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JUNE 1957 he (it
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Win a Morgan Colt -- Win a Morgan Horse
MHC- 9 MHC - 10
MHC- I
MHC-6 MHC-7
MHC-• CAR ORNAMENT
MORGAN HORSE CLUB, Inc. Trophy Prices
MHC-1 — Bakelite and Metal Base. Finish: Balfour Bronze. Over-all Height 16". Price $20.75
MHC-2 — Ebonized Wood Base. Large engraving plate. Over-all Height 8 1/2". Price $18.00
MHC-3 — White Bakelite Base. Over-all Height 14". Price $16.25
MHC-4 —Mahogany Finished Base. Copper Oxi-dized Horse. Small engraving plate on pedestal. Height 8". Price $17.00
MHC-5 — Black Bakelite Base. Balfour Bronze En- graving Band. Height 141/2". Price $15.00
MHC-6 — Book-ends Price $23.00 pair
MHC-7 — Bronze Ashtray. 9" Diameter, 7'/2" Height. Price $18.75
MHC-8 — Genuine Onyx Ashtray. 51/2" x 7". Price $20.75
MHC-9 — Morgan Horse Desk Piece. Height 5 1/2". Price—Bright Finish 58.00
Dull Finish $7.50
MHC-10— Wooden Cigarette Box. 12" Long, Height 8".
Price $18.00
MHC-11— Car Ornament. Durable Nickel Finish. Price $15.00
ITEMS MHC-1 through MHC 10 will be furnished with copper-oxidized figures. If Balfour Bronze desired add 500 to price. All orders shipped C. 0. D.
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FOR SALE This is not Parade but his good son BROADWALL
ST. PAT 11353 — (Bob Baker up).
This stallion is beautifully bred with a very high percentage of Ethan Allen 2nd. He travels perfect- ly straight and is a real three-year-old show prospect.
FLASH! — Won blue at Windsor Horse Show, May 19, 1957, for Morgans Under Saddle.
We are going to sell some of our good Morgans by Parade.
1-2 yr. old show filly (Broadwall Brilliance) 1-2 yr. old bay gelding 2-1 year old colts 2-1 year old fillies This year's weanlings
Mr. & Mrs. J. CECIL FERGUSON
Greene, R. I.
OUR FRONT COVER
Not to be out done by Her Highness, Grace Kelley, Locust Melody of Woods and Water Farms presented the Kanes with a brand new filly on the same date, January 23. She is sired by Wal-and has been named 'Kane's Princess Caroline." The photograph was taken on her third day. She was the first of Kane's dozen foals of the 1957 sea-son.
* Kettets to
the EMots
Dear Sir: I have enclosed a check for $3.50.
I enjoy the Morgan Horse so much that I naturally want to renew my sub-scription. I compare it to the other magazines I subscribe to, and it will probably always top the list. The best reason I can think of for this is that every page is crammed with worth-while information — every 35-40 pages; whereas other magazines with over 75 pages have absolutely nothing worthwhile. So all we get out of pay-ing 6-7 dollars is a bunch of advertise-ments. Thank goodness "our" maga-zine isn't that way. I use the word our very freely in this case because
I feel as though I know every reader, writer, and Morgan owner, personally. Here, again, is a fact which makes THE MORGAN HORSE readers have an advanage. In other maga- zines there are so many ads saying: "Buy this horse," "No, don't buy that kind, buy this one," "Don't buy a horse just breed your mare to any of our 20 stallions, and get the finest foal you ever laid eyes on," "Before you buy, you must be sure to look at our prize winning nag of the year, — why I can
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Table of Contents SPECIAL FEATURES
Promoting Our Breed 5 Pictorial Record 6 National Judging School 7 Farewell My Friend 8 Fitting (Part I) 9 Arguments of Big and Little Horses 10 The Cart Before the Horse 11 Advanced Test 12 15th Annual Morgan Horse Show 14 New Folding Saddle Rack 16 Notice to Mid-Westerners 16 Obituary Notice 16 Allentown, Pa. Show 26 The Many Things A Morgan Can Do 26
REGULAR FEATURES Leiters to the Editor 4 The President's Corner 5 Central States News 13 Maine Morgan News 13 News from the Buckeye State 14 Mid-Atlantic News 15 New England News 15 Wisconsin News 15 Pacific Northwest News 16 New York State News 25 Hints to Horsekeepers 27 New England — Mid-Atlantic Calendar of Events 39 Pictorial Section 17-24
Secretary FRANK B. HILLS
Officers of the Morgan Horse Club President FREDERICK 0. DAVIS
Windsor, Vermont Vice-President GERALD F. TAFT
Northville, Michigan Treasurer WHITNEY STONE
90 Broad St., New York 4, N. Y
SO Broad St., New Ycrk 4, N. Y.
The Morgan Horse Magazine Vol. XVII
June, 1957 No. 5
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THE MORGAN HORSE CLUB, Incorporated 90 Broad St., New York 4, New York
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His neigh is like the bidding of a monarch, and his countenance enforces homage.
- - King Henry V
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This month our director's letter comes from Stanley D. Sahlstrom of St. Cloud, Minnesota. Stan is one of those fellows full of enthusiasm for Morgans and is certainly doing an outstanding job for the Morgan Horse Club in the North Central Morgan Association. We need more like him.
I not only asked Sian to write an article for my President's Corner, but also asked him to write of his Morgan activities.
F. 0. DAV/5, President
Dear Ted: In response to your request for in-
formation relative to my history with Morgan horses, here is a resume of my activities in that area. Any such per-sonal writing must necessarily be spotted with a considerable number of "I's," but here is the story:
Ever since my earliest recollections of contact with horses, I have had a great deal of respect for, and interest in, the Morgan breed. During my early childhood, horses were still the prime source of power on the farm. Tractors were found rarely and only on the largest farms. Horses were still a very respected item therefore on the farm. I remember well the comments of my father and of other farmers upon see-ing some of the better, closely knit, ac-tive farm teams relative to their Morgan "type," or "those horses act like Mor-gans," or "that team must have some Morgan blood." As a result, I de-veloped a great interest and wrote to various sources for information rela-tive to past history and breed character-istics of the Morgan. My interest in livestock breeds generally was very great, and my library of information in the area of breeding, showing, and training became a very large one.
It is no wonder, then, that after the completion of high school I decided to pursue further education in the area of Agriculture. My interest while in the College of Agriculture continued very high in horses, and to this day the longest and most complete term paper in a certain animal husbandry course is still my theme on the "History and Characteristics of the Morgan breed of Horses." After completing my college education I taught Agriculture for one year, and then spent four years in the service. Incidentally, while overseas it was my privilege to visit the Lipizzaner's in Austria. I enjoyed Ferguson's article relative to them in the last issue of the magazine very much_
My first ownership of pure bred Mor-gans occurred at the time of the govern-ment dispersal. At that time I was Vocational Ag. Director at Milaca High School, and together with two friends from that town, Mr. Boyum and Mr. Bovy, we purchased a number of horses. One of those horses went to Mr. Theis in Kansas and the rest have remained in the upper midwest area. That fall we had our first breed classes at the Minnesota State Fair. Mary Ann Blick (Mrs. David Naas) and a num-ber of others were instrumental with us in promoting classes at the State Fair. That same fall we had our first meeting of Morgan enthusiasts in this area called at the time of the State Fair. I had obtained a list of Morgan owners from the National office, and the re-sponse was very gratifying. From that small beginning, our North Central Morgan Association has grown a great deal, and in this area, its influence for the breed has been very strong both as a unit and by individuals of the or-ganization. Persons who were at the original meeting and who have been instrumental in promoting it since are: Al Dorow of Springfield, Minn.; Mike Duginski of Moorhead; Ray Anderson of Fargo; Dr. R. B. Graves of Red Wing; Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Hitts of Hop-kins; Harvey Boyum of Milaca; and Mrs. David Naas.
As you will recall, Ted, the group has now grown so that at the time of your visit we had two meetings—one at Minneapolis and one at Moorhead—with approximately forty people in at-tendance in each one. I became the first president of the North Central group and acted in that capacity for two years. Ray Anderson then be-came president for two years, and at the present time, Mr. Cliff Hitts serves as president. The Association has spon-sored trail rides, has acted as an infor-mation agency, and in general promotes the interest of the breed.
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Promoting Our Breed
By Stanley D. Sahlstrom After reading the various horse
magazines that come to my attention I am disappointed that we do not have more publicity on our breed in all of them. I do not mean that we should neglect our own magazine. It is ab-solutely essential that we support it to the greatest extent, and that we send information to the various correspon-dents so they may constantly have a flow of material for the Morgan maga-zine. However, we have many maga-zines devoted to horses in general that print letters about the Morgan. I should like to suggest that every Morgan en-thusiast write one letter or more to editors of magazines and enclose pic-tures of their horses for use in the "Letters to the Editor" section. Fur-thermore, anyone who has the ability and likes to write articles should contri-bute to those magazines. Such maga-zines as the Western Horseman, the Horse Lover, and the Horseman's Ad-visor, all popular in this area, would attract much attention. Other maga-zines in other areas of the country could use material too. Contributions to correspondents of other magazines who write Morgan columns would also be appreciated, I am sure. All of us are busy people, I know, but the least we could do, I think, is to write one letter a month to indicate to people that we have Morgans and that they do perform in whatever area called upon to do so.
Some of the so-called "general horse" magazines never have an item on the Morgan. Furthermore, few of them carry ads by our Morgan breeders.
I commend those that have already written to magazines and have sent pictures. They have drawn a great deal of attention, as have the few ads that have been inserted by our Mor-gan breeders.
There are other media in which we can also operate. Daily papers, radio and television personalities, and others connected with communication are most eager to receive newsworthy ma-terial. Anything we can supply to such people will be most welcome. 1 think every Morgan enthusiast in his own right should be a diplomatic public re-lations man for his horse, the Morgan. The breed has performed in whatever
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JUNE 1957
Pictorial Record
On this page is given a pictorial report of the successful field day, conducted by the National
Morgan Horse Club at the Townshend Morgan- Holstein Farm in Bolton, Mass.
Top right features the grand old mare. SADWIN at 26 years of age, with Barbara
Crockett, age 10, up.
Photos courtesy of Nathaniel Bigelow, Jr.
Around 600 people attended the Morgan Horse Judging Seminar and Field Day held at the Townshend Morgan-Holstein Farm in Bolton, Mass. on Saturday, May 4th. The weather was sunny and warm for this annual event sponsored by The Morgan Horse Club, Inc. The principal purpose of this event was to afford an opportunity for interchange of ideas on judging standards.
The program started with the in-spection of stables and grounds. There was much interest in the pen-type stabling of the dairy herd as well as the automatic stall cleaner in the horse barn. The barn has twenty-two box stalls with automatic drinking cups. In the center aisle there is a ninety foot straight away where horses may be worked indoors. Outdoors there is a schooling ring 200 feet by 100 feet where all events took place. The ground slopes up from the ring which makes a natural grandstand.
Only one event was held before lunch and that was an equitation de-monstration. This was ably conducted by Mrs. Floyd Thompson of Amherst, Mass. Five children from the Weston-Wayland 4-H Club riding Townshend Morgans took part in this. They were:
Phyllis Cox of Wayland, riding Townshend Chief.
Nancy Ela of Wayland, riding Town-shend Cornita.
Harriet Hartwell of Weston on Townshend Gladalect.
Ellen Rayner of Weston on West-fall Barby.
Barbara Crockett of Weston on Sad-win.
As they rode the three gaits, their form was corrected by Mrs. Thompson. She explained what they were doing wrong and then showed the correct way of riding saddle seat. She showed the children and the spectators how to turn, back, post, do figure eights, etc. She explained diagonals and correct leads. This was an excellent event and many people remarked afterwards on how much they had learned.
The first event after lunch was the judging of Morgan mares. Seven mares were lead into the ring and judges, breeders and spectators placed them. The mares and handlers were:
Townshend Harriet, modeled by Barry Caisse, Leominster, Mass.
Townshend Sealois modeled by Mrs. Archibald Cox, Wayland, Mass.
Townshend Cornita modeled by Nancy Ela, Wayland, Mass.
Windcrest Debutante modeled by Mrs. Robert Bartlett, Bolton, Mass.
Misty Morn modeled by Dave Brock-ett, Ipswich, Mass.
Townshend Lady-of-Peace modeled by Jim Anderson, Pembroke, Mass.
Westfall Barby modeled by June Brockett, Ipswich, Mass.
A panel of judges and breeders placed these mares. It was interesting to see how each one did it. The spectators also judged them.
The next class was the judging of Morgan stallions. One gelding was used in this class so there could be three entries. These were:
Orcland Vigildon shown by Dave Brockett of Ipswich.
Melody Morgan shown by Jim An-derson of Pembroke.
Townshend Chief (gelding) shown by Barry Caisse of Leominster.
The panel for these two events con-sisted of Dr. C. D. Parks of Hones-dale, Pa., Dr. Robert Orcutt of Row-ley, Mass.; Prof. L. 0. Tirrell of Univ. of N. H., Durham, N. H.; Prof. John Kays of Univ. of Conn., Storrs, Conn., Mr. Darwin Morse of Richmond, Mass. and Mrs. Roger Ela of Bolton, Mass. Each member of the panel placed these horses for the spectators and explained why they did. Then the judges and breeders cards were tabulated by Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Bigelow, Jr. of Goffs-town, N. H. These results were given to the public. There were many dif-ferent placings which led to interesting discussions.
After these two events of judging model Morgans, a showmanship de-monstration was held. Mrs. Loyd Marks of Peabody, Mass. conducted
this event. Again children from the Weston-Wayland 4-H Club took part and they were:
Sally Ayers of Weston showing Townshend Gladys.
Phyllis Cox of Wayland showing Townshend Chief.
Ellen Rayner of Weston showing Westfall Barby.
Harriet Hartwell of Weston showing Townshend Gladalect.
Carol Johnson of Weston showing Townshend Harriet.
Susanne Mailman of Weston, show-ing Misty Morn.
Nancy Ela of Wayland showing Townshend Sealcis.
As the children showed their horses they were corrected for anything they did wrong over the loud speaker. The spectators were told exactly what was wrong and how it should be corrected. Nancy Eta did everything the wrong way to emphasize the difference be-tween the proper and the improper way of showmanship. For instance she came in the ring with shirt tails out, an old straw hat on, chewing gum and turned the wrong way of the ring. Her bridle was on wrong, she talked to everyone and paid no attention to her horse. At the end of this event the spectators asked many questions. Next a group of adults from the crowd, took part in a short showmanship con-test. They were Mrs. John Mercer, Mr. Robert Dill, Mrs. Joseph Kean, Mrs. A. Holden, Mr. L. Paquette and Mr. Bryant Spenser. Mrs. Marks did an excellent job of explaining the pro-per way of showmanship.
The judging of a performance class was next on the program. This was conducted by Mr. Loyd Marks of Pea-body, Mass. Three horses were shown in this event and they were Orcland Vigildon ridden by June Brockett, Windcrest Debutante ridden by Nancy Ela and Townshend Sealois ridden by Mrs. Robert Bartlett. Every mistake was mentioned over the loud speaker. Mr. Marks talked out loud of what was going through the mind of a judge while a class is going on. He told how he placed the horses and why.
The pleasure class was judged by Dr. C. D. Parks of Honesdale, Pa. Here again the judge explained how he liked each horse to go and why. He expressed himself as the class was going on. There were four horses in this event.
All day long a guessing game was going on in the stable. There were
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National Judging School Successful Field Day is enjoyed by
Morgan Enthusiasts at Roger and Anna Ela's
new Morgan Farm in Bolton, Mass.
JUNE 1957
7
We were friends. Ever since the day we won a red ribbon in horseman-ship and a yellow one in a pleasure horse class, Sunny Belle and I had been friends. The prizes didn't matter, but I realized then, although I was only a child, that Sunny and I were meant for each other.
Several years passed. I tried to buy Sunny but Mr. Parker, her owner, didn't want to sell her. Boarding her at the local stable was a luxury he could easily afford, and she was rented out by the hour, just as her stablemates were. Since the day we became friends I had seen Sunny back readily and take the proper lead for strangers. I taught her these things. Our family moved to New England, and I missed my equine friend.
I came back to New Jersey and en-tered my pleasure horse in a local show just for fun. Firefly was a chestnut with white points. She could jump a bit, obeyed commands readily, and she was gentle even with children. She wasn't spirited or stylish enough for a show horse, but as a pleasure horse, she was "terrific!"
As I entered the show ring, I took a quick glance at the other entries. The class was large with lots of stiff compe-tition. Man of Mystery was a striking black with white points. Valiant Lady was a high strung sorrel, Roman Prince was a stylish gelding, Grey Dawn was well made with a beautiful head. Sud-denly I saw what I'd really been look-ing for! Across he ring was a bay mare. Unlike the horse I had left however, this one, her head down and ears flopping lazily, plodded slowly around the ring. Ye, this was Sunny Belle, the horse that was once so beau-tiful, stylish, and spirited that every-one admired her.
The long years she had spent as a riding academy horse had taken their toll. The instructor had not been gentle, and many would-be equestrians had almost worn Sunny's spirit away. Her coat was glossy, but she no longer looked like a Morgan. Rider after rider had shown her, thinking only of the prizes they might receive.
Many people show horses to vin a
prize. A show horse, to them, means fame and honor. Too often, a show horse is used as a machine with which to win ribbons. A horse that loses is often sold. To whom? It makes
Dear Sir: Enclosed you will find a story
I am submitting for publication in your fine magazine. 1 am in the ninth grade at Moorestown: Friends School, and wrote "Fare-well, My Friend," which is a fic-ticious story, for English Class. I am one of the two people in our class of 50 who received an "A" on the story. My mother sug-gested sending the story to you. I do hope that you will publish it.
Alhough "Farewell, My Friend" is a fictitious story, some parts of it are not "made up." There really is a beautiful little Morgan mare whom I love and hope to own someday. I have shown Ginger successfully, and have tried to buy her. She is not dead, and I have promised her that someday she will be mine.
Enclosed is postage in case you should choose to send this story back instead of publishing it, but I hope that this will not be necessary.
Sincerely yours, Patricia Livezey
no difference as long as a good price is paid. These horses are not loved. They usually lead a sorrowful life which has a tragic ending. I think that people that use horses for such selfish purposes as they used Sunny must be almost heartless. To me a horse is a companion to be loved and cared for, win or lose.
"Trot . . . walk . . . canter . . . walk . . . reverse please" came the
commands. I watched Sunny obey her rider patiently but spiritlessly, as Fire-fly, excited and alert, took the correct leads and performed well. The call came to line up, and then individual tests were given; a log to jump, a gate to open, back, trot and canter a figure eight, dismount and mount; these were among the tests. Firefly broke once while making the figure and shied at the gate, but otherwise her per-formance was faultless. Sunny did everything mechanically. Then the judge requested the exhibitors to change horses, and, wonder of won-ders, I got the little bay mare I had once known so well! Talking softly to Sunny, I mounted. Suddenly her head flew up. Giving a joyous whinny, she stood perfectly still, trembling with excitement. Sunny re-membered me! As I placed my hand on the arched neck, she stopped quivering, and when the call came to take the rail, she stepped out daint-ily, held in check only by my voice and a gentle, even pressure on the reins. No longer oblivious to her sur-roundings, her ears pitched forward, flicked back inquisitively, and she fairly danced. Head up, neck arched, and eyes shining, Sunny displayed every bit of style and action she had ever had. This was truly a great Mor-gan! Every movement was perfection. The hushed spectators couldn't look away, and even the judge and ring-master were enthralled. Again the call to line up came, and after several tense moments these wonderful words came over the loudspeaker: "First prize for the English Pleasure Horse Class goes to Sunny Belle, a bay Morgan mare owned by Mr. H. A. Parker, etc." The trophy and ribbon were beautiful, but much more important than the prize, I knew that Sunny might soon be mine.
Arrangements were made with Mr. Parker, and I took my beloved Sunny home on trial. I knew that it was to give Mr. Parker a chance to think over selling her, rather than to make sure I wanted to buy her, that she was "on trial."
For a short while Sunny lived in total happiness. I groomed her often, and when she wasn't out grazing in the rolling green pastures, she stood knee deep in sweet smelling straw, occupy-ing the largest box stall in the barn. We took short rides every day and she was in perfect health.
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Farewell My Friend By PATRICIA LIVEZEY
8
The MORGAN HORSE
"Fitting " Part 1
"Fitting" is such a wonderfully de-scriptive word because it covers the whole field of horse care, feeding, and development. A horse that is fitted properly is a beautiful sight, whether or not it is a good example of any breed and even if it does not belong to any breed. A horse that is properly fitted is a sleek, bright, and healthy horse. It is vibrant and in good spirits just as a healthy and happy person is.
So many of our recent visitors have asked how we "fit" our Morgans that I would like to take this opportunity to explain exactly what we do in our barn. However, I must warn you to be cautious before you do anything exactly as we do it. Your horse is an entirely different creature and, just as we have adjusted our schedules to fit each horse, so you will have to ad-jt.st them to your horse. None of the following methods are right for every horse. If you plan to use any of them in your own barn, please change grad-ually and watch your horse closely. It is particularly important to be careful if the change involves a new feeding schedule.
A poorly fed horse will look poor. It is important to pay particular atten-tion to what you feed and how much. First, be sure your horse is not infested with worms. It is wise to have him tested by a veterinarian once a year (usually in the fall). If your horse hasn't been tested for over a year, or if his coat is dull and lifeless, or if he has trouble gaining weight, have him tested immediately. I know of several show horses and several colts that have died as a result of worms. So don't be fooled because your horse is round and fat looking — he can still have a heavy infestation of worms. Get him tested and wormed if he needs it so he will be able to utilize all the feed you give him.
We disagree among ourselves as some of us prefer to hay first and feed grain an hour later and some of us prefer to grain first and hay after the horses have cleaned up the grain (about one-half hour). I guess the order is not important because our horses have thrived on both schedules. You will probably do it the way which fits into your own schedule more easily. We use baled hay and we feed approximately 18 pounds a day or 1
By SUE ANNIS
large flake of solidly baled hay, both morning and evening. Any horses which are inclined to gain a lot of ex-cess weight are cut down, sometimes to as little as 10 or 12 pounds a day. Mares that are in foal and horses that are poor weight gainers, and all the young stock, are given all they can eat (that is, as much as they will finish by 2 hours before the next feeding). How-ever, any horse that is out on good grass for more than 7 hours each day is cut down to half the daily amount of hay and we feed it when they come in from pasture. We start feeding more hay as the pastures get poorer. Usually our pastures are very sparse by mid-July.
We feed hay as roughage and a fil-ler, but we rely on grain for the energy and bloom and the fat, sleek hides we get on our horses. Hay and grain are the basic feeds we give to our horses for a well-balanced diet.
Each horse in our barn gets grained according to the condition it is in, the amount of work it does and whether or not it is in foal. However, we grain everything in the barn, even those horses which are not working, and are not in foal, but are sitting around just being admired for being Morgans.
We purchase bags of whole oats and bags of mixed horse feed and our basic feed is a mixture of half of each. However, we have one mare who does not do well on the corn in the mixed feed so we feed her plain oats. And, we have another which gets mixed feed and no oats.
We feed by quart measures instead of by weight which is the method re-commended by most of the authorities. Undoubtedly, the weight method is a more accurate way to measure grain, but we have no convenient means to weigh our grain so we feed by volume meaure. Again, we feed by condition, amount of work and whether the horse is in foal or not. In general we feed as follows, but we watch each horse and vary the amount of feed from week to week. Consequently, our only hard and fast rule is to feed according to the conditions in the barn at the moment. I will start with the mature horses (those over 4 years old).
A mare which is not in foal and is used occasionally for hacking usually gets 4 or 5 quarts a day. We feed
most of the horses twice a day and each feed is a half and half mixture, and we seldom feed less than 4 quarts a day to any horse. We prefer to cut down the hay and continue to feed the grain.
A mare which is doing light hacking and is more than 3 months in foal will probably get up to 6 quarts of grain per day and will continue at that amount until we stop using her about 6 weeks before her foaling date. Then we will watch her condition even more carefully but we will cut her back a quart or even two if she seems to be getting over fat. However, we will feed her enough so she stays in the same good condition and spirits that are normal for her.
Any horse which we are readying for the shows or which we are showing regularly will receive from 8 to 10 quarts a day because these horses are working regularly and hard at this time. The difference in feed depends upon how much they need as some are "easier keepers" and stay just as fat on slightly less feed than the others do.
We feed more grain during winter weather as the horses use more to keep warm and will lose their "bloom" un-less their grain is increased proportion-ately.
Young colts are started on 1 quart a day of a calf fitting mix before they are weaned. This feed must be used with caution, but several breeders have found it to be very successful for wean-lings and also for very old horses who have lost their teeth. However, you should remember that these calf feeds are very concentrated and must be used with great caution. They may not agree with your horse at all so please be careful if you want to try them. Some people mix the calf feed half and half with mixed horse feed to start a colt but we prefer to feed it alone.
Twice a day colts are given one-half quart of plain calf mix as soon as they show a serious desire to nibble on their dam's feed. We do not have any special set up to feed colts. We just tie the mare and her pail of grain in one corner of the stall and allow the colt to be free to eat from his pail which is set on the floor of the same stall. Although this may not be an
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9 JUNE 1957
The Argument of Big and Little Horses
By MOSHER BROS.
"CONDO" by Congo out of Mac Burger by Squire Burger.
15.2 hands high, weight 1200 lbs.
In 1945 we purchased our first registered Morgan stallion. Since that time, we have owned and worn out some ten different stallions and mares. We have also done custom training and breaking of all breeds of horses. In checking back we have handled nearly every kind of horse except a registered Arabian. Being a true lover of just "horses" we can truly say there are no bad horses, some are just better than others. After settling on the best breed for our requirements, we started look-ing and striving for the outstanding individual in that breed. Of course our choice was Morgan. Since that time we have bought and sold a lot of Morgans. We have purchased Mor-gans and sold them into nearly every state from California to Illinois, and from Montana to Arizona. A lot of friends have been made, and a lot of Morgan enthusiasts started. We even take credit for being the influence be-hind the Morgan writer "Ern Pedler's" first purchase of a Morgan.
All of our experiences have not been those of good sense and sound judg-ment. Everyone has his bad habits. Some fellows spend all their time rac-ing their automobiles, building special motors and increasing horsepower, etc. Then racing and digging each other to see which has the fastest car.
There are three brothers of us, and our bad habits are similar to the car racers, except we do it with horses. We test them for sheer stamina and ability to carry weight and travel on the mountain. Horses with naturally good air and breathing muscles are a must. We have decided that some horses in the same breed are better than others: just as some cows in the same breed are different. Two regis-tered Holstein cows sometimes produce vastly different amounts of milk. Two registered Morgan stallions sometimes are vastly different in strength and amount of work they can do. This job of finding out what different horses can do is intensely interesting, but
sometimes costly and maybe a little cruel. Nearly every horse owner, whether he owns Morgans or not, will tell you how tough and strong his horse is; and how far he can go today and again tomorrow. It's as it should be because we all have pride in our horses, no matter what breed they might be or what their size is. But when it comes right down to it, not one man in a hundred has ever tried his horse long enough or hard enough to see what the horse can do. I may say the same thing about my car. I think its pretty fast, but I have never really raced anyone to see. But with horses we are forever trying them, trying to improve and condition them. We do know the capabilities of each one. One man we rode with one day said, "I wouldn't even ask my horse to do that," but if you don't ask, how are you going to find out? We are not cruel how-ever, and never put a horse to any hard work without first getting him hard and in condition. We ride steady and regular, feed good, and groom and take care of our horses. By over-riding and striving to out-do each other we have ruined several good horses. This has been costly to us, but not all lost because I believe we have learned some-thing new each time. No great loss without some small gain.
We have set up a breeding pro-gram which we think is sound. We require conformation, ability to per-form, in Harness and under saddle, an exceptional fast walk, and they must be 15 hands or over. Our preference is 15-2 or 3. All our present horses will pull their own weight in the har-ness. We are not too proud to work our prize stallions. In the summer-time they do the cultivating and any other work that might need doing. We could have a national champion and if he wasn't a using horse, easy riding, elastic stepping, fast walker, we would sell him. On long hours in the saddle, nothing is quite as nice as a good com-fortable fast walk and the horse anxious
enough to keep moving at top speed without breaking into a trot. We are stirving for short heads, short necks, short backs, shot coupled, easy keepers, but they must be big.
The big and little horse question is a problem and I remember an ar-ticle in the magazine discussing it. I agreed completely with the article. To me it is no problem but rather a mat-ter of choice. Some say unless the horse is 14-2 hands like old Justin, he isn't a Morgan. I disagree, because I think the breed has made great strides in uniformity in the last 12 years. Even if some are three or four inches differ-ent in height they still look very simi-lar. I think its what they are going to be used for that determines the need for or lack of size. For me a horse has to be at least 15 hands and some 15 hand horses are too small. My general definition of little and big horses is 14-2 hands, 900 lbs. — 15-2 hands, 1200 lbs. There are lots of var-iations and height does not always de-termine size. I had a stallion that was 15-2 and only weighted 900 lbs. I also had a stallion that was 15 hands and weighed 1100 lbs., both in the same shape.
Some small horses are better and can do more work than big horses. Generally speaking, the more size you get, the more action you lose. Some big horses are heavy footed and not as handy as smaller ones. I alo be-lievt there are more good little horses than there are good big ones. And its a cinch that the little horses keep on less feed. But when you get a big horse that is good — look out. A horse 15-2 hands and 1200 lbs. in riding shape, quick and active will drag a small horse to death. I list below my ob-servations. The first thing that gets a little horse down is weight carried. If you don't load him much he holds up good. My two brothers are six feet and six feet two respectively, they weigh 215 and 200. Put a 200 lb. man
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The MORGAN HORSE
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The Author At Easel
It seems that I have put the cart before the horse. In last year's articles From The Horse's Mouth, I discussed the advantages, whys and wherefores of working with horses as pets. How-ever, I did not go into much detail as to how a horse is made a pet. Ob-viously, it is a matter of kindness, af-fection, and patience. Horses (and es-pecially ponies) are like children. Some require more attention than others, and all of this is applied in various ways according to the individual horse's need. You must be fair, as with child-ren. Don't neglect one because he does not happen to be your favorite, or pay more attention to one because he is the favorite. However, I find that in constantly working with the same string 365 days of the year, it is hard to feel more love for one than the others. They all have their own parti-cular good qualities or I would not keep them in the string. You will find, if you work with pets for any length of time, that you become more tolerant and patient in your relation-ships with humans.
There are 3 horses in my string who need constant attention and reassuring. Apache is young and nosey. He is re-jected almost completely by the other horses, so must look to humans. I learned one thing — one should not play roughly with a young, immature horse. Apache found that I would play with him even if the horses would not. But I encouraged it to the extent where he thought it a great deal of fun to sneak up behind me and push me over. He is almost 15 h. h. and a bit too big for this sort of game. It is my fault he has no way of know-ing that humans are not capable of rough animal games. Sunbeam needs constant handling and attention. She was handled too much when she was but a few days old and the film was still over her eyes. Being near-sighted and having big humans swoop down on her was too much. She began her youth resenting humans in her life. With care, she will grow out of this. Peepper was mishandled, in ignorance, when she was young. This has made her shy, nervous and appre-
hensive. She must be patted frequent-ly, spoken to quietly, and many of her faults overlooked — such as her bully-ing in the pasture which is a defense.
When a horse is a pet he puts his complete trust in humans and his natural timidity is offset. Even unus-ual occurances will not disturb him such as a firecracker, loud truck, birds flushed, a vet's examination, etc., as long as the human is present at the time. Because the horses trust you, and because it is not fair-play, a horse should never be teased. If they are teased they will resort to previous bad habits such as biting, kicking, etc. This habit was a defense that worked at one time, and they will resort to it again if the need arises. After months of careful handling Onyx stopped her biting habit. One morning a few weeks ago I went into her stall to pat her. My usual routine was to go into the stall with food at this time. She was hungry and felt that I was teasing her. I nearly had my shoulder bitten off.
You must spend time patting each horse several times a day — it is well worth the effort. Really, it is not an effort at all. Pat them when they are
being brushed, tacked up. watered, and out in the pasture once they are pets. They should also be patted even while they are eating if they are to be pets all the way. If some horses are noisier at meal times than others, they can be fed first, but they should all be taught to be reasonably quiet. Ex-cessive pawing and stamping around is not necessary. You can sit on the hay manger while the horse eats to pat him or talk to him. Each one of my horses pays no attention to me even if I take hay or grain out of his mouth. Each horse must be patted in a dif-ferent way. Some horses can only be stroked quietly. Other horses have to be slapped when you pat them because of their more masculine nature. I do not advocate this method for humans.
Your tone of voice gives any message to the horse you wish to communicate. It is the basis for most of your control. A horse does not know his name by the actual word, but by the pitch and tone of the sound necessary for speak-ing the word. The longer the word, the better the horse's association. Each one of my horses has a long nickname. In calling Spruce "Sprucy-Lucy," I use the tone of voice and inflection twice. Use a harsh tone with short, clipped words only for discipline, and be doubly sure the horse knows he is wrong. When horses are pets, they are extra sensitive to your moods and ac-tions. They react to your casual calm-ness or pressure and tension by either misbehaving or displaying their good qualities. It is the same as not taking you problems and worries home from the office. One day I was upset, and in letting Spruce from the barn, I yelled at her for stopping to pick up a piece of hay. She leaped down the ramp, slipped and nearly went off the side.
As I have stated before, do not pun- ish unnecessarily. Be sure the horse is wrong, and that he knows he is wrong. One way of not punishing the horse (as well as getting the best per- formance) is to be sure the horse has the proper bit for the size of his mouth, and according to his training. Also, teaching children the proper use of the reins so that they do not abuse the horse's mouth. Often horses will act like children and play on your affec- tion to achieve a definite purpose. Cocoa knows that his trick of shaking hands pleases humans. Without being asked, he will do this if he wants to get away if you are restraining him for
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The Cart Before The Horse
By CHARLOTTE MCCARTNEY
Riding Instructor, Fay School, Southboro,Mass.
JUNE 1957
Attend all, and assist with some of the Horsemanship Training Course Lectures. Attend all compulsory lec-tures.
Part 1 The Horse 1. Knowledge of types and breeds
of horses and their purposes. 2. Knowledge of all points of a horse
— good and bad characteristsics and points of conformation, so that, if you were to show a picture of a certain breed, you would be able to tell his breed, and give reasons for your de-cision.
3. Know staple feeds, values, amounts given, winter feed, summer feeding, watering, how to feed when a horse is taken off "rough" care, how to get a horse into hunting, or en-durance ride, shape.
4. Practical work in ailments and their care: diseases, cuts, sprains, blem-ishes, sores, etc., being able always, to give first aid remedies and follow-up treatment.
5. Knowledge of proper shoeing, with five basic steps and reasons for various types of shoes used.
Part II Equitation 6. Ride in correct form at walk, trot
and canter. Understanding of, and ability to demonstrate successfully, use of aids, artificial and natural, in horse management. Good hands at all times. In attaining a grade of A in horseman-ship, not only will your form be taken into account, but your personal way with a horse, and your "horse-sense."
7. Knowledge of jumping, correct form, methods of teaching. Practical work in training your mount to exe-cute a jump of 2 feet 6 inches in cor-rect form. Reasons why we jump no higher at this altitude (above 9,000 feet). Knowledge of safety in jump-ing, pace, and methods of setting horse at fence.
8. Practical Work in Horse Show Procedure: Demonstrate knowledge of handling horse in different bits (snaffle, peiham, double, :urb), mouth tract-ability, manners, leads and diagonals.
9. Bareback riding at walk, trot and canter. Ride in correct form in bare-back class, showing horse-sense in your management with an ease and natural-ness of form. 10. Lead another horse correctly while mounted, give reasons for the way you
do it, and occasions when it might be necessary. (1) With saddle and bridle on horse. (2) With halter and rope.
11. Know the procedures of break-ing a colt and schooling a green horse. Part III Theory, Leadership and
practice Teaching 12. Plan movements and direct a
square dance or drill on horseback. 13. Knowledge of kinds of jumps—
for racing, hunting, and safety jumps for school and camp riding. Illustrate various jumps in notebook and plan a "safe outside course" for a camp.
14. Know 60 points of a horse. 15. Know at least 10 mounted
games suitable for a gymkhana. Ar-range, direct and be responsible for at least one evnet at the mid-season gym-khana. Know all the rules for safety of the horses and their riders.
16. Practice teaching (to be begun first week in August) by assisting in trail rides and equitation classes, and in passing others on their Beginners Tests. Demonstrate knowledge of class procedure (placement of better riders at head of line, setting pace ac-cording to weakest riders, etc.) Choos-ing correct mounts for riders for ring and trail Ades, leading trail rides, showing knowledge of rules by leaving gates as you find them, maintaining safe pace and seeing that proper dis-tance is kept between riders, and that horses are brought in cool.
17. Knowledge of fox hunting (and the various varieties), appointments, staff and locations where best may be found.
18. General knowledge of the game of polo, being familiar with the basic rules of the game, equipment used and type horse ridden.
19. Read and report on a book on horsemanship approved by members of riding staff.
20. Continue marking on your map all trails and trips taken, mark streams, gates, tops of ridges and landmarks.
21. Demonstrate at all times good sportsmanship, good judgement, co-operation, consideration of others, en-thusiasm, good leadership and good sense, both with horses and people. Carelessness and mistakes may jeopar-dize your chance to pass the course.
22. Hand in completed notebook at end of six weeks. Take and pass the
Horsemanship Training Course and Counsellor Training Course examina-tions. Part IV Camp Leadership and
Pack Trips 23. Lead a supper or breakfast ride
satisfactorily. This includes deciding on mounts for riders, starting out (being sure that all have proper equip-ment—halters, hats, caps, sweaters, etc.) and, if the group is too big (more than 10 riders) divide it up, choosing some other counsellor to lead the other group. Upon arrival at destination, check all horses to be sure girths are loosened, bridle reins securely fastened to saddle, and horses tied tightly by halters worn under bridles (tied 2V2
feet from halter to tree and 3%2 feet above ground).
V'/hen starting off from destination, be sure girths are tightened, bridles properly adjusted, and that, upon ar-rival back at camp, all tack is properly stowed away, horses cooled and turned out into their own pasture.
24. Follow a trail by description or map.
25. Make a map showing route and chief landmarks of a circle trail ride, so that someone else could follow it as their "trail by description." Put a copy of it in your notebook.
26. List in notebook the necessary equipment for a pack outfit. Demon-strate packing of food and bedrolls and be able to do it with another girl. Be able to throw the diamond hitch and vernal pack. 27. Plan an overnight trip for ten people. Write menus for supper, break-fast, and lunch. List amount of food and equipment needed. Choice of camp site. Assign duties for fires, wood gathering, water, cooking, camp cleanup, feeding of horses, checking of knots at night, wrangling horses dur-ing grazing.
28. Have a satisfactory record as an aide on a three-day pack trip. This means that you are able to be a compe-tent assistant in all phases of the trip, heading committees, etc. and that you also are able to see what needs to be done without necessarily having to have orders to "do this and that" all the time. Demonstrate ability to or-ganize a committee for anything should the need arise.
Those who pass these tests are eligi-ble for the Third Degree Horseman-ship Training Course Certificate for Student Riding Counsellorships, and for recommendations as Riding Coun-sellors in other camps.
Advanced Test As used at Camp Perry Mansfield, in Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Central States News By EVE OAKLEY
The last few weeks have been very busy ones fcr several members of our Central States family, for they have been getting their part of the pro-gram ready for our spring meeting, which is on "Show Ring" etiquette.
The Chicago area has had its share of cold weather, rain and mud this spring and it rained every day for two weeks before the meeting and Sunday, April 28th, was no exception, for it dawned cold and bleak with a steady downpour, which continued almost to meeting time. This spring meeting was held at Caven-Glo Farm because it was most adaptable to weather con-ditions.
This was a request program by many of our new members, as they felt if they had some opportunity to learn something about what would be ex-pected of them in the Show Ring be-forehand, that they could make a better showing of their Morgans. Demonstra-tion of the correct gaits, equipment, rider's attire, and ring etiquette was explained in four divisions as listed and competantly handled by the fol-lowing members:
Morgan Pleasure, English tack —explained by Mrs. Charlene Custer, with Miss Dorothy Colburn riding Jubilee's Gloria.
Morgan Pleasure, Western tack —explained by Mrs. Eve Oakley and rid-ing her stallion, Cavendish.
Morgan 3 Gaited, English tack —explained by Mrs. Beverlee Stahl, with Miss Dorothy Colburn riding Jubilee's Gloria.
Morgan Halter — explained by Mrs. Beverlee Stahl, with Larry Oakley and Bob Stahl demonstrating with two yearling fillies of Caven-Glo — Libby Ashmore and Caven-Glo Rebel Gold.
In each Division, many tips on grooming the horse for the Show Ring were given, also suggestions on making a better showing in the ring. There was a period at the end of each Divi-sion for questions and answers.
At the end of the program, the Caven-Glo Morgans were then paraded and each one introduced, giving their name and their sire and dam, so that all members and visitors would be ac-quainted with them and their back-ground.
A brief business meeting was then held. Peg Beekman had all of the in-formation on the Fox Lake Centenial Parade in August, which has for its theme — past — present — future. It was decided that the Central States Club should be represented in the Parade with past characters of the West. We feel this will be a good op-portunity to advertise our Club and the Morgan horse.
Mrs. George Kinsman made a pre-sentation of a lovely oil painting, which she had painted, to the Robert Behl-ings of their beloved Morgan stallion "Squire Skimp," whom they had the misfortune to lose in 1953. It was, in-deed, unfortunate that the Behlings could not be present at this presenta-tion.
Now that the 1957 Wisconsin Mor-gan Show circuit has been established, we hope that everyone will help make these Morgan classes a success and will show their Morgans.
May 18, Wisconsin Hoofers Horse Show, Dane County Fair Grounds — Mcrgan 3 Gaited, English.
May 31, June 1-2, Milwaukee Spring Horse Show, Milwaukee — Open Model Morgan, Morgan 3 Gaited, Eng-list, Morgan Western Pleasure.
June 22-23, Oshkosh Horse Show, Oshkosh, Wis. — Model Morgan Stal-lion, Model Morgan Mare, Morgan 3-Gaited, English, Morgan Western Pleasure.
Aug. 1, 2, 3, 4, Wisconsin State Fair, Milwaukee — Open Model Morgan, Morgan 3 Gaited, English, Morgan Western Pleasure.
There are several other shows in Wisconsin, among which is Green Bay, with Morgan classes. However, we do not have the dates on these yet. Any-one who is interested in showing their Morgans in these Wisconsin shows can write to Robert Behl:ng, Hylee Farms, Cambria, Wisconsin, for infor-mation as to entry forms. We need the support of every Morgan owner in order to make these shows success-ful.
The Ron Haywards, of Soutb. Illinois, brought their bay mare, Chero-kee Lady, to Caven-Glo recently, with the hope of having a filly by Caven-dish, come next spring.
Miss Dorothy Colburn recently moved her bay Morgan gelding, Master O'Tonio, to the Palos Stables, to live next door to her mare, Susie,
who is a part Morgan. "Tony" has been stabled for the past two years at the home of his breeder, Mrs. Charlene Custer, of Orland Park. The weather cleared just long enough for the Cus-ters to trailer "Tony" safely over to his new home.
We are proud to announce that the following list of names have been added to our members: Mr. Roy Brunk and family, Rochester, Illinois Mr. Brunk needs no introduction, as he is well known through the Morgan world both as a long time Morgan breeder and in the capacity of Judge. Jerome B. O'Grady, of Libertyville, Illinois and Neil S. Wood, of Thiensville, Wis-consin have joined our ranks. Mrs. Ethel Bissel Hanson, Derwood, Mary-land has also joined. Mrs. Hanson is a native of Chicago and is only temporarily located in Maryland. She owns the Morgan gelding, Brown Hawk, who did quite well at the National Morgan Horse Show a few years back.
For incormation regarding the Cen-tral States Morgan Horse Club, please write Mrs. Eve Oakley, 235 W. 55th St., Westmont, Illinois.
Maine Morgan News By MARGARET GARDINER
The first Maine foal of the year is a very special little bay lady, foaled this April at Special Acres Farm in Ba •gor, owned by Waldo E. Robinson. Sire Lippitt Ethan Don. Dam: Ilia-wana Marybelle.
Celeste Marea, owned by Muriel Burnheimer of Waldoboro, is down in Massachusetts being bred to Windcrest Don field.
Kennebec Farm reports that the bay gelding Kennebec Beau has been swapped to John M. Seabrook of Bridgeton, N. I. for the bay mare, Sun-day News. It is hoped that Beau will be a wheel-horse in Mr. Seabrook's four-in-hand. Sunday News is by Archie 0 out of O'Linda, and will be the only Archie 0 mare in Maine.
Ted Davis, president of the National Morgan Club, and Mrs. Davis visited Maine, saw some of the Morgans, and attended the Maine Morgan Club meeting, May 4th.
Morgan people are active in both the Pony Club and the 4-H horse projects. There are 72 youngsters in the Pony Club and about 40 in the 4H projects.
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A meeting of the OMHA was held April 14 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mattox in Mansfield. A covered dish luncheon was served with a busi-ness meeting following.
The club voted to purchase a trophy to be given to the Morgan winning the most points in Morgan classes in or out of state. It will be presented at the close of the show season at a din-ner meeting held in the Harding Hotel in Marion, November 10.
It was suggested that we all try to stable together at the shows in or-der to make the best possible showing for our Morgans.
Two new members were welcomed into the club. They are Don Palmer of Canton, Ohio, and Dave Canan-kamp of Wooster, Ohio.
Two other members have become Mr. and Mrs. — congratulations to Carrol Gladwin and Henry Nelsen. They have just purchased a nine month old stud colt, by Devan's Carrol Comet from Mr. Evans.
Mr. Granger of Tallmadge has four good Morgans stabled at his barn. Doris Nelsen is busy training her com-ing three gelding, Devan Dale, as an English pleasure horse. Devan Wales, a coming three stud is home from be-ing broken and owner Gene Angel reports he made good progress. Mr. Granger has sold his young stud, Devan Pambroke, to Don Shook who also owns the stallion, Sea Breeze.
Mr. and Mrs. Achcn have bought the good brood mare, Missouri's Jubi-lee Queen, and her filly just foaled, from A. W. Swartz.
Floyd Mack of Mansfield has pur-chased a chestnut filly, Cotton Candy. She has a pure white mane and tail and came from Greenwalts' in Paw-nee, Illinois. All those who've seen her say she is a picture.
Paul Rumbaugh is still expecting three foals. His stallion, Foxfire, has been on the sick list, but the doctors assure him he'll be fit to show by the middle of the summer. He has sold the yearling filly, Foxy Ann to Car-rol's in Michigan.
Sugar Run Farm has had some good and bad luck. They lost the foal from lane Allen but have two fine stud colts. One is out of Red Jewel, she by Tiny Tim by Jubilee King out of Star-less Night. The other is out of Syndee,
she by King Jo by Juzan out of Mau Dee. Both are sired by Nuggett and are chestnuts with white markings. The little stud out of Syndee is surely destined for the show ring as his knees nearly touch his chin when he trots. They had the misfortune to lose another quarter stud colt out of their best quarter mare, but have another that has a question mark in his face. Seems very fitting since his sire is a grandson of Question Mark. Some nice Arab foals have arrived, but the Morgans hold their own special place.
Neva Rittenhouse of Marysville is walking in the clouds these days. Could be because she has company for her half-Morgan filly. She has just bought Nugget's Val Hawk from Mr. Gustin of Bowling Green. Val Hawk is a coming four stallion and a full brother to the champion, Big Bill B. From all indications he will set a fine record himself.
Howells of West Lafayette have sold their show stallion Wingfoot. Already he is out taking honors for his new owners.
Missing from the show ring this spring is Joan Gardner. Husband Jim did a fine job of showing Celebration capturing two 2nds thus far. We hope to see Joan back in the saddle soon.
Tom Mattox looked quite handsome riding Devan Chief at the Delaware Show. He is a student at Ohio State and came to show in the Morgan class getting through around midnight. At three that morning he left for Ken-tucky with his class. Only a true horseman would show under these cir-cumstances. Bravo, Tom!
Several Morgan folks turned out for the first show of the season held at Delaware, Ohio, April 27 and 28. Results are as follows:
Morgan Performance: Won by BIG BILL B, Sugar Run Farm, Joe Bukey; 2nd, CELEBRATION, Jim Gardner; 3rd, DEVAN CHIEF, Tom Mattox; 4th, WINGFOOT; 5th, NUGGETS JUBILEE, B. Wood.
Morgan Halter. Stallions: Won by BIG BILL B, Sugar Run Farm, Joe Bukey; 2nd, CELEBRATION, Jim Gardner; 3rd DEVAN CHIEF, Tom Mattox; 4th, WINGFOOT.
Holly's Bomarc, half-Morgan stud colt placed 2nd in the 55 colt class for all breeds for owner Sam Brack-man.
This was an Ohio Western Horse Ten Point Show. The one thing that most impressed me was the manner in
which the exhibitors are showing their Morgans under western tack. Most are wearing plain tailored suits and are using only a saddle and bridle —no ribbons or breast collars. The Morgans come in heads high, feet fairly prancing with all those beauti-ful neck and shoulder muscles rippl-ing, looking every bit the part of the horse of distinction. They stand out from every other class and breed and are decidedly a crowd pleaser.
15th Annual National Morgan Horse Show
The National Morgan Horse Show will be held this year on July 26, 27, and 28, at the Tri-County Fair Grounds in Northampton, Mass. The number of classes has been increased to 67, thus necessitating a Friday afternoon ses-sion. Among the new classes added this year are a Model Gelding class for 3 years and under and one for 4 years and over instead of one class for all model geldings, two Junior stake classes, one for Saddle, another for Harness, a country driving class and a mile race in harness.
Entry forms will be ready around the middle of May and will be in the hands of exhibitors of prior years and most Morgan owners before the end of May. The entry form for this year has been revised and according to Mrs. Winthrop S. Dakin should make it easier for exhibitors to fill out. There is an entry fee of $1.00 for each entry in each class except for the Stake classes and most children's classes. The fee for stake classes is $10.00. Entries will close July 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Bigelow, Jr. of Goffstown, N H., are in charge of Trophy donations. With the added classes, there is a greater need for tro-phy donations this year. Kindly con-tact them for further information.
Wiggins Tavern of the Northampton Hotel is again to serve interesting foods during the 3 day show. They have added new features to their outdoor meal plans and hope to please all who come to the show.
If you have not received an entry form, kindly write at once to Mrs. Winthrop S. Dakin, P. 0. Box 632, Amherst, Mass. Address all inquiries relative to the show, except for Trophy donations (Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Bigelow, Jr., Goffstown, N. H.), to P. 0. Box 632, Amherst, Mass.
Aiwa ham the BUCKEYE STATE By ELEANOR BRACKMAN
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Mid-Atlantic News New England News Wisconsin News By MARY Lou MORRELL
It is evident that Spring has arrived with the new foal reports that are coming in. First to arrive in the Club was a bay filly, Carolina, foal of Katie Twilight x Lippitt Mandate, owned by Mr. and Mrs. James Cole, October Farm, Raleigh, N. C. Cads-Haven Farm, Ringtown, Pa., had a busy few weeks, first with a chestnut filly, Per-fect Date, to Petersham Fitzie followed by a chestnut colt, Talisman, to Lippitt Sally Moro, both foals by Lippitt Man-date.
With three nice ones to start off and more due to come, we're really looking forward to a competitive weanling Fu-turity to be judged at the 2nd Annual All-Morgan Show in Frederick, Md., on Aug. 16-17. The Mid-Atlantic Fu-turity is not limited to residents of this area, but is open to any stallion or mare owner who might wish to nom-inate foals. This is a marvelous way of creating interest in the production of still better Morgan horses. Anyone wishing information and blanks for the Futurity may have same by contact-ing Mary Lou Morrell, North Wales, RD, Pa.
The All-Morgan Show is shaping up nicely with specific details to be an-nounced in the next issue. Be sure to watch for our news and write now to be placed on our mailing list.
The Coles of North Carolina, also report the sale of their mare, Pin-up, to E. M. Edwards, Jr., of Apex, N. C. We are looking forward to having Mr. Edwards join the Mid-Atlantic ranks.
It was quite interesting to note that following our annual meeting in March which always brings forth a surge of new memberships, that practically all of the new members are, or are about to become, one and two horse Morgan owners. In a few instances some new members bought Morgans within a matter of weeks after joining us, so we are quite convinced that the local area Clubs are doing their part in creating interest and popularity in the Morgan. We extend a hardy welcome to the following:
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Brown, Bloom-burg, Pa., who own Rockie S. Sentney, a chestnut gelding with light mane and tail by Silver Rockwood x Bar S. Pet.
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By RUTH ORCUTT
There's lots of foaling news this month. One of the first is a nice chest-nut stud foal born in February (Betsey Ross x Paymaster) owned by Ray Mar-vin, Bethlehem, N. H.
Easter Twilight is the sire of a chest-nut stud foal out of Helen's Glory born the middle of April for the Key-nith Knapps of Arlington, Vt.
Waseeka Farm in Ashland, Mass., already have several foals. Deerfield Leading Lady had a bright chestnut stud with a white face and snip sired by Windcrest Donfield. Upwey Benn Quietude is the mother of a bay stud sired by Dr. Robert Orcutt's Vigilen-don.
Mrs. E. Poitras of Holliston, Mass. is very proud of her filly out of Rose Bowl by Windcrest Donfield.
From Broadwall Farm in Greene, R. I. comes news that Mansphyllis had an excellent colt by Sealect of Windcrest. One of their western mares Adlyndra has a nice bay filly by Pan-field. The Ferguson's have Broadwall St. Pat, Broadwall Brilliance and Broadwall Mayfield in training with Bob Baker and coming along very well. Also their "blonds" Broadwall Girl and Broadwall Golden Lass had been getting a little schooling while the Fergusons were in Haiti.
The Harold Clukay's of Dublin, N. H. write that their mare Orcland Selba had a chestnut stud foal by Orcland Farms stallion Supersam, which looks very promising.
Mr. Arthur Titus of Littleton, N. H. reports the sale of Miller's Commander a yearling stud (Betsey Ross x Miller's Pride) to Millers Construction Co., Windsor, Vt., and a yearling filly Jan-rs Regal Queen (Illawana Queen x Payday) to Mr. and Mrs. Burke, Bristol, Vt.
Mrs. Marjorie De Forest of West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., is planning to start a breeding farm on the island and has purchased from Waseeka Farm, Waseeka's Trade Mark (Varga Girl x Windcrest Donfield).
The University of New Hampshire in Durham, N. H. had two foals this spring both sired by Bay State Ad-miral. Silkolene has a filly and Vickey a stud, both very good foals.
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By MRS. ROBERT BEHLING
Have been traveling through 'Wis-consin the past few weeks, the coun-tryside is beautiful, everything is green and fresh, pastures are spotted with the Holstein cattle turned out to pasture after the long winter.
Spring is definitely here, foals are arriving, and preparations are in full swing for the coming show season. Although it is a busy rather hectic time of the year, it is the best time of all.
Parmley Harris at Mineral Point is still waiting for his colt crop to arrive he expects six foals this year. Mr. Harris and daughter Pam were on a trail ride when we were there, a weekly activity for those two.
Mr. Ed Ellestad of Manitowoc has a very nice two year old filly from Caven-Glo Farm. He has her working real good for him and is going to bring her out to show this year.
HyLee's Ambush owned by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Francart of Green Bay, is fat, sassy and ready to show. Ambush is a gelding purchased here at HyLee Farms as a weanling and trained entire-ly by Mrs. Francart's eighty year old father. He did very well at the Green Bay Show last year and will give us all some stiff competition in the per-formance classes this season.
Visited one of our favorite stallions, Justin Dart (Squire Burger—Black Dee) today. This handsome sixteen year old black stallion performed like a youngster for us, and his owner Mr. Everett Jones of Brandon. Justin is the sire of HyLee's Lady Justin and HyLee's Lady Maudeen our two mares that have done pretty well for us.
Jim Hegerich of Marshfield has a nice filly he is working on for shows this year. She is an attractive mare with lots of class and style. Jim should do well with her wherever he goes.
The stork with the bent beak flew over the farm here April 23rd and dropped his cumbersome load for the Lady Justin. An extremely well put together stud colt by Max Hi Ho Kid. This chestnut youngster is giving the Lady a battle for her grain at a very early age. Mr. Stork made another flight April 29th and delivered a won-derful filly to Illawana Marie sired by Torchfire. This is Torchfire's first offspring and we are more than pleased with her. She has that wonderful head
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JUNE 1957 15
Pacific Northwest News
By KATHARINE ESKIL
The first issue, Vol. 1, No. 1, of the Bulletin to be published periodically by the Pacific Northwest Morgan Horse Association came out early in April. Editors Mrs. Sylvia Donoghue and Yvonne McDonald are to be con-gratulated on a splendid job.
Oregon Director Dr. C. D. Parkin-son has contacted every Morgan owner in the state of Oregon. Dr. Parkinson also reports that the color film of the 1956 National Morgan Show was shown at seven different places in Ore-gon with a total of 286 people seeing it. The net result seems to be quite an increase in Morgan activity in that state.
The show season for Morgans in the Northwest opened with the three-day Appleatchee Horse Show in Wenatchee the first weekend in May, during the Washington State Apple Blossom Festi-val. The Appleatchee Show had four Morgan classes. They were all well filled and beautiful and caused much favorable comment.
The results were as follows: Morgan Horse (Western Equipment): Won
by PRINCE ROMANESQUE, owned by C. R. Thacker and ridden by Frances Niles; 2nd, SUN DUST, owned by Capt. Louise D. Bates and ridden by Leonard Schons; 3rd, POMULA, owned and ridden by Susan Eskil; 4th, KEYSTONE, owned by Mr. and Mrs. E. Barclay Brauns and ridden by Karin Brauns; 5th, WILLIWAW, owned by E. Barclay Brauns and ridden by Elmer Ad-kins.
Morgan Gay Nineties: Won by POMULA, owned and driven by Susan Eskil, accom-panied by E. Barclay Brauns; 2nd, KEY-STONE, owned by Mr. and Mrs. E. Bar-clay Brauns and driven by Elmer Adkins, accompanied by Karin Brauns; 3rd, SUN DUST, owned by Capt. Louise D. Bates, and driven by Leonard Schons, accom-panied by Grace Schons; 4th, SILVER BLOSSOM, owned and driven by John Moffitt accompanied by Sandra Hefte; 5th, PRINCE ROMANESQUE, owned by C. R Thacker and driven by John Niles accom-panied by Frances Niles.
Morgan Horse, English Equipment: Won by KEYSTONE, owned by Mr. and Mrs. E. Barclay Brauns and ridden by Karin Brauns; 2nd, POMULA, owned and ridden by Susan Eskil; 3rd, QUIEN SABE, owned and ridden by Jacque Bowen; 4th, SUN DUST, owned by Capt. Louise D. Bates, and ridden by Rulon Slaughter; 5th, PRINCE ROMANESQUE, owned by C. R. Thacker and ridden by Frances Niles.
Morgan Combination: Won by KEY-STONE, awned by Mr. and Mrs. E. Barclay Brauns, driven by Elmer Adkins and ridden
by Karin Brauns; 2nd, POMULA, owned, driven and ridden by Susan Eskil; 3rd, SUN DUST, owned and driven by Capt. Louise D. Bates and ridden by Rulon Slaughter; 4th, PRINCE ROMANESQUE, owned and driven by C. R. Thacker and ridden by Frances Niles; 5th, JUBIRD, owned and driven by M. R. Moffitt and ridden by John Moffitt.
Morgans placing in open classes: Western Matched Pairs: SILVER BLOS-
SOM, owned and ridden by John Moffitt was one of a pair which placed 3rd.
English Pleasure Horses (Amateur): POMULA, owned and ridden by Susan Eskil, placed 9th.
Sales and Purchases Dean Jackson of Harrison, Montana,
sold eight registered Morgans this spring — two mares and six fillies —to Willard Young and Fred Kerbs of Wee Rancho Morgan Horses, Deer Park, Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Jesser of Twin Falls, Idaho, purchased a brood mare, Rosilyn, by Gay Mac, from Marvin S. Jeppesen of Keating, Oregon.
Dr. C. D. Parkinson of Eugene, Ore-gon, has sold his stud colt, The Monk, to Floyd Chamberlin of Eugene. He still has MacDella, a young chestnut filly, and Trinango, an eight-year-old stallion, which he purchased in Salt Lake City this spring.
New Arrivals To Wilbur Silver (owned by Mr.
and Mrs. Leo Beckley of Mt. Vernon, Washington) by Silver Rockwood, a filly.
To Georgette Vermont (owned by Elsa Brauns of Wenatchee) by Key-stone, a filly.
To Lela Linsley, (owned by Clarence Simon of Eugene, Oregon) a colt.
Shows in the Northwest which will offer Morgan classes
Eugene Hunt Club 19th Annual Horse Show, Eugene, Oregon, on May 31, June 1 and 2. (Morgan Western Pleasure class). AHSA approved.
Westernaires, Inc., Silver Lake Horse-men's Center, near Everett, Washing-ton, on June 8 and 9. (Morgan English and Morgan Western). AHSA ap-proved.
Evergreen Saddle Club, Silver Lake Horsemen's Center, near Everett Wash-ington ,on June 15 and 16. (Morgan Western and Model Morgan Halter Class). AHSA approved.
Lake Washington Saddle Club, Bridle Trails State Park, Bellevue-Kirkland, Washington, on July 5, 6 and 7. AHSA approved.
Third Annual All Morgan Show, sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Morgan Horse Association, Appleat-chee Club grounds, Wenatchee, Wash-ington, July 28. Premium lists will be mailed June 15. Entries will close at midnight, July 19.
New Folding Saddle Rack
The Botten Bucket Co., of Chagrin Falls, Ohio have been making Botten Corner Feed & Water Buckets for 15 years. They are now adding a new and improved Saddle Rack and Stall Guard to their line of stable equip-
ment. You will find a photo of this saddle rack in their ad on Page 29.
Notice to Mid-Western Morgan Owners
The big annual Mid-Western Horse Show and Rodeo will be held July 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7th at the Fairgrounds Colesium in Columbus, Ohio. They feature Morgan performance, pleasure and stake classes. They also offer a complete line of halter classes for Mor-gans divided as to sex and age. Last year there were well over 750 horses participating in quarter, palomino, Arabian and Morgan classes. Good stable facilities are available and if you are looking for a class "A" show plan to attend the Mid-Western now. Write for premium lists to Marie McDannald, Secretary, Mid-Western Horse Show and Rodeo, Inc., 544 Parsons Ave., Columbus 15, Ohio.
Obituary Notice The Morgan world will once again
be saddened to learn of the death of Audrix J. Nowinsky, March 19, 1957 at the age of 39. He is survived by his wife, Adelaide and two daughters Connie and Janie.
Pinky (as all his friends called him) was a staunch supporter and exhibitor of Morgans. He made Morgan history in northern Wisconsin by entering open shows, with his Morgans and did a fine job of bringing his Morgans out on top. In a predominantly Arab and Quarter Horse area, the competition was definitely a proving ground for the Morgan.
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Morgan News from the University of New
Hampshire
By MARGARET SEIDLER
President of Riding Club
With the coming of spring the Univer-sity of New Hampshire barns are buzzing with activity. Horses are being fitted and groomed for the New Hampshire Royal. Classes are filled in colt training, jumping, counselor training, and equitation.
The New Hampshire Royal is a fitting and showmanship contest sponsored by the College of Agriculture. The Department of Physical Education for Women puts on a horse class as well as a drill team exhibition. Drill team consists of ten girls chosen from the best riders of the school. These girls work together as a team all winter long, prac-ticing maneuvers and schooling horses.
Of course our biggest challenges in horse schooling are our five young colts. Three of these are yearlings and the other two are one month of age. In this respect the University of New Hampshire is unique. We are the only state university which offers colt train-ing for college credit. This fine colt train-ing program originated with Mrs. Robert Strang whose untiring efforts turned high-strung College Vicky into a well-trained Morgan mare. Miss Browne of the Physical Education Department is responsible for the continuation of this program as well as es-tablishing it as a course offered for college credit.
All the students take riding prac-tice faithfully all winter long so that they will be able to show in the spring horse show. For the past two years this has been a class (C) show, affiliated with the New England Horsemen's Council and the New Hampshire Horse and Trail Association. This year we are unable to hold this show but in-stead we are having a small show limited to the students of the university. Next year we are again planning to hold a class (C) show and hope to see you all there.
The Animal Husbandry Department under the direction of Professor Loring V. Tirrell is in charge of our excellent breeding program. Thanks to them we have recently had five new colts.
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program at the farm.
The first sight which met our eyes were these two typey Morgan mares, LIPPITT SPEARMINT and LIPPITT TWINKLE. as they returned from their daily ride.
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GREEN MOUNTAIN STOCK FARM
For many years when one thought of the Green Mountain Stock Farm, they thought of good Mor-gans. It was a sad day in 1952 when Mr. Knight de-cided to dispose of his Morgans. An auction which dispersed some of our purest Morgan blood. Some of the horses from this sale went on to become National Champions, although they had never been shown previously.
After this dispersal, Mr. Knight's Farm Super-intendent began filling the barns and pastures with Angus cattle. Bob Knight confided to me that this was the big reason he began to repurchase some of the best of his Morgans, two years ago. He said he just couldn't bear to see their barns and paddocks filled with cattle.
Whatever the reason, Morgan followers are glad to welcome Bob Knight back into the Morgan ranks. To see first hand, just what was taking place, we made our first visit there since the dispersal. The well-kept grounds and barns filled with good Mor-gans were again a welcome sight. A training ring is being planned and all indications are that Lippitt Mor-gans are headed for new heights. We hope you will enjoy this pictorial report as much as we enjoyed our visit.
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the Angus which were taking over the Morgan quarters
until Mr. Knight returned to his first love — MORGANS .
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LIPPITT TWINKLE, 7 year old mare by Ethan Eldon 7857 out of Lippitt Beatrice Ash 04732. A lovely mare that can move off of both ends,
with head horseman, James Anderson up.
LIPPITT SELASSIE 8329. 17 year old stallion by Lippltt Moro Last 7884, out of Lippitt Sally Ash 04566, senior stallion at the farm. A good old fashioned Morgan that has sired many good colts scattered through-
out New England.
LIPPITT MORO ALERT 11273. 3 year old stallion by Lippitt Rob Roy out of Lippitt Gladys Moro 05293. Excellent junior stallion at the farm
who will start his breeding career this season.
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By KAY JUDGE
Children's Services Horse Show May 17-19
AS 1j:1- ITS the breed that is ranked as the ancestor of the true American saddle
horse, the Morgan strain will be granted a special division in this year's seventh annual horse show of the Children's Services. to be held May 17, 18 and 19 at the Farmington Polo Club grounds in Farmington.
For tine benefit of those to whom the name Morgan means just another horse, it should be noted that the Morgan is our country's oldest authentic horse, his lineage going back as far as most family trees can be traced. His strong, handsome American good looks have made him the most important and coveted horse in the country to-day. He is a saddle horse, gen-tle and ideal for children; he is a worker, good for ranches or farms; he is strong and able to endure lest after test calling for stamina and brawn.
For further proof of the Mor-gan's popularity, all one has to do is visit one of the many homes in the Ilartford area where a Morgan is stabled. In Connecticut alone there are over 70 Morgan owners with 45 ac-tively joined in the Conn. Mor-gan Horse Assn. Ralph C. Las-bury of East Windsor Hill is president; Seth P. Holcombe of West Hartford, vice presi-dent; and Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Lincoln of Somers hold the posts of treasurer and secretary re-spectively. This group has done much in the past years to pro-mote the exhibition and breed-ing of the Morgan in this state. The following are but a few names of Morgan owners from the immediate Hartford area.
Dr. Edgar 11. Butler of West Hartford, Miss Doris N. Rock-well. East Windsor Hill and Mrs. Robert J. Vernhind of West Hartford, Miss Rockwell is sec-retary of the New 'England We-stin Horse Assn.
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It was back in 1789 that a man named Justin "ctorgan, Br-ing of his position as a school-master near Springfield, Mass., moved to Vermont. taking with him his onl ∎ valuable possession - a colt named Figure. Figure,
however, contrary to his name, was far from a handsome fig-u•e. lie hail no teature that might make him bring a good [trice at auction. lie was a small, plain hay who lacked the propel' size :MIS weight. Figure, who later became known as Justin Mn•gan (named for his owner) lived alnmst i0 years and stalled a breed that has come down in horse annals as one of out' better known and re-spected all porpose horses. The Morgan has a (nays led the "most" list of horses. lie could outdo all other breeds in speed, stamina, strength and beauty. Even today his legend still grows. Perhaps the strangest part of the story was a "rags to riches" angle. for here was a horse with no pedigree who cut such a swath for himself in the establishment of "Who's Who" in the horsey set, that even some ol the purest breeds fell far in his shadow,
As Morgan generations con-tinued throitgh the years they grew in stature. No more the smallish horse of Justin Mor-gan's day -- they were growing taller and more massive. The earliest Morgans were used on farms in northern New England where during ilw week they ploughed the tic Ids and on Sun-da•s were 5c-rubbed and combed
to draw church Tile years went on, trends changed and by 1820 speed had become a by-word. Hey e. too, the Morgan held his own and made his niche in history. Justin Mor-gan's grandson, Mack Hank, and his great-grandson, Ethan Allen, became everyday names. When Ethan Allen met Dexter in the now famous race of 1867, all records were smashed, and Ethan Allen was proclaimed the fastest. trotting stallion in the world and received much news-paper notoriety.
BUT EVEN before the Morgans were acclaimed as "speedsters," the migration had gotten underway to points out-side New England. By 1870 there were Morgans in every stale. One in Kentucky contrib-uted to the breeding of our pres-ent American saddle horse, who in turn gave us the Tennessee walking horse. All over the U.S. Morgans aided progress, home and other building tasks. Mor-gans even real-lied California before the Forty-niners.
Ironically, it was speed- in which the Morgan excelled—that almost proved the breed's undoing. Railroads, steamships and even automobiles were com-ing into being, forcing horse-drawn vehicles out cif the pic-ture. Oblivion . was averted only by an untiring group of breed-ers that later became the pres-sent Morgan Horse Club. By maintaining a large breeding farm in Vermont and with the help of the U.S. Lien!. of Agri-culture, the club was able to in-terest a mantles of state uni-versities, thus retaining through the years the Morgan's place in the high esteem of the public and his rightful rank in the- high society of horse owners, breed-ers and lovers.
Today Morgans are primarily for saddle or pleasure horses. They have greatly increased in number and they still excel in whatever they de.
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Mrs. J. Ward Crankshaw, Allentown, Pa., long-time booster of the Morgan at the Allentown horse show.
Mr. John M. Crum, Frederick, Md., a would-be trail horse owner and one of those sponsoring Rotarians.
Mrs. Mildred Day, Baltimore, Md., who last year at the Frederick show purchased Miss Fortune, chestnut weanling by U. S. Panez x Petersham Fitzie from Carls-Haven Farm.
Dr. Henry Doremus, Cedar Grove, N. J., who owns several Morgans, though we have no roster for them at present.
Mrs. Muriel Gordan, Middlebourgh, N. Y., who recently purchased Aida, bay mare by Peter Mansfield x Arissa from CarIs-Haven Farm to become the stablemate of Tru-B's Ebb Tide, bay gelding by Bald Mt. Troubadour x Vivian LaSorciere.
Miss Emily Jean Horns, Colonia, N. J. who owns Broadwall Felicity, chest-nut mare, by Triumph x Arribonita.
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Kemper, But-ler, N. J., who last fall purchased Gay Sally Ash, three year old bay mare by Archie 0 x Lippitt Gay Sally, from Peter Hunt.
Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Klem, Kingston, Pa., who in late March purchased Westfall Brandy, yearling bay colt by Lippitt George x Westfall Bonnie Brook from C. D. Parks.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Loch, Allentown, Pa., who purchased Bumble, a chest-nut mare by Raymond S. Sentney x Mae Morgan from Miss Ruth Noon in March. This is quite a victory since Bob is an ardent Quarter horse fan.
Mr. Stephen P. Tompkins, Rowley, Mass., with famous Orcland Leader, who will become part of the Mid-At-lantic Morgan Futurity, as he is papa of the colt the Franks of Allentown are anxiously waiting for.
And so you see, not only does the membership increase, but the popula-tion of the Morgans is growing too, fix rarely is a Morgan sold out of this area, but rather more Morgans are being brought in all the time to supply the ever increasing demand.
By all means, keep yourself posted on our show doings by following re-sults and the Calendar of Events listed in the back of the magazine.
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Mr. and Mrs. Roy Taylor of Media, N. Y. who own Broadwall Pattonesque were presented with a stud foal by Mentor.
Mrs. Victor Burnheimcr of North Waldoboro, Maine says her filly Broadwall Belinda is coming along beautifully and she is now breaking her to drive.
New York News By RUTH ROGERS
The regular Spring meeting of the New York Morgan Club was held on Sunday, April 28th, at Cazenovia, N. Y. The Brae Look Inn served 63 Morgan enthusiasts an excellent dinner after which we gathered at the Eth-ridge home to see local Morgans. Earl Langley, our vice-president, had thoughtfully brought five of them under one roof for the club to see.
In a lovely natural green amphi-theatre, Jerry Ashby rode his Allen's Major, Dean Caccamis rode the Harry Woods' Sconondoa Chief, Dick Stan-ton rode Mohawk Chief, owned by him and his wife, Ellen, and Mary Arnold rode Earl Langley's Don Hudson.
The show those studs put on there in the field would make Morgan boosters of stone statues.
The meeting itself was like all Spring Morgan meetings — everybody so glad to see everyone else. Our club extends over so much territory that there can't be much visiting during the winter. And we miss the good horse talk.
Vernon Cook of Williamsville and Middleport had a fine birthday present this year. His filly, Lita Allan, pre-sented him with a stud colt on that day. Lita is only three and her breed-ing was an accident. But mare and foal are doing so well that no ill effects are expected.
Down in Pine City, Ayelien Rich-ards' Little Miss Pepper has a chestnut filly foal by Pecos, Pete Hess's well known stud. The foal is tiny and she is cute, and Ayelien says she will never leave the farm.
At the Hess's Ledgewood Farm in Akron, Pecos is again a papa. Janee now 24 years old, has an exceptionally fine chestnut filly, full sister to Sea-lect of Windcrest, Ledgewood Comet, Ledgewood Laurel, and others. Janee is in splendid condition, and looks as
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though she might go on ten years more. Arnona Charm, Mary Arnold's foal,
took a somersault into a gate knocked down by the cows, and was badly cut. Both Mary and Folly Hudson, the foal's dam, saw the accident and rushed to help the baby, thereby preventing more serious damage. Fortunately, no permanent harm will result.
Mr. and •Mrs. John Keenan of Buffalo have sold their farm in MariIla and are building a barn for their Mcr-gans near Williamsville. In the mean-time, Lippitt Lenora and her yearling filly are at Howard Dobler's in Clar-ence Center. Howard has certainly one of the best foals of the year — a stud colt by Lippitt Jeep — Lippitt Tilly.
It was previously reported that Harris Wilcox of Bergen had the misfortune to lose his mare, Babette, during the winter. Bay Ann, his other Morgan, missed her friend terribly. One night Harris heard something going on in the barn and upon checking, found that Ann had crawled in with the Wil-cox pony. The two were lying peace-fully in the same stall, comforting each other. We hope Harris has left them that way.
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Allentown, Pa. Show Morgans really did themselves proud
and came through with real versatility at the Three Oaks Riding Club Horse Show, Allentown, Pa., on May 4-5. Not only were the Morgan classes well-filled, but the open classes saw Mor-gans receiving ribbons as well. NV. Dayton Sumner, Haddonfield, N. J. and Mr. Ebelhare of Pottsville, Pa., were the judges.
The results follow: Morgan Pleasure (7 entries): Won by
PRINCESS JARNETTE, owned by Miss Frances Franks; 2nd, BROADWALL BONNY BELL, owned by Miss Dorothy Chester; 3rd, ARROW HAWK, owned by Miss Helene Zimmerman, Ambler, Pa.; 4th, MANITO, owned by Wm. R. Hopkins, Green Village, N. J.
Open Morgan (8 entries): Won by JUBILEE'S LIGHTNING, owned by Miss Ellen Pettet, Asbury Park, N. J.; 2nd, AR-ROW HAWK, owned by Helene Zimmer-man; 3rd, PRINCESS JARNETTE, owned by Frances Franks; 4th, MAN O'DESTINY, owned by Tamarlei Acres, North Wales, RD, Pa.; 5th, NANCY DATE, owned by Dr. Frances Schaeffer, Allentown, Pa.; 6th, BROADWALL BONNY BELL, owned by Dorothy Chester.
Morgan Championship Stake (7 entries): Won by JUBILEE'S LIGHTNING, owned by Ellen Pettet; 2nd, MAN O'DESTINY, owned by Tamarlel Acres; 3rd, BROADWALL BONNY BELL, owned by Dorothy Chester; 4th, NANCY DATE, owned by Dr. Frances Schaeffer; 5th, PRINCESS JARNETTE, owned by Frances Franks; 6th, ARROW HAWK, owned by Helene Zimmerman,
Children's Pleasure Horse (open): Won by BROADWALL BONNY BELL, owned by Miss Dorothy Chester, Amityville, N. Y.; 2nd, PRINCESS JARNETTE, owned by Miss Frances Franks, Allentown, Pa.
Western Pleasure (Open): 2nd, MANITO, owned by Wm. R. Hopkins.
Trail Class (with at least 15 entries): Won by MANITO, owned by Wm. R. Hop-kins.
Open Stock Stake: Won by MANITO, owned by Wm. R. Hopkins.
Western Champion of the show: Won by MANITO, owned by Wm. R. Hopkins.
Open Pleasure Horse (Saddle type Div.) Morgans swept the entire class. Won by BROADWALL BONNY BELL, owned by Dorothy Chester; 2nd, LASSIE KNOX, owned by Timothy Franks, Allentown, Pa.; 3rd, ARROW HAWK, owned by Helene Zimmerman; 4th, MANITO, owned by Wm. R. Hopkins.
Open Pair Class — any typo horse: 2nd, MAN O'DESTINY, owned by Tamar-lei Acres and NANCY DATE, owned by Frances Schaeffer; 4th, ARROW HAWK, owned by Helene Zimmerman paired with grade mare.
_Open Driving—any type horse (5 entries) 2nd, MAN O'DESTINY, owned by Tamar-lei Acres; 3rd, NANCY DATE, owned by Frances Schaeffer.
The Many Things A Morgan Can Do
By LESLIE BLACKWOOD
Dear Sir: Enclosed is my crick called
"The Many Things a Morgan Can Do." It is based on the one year ownership of my chestnut Morgan.
This being my first horse, I wanted everyone to know how much fun a Morgan can be to a thirteen year old girl. He is a credit to the University of Mass-achusetts, sire, Niles and dam, Optic. Because of this breeding he is a true type Morgan.
Sincerely yours, Leslie Blackwood
When I bought my Morgan last April, I knew I was getting a good, capable horse. At that time I didn't realize I was getting so many different types of horses out of this one special breed.
In the summer while riding with some of the people who were getting their horses ready for the National Mor-gan Horse Show, I found I had a horse with a remarkably fast trot. It was then I decided to see what we could do at a few shows. We went in Road Hack and Pleasure classes. For our
From: "Review of the British Horse Scene"
By R. S. Summerhays, In March 1957 issue of "The Horse."
"And after all these possible suggestions of a touch of Ameri-can 'influence' on our Show ring what about that great American breed of horse, the Morgan, of which I am an admirer? I doubt if I have seen more than two or three in this country but I have admired a number of photo-graphs of this horse, which car-ries so much good in conforma-tion and quality. A representa-tive class of Morgans would be a great attraction to any show here, for I like to think we are a nation that appreciates to the full any good horse."
first show we were extremely success- ful and I was very proud of Jer-Echo.
Later in the summer my friend and I went for an all day ride on the trails. When we stopped for lunch, we took off our horses' tack and tied the horses to a tree. Both horses were very good except they tried to eat our lunch in-stead of theirs.
In late September when my friend Cathy was riding, we decided to jump our horses together. Jer-Echo and her horse went up to the jump as if they had been jumping together for a long time. This was the first time Jer-Echo had ever jumped with another horse and he seemd to think it was great fun.
TER-ECHO, versatile Morgan, owned by Leslie Blackwood.
In October, I harnessed Jer-Echo for the first time. He was very good about having to pull something behind him. That same day I walked him outside. The next day we trotted around the one-half track at Hidden Valley Farm where I board my horse. He was just as good as a horse that had been in har-ness many times.
In the winter I worked him inside the barn where there is a good working area. During some of those cold days I started to teach Jer-Echo some tricks. I taught him to bow, go on the pede-stal and say yes and no.
After some snow that fell last night, I put the western tack on Jer-Echo and with Cathy and Nancy we got a thirty-foot rope and tied one end onto the saddle and the other to a flying saucer. At first the noise of this queer looking object bothered him, but he got over it in a few minues We cantered up the road until the rope got caught under his tail. We were afraid of what might happen but fortunately it didn't upset him too much. We fixed the rope so this would not happen again and con-tinued the ride in the snow-coaster with Jer-Echo pulling it.
With the show season creeping around the corner we are preparing for some of them.
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With the possible exception of the spade, probably no other bit has been so widely maligned, abused or mis-understood by people new to horses than the very useful Weymouth bit, sometimes called a double bit or full bridle. The Spanish horsemen of lower California achieved some won-derful results with the spade bit. Their horses were beautifully collected, completely responsive to the lightest touch and were the objects of con-siderable admiration by other Ameri-cans who saw them on their way to the gold fields in '48 and '49. Many of these tried to imitate the Spanish riders by putting the same bridle on the head of some underbred pony of nondescript conformation. Usually too, they expect the results of years of patient work in a matter of days. In-stead of a beautifully responsive mount like the Spaniards', the product was abuse and a bloody mouth, leading to the still widely-held thought that Spanish spade bits are instruments of inhuman torture, whereas in the hands of the people who understood their principles, they were the means of training horses whose lightness and balance are still enviable.
The Weymouth bit set has never been regarded with quite the horror that the spade was, but has been almost equally misunderstood by many be-ginning horsemen. Many prospective purchasers of hunters will buy only the horse shown in a snaffle happily unaware that a large majority of these have worn a full bridle for months of schooling before being put back on the simpler bit. Many other people will refuse hacks that are shown for their inspection in a show bridle. They want no part of a horse that has to wear such a mouthful of steel, or those "cruel" bits.
A look at the relative purposes of some of the simpler bit types is in order. Most trainers begin their work with some form of the snaffle, whose action is directly on the bars of the mouth and corners of the lips. A snaffle can be very mild, such as the rubber-covered non-jointed type, or one of the most severe bits known to horsemen,
such as the fishback, the double twisted wire mouth and some others, occasion-ally seen on draft horses, that ressemble toothed sections of bicycle sprocket chain. The primary purpose of the snaffle bit, from the rider's point of view, is as a means of direct command, for stops and turns on the direct rein and to raise the horse's head to the height best suited for the balance that is within his conformational ability.
The simplest of the curb bits have a low port and a relatively short cheek piece. Its operation is simple. Part of it is similar to the bar snaffle's action on the bars of the mouth, and part of its effect is in answer to the pressure under the skin exerted by the curb chain or strap. As with the snaffle they are subject to great variation. Part of their severity is based on the princi-pals of lever action. The proportion of power increase is, with a simple curb, usually about 21/2 to 1. It may easily be measured, as it is merely the ratio of the distance between the mouthpiece and the top ring, where the strap or chain is attached, to the dis-tance from the mouthpiece to the bot-tom or rein ring. Thus a seven inch curb is usually broken up into 2 inches above the mouthpiece and 5 inches below, measured along the cheek. There are various means of increasing the real power of this ratio, either by tightening the curb strap or chain or by raising it until it no longer lies in the groove opposite the bars of the mouth, but considerably above it The shape of the port in the mouthpiece is also a factor. It may be as mild as a snaffle by being a straight bar, or may be made much more severe by having a high, narrow port. Again, the purposes in general is one of con-trol and head set. The curb lends it-self extremely well to schooling on the indirect rein and to getting the proper flexions, both of the lower jaw and of the poll. Because of the force ratio exerted by the bit's shape, less pull is used to halt a horse in a curb, lending the considerably erroneous im-pression that because the horse yields to a touch, his mouth is very light. It is not quite that simple.
Another bit in considerabie favor with people who ride English style and who hack primarily is the pelham. Adapted for country use from the polo field, it is a convenient, mild bit. The single mouthpiece does not usually have a port, and is often very light in weight either hollow or rubber covered. There are both snaffle and curb reins and one may ride on the one, yet enjoy a cer-tain amount of peace of mind arising from the knowledge that there is a curb there too. This hit is really suited only to well-schooled animals, as for practical purposes, you never do have both snaffle and curb available at any one time, but only one or the other. Pulling on the curb rein activates a pelham as a curb, while pulling on the snaffle rein as a snaffle, but pulling on both reins equally and at once reduces the effectiveness of the bit as a whole. For that reason it is a clumsy bit to use in schooling but an excellent one on a quiet, well-trained hack.
Actually, a properly adjusted Wey-mouth bit set, in the hands of either an experienced trainer or an under-standing amateur, is one of the most effective devices the horseman can use in making a saddle horse with a light, responsive mouth. Its adjustments are important, of course. If the horse is young and has been wearing the snaffle alone for his early work, then hang the curb in his bridle sl that both mouthpieces are even. This is usually checked by pulling the snaffle rings out to the side. In this position, the mouth-pieces of both bits should be approxi-mately at the same height, with the snaffle only a little higher if at all. The curb chain should he flat and loose, never tighter than is barely necessary to keep it in its proper groove. As you work your horse, use the snaffle as before, gradually picking up the curb rein and asking for a mild flexing of the lower jaw in answer. Always re-member the purpose of the two bits. If you ask for poll flexion with the curb without having first raised the horse's head with the snaffle, you will have him flexed at the crest, which is far too low. Attempts to gain collection must also be accompanied by a tight-ening of the lower leg (yours!) to send the horse up to the bit. Otherwise your horse will be behind the bit, in a varying degree of severity, from be-ing mildly inclined to "hang" when you ask for a faster gait to the ex-treme of backing up more or less con-stantly. The finer points of the uses
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MINTS TO 4110BSCIMPIRS A Bit About Bits
By MABEL OWEN
JUNE 1957
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Letters (Continued from Page 4)
remember the time he won first here, second here," "If you ever want to see a horse, just come and look at Cham-pion, Deluxe, First place winner, —Droopy Drawers."
Brother, all that's enough to make anybody dizzy. Well, all I have to say to close this letter is that I really love my Morgans, (I call the whole breed mine, even though I don't own one of the beauties as yet.) and my magazine, so be sure to renew my sub-scription E0 I don't miss any issue.
Yours Sincerely, Arlette Walton
Aberdeen Drive Crete, Illinois
Dear Sir: I find your magazine very interest-
ing because it gives me wonderful in-formation about Morgan shows, arti-cles, 4-H work, care, and news of Mor-gans all over the U. S. A. My mother is a member of the Maine Morgan
Two registered Morgans with their owners. SPRING MORNING with Kathy up; TRUBY
with Louise up.
Horse Club. We own two wonderful Morgan mares, Truby (whose regis-tered name is Troubadora) won first prize in the Model Mare Division at the Maine Morgan Show while she was at Kennebec Farm being bred to Lip-pit Ethan Don. We also own Spring Morning whom we purchased from Mr. Churchill. I love Truby and try to ride her every day. I like the Morgan breed better and better as I am around them so much.
The picture I am enclosing is my sister, Kathy riding Spring Morning, on the left and I am riding Truby on the right. As you can see Truby is a more old fashioned type Morgan. She is a great pal. She has wonderful gaits and we are expecting a very nice foal from her in July.
Louise Giovanella (age 10) Kezar Falls, Maine
New York News (Continued from Page 25)
Miss June Hermes and her mother, of New Canaan, Conn., and their friends, Mrs. Robert Nagel and daugh-ters, of Batavia, stopped at Sherimill Stable recently to see the Morgans. June owns a three-quarter Morgan mare, and has been promised one that has been registered. June also has a wide knowledge of the Morgan horse, and will be an asset to the breed.
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Dillinger of Brewster, Kansas, also stopped at Sheri-mill, enroute from their home town to deliver a Morgan somewhere near Al-bany. This gelding was so good that we wished we had seen him first, our-selves. His new owner is bound to be pleased with the "sight unseen" pur-chase.
Travellers wishing a night's stop-cver for their Morgans are invited to contact V. J. Rogers, 5096 Sheridan Drive, Williamsville (near Buffalo) in advance, if possible. We do not often have a spare stall but can usually ar-range something in the neighborhood. We are four miles from the Thruway, on a direct route fom the Midwest to New England.
The next meeting of the New York State Club will be held on June 30th, at Lima, N. Y., the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Caccamis. Cards and de-tails will reach you later, as usual.
Field Day (Continued from Page 7)
two horses there, one called "Mystery Man" and the other "Mystery Maid." One had to guess their name, their sire and dam, their age, weight, height and color. There were blanks to be filled in about each horse. A great many people tried this game.
The day ended up with a turkey dinner at the Bolton Federated Church. Hete there were many brief speeches made. No one dared talk very long be-cause they were threatened with wash-ing dishes if they did. One hundred and twenty-five people attended this dinner and there were many more who were unable to get tickets. Those who spoke were Mr. F. 0. Davis, Pres. of the Morgan Club; Mr. F. B. Hills, Sec. of the Morgan Club; Prof. L. 0. Tirrill of Univ. of N. H.; Dr. C. D. Parks of Penna.; Mr. Loyd Marks, Mrs. Floyd Thompson and Mr. Elmer Searls of N. J. Many breeders and judges were introduced. Prizes were
given out for various contests. These were the Morgan medallion plaques. The winners on guessing the breeding of the two horses were Mr. Dave Brockett of Ipswich, Mass. and Mrs. Lyman Orcutt of West Newbury, Mass. Runner-up was Frannie Howell of Weston, Mass. In the showmanship contest the winner was Carol Johnson of Weston and Mrs. Joseph Kean of Pepperell, Mass. Winners in the judg-ing of model mares and stallions were Mr. Johnie Meade of Littleton, Mass. and Miss Peggy Bigelow of Rutland, Mass.
People from all New England at-tended this field day as well as people from New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The judging seminar was held mainly for American Horse Show Association official judges so they could evaluate the Morgan horse on type and standards. All stock that was used is owned by the Townshend Morgan-Holstein Farm.
Farewell My Friend (Continued from Page 8)
Then, three weeks after Sunny had come home to happiness, tragedy near-ly struck. I didn't know it at the time but Mr. Parker was planning to de-mand Sunny's return. The trial period was up, and there was nothing I could do about it. But Sunny was old. She had had a hard life, and was only now happy. My beautiful little Morgan, a riding academy horse again? No! This could not be. I didn't know of these plans yet, and Sunny never knew, because the night before Mr. Parker called, the mare, old now and happy, slipped away to greener pas-tures. Good-bye, Sunny Belle.
Wisconsin News (Continued from Page 15)
and ear of her sires, with personality to spare.
Will have some show results next time.
New Morgan owners, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hoburg of Morrison, III., have puchased the three year old filly Hy-Lee's Lady Quad S.
Had a nice visit from Mrs. Eve Oakley and Mrs. Paul Beekman last Friday. Mrs. Oakley raises those beau-tiful golden Morgans we're hearing so much about, and Mrs. Beekman is the proud owner of Caven-Glo's Suisun), a lovely golden mare.
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Fitting (Continued from Page 9)
ideal arrangement, we have stalls which are large enough so the colt can be fed well away from his dam and yet he is loose to go to her if he wishes. We add one tablespoon of dry milk per day from the first time he gets his own pail.
After the colt cleans up one-half quart at each feed, we increase the calf mix to 1 quart, twice a day. As soon as a colt finishes a quart at each feed, we add one-half quart of regular mixed horse feed to each feeding. The next addition is another one-half quart of mixed feed. As soon as this is finished quickly at each feed (quickly means in one-half hour), we start on a noon feeding of one-half quart of each and the next increase is an addi-tional one-half quart of each at noon. By now the colt is about 8 months and has been completely weaned for 6 to 8 weeks. He is getting a total of 3 quarts of mixed horse feed and 3 quarts of calf fitting mix and 1 tablespoon of powdered milk per day. He is also getting reduced amounts of Ribo-phene D and vitamin supplements and he has been wormed frequently.
We continue to increase the total amount of food, still keeping to the half and half mixture, until the colt shows, by his condition and appetite, that he is getting sufficient grain. Some colts will need up to twelve quarts to stay in condition during the cold weather, while others will stay fat and sassy and will grow well on 6 quarts a day.
We stop feeding the powdered milk when the colt is about 10 months old, or what we call "well weaned." This expression simply means that the colt has recovered from any and all set backs in weight and condition which are due to weaning and has again caught up on weight and size for its age.
We stop feeding the calf mix any-where from 12-18 months again de-pending upon condition. In other words, a colt which does poorly will be continued on it for more months than an easy doer.
We start mixing oats with the horse feed at about 15-18 months and some-times the total daily amount of grain will have to be increased at this time. The proportion is about one-third oats to two-thirds mixed horse feed.
We continue colts on three meals a day until they are coming four years
old when they are reduced to two meals. Stallions get three meals dur-ing the breeding season and poor doers get three meals too. However, we have found that most of our horses which eat slowly are also the ones who have fussy mouths and a session with the vet straightens out both problems. (the problem is sharp teeth which make their mouths especially tender).
Everyone has their favorite method of feeding growing colts. The most important thing is to feed enough be-cause they are growing bones and mus-cles whereas mature horses just have to eat enough to stay in good condition according to the amount of work they do.
Mares which are carrying foals do not need enough to feed two in the sense of two adult horses, but they do have to get enough to stay in condi-tion as well as supply the proper nut-rients to the foal.
The only radical change we make in our feeding occurs everytime we know we will be unable to exercise a horse for 3 or more days. Then we put that horse on plain oats and cut down to 2 to 4 quarts a day, depend-ing upon the amount of feed the horse is accustomed to, how long it will have to stand in the stall and its condition. We feed lots of hay, both in bulk and to keep the animal from becoming too bored by standing. If the horse is going to stand in the stall 3 or more days we give a wet bran mash for one meal each day. Leaving a horse standing in the stall for 3 or more days is a very dangerous business and can produce Colic, Black Water (a disease which is usually fatal) and too much feed without exercise can lead to founder. We have large box stalls so our horses can move around in them (they will even buck and play in them when they feel particu-larly top notch) but even so, we get every horse out every other day except when some emergency arises which means they will have to stand for a longer time because it is unavoidable. It is unwise to let such emergencies arise but it may be helpful for you to know a few of the precautions we can take when we have to stand horses.
To return to our regular feeding, we do feed several additional preparations to our horses. We have noticed a con-siderable improvement in their condi-tion since we started a powdered vita-min and mineral supplement about a year ago. We also feed Ribophene D the first 21 days of each month. This
preparation wards of Moonblindness and combats Strongyles.
We also use some Wheat Germ and some Linseed Oil (edible type). We add two tablespoons of dry powdered skim milk to the feed of pregnant mares which we start about 8-10 weeks before the foaling date and we continue it until shortly before weaning time. Don't forget that we add 1 tablespoon of dry milk to the foal's grain as soon as it is ready to get its own feed.
We have mineral salt licks hanging on the wall of each stall, but we feed
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loose salt to horses which do not use their lick. We just add it to the grain. We keep large salt licks in each pas- ture all summer.
Our horses have fresh clean water in front of them all the time. We wash the water containers and rinse them thoroughly about once or twice a month. We wash the feed pails once a week and each horse has its own pail so diseases cannot spread. We wipe out the pail every day so there is no stale grain left to spoil the next feeding or to attract flies.
Although we feed our hay on the ground, we are considering hay racks !so there will be less chance of our horses picking up worm eggs with their hay.
Our horses are round and sleek and fat. Your horse may stay that way on less grain or he may need more. It depends entirely upon the work he does and how easy he keeps. Some horses seem to stay fat on very little while others need more. You will have to look at your horse with an eagle eye and feed accordingly. You know he is fed correctly if his eyes are bright, his rump and ribs are nicely covered with so much flesh and muscle they appear to be very round. He is wrong if you can feel or see any ribs,
hip bones or vertebrae, or if looking at his rump from the rear shows it to be long and narrow with a concave appearance. Even a soft horse will fill out under his hips if he gets sufficient food. And usually, a well-fed horse is more amiable even though he may feel more like playing. Certainly, he is healthier and more beautiful.
Concluded Next Month Stable Care, Grooming and Training.
Letters (Continued from Page 23)
Dear Sir: At the Morgan Field Day as the good
and bad points of the horses were pointed out, the discussion regarding one or two of the mares was, " . . . her color's against her." They said this of a very flashy chestnut with light mane and tail. They said it again of a medium red chestnut mare and then of a light yellow bay (but a true bay none the less). Someone wanted to know why these horses arc or should be criticized on their color. Why, for that matter any color should be considered better or more desirable than any other except purely as a mat-ter of personal. preference. There were a few vague answers such as: "They don't show as well," and the like and
the question was dropped as diplomati-cally as possible. Once in a while such questions should get honest an-swers!
There is one theory that a real Mor-gan can only be bay. How about Sher-man Morgan, Ethan Allen, Daniel Lam-bert and Black Hawk? Have we enough Morgans who are bay who can be proven superior Morgans to those horses? Lots of high percentage ones are red!
There has been a question raised about the "true Morgan character" of the dark liver chestnut which is ob-viously the favorite color show-wise. I cannot point out the origin of that color far back in the registers but since it is not a characteristic of any other breed it must be truly a Morgan color.
The mid-Western judges don't have any difficulty seeing light red chestnuts in the top places at mid-Western shows. Saddlebred, Arabian and Quarter Horse exhibitors show red or sorrel horses quite happily without being penalized for color.
Why, then, are we in the East color-blind? Why is conformation, type, disposition and quality sacrificed to get that color or this color because it shows well? Why should it enter into the decision at all? There are no two stal-lions in the East who are perfectly
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equal, all things considered, that color would have to be used as a deciding factor between them. However, at more than one major show of Morgans color has been the first consideration in picking the finalists instead of the last.
Only a uniform policy of importance placed on color will eliminate this grave problem. Morgan owners should be heard on this subject and I ask that this letter be published and that others voice their views publically and give their reasons for the views they hold. I am perfectly willing to be proved wrong and I am sure there are valid reasons for breeding for color in some instances but it is unfair to good ani-mals and to their owners the way the present prejudice holds sway.
How do you feet about it? Mary Jean Vasiloff
Dear Sir: For the last few weeks Pat Poitras
and I have been in Florida and of course we were intereseted in horse doings there particularly where Mor-gans were concerned. We spent several days with Mrs. Lucille Kenyon getting acquainted with her horses and using
the very fine trails in the Ocala Nation-al Forest. Lucille has horses available for both riding and driving and she plans some delightful excursions into the forest over the same trails that are used for the Florida 100 mile trail ride.
Her horses are good ones, several of them Morgans. Her Morgans include Lippitt Bob Kennuck, who won the Florida trail ride in 1955 and placed fourth in the Vermont 100 mile the same year. He is Lucille's favorite mount and was in training for the 1957 Florida ride while we were there. Then there is a young stallion (corn-ing three) called Little Hawk. He is a son of Devan Hawk who belongs to Martha Moore. For such a young-ster this one has extremely good trail manners and lovely gaits. Baroosa, one of the Theis mares that Mrs. Ken-yon bought from Broadwall Farms, and her weanling colt by Parade com-plete the Morgans in this stable but they have as stablernates several Ara-bians and were expecting an Arabian colt momentarily.
We attended the Tampa show which is one of a circuit of shows held in Florida each spring. There were top
show horses present and the ring and grounds are excellent, but alas there were no Morgans. I made inquiries and found that they were quite recep-tive to the idea of putting on Morgan classes there next year if an entry could be assured. There are three shows within a period of seventeen days so it would be quite possible to combine showing there with a pleasant Florida vacation.
Everyone was most hospitable at Tampa and there were lovely parties at the Yacht Club which is located directly across the street from the show grounds. I am anxious to know whether others would be interested in showing here as I believe that Florida is about ready for Morgan horses. There is a great deal of interest in horses in general but only three or four people who own Morgans. If anyone feels that they might be interested next March in a vacation in the sun with their Morgans, please let me know so that I can contact the shows.
Sincerely yours
Elizabeth L. Power Waseeka
Ashland, Mass.
MORGAN OWNERS
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several years now, and this year she asked fo a much-deserved rest from the
task cf soliciting contihutions to the fund for the trophies and ribbons. We
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have been asked to do it in her stead,
and trust that we may be as successful as she has been in enlisting your co-
operation and support. There are seven additional classes this year, and we will need just that much more enthusiasm
from all our Morgan exhibitors, spec-tators and friends.
The expense of the tophy for each
class is twenty-five dollars and the ribbons are five dollars. We will be
very happy to receive your contribu-tions in whatever amount you feel you
want to send us. If you would like to sponsor a particular class or classes,
choose your favorites and we will desig-nate it accordingly in the program, un-less, of course, someone else has already
spoken for it. If you do not wish to sponsor a class, perhaps you would like
to give an amount to cover the ribbons.
Any amount you may want to give will
he very acceptable and greatly appre-ciated. We need the help of everyone interested in Morgans and the National Morgan Horse Show.
Send your donations to us at II
Shirley Park, Goffstown, New Hamp-shire, making your checks payable to
The Morgan Horse Club, Inc. It is not too soon to send them — the earlier we receive them, the easier it will be for us.
Hints (Coninued from Page 27)
of the full bridle to obtain the proper flexions of the horse's jaw and neck are proper subjects for books on ad-vanced equitation, many of which, es-
pecially those of the classic school, are readily available.
The aim and purpose of all bitting
is that the finished product shall be a horse whose jaw and poll flex easily
in answer to a light touch, one whose head is set at the height his conforma-tion permits and his use requires. All of this happens as a result of many long hours of patient training, but only after it has been done can a horse have the lightness and freedom of forehand that will permit his natural
action to show at its best. Few top show horses are trained in any other bit. Almost every serious horseman, with light hands and a reasonable un-
derstanding of the principles involved,
will find that the Weymouth bit set will give him a better feeling of the sensitivity of a horse's mouth and a deeper respect for the extraordinary
rapport possible between horse and rider. It can be uncanny, and give you greater pleasure than you ever thought
possible.
MID-ATLANTIC MORGAN HORSE SHOW sponsored by the
MID-ATLANTIC MORGAN HORSE CLUB and
ROTARY CLUB OF FREDERICK
AUGUST 16-17, 1957 (starting Friday night)
at the Fairgrounds
FREDERICK, MARYLAND Breeding Classes — Mid-Atlantic Futurity — Performance classes under
English and Western tack, harness, trail, jumping.
Featuring: $100 Championship Saddle Stake
$50 Western Parade Stake $100 Championship Harness Stake
$50 Stock Horse Stake
$50 Junior Saddle Stake
$50 English Pleasure Stake $50 Junior Harness Stake
$50 Mid-Atlantic Bred-and-owned Stake
Licensed by American Horse Shows Association — Class "A".
Officers: Show Manager: Warner L. Brittain, Frederick, Md. President: Marilyn C. Childs. Ringtawn, Pa. Secretary: Mary Lou Morrell, R. D., North Wales, Pa.
(For prize lists and entry blanks write Mrs. Morrell.
ADMISSION FREE TO SPECTATORS
NATIONAL MORGAN HORSE SHOW
Class A Show — Regular Show Member A. H. S. A.
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July 26 — Friday 1 P. M. and Evening
July 27 — Saturday All Day and Evening
July 28 — Sunday Afternoon
TRI-COUNTY FAIR GROUNDS NORTHAMPTON, MASS.
If you need entry forms write:
MRS. WINTHROP S. DAKIN, Program Entries P. 0. Box 632
Amherst, Mass.
WIN A HORSE or A COLT The Morgan Horse Magazine has recently decided to give winners of the Colt Contest their choice of: (1) A weanling colt, as in previous years, or (2) a green-broke 2 or 3 year old registered Morgan, to the contestant sell- ing the most new subscriptions to The Morgan Horse Magazine by Dec.
1, 1957.
Write for entry blanks to: The MORGAN HORSE Magazine, P. 0. Box 149, Leominster, Mass.
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Obituary (Continued from Page 16)
Pinky was a charter member of the Mid-West Morgan Horse Owners, Inc., and served that organization loyally and with hard work in the many offices he held.
Honorary pallbearers were members of the Mid-West Morgan Owners, Inc., and friends from Army days. These included Chester F. Teftc of Silver Lake, Wisconsin, president of the club; Earl C. Miller of Barrington, Illinois; Walter Streckfuss of Trevor, Wiscon-sin; and Lloyd Swesey of River Forest, Illinois. Also included, Harry T. Hunt of Huntington, Indiana and Joseph Gillis of Union City, Michigan.
To say that we shall miss Pinky, would never express the feelings of those who knew him. Never an ill word spoken of anyone. Always will-ing to work for the Morgan cause and many are the times that he sat, until the wee small hours, talking on his favorite subject, Morgans.
Our hearts go out to Adelaide and the girls, in the loss of a beloved hus-band and devoted father.
Cart Before the Horse (Coninued from Page 11)
a reason, or when he wants to be for-given after a scolding.
When horses are pets, they are al-most fool-proof. However, I try not to take this for granted. Cocoa is the one horse who is always calm and dis-interested in his surroundings, but he snorted and jumped back the other day when I brought an oper umbrella into the barn. My horses are used to children running around and playing. I see no reason why they should be restrained any more than a young foal, provided that what they are doing is safe and not destructive.
One advantage of having pets is that they will stick together. If we are out on the trail and a rider goes off, the loose horse would not think of leaving the company of the others. If they get loose from the pasture, I know that they will stick together and come to me more readily. I had an amusing experience last week. Spruce found that the gate had not been tightly closed, so she opened it and let the others loose. They all bounded gaily over to an adjoining field which is the back yard of a several family house. As they were grazing, a woman came outside and began waving her hands, trying to shoo them like chickens. The
horses thought this game might be fun and began running around, digging the lawn up all the more. The frightened woman retreated to the house. When I showed up on the scene with grain they all crowded around me and literally shoved me back to the barn. Then I noticed that Apache was missing. He was having nose trouble again. I went back to the yard just in time to see him climb the steps, walk across the porch and peer in the glass doors. "Hello," says Apache. "Anybody home?" The woman, in a real panic this time, ran to the other end of the house while I retrieved my inquisitive baby boy.
Big-Little Horses (Coninued from Page 10)
50 lb. saddle, breast band, chaps, spurs, saddle bags with two or three cans of beans in them, rope, and maybe a rifle and scabbard, and before you know it you have nearly 300 lbs on the horse. Then point him up a trail at 9000 or 10,000 feet elevation and ask him to hurry all day and you wish he was even bigger. With that much load he sweats and puffs and you wonder why, so you get off and walk. At the end of 50 feet you can't get your breath no matter how you try. At least you don't won-der about the horse anymore, you know. With that much load and craw-ling sharply uphill all day the little 14-2 900 lb. horse is scraping the bot-tom of the barrel all day to keep up. If he keeps up, he is good. The next day he will likely drop out because in keeping up to the larger horse he is working harder. The big horse works had but the little horse has to over-work to equal him.
Then again take the same two horses with their 300 lb. load and start across flat open country with six inches of snow or up to eighteen inches. The little horse is handicapped again be-cause he is working more down in the snow and his larger companion is more out on top of it. Besides that, the larger horse takes a little bigger stride and thereby expends less energy. The same advantage is held by the larger horse in muddy ground, in brush or in almost any rough country. A larger horse steps through underbrush without changing his stride as much as the smaller horse. A smaller horse will change strides and try to pick his way around more because he is again more down in the brush. The difference
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can only be four inches in the size and that seems very little. But at the end of a day of using a horse under the above conditions it does mean a big dif-ference.
Then take the breeder who just uses his horse for pleasure once or twice a week, or shows him under a light English saddle for a half an hour at a time. The 14-2 hand, 900 lb. horse is plenty of horse. He keeps on less feed and will provide all the service one can desire.
Another advantage the big horse has is in speed. Most little horses will start as fast as the big one and keep up for a short distance but the farther they go the more they get behind. This advantage really shows up in chasing wild horses in taller sage or generally rough country. The bigger horse is working more up and over the under-brush and not so much down in it. Its remarkable how much easier this makes running and how quickly even a slower horse that's a little taller can gain quite a lead over his shorter com-panion.
All the comparisons listed have been conditions that mean something to my demands of a horse. These are the reasons I like big horses and will continue to try and raise horses with a little extra size. One thing we have learned for sure, "You can't tell what a horse is by looking at it." Of times the little doggy looking horse can beat you at your own game and do it easy.
Our foundation stock is all of Brunk breeding. Our senior sire Condo was purchased from Roy Brunk as a two year old. He is now six years old and is the best horse we have ever owned.
We certainly enjoy the Morgan Magazine and hope someday to be able to attend the national show.
Our apologies to Mr. Eusey for not sending in this article sooner and thank him for asking us.
To those who might not agree with us on horses and their size; may we say as long as they are Morgan horses, they are tops in our book.
Promoting Our Breed (Continued from Page 5)
area it has been asked to, and is well worth the small amount of effort to promote it. If we feel as proud of our Morgans as we tell other Morgan owners, then we should also tell people who do not have Morgans and we can better reach them through their own magazines and general communication media.
President's Corner (Continued from Page 5)
One of the horses that we brought from Vermont became state champion Morgan stallion and was purchased by the State College of South Dakota at Brookings. They have a fine group of Morgans at the college and I have urged Mr. Kohler, who is in charge, to send information and pictures on their horses to the magazine.
At the present time I have a son of one of the original importation from Vermont who was named champion stallion at the State Fair this past year. The influence of that group of horses and the publicity gained has been good for the promotion of the breed in this area. When the horses were first brought out from Vermont we ob-tained state-wide publicity on the event through a columnist on a Minneapolis paper.
One of the nicest things, of course, about our contact with the Morgan breed has been meeting all the wonder-ful people that Morgans attach them-selves to. It has been a tremendous experience here in Minnesota to meet and work with other Morgan enthus-iasts in the promotion of the breed.
Very sincerely yours, Stanley D. Sahlstrom
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! 3 Top Stallions at Stud V CONDO
DICKIES PRIDE COMMANDO
Stock For Sale
Amos, Howard, and Leo Mosher i 2124 East 7000 South
Salt Lake City 17, Utah
MOSHER BROS. Morgan Horses
Horses bred for conformation, Size and Performance
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BREEDERS' LISTING
Illinois
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MRS. WM. W. BARTON I 1806 National Ave., Rockford, Ill.
WATERS MORGANS are bred for type, disposition, good legs and feet, as well as high percent-
age of the original blood.
At Stud JUBILEE'S COURAGE 8983
LIPPITT ASHMORE 10811
FRANCES H. BRYANT South Woodstock, Vt.
(Serenity Farm)
V THREE WINDS FARM
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Winnebago
The Home of
NORTHERN ILLINOIS TOP MORGANS
Come See Our Future Stars
Visitors Always Welcome
BIG BEND FARMS V MEETING
AT STUD Dyberry Billy 9649
Sire: Lippitt Billy Ash 7724 Dam: Lippitt Miss Nekomia 04938
Gold Band Home of
LIPPITT BETSEY LIPPITT DUPLICATE BLACK SAMBO DENNISFIELD
R.D. 2, Clark's Summit, Pa.
WIND-CREST 1
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ARDENCAPLE ACRES "The home of distinctive and des- I
tinguished Morgan horses"
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Also Shetland Sheep Dogs and /
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Mr. & Mrs. Willard K. Denton Succabone Road, Mt. Kisco, N. Y.
Mt. Kisco 6-6989
BAR-T FARMS Rowley Massachusetts
Breed to the Best!
AT STUD
Orcland Leader Sire: Ulendon Dam: Vigilda Surkland
Colts usually for sale.
KENNEBEC MORGAN HORSE FARM
South Woolwich, Maine Mailing Address
R. F. D. No. 2. WISCASSET
Owner
MISS MARGARET GARDINER
Manager JAMES F. DUNTON
ORCLAND FARMS "Where Champions are born"
Home of ULENDON — SUPERSAM
ORCLAND GAYMAN
Young stock for sale.
Mr. & Mrs. Wallace L. Orcutt, Jr.
HIGHVIEW FARM AT STUD:
Flyhawk — Senator Graham Townshend Gaymeade
Morgans of all ages for sale.
Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Greenwalt Pawnee, Illinois
(near Springfield)
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If you want champions, come to
the home of champions.
MR. and MRS. F. 0. DAVIS Windsor, Vermont
Miniature Poodles
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Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Tompkins West Newbury, Massachusetts
AT STUD
ARCHIE'S ARCHIE 10357
I TOWNSHEND Morgan-Holstein Farm
Dam: Archie's Nekomia Sire: Archie 0 I
Gold Band Morgans for sale. I
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FARM I Mr. & Mrs. Peter W. Hunt, owners I
DeMott Rd., Middlebush, N. J. I Phone Viking 4-2646 a
111.aall■
MID STATE MORGAN HORSE
Breeders of the True Type
Home of
ORCLAND VIGILDON MELODY MORGAN 9119
Mr. & Mrs. ROGER E. ELA Bolton, Mass.
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WASEEKA FARM Morgans For Sale
Visitors Welcome
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MRS. POWER MR. & MRS. ANNIS
Ashland, Mass.
SEW
DAWNCREST Morgans For Sale
Visitors Welcome
MERRYLEGS FARM
"The pleasure their owners take in our Morgans is a source of great
pride to us."
Stock For Sale
BREEDERS' LISTING
MAR-LO FARM Home of
Verran's Laddie and other fine Morgans
Visitors are always Wekome
MR. & MRS. MILO G. DUGAN 52373 West Eight Mile Road
Northville, Michigan
WINTERS' STABLE "Home of Morgan Horses and
Harlequin Danes"
STAR OF VALOR Sire: Jubilee's Courage
Dam: Kitty Hawk
BARRE, MASS.
UM-
lust "MORGANS" That's All.
AT STUD: Gold Band Stallions Archie "0" — Lippitt Jeep I
7856 8672 Gold Band Archie 10778
Sire: Archie "0" 7856 Darn: Sue Travelmore
For a Dependable Morgan — Buy a Gold Band Morgan'
O'NEILL'S MORGAN HORSE I FARM
Ora Jane O'Neill Stuart, Mgr. I MANTENO, ILLINOIS
Searls Springwater Stock Farm
Always glad to show our horses and Angus cattle. We are easy to
find, 5 miles west of Medora.
MR. & MRS. RAY SEARLS
Medora, Illinois
Flying S Ranch MORGANS
bred for Conformation - Disposition
and Performance Under Saddle
Or In Harness Stock Usually For Sale.
STUART G. HAZARD 1308 College Ave. Topeka, Kansas
I WOODS and WATER FARMS
I Michigan's Top Morgan Breeders
Largest Collection of Blue Ribbon Winners in the Midwest.
/ Morgans of all ages for sale including about 10 weanlings.
Mr. & Mrs. Harold J. Allbee MABEL OWEN, owner WALTER and RHEDA KANE North Falmouth, Mass. So. Dartmouth, Mass.
A South Lyon, Michigan
MAPLE LAWN FARMS, INC. I Ashaway Tel. 2270 Rhode Island I
AT STUD
U. S. P.A1VEZ Possessing and Transmitting A
Type — Disposition — Versatility
Why not breed him to your mare? I
Registered Holstein and Guernsey Cattle. V
Visitors Always Welcome
A. B. Gray, Pres. A. C. Drowne, Mgr.
MID-WEST'S HOME OF CHAMPION AFTER CHAMPION
HYLEE FARMS WISCONSIN'S TOP MORGAN
BREEDERS
Mr. & Mrs. Robert V. Behling owners
Mr. Floyd P. Appling, Mgr.-Trainer CAND3RIA, WISCONSIN
Crabapple Valley Farms At Stud
10 Top Stallions Featuring one of the country's largest
largest band of brood mares. Morgans of all ages for sale.
Sensibly Priced Owner: MERLE D. EVANS
For detailed information, write to: ROBERT W. STARN, Mgr.
R. D. 2, Beach City, Phone 4-3367 Wilmot, Ohio.
Visitors Welcome
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MORO HILL MORGAN FARM
Dyberry Ethan 10801 Ideal in type and bloodlines
FOR SALE Registered MORGANS of all ages
Home of that Grand Old Mare ALRITA 05147
FOX RIVER ROAD SILVER LAKE, WIS.
Mr. & Mrs. Chester F. Treftc
I I Montana Morgans Available
I At Stud
I FLEETFIELD
Pleasant View Ranch
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Sire: Mentor Dam: Norma Chestnut, 15 hands, 1100 lbs. I Buy a Morgan if you want a horse I you will like to use.
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J. C. JACKSON & SONS
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Montana Highway No. 1 Harrison, Montana
All Rubber Horseshoe. Light weight-Long wear-ing. Steel Centerpiate - Easy to shape. Send check or maser order
postage collect. MEADERS BOOT and SADDLERY, Water-ville, Maine. Prices per pair, front or hind: 00-$2.95; 0-92.95; 1-$3.00; 2-93.10; 343.20; 4-$3.25.
REGISTERED MORGAN COLTS, Fillies. for sale, Lippitt and Archie 0 bloodlines-MID STATE MORGAN HORSE FARM. DeMott Road, BUddlebush, N. J.. phone Viking 4-2646.
FOR SALE OR TRADE for Morgan stud. Yearling on up. Arabian stud well broke. Sire, Bookaan; Dam, Hadassah. Foaled. April 23. 1949. Write MERE BRO'S, Leo, Wyoming.
TRAILERS: New 1957 models, two horse tandem, single horse. Strong welded frame, level-load axles, new fires, choice of colors. Dealer inquiries invited. UHRIG'S TRAILERS, Carrollton, Missouri.
HORSES TRAINED for cutting, reining. stock, trail, pleasure, manners, etc. BOB DANITS, 333 Oakton St., Des Plaines, M.
FOR SALE: Sir Sparkler Hawk, 9 month stud by Sealed of Wind-Crest out of Kitty Hawk, bay color, irregular star and strip on face. Two hind white stockings. WIN-TERS STABLE, Barre. Mass. FL 5-4055 or Worcester PL 2-2266.
TROUBADOUR FARM: BOARDING -TRAINING - SELLING - SHOWING -RIDING INSTRUCTIONS. Year round facilities. Kopf English Saddlery -new and used. also Stable Supplies. RALPH G. HALLENBECK. owner, Selkirk. N. Y. 5 miles south of Albany, Route 9-W. Phone So. Bethlehem-Roger 7-3396.
CARRIAGE TRADE WEEK - July 1-8, Wilmington, Vermont. Horses, ponies, vehicles, available or bring your own as Inn's guest. Hunt Brake. Surreys, Buggys, log carts, $5 per seat. Tarriffs w/meals 58-S13. SPECIAL COUNTRY FARE MENU for budget-diet minded $2. less. En-joy area shows - harness racing. WRITE: PEG GAGE. Crafts Inn, Wilmington, Vt.. Tel. 34.
GIRL, 18, DESIRES WORK on horse farm for summer or permanently in Vermont. Some experience. VIRGINIA ALLEN, Cuttingsville, Vt.
CLASSIFIED 10 per word $2.00 minimum
FOR SALE: Registered four year Mor-gan gelding. Stands fifteen hands three inches, golden chestnut, flaxen mane and tail, small white star and snip. Grandson of Townshend Lass and Paragraph. For information contact NEDRA BUSHBY, Kane• vile, llinois. Phone: Kaneville 4891.
FOR SALE: Townshend Starlet 07874. Foaled Sept. 21, 1949. Chestnut, proven brood mare. Sire: Cornwallis. Dam: Glad-loss. Also registered bay Morgan year-ling filly. Contact SHIRLEY DAVIS, Lowell St., R.F.D. 2. Andover, Mass, Tel. 366,
FOR SALE: Beautiful 8 year old Welch pony. 13 hands, color white, gelding. VERNON FONTAINE. Leominster Road, East Princeton. Mass. Tel.: Princeton -Hobart 4.2277,
FOR SALE: Three year Morgan stallion, dark chestnut, 15.3, excellent conformation. Sire: Mentor. Dam: Canute. Asking $800.00. Shown at Philip Crossley's, Niantic or write MRS. JOHN WELSH, RFD #3, Waterford, Connecticut.
OUR SPRING CROP of colts is arriving. A promising chestnut stallion foal is here and we expect three more foals. One filly is sold so don't delay. For quality and type there is no better breeding. but our prices are not exorbitant. MARGARET RICE, Rockbottom Lodge, Meredith, N. H.
FOR SALE: Lady Ester's Bunny 09024, chestnut, strip and 2 white hind socks, by White Cap Allen. dam, Lady Ester, gentle to ride, priced at $450. CARROLL MEADER Waterville, Me.
FOR SALE: 2 year old golden chestnut high percentage filly; yearling dark chestnut stallion; 3 year old red chestnut stallion, broken to ride, ready to show: 11 year old red chestnut mare, broken to ride, has been driven, proven brood mare, wonderful for children, a real family pet. MR. and MRS. HAROLD J. ALLBEE, North Falmouth, Mass. Tel.: Cataumet 1010-W.
FOR SALE: Registered Morgan filly. Comstock's Pamarine. Foaled May 1, 1955. Dark chestnut, small star. Sire: Parade by Cornwallis. Dam: Corrine by Congo. This filly is a real prospect, well mannered and very easily handled. E. C. STODDARD, George St, Seekonk, Mass. GEneva 4-5746.
FOR SALE: Prefer woman buyer; to a good home, Registered Morgan gelding. Brown Hawk 10029, color brown. 10 years old, 15.1 hands Sire. Flyhawk 7526, Dam: Julara 04972. Second in conformation National Morgan Show, 1955. Show or trail horse. MRS. EDWARD HANSON. Needwood Rd., Derwood, Maryland. Phone: Washington, D. C. Poplar 2-6689.
FOR SALE: Gentle, young Morgan mare. Reasonably priced. Excellent brood-mare and versatile pleasure horse. Write Box 103. Morgan Horse Magazine. Leomin-ster, Mass.
WANTED: Registered Morgan about 14.3 hands, well trained for driving and riding. good disposition, sound, to be used ky adults and children age 10, preferably black in color, to be placed in a good home. F. W. PIRIE, JR., Grand Falls. N. B.. Canada
FOR SALE: Registered yearling chest-nut stallion. Greenwalt breeding. Out-standing show prospect. Reasonable price. Horse Dept., University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois.
FOR SALE: Two high percentage Morgan fillies. Ch. 4 year Royalton Crown Jewel 08762, Sire: Ethan Eldon 8447. Dam: Jus-tine Morgan 05591. Ch. 3 year Royalton Jus-Sue 08975. Sire: Ethan Eldon 8447. Dam: Lippitt Suzanne 06412. True type Morgans with the best of all Morgan characteristics. MAX M. HODXOSIU, R.R. 4, Goshen, Indiana.
FOR SALE: Registered Morgan gelding. foaled April 24. 1953. Dam sired by Corn-wallis, a grandson of Sir Ethan Allen. His sire. too, is a great grandson of Sir Ethan Allen. Broke to ride. Price $400.00. Can be seen by appointment at W. L. BEHN, Cornwall Bridge, Conn. Telephone Orleans 2-6292.
WANTED: Morgan brood mare any age. Will exchange handy western broke Palomino, Quarter Horse gelding. 9 years, weight about 950 lbs. RUTH E. JONES, Hill, New Hampshire.
FOR SALE: Registered Morgan stallion, Ethanson Morgan 9874. Ten years old this month. Dark chestnut with connecting star and strip, left hind stocking white. True Morgan type, good sized, gentle to handle, rides and drives. Sire: Ethan Eldon 8447. Dam: Jemima 05400. A horse of Mans-field, Ethan Allen and Bennington breed-ing. FRANKLIN and THOMAS WARREN, Dorset, Vermont.
BREEDERS' LISTING
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At Stud
IA LIPPITT SAM TWILIGHT 8085 True Morgan in looks, action and
pedigree. Visitors Welcome
I High percentage young stock for sale.
MARGARET RICE Rockbottom Lodge Meredith, N. H.
Home of
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New England Calendar of Events for Morgan Owners Further listings and changes should be sent to Mrs. Win-
throp S. Dakin, RR 9, Amherst., Mass. The deadline is the first of the month before the month of publication.
TRAIL RIDES AND OTHER EVENTS
June 30 Annual Meeting and Field Day, N. E. Morgan Horse Assoc., "Waseeka" Ashland, Mass.
July 5-25 Horsemanship Clinic. GMHA, S. Woodstock, Vt. July 29-Aug. 3 Crafts Inn, Wilmington, Vt. Connecticut
Trail Ride Assoc., Mrs. A. S. Hastings, Case Rd., Burlington, Conn. Aug. 28-31 100-Mile Competitive Trail Ride and 50-Mile
Pleasure Ride. GMHA, S. Woodstock, Vt. Oct. 5, 6 N. E. Morgan Horse Assoc. Foliage Ride and Drive
S. Woodstock, Vt. Miss Doris Rockwell, Sec., 148 State St., Hart-ford 3, Conn.
Oct. 12, 13 GMHA Foliage Ride, South Woodstock, Vt. Oct. 20 Barre Trail Ride, Mrs. Jennie Blaisdell, School St.,
Barre, Mass.
HORSE SHOWS WITH MORGAN CLASSES June 8 Riverside at Haverhill, Mass. H. H. Hopper, Rye,
N. H. June 8. 9 South Share, Fleetwood Farms Stable, Rte. 3,
Pembroke, Mass. June 9 Manchester-Bedford, N. H. Plummer Rd., Bedford.
E. E. Hovey. June 15 Farmington, Me. Mrs. R. Kershner, RFD 3, Farming-
ton. June 16 Barre, Mass. Mrs. Jennie Blaisdell, School St..
Barre. June 15-16 Stamford, Vt. G. E. Maxwell, RFD 1, North Adams
Mass. June 16 Essex County Horse Breeders' Assoc., Saugus, Mass.
Marilyn Fisher, 1 Sendrick Road, Woburn. June 23 Lebanon, Conn. Ford Crosby, R 3, Stafford Springs. June 29, 30. Burlington Riding and Driving Club, Essex
Junction, Vt. Helena Bessette, 53 Proctor Ave., Burlington, Vt. June 29 Ipswich, Mass. Miss Jeanette Kelley, Box 228, Mid-
dleton. June 30 Wethersfield, Conn. Mrs. D. Cornwell, 135 High-
land, Street July 4 South Portland, Me. Scarboro. Fred F. Swasey,
RFD 1, Scarboro, Me. July 4 Marion, Mass. Dr. J. A. Arne, Marion. July 4 Southern Vt., Manchester Center, Vt. Mrs. Keynith.
Knapp. Arlington, Vt. July 4 Warren, Vt. James Wa, Waitsfield. July 5-7 St. Judes, Troy, N. Y. July 6 Basin Harbor, Vt. Allen Beach, Basin Harbor. July 7 N Bar H, Dover, N. H. W. E. Dennis, Durham, N. H. July 7 Fall River, Tiverton, R I. R. J. Hebert, Box 1135, Fall
River, Mass. July 13 New Brook Fire Dept., Newfane, Vt. G. C. Ware.
Newfane. July 13 Kennebunk-Kennebunkport, Maine. Dr. E. T. Newell,
28 Dane St., Kennebunk. July 13-15 Great Barrington, Mass. Joe Maguire, Williams-
town, Mass. July 14 Pemiquaney Riding Club, Meredith, N. H. July 20 South Casco, Me. Fred Swasey, RFD 1, Scarboro,
Maine. July 20, 21 Montpelier, Vt. Mrs. Heber England, 1 Hopkins
Ter., Montpelier. July 20-22 Lakeville, Conn. Mrs. Neal Hopper, Salisbury. July 21 Meredith, N. H. Mrs. Margaret Booth Meredith. July 26-28 NATIONAL MORGAN HORSE SHOW, Northamp-
ton, Mass. Box 632, Amherst, Mass. July 27 Waldo County, Me. Charlotte North, 14 Northport
Ave., Belfast, Me. July 28 Salem, N. H. Mrs. Hazel Snell, 77 Washington St.,
Haverhill, Mass. July 28 Stowe, Vt. Charles Black, Stowe. Aug. 2-4 GMHA, South Woodstock, Vt. Aug. 3 Camden, Me. Mrs. Maurice A. Bowers, Camden. Aug. 4 Mount Washington, Bretton Woods Hotel, N. H. Aug. 10 Camp Najerog, Wilmington, Vt. Harold Gore,
Director. Aug. 11 Sugar Hill, Franconia, N. H. Mrs. Evelyn Towle,
Sugar Hill.
Aug. 11 Arlington, Vt. Orlando Cullinan, Arlington. Aug. 11 Connecticut Valley Exposition, Bradford, Vt. Helen
Hutchkins, Bradford. Aug. 11 Merrimack Trail Riders, Concord, N. H. Aug. 11 North Shore Horsemen's Assoc. Rte. 1, Peabody,
Mass. Howard Johnson Field. H. W. Sellick, 43 Main St., Saugus, Mass.
Aug 16-18 Plymouth, N. H. Leonard Tatham, Ashland, N. H. Aug. 24 Acton, Me. Fred Swasey, RFD 1, Scarboro, Me. Aug. 24, 25 Windsor, Vt. James McSwain, Windsor. Aug. 24, 25 Rocky Hill Fair, Earle Whelden, Jr., Box 103,
Conimicut, R. I. Aug. 25 Bennington, Vt. Bernard McNaney, 212 Prospect St .
Bennington. Aug. 25 Canaan, N. H. Leonard Tatham, Ashland, N. H. Aug. 25 Pepperell, Mass. Mrs. W. C. Cousins, 2 Park St.,
Pepperell. Aug. 31-Sept 2 Lancaster, N. H. Mrs. Elaine Allin, Lancaster. Sept. 1, 2 Enfield Jr. C. of C., Somers, Conn., K. Waldron,
Box 418, Thompsonville. Sept 1. North Shore Horsemen's Assoc. Rte. 1, Peabody,
Mass. Howard Johnson Field. (See Avg. 11). Sept. 1 Hopkinton, N. H. R. Potter, St. Paul's School, Con-
cord, N. H. Sept. 2 Brunswick, Me. Margaret Charron, 52 Pleasant St ,
Brunswick. Sept. 7 Groton, Mass. Sept. 7-8 Northwood, N. H. Donald MacCallum, Northwood. Sept. 8 Mcswansicut Riding and Driving Club, North
Scituate, R. I. James Blackwood, 839 Smithfield Ave., Sayles-ville, R. I.
Sept. 8 Happy Hill Riding Club, White River Junction, Vt. E. C. Pierce, White River, Jct.
Sept 11-13 Brockton Fair, Leo Boyle, North Pembroke, Mass. Sept. 15 Essex County Horse Breeders' Assoc., Saugus, Mass.
Marilyn Fisher, 1 Sendrick Rd., Woburn, Mass. Sept. 15 White Mountain Riding Club, Littletcn, N. H. Mrs.
Elaine Allin, Lancaster, N. H. Sept. 20.22 Eastern States Amateur, West Springfield, Mass
65 Main St., Springfield. Sept. 21 Farmington, Me. Mrs. R. Kershner, Farmington. Sept 28 South Portland, Me. Mrs. Marion Taylor, 146 Sea-
man St., So. Portland. Sept. 28-29 Deerfield Fair, N. H. Gordon Van Buskirk,
Hooksett, N. H. Oct. 5 Portland, Me. C. Manning. 528 Stroudwater St.,
Westbrook, Me. Oct. 6 Chelmsford, Mass. Clement Allen, 15 Haverhill St.
North Reading, Mass. Oct. 6 Manchester-Bedford, Plummer Rd., Bedford, N. H.
E. E. Havey. Oct. 6 Littleton, Mass. Miss Maria Walker, Littleton. Oct. 12 North Reading, Mass. Forrest S. Balcomb, 10 Mt.
Verncn St., N. Reading. Oct. 12 Sandwich, N. H. Leonard Tatham, Ashland N. H. Oct. 13 Suffield, Conn. F. A. Fuller, 176 Mapleton Ave..
Suffield. Oct. 13 North Shore Horsemen's Assoc., Rte. 1, Peabody,
Mass. Howard Johnson Field. (See Aug. 11) Oct. 20 Essex Horse Breeder's Assoc., Saugus, Mass.
Marilyn Fisher, 1 Sendrick Rd., Woburn, Mass.
M1D-ATLANTIC CALENDAR OF EVENTS June 7-8 W. Jersey Hospital Horse Show, Camden, N. J. "B". June 21-23 Willowbrook Horse Show, Mt. View, N. J. "B". Juno 28.29-30 Third Annual Trail Ride, Windy Valley Inn
Mehoopany, Pa. July 6-7 New Brunswick Horse Show, New Brunswick, N. T-
July 26-28 NATIONAL MORGAN HORSE SHOW, Northamp-ton, Mass. "A".
Aug. 2-4 Williamsport Horse Show, Williamsport. Pa. Aug. 16-17 MID-ATLANTIC ALL-MORGAN HORSES SHOW.
Frederick, Md. "A". Aug. 30-Sept. 2 Syracuse, N. Y. Sept. 7-8 Ackerly Horse Show, Clarks Summit, Pa. "B" Sept. 27-28 Cooper Hospital Horse Show. Camden, N. J. "B". Oct. 19-26 Pennsylvania National Horse Show, Harrisburg.
Pa. "A".
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