t enough, some
weeks later one of Dr. Bol’s Walking Horse brood
mares foaled a month or so early out in one of the far
pastures on his farm. The new-born foal was killed by
a predator before Dr. Bol discovere