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JUNE 1959
TWINS AT HYLEE FARMS
MIDDLEBURY ACE
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1958 NATIONAL
1958 STATE OF MAINE
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION STALLION
GRAND CHAMPION MORGAN
We've survived a real cold Maine winter but now that pleasant
weather is here, we would be pleased to have any of our friends, old
and new, stop at our farm to visit and see Ace and his pretty stablemate, Jubilee's Ginger.
JAMES DOUGLASS
EAST DIXFIELD, MAINE
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We are very pleased with the seven
fillies and one colt by Broadwall St.
Pat. There are three more due.
BROADWALL ST. PAT 11353
(Parade - Lippitt Georgia(
Three young fillies by Broadwall St. Pat.
Mr. and Mrs. 1 CECIL FERGUSON
Tel.: Express 7-3963
GREENE, RHODE ISLAND
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fettets
the EMots
Dear Sir:
I and all of my club members enjoy
your magazine. We enjoyed the cover
of the May 1958 issue. I am sorry to
say that only two of our members own
Morgans. We are proud that we have
Morgan horses in our club. If there
are any Morgan horse owners, preferably girls, that live in Oklahoma and
would like to join our club, please
write us.
Kathryn Metzger
Oklahoma Cowgirls
1238 South Evanston
Tulsa 4, Oklahoma
Dear Sir:
About a month ago a young man
rode by my place one evening. He
stopped and informed me that he
wantd to start a training school for
"Cutting Horses." I was most interested for that is just what I have
wanted to start a training school for
time, but my other affairs keep me so
busy I had not the time to devote to
it. I let this young man have no time
to get away. I told him to take full
use of my facilities and gave him the
key to my barn. Then I said, start
with my Morgan gelding. He accepted
my offer and brought a bunch of yearling calves in to use in the training
program. He did begin with my Morgan gelding, Chesty, whose head is
pictured on my letterhead. He worked
Chesty two short periods daily. During
the ninth lesson Chesty had taken so
expertly to the job that the trainer removd his bridle and the horse cut the
calves bare-headed. Every Quarter
Horse owner around here is talking
about this Morgan and his talent for
"cow work."
I would like to bet that hundreds
of Morgan owners would thrill to see
their horses doing just what Chesty
is doing. Fact of the matter is, they
might even enjoy it more than some
of the classes they now show their
horses in. Chesty is sired by Roy
Brunk's horse Congo, and out of a
mare named Judith, owned by Chenoweth's and Son of Clinton, Illinois.
Sincerely,
Joseph E. Olsen
St. George. Utah
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Double Talk
Trail To Freedom — Conclusion
The Kid with the Pony
Mid-Atlantic Morgan Show Expands
National Show 'Gay Nineties"
Notice to Breeders
New England — Mid•Atlantic Calendar of Events
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Officers of The Morgan Horse Club
President
FREDERICK
0, DAVIS
Windsor, Vermont
Vice-President
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Northville, Michigan
Treasurer
WHITNEY STONE
90 Broad St., New York 4, N. Y.
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FRANK B. HILLS
90 Broad St., New York 4. N. Y.
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June, 1959
Vol. XIX
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Double Talk!
By
JANE
BEHLING
HyLee Farms, Cambria, Wisconsin
How often have you heard someone say, "What could
be cuter than a Morgan foal?" Finally after all these
years, I have the answer, TWO Morgan foals, especially
when they are twins!
Having rushed the family home from a Florida vacation to be on hand for the arrival of the expected offspring of Illawana Marie and Torchfire, scheduled to take
place on March 4th, 1959, we were at first relieved that
she had apparently waited for us. However, when March
15, March 18 and March 19 rolled around and she still
had not foaled, we began to be a little concerned. Record
books were dragged out and consulted to see if we might
possibly have made a mistake on the breeding date but we
had been correct, and she showed no signs of any trouble
at all. She was no larger than she had been with her
other foals.
I must make mention that we are not unduly alarmed
because a mare does not come in exactly as the charts
suggest. We have mares that foal a couple of weeks ahead
of time, and in one instance a mare carried her foal just
nine days short of a year. But on March 19th, we had the
the veterinarian examine her, he reported that the foal
was in position, and that it would arrive shortly. On
March 25th she began to show wax, much to our relief.
Woman's intuition is a strange thing, and I shall not
go into it here, but at 7:30 PM March 25th, I had a funny
feeling that I must go to the barn. Having had these
hunches before I hurried out minus coat. Marie was
flickering low, the way mares do when they talk to their
new foals. The mare was lying down, and when I looked
into the stall, I saw that Marie had at East delivered her
foal. But horrors! The sack was over the foals head, and
he was desperately sucking in air, in great gasps. Being
a mere woman, and not considered very leveled headed, I
dashed back to the house to get Bob, my husband, then
over to the other house to get Mr. Appling our manager.
Needless to say, the foal was soon relieved of his confinement, and it was decided that we leave the mare alone, for
awhile. She was still lying down.
We went into the house, and tried to watch TV for'
a while. Fifteen minutes later, (being a woman) I- could
wait no longer. The foal was still lying next to it's mother,
and was making an effort to get up. Fine, I thought, now
we can get out the bottle and take care of the navel. Just try
to imagine if you possiby can the next few seconds! Me
peering through the stall boards, absorbed in watching
the foal's awkward attempt to stand for the first time,
when I heard this little colt type squeal, over on the other
side of the mare. . . . there's two of them! Never has
there been a record sprint like the one I made to the
house. Don't remember what announcement I made, but
I do recall that Mr. Appling was having some difficulty
running to the barn in his stocking feet and boots.
Marie had had no difficulty during foaling, was not
even sweating. The little stallion, the first born, was
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OUR
COVER
already after his first dinner, and was most successful. The
filly seemed content to take it easy for the time being. This
instance in itself, is of interest. Since the colostrum milk
is supposed to start the digestive apparatus working, it
surprised us that it should be the little stallion, the one who
got the first milk, who should turn up the next morning in
absolute misery.
Heir (as we call the little guy), was in agony the
morning of the 26th. His front legs were drawn up, his
rear legs were wrapped around his ears. His abdomen
was like stone. We called the vet again (having had him
the night before to check the foals). He immediately
confirmed our suspicions. Bowl impaction. Several injections of mineral oil later, the foal was relieved of part
of his difficulty. The vet gave instructions to give the
same treatment again in a few hours if the trouble persisted, he also left medicine. Heir was on his feet after
awhile, and we breathed more easily.
I must comment here on the wonderful disposition of
the mare. Even though there, were people in and out of her
stall working on her colt, she showed only quiet concern.
The 27th found the filly capering around the stall
in high fashion, and her brother looking on in a dull disinterested fashion. He still assumed his agony position,
and was always damp from his mother's constant licking.
He nursed some, but not eagerly. The mineral oil bit was
tried again, and this time, it really worked! It was little
wonder, we had a sick little guy! Then for a week, we
tried to shut it off.
The filly (Deb) was so far ahead of Heir, that it was
decided that we try to supplement the mare's milk with
bottle feeding. By this time we were all in but our shoe
strings, as the saying goes. But we mixed up a batch of
lime water, and began the ritual of making up bottles
of 2 parts milk, to 1 part lime water plus 1 tbs. of
Karo syrup. And I began my endless trips to the barn
with the Coke bottle filled with warm supplement. He
took it like a duck to water. At first, he wanted to take
his bottle lying down, but he soon began to manage the
operation on his feet. Deb, never did take to the bottle, and
at the end of the second week, Heir decided he didn't want
to either.
From there on in, we have had two of the liveliest foals
to ever hit Wisconsin! DEB "n" HEIR are both chestnut
marked nicely with white, and have the exceptionally
good heads their sire stamps his get with. To merely say
that we are pleased with them, is the understatement of a
life time. We are delighted! ! I
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Trail To Freedom
By
ERN PEDLER
with illustrations by Jeanne Mellin Herrick
PART 5
. on the other side he would lead them all and run the trail to freedom . . .and his heart burst as he took to the air across the wash .
For sure he was a wanted horse now,
an outlaw horse, a killer of the range,
and riders came from far off, each
wanting to be the one to catch the killer
stallion, for news of it had reached the
papers of the towns. The sport was
gone now, and the fun of the thing,
and grimness was in the men, and
rifles were in their saddle boots. For
in all the animal world only man reserves the right to fight and kill for
that which he needs or wants, or believes it right, or to protect the things
that are his. And men and nations
have become heroes through the fighting and wiping out of other men and
nations, waving banners and shouting anthems in fervent voice, strong
in the knowledge of their right, killing
that which they cannot conquer. But
the lower animal, wanting only a
chance to exist, pursued and driven
from the land, finally to fight for
things that are his only when there is
no more room to run, becomes an outlaw, a scourge of the range. And riders
were to ride after the Mahogany Morgan with the hollow words of service
to the ranchers, and making the range
safe for a man to ride. Yet in each
man's heart was the want to be the one
to catch the killer horse, and make
his name heard across the land, and
the riders being horsemen, knew that
the Morgan left alone would never
bother another man.
From the high places he saw them
come day after day, hunting, riding,
combing the cedars. Men threaded
their way through dry gulches and
draws. Men rode up the canyons,
over the passes and down the other
side. Riders rode silhouetted against
the sky along the ridges. But full
wildness had at last come to the Mahogany Morgan, and where before the
runs had been something of a game,
tightening him with excitement and
the challenge to protect his mares,
now he was running the trail to freedom, and hate was in him, and now
fear of man, and somehow he knew
that the chase was not just to bring
him back to the ranch. In those days
he used every trick he had learned
over the years. He ran where the dust
was thick, drawing the mustangers
along, only to double back through
the rocky ground to leave them trying
to unravel a trail that was not there.
He cut back from a plain trail to hide
deep in the cedars while riders went
by. He showed up at water holes, but
would not enter the traps, tempting
the watchers into a chase, and he ran
them over the rough country until he
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had enough lead to sneak back for a
quick pull at the water. Still it was
the constant need of water that started
to wear him down, and on a black
night he quit the mountain range and
crossed the floor of the valley to the
far green mountains and the clear
water there, and alone he stirred up
no dust for the stockmen to follow,
and for several weeks he was safe
there, keeping hid from the cowboys
and feeding at night until he was
rested some. It did not come to him
to gather another bunch of mares. He
missed the beautiful black, and sometimes at night loneliness drove away
sleep and hunger, and he roamed the
hills calling into the dark, and in time
he could stand the want of her no
more, nor the pull back to the desert,
and a morning found him standing
low headed and asleep where she had
fallen. The smell of death had gone,
and the rider he had killed had long
since been taken home, and here for a
few hours he felt at peace. But daylight showed riders on the range, and
though he had been gone so long they
did not expect to see him, he did not
wait for them to close in, but ran up
the canyon and crossed over into the
sand dunes and beyond. He drifted
south aimlessly, the great personality
that had been his was a force no longer,
and what the years could not do to
age him, the loss of the black mare
had done. For there was no more
purpose in his life, only to keep clear
of the horse hunters. He stood on a
sugar loaf hill and watched a train
come out of the sunrise a black caterpillar crawling along the shining rails,
the smoke tilted back from the stack,
leaning with the wind. It was the
first train he had seen since the tall
man led him away from the siding behind the buckboard a long time ago.
It brought back the sight of training
rings and white fences, and stone
wails, and the memory of gentle men
who had never choked down a horse
nor run him through palisades or
cedar snags. And he thought that the
life there had been good, and when
the train whistled, melancholy and
lost, he turned back to the land he had
run, and the place where he had last
been with the black mare.
As he swung along in the dark to
a water hole, his nose low to the
ground and smelling his way, he suddenly snorted and spooked from a dark
shadow on the ground, another mustang caught at the traps and left tied
to a cedar, and he had choked himself
hanging back on the rope, and the
Morgan ran, nervous and afraid, showing how thin was the edge of him
now. He hunted up the only water
left along the range uncorraled, a
stinking small catch, in a pinch in a
gulch, gathered only in the hoofprints
of the ponies, and it took nearly an
hour to drink his fill there, and he
quivered and twitched at each sound,
tight drawn from the long, restless
weeks.
He was run several times that summer, three times hard, for all the
watching and moving each day to fool
the hunters had taken its toll, wearing him down to sleep, and he would
awaken to the sound of steel shod
hooves on rock, his heart pounding
even before he started to run, not
knowing the positions of the riders.
But as he ran his heart evened out
its beat, and his frightened breathing
slowed, and the hard muscles and the
gnarled old legs pushed him on, and
still no roper could drop a loop on
him, nor outrider cut him off from
the mountain. But he felt the sting
of rifle fire again, searing through the
flesh of his quarter, and for days he
was lame and stiff. But he kept moving, for the riders seeing blood splashed
along the rocks figured to find him
dead or crippled, and tried to track
him out.
Each month the stories grew bigger
of his speed and endurance, and of
the wildness of him and the intelligence, and every man who had run
him had more to add to the legend.
Men said he was tireless, that there was
no end to him, that he had air to
throw away, that his flashing feet
could not stumble. But they did not
know of the trembling old shoulders
at the end of the run, nor of the
swollen joints, nor the burn deep in
the lungs. And they did not know of
the miles he had run when the muscles
wanted to give up, and the heart
would not let them. For to the mustangers trailing behind, the horse still
had the beauty of his youth, and from
way back there they could not see that
the light was no more in his eyes,
only the determination.
After the last of these runs he stood
hidden in the cliffs, tired and water
hollow. Dried lather clung to him,
caked and hard, and his feet were
tender from too many fast miles in the
sharp rocks. He looked down onto the
stinking little water catch that had not
been corraled waiting for the man to
leave. But the man carried boulders
from the side of the gulch, bedding
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The Kid With The Pony
By
RUTH MORRISON
Left: SONOMA, the Morgan stallion who has made "friends" and
Morgan history in the West.
This is the story of a boy and a Morgan colt who have been together for
eighteen years. The colt today is our
20 (almost 21) year old stallion, Sonoma, and the boy, Philip Morrison, is
now my husband. Phil and I have
great respect and affection for old
"Sonny," except on occasion — such
as the time he reached through the
fence and completely demolished $25
worth of brand new patented roses we
lovingly planted at what we thought
was a safe distance from his long reach.
How many hours have we spent trying
to outwit him; trying to devise a lock
or latch on a barn door or gate that
"Sonny" can't figure out how to open.
This useless pursuit always ends with
the same result — a piece of baling
wire tightly twisted.
see the colt's basically good quality
and conformation. Phil had owned
many horses, but this was the first
registered one he had ever had. He
didn't know much about Morgans.
Eager to learn, he studied everything
available about the breed. Soon the
names shown on Sonoma's papers began to be more than just names. General Gates, Bennington, Artemisia, Pongee Morgan, Troubadour of Willowmoor, Uhlan, Querido, Red Oak; all
were close ancestors, and he realized
that "Sonny" carried some of the finest blood of the Morgan world. The
more he learned from reading and the
more he learned from practical experience with Sonoma himself, the
more determined he became to some
day raise Morgans.
The first time I saw Sonoma, I was
not impressed. Staked out on a dry,
rocky hillside of Coos County, Oregon
was a sorry-looking little two-year old
chestnut stallion. He appeared more
like an undernourished yearling. The
colt belonged to the wife of a traveling
horse trader. She had acquired him in
Santa Rosa, California, with the intention of keeping him, but her husband had convinced her that a stallion
didn't fit in with their business or way
of life. Since I was just looking for
a saddle horse suitable for an inexperienced girl to handle, I purchased a
buckskin gelding from the traders and
went on my way, never once giving a
second thought or look to the little stallion. A few days later, my future husband, then unknown to me, purchased
"Sonny." It was many years later that
we met. Phil was just a teen-ager
with a dream of owning a fine,
blooded horse. He had a thorough
enough knowledge of horses to look
though the rough-looking exterior and
With good care, the little stallion began to develop into an ideal Morgan—
versatile and willing. During his long
and useful service to his owner, he has
qualified and did a good job as a stock
horse, trail horse, roping horse, pack
horse, work horse, games horse, show
horse and pleasure horse. As a stock,
horse, Sonny could cut cows and work
cattle and sheep with experts. Unexcelled as a trail horse, he never faltered
at obstacles such as walking a log across
a swampy creek or swimming a
flooded river. Crossing an old railroad trestle, perched 200 feet over a
canyon, in a blinding snowstorm, was
another obstacle not ordinarily encountered in a trail horse class at a
horse show. Phil and Sonny took a
short cut home. They crossed three
of these trestles. There were no side
railings. Two 2 x 12 planks were
placed side by side down the center of
the trestles for use of pedestrians, if
they were the daring, adventurous type.
Needless to say, Phil did not ride
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across the snow-covered planks, but
dismounted and led Sonny. Sonny also was used to pack bear, elk and deer.
It was not beneath his dignity to sometimes be hitched up to pull a few
stumps, haul fence posts or cultivate
the garden. Phil even took a whirl
at trick riding. A horse used for this
purpose must of necessity be extremely
calm, steady and trustworthy. Using
an ordinary stock saddle with a little
added equipment instead of the usual
trick saddle, nevertheless he mastered
such feats as the fender drag and hippodrome stand, with due credit going
to Sonny for his able assistance.
Although well-fed and cared for
Sonoma was never pampered. He performed his various and unusual jobs
with a jaunty air and aristocratic bearing. If Sonny was ever tired after a
full day's work in the rugged hills, he
never faltered or lost his grace and
dignity.
Phil and his younger brother decided to become big-time cattle
ranchers, so the two teen-age boys
leased a ranch. They did very well on
their own for a time, but along in the
late winter things became a little tough.
Money was getting scarce. They were
too proud to admit defeat and ask help
from their family. Chicken became
their main item of diet. Chicken —
boiled, stewed, fried, roasted — with
noodles, with dumplings, then with
nothing when the flour ran out. Who
saved the day? None other than Sonny.
Along came a neighbor with a mare
to be bred. The boys pocketed the
stud fee, saddled up and rode ten miles
in the driving rain to the nearest store.
They spent the whole amount on groceries; loaded the food in gunny sacks;
packed it on the little Morgan and
rode home soggy but happy. The food
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lased them through until they could
realize some cash from the ranch.
With the coming of spring, the cows
began calving, but it was soon apparent
that some predatory animal was operating on the range. Far too many
cows were found without their calves.
The brothers saddled up and went
hunting. Their suspicions were right.
They located fresh bear sign. They
tracked down and shot the marauding
bear, dressed out the carcass, leaving
the hide on. Now horses and bears
are a mixture resembling a smallsized atom bomb. Most horses seem
to instinctively fear the odor of a bear.
Nevertheless, the boys decided to pack
out the meat. They cut off the hams
and tried to tie them on a gentle little
mare. She put on a display that would
have been a credit to the finest rodeo.
They finally succeeded in persuading
the other mare to permit them to put
the hams on her. The rest of the carcass was a pretty heavy load, so Sonny
was chosen for the job. He rolled his
eyes and trembled a bit when the boys
lashed the huge body across the saddle,
fastening it securely. They started the
long trip back to the ranch. It was
growing very dark. Phil was riding
the mare packing the hams, and leading Sonny. This took considerable
managing and some way or another,
the lead rope slipped from his grasp
and Sonny was free. He started for
home at a good brisk trot, the bear
bobbing along on the saddle — a very
sloppy rider. Sonny and his gruesome
passenger vanished into the night. As
the boys neared home, they could hear
horses squealing and running. Sonny
had got in with the rest of the ranch
horses. The poor animals were scared
out of their wits — what with the odor
of bear, the "plop-plopping" of the gory
carcass, and the horrible appearance of
the strange beast chasing them. The
herd stampeded with Sonny right at
their heels, bear and all. The boys decided to go on home as there was no
point in chasing crazy horses in the
pitch dark. When they reached the
ranch there was Sonny standing by the
corral gate, patiently waiting to be relieved of his burden and receive his
hand-out of grain.
At that time, in our section of the
country, it was the fashion to ride a
large horse. Any animal under 16
hands, weighing less than 1200 pounds,
was considered a pony. Phil began
showing Sonny at the Coos County
Fair in halter and performance classes.
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Sonny was the only Morgan in the
county, in fact, at one time, according
to our information, was the only one
in Oregon. There were very few registered horses of any breed. All stallions,
regardless of age or pedigree, registered or not, were grouped together
and shown as "Saddle Stallions." Sonny
began his show career by gathering
first and second honors in everything
he entered. Phil began using him in
Gymkhana events. The little Morgan
was so agile and catty on his feet,
reined so well, started and stopped so
quickly that he soon was winning every
event. The other contestants with
their big, rather clumsy mounts, were
set back on their heels. Everyone began talking about the "kid with the
pony."
My personal recollection of this era
in Sonny's life is highlighted by an incident that occurred during one of the
County Fairs. I was watching a performance class. The winner was a little chestnut stallion with an "I own
the world" attitude. The announcer
stated he was a registered Morgan.
People near me snickered and laughed.
The comments I overheard were:
"Morgan, huh! ! Don't believe it — a
little pony like that! Why, my grandpa had a team of Morgans back in
Iowa when I was a boy. They were
big draft horses weighing 1600 pounds
or better. You can't tell ME that's a
MORGAN.
An incident occurred about this time
that both offended and secretly pleased
Phil. After many seasons of consistently winning at contests of skill at
gymkhana games, with never a compliment by his fellow contestants on the
excellence of his little Morgan, a delegation from a local riding club called
upon the "Kid with the Pony!" The
spokesman announced that the club
had decided that Phil and his stallion
were "professionals" and as such, requested that hereafter he refrain from
entering. Instead of telling the committee exactly what he thought of the
whole affair, Phil answered: "You fail
to realize that this is the greatest compliment you could pay to my little
Morgan. I have waited a good many
years for you to admit that he is a great
horse. Thank you all very much."
World War II put an end to Phil's
plans on raising Morgans. When he
was called into the service, he left
Sonny in the care of some old friends
who had a ranch in a remote area. At
the end of the war, upon his return to
reclaim Sonny, he was greeted by a
thin, long-haired shadow of a horse. A
hard winter and impassable roads had
resulted in a feed shortage. Sonny had
wintered out in a box canyon, surviving severe weather and starvation.
Matching wits with a herd of elk for
each blade of grass, he finally ate brush
and tree bark to keep alive. He was
weak, staggering and covered with
ticks. Phil was determined no one
would see his once proud and beautiful
Morgan in such condition. He hid him
away in an old barn. After many
months of good care, the little stallion
once again bloomed. That was the
finish of Sonny's hard work. His
master vowed that never again would
he have to endure such hardships.
Sonoma began a life of ease. Luxurious
quarters, fine care and grooming resulted in a horse famed for his beauty,
wonderful disposition, fine performance and last but not least — a thick
wavy mane, 38 inches long, and an
equally heavy tail dragging the ground.
In fact, at one of the larger shows,
some of the other contestants checked
Sonny over in an effort to detect a wig
or false hair piece.
It was while Sonoma was at his peak
for beauty and style that Phil and I
became acquainted. We were both
members of a large saddle club. A
small minority of the members were
English riders, including myself, the
majority preferring Western tack.
Under the able supervision of one of
the club members who had formerly
taught equitation at the University of
Oregon, Phil took up English riding,
later progressing to jumping. Sonny
was much too small to ask him to
carry some two hundred pounds of
rider and equipment over the hurdles,
although he probably would have tried
it if he had been asked. So Phil trained
and used for jumping a lovely gray
three-quarter thoroughbred mare he
had purchased when she was sixteen
months old, and which he still owns.
This was the opportunity I needed to
get my "cotton-pickin' fingers" on
Sonny. From then on, I rode and
showed him almost exclusively, both
in open English and Western Pleasure,
always winning or placing among the
top three. Most of these shows were
rather small local affairs, usually drawing entries only from the surrounding
counties, so rules regarding ladies and
stallions were overlooked. The competition was pretty keen, however,
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Justin Morgan Association
By
RHEDA KANE
The Annual Election meeting of the
J. M. H. A. took place in Salem at the
Meeting Hall on April 25. It was a
pot-luck dinner with 90 members attending. I overheard one member remark, "We may not be the richest club
in the world but we sure eat well."
And that we did with all the food provided by the members themselves.
After the dinner the meeting was
called to order. The election committee
retired to a quiet corner to count the
ballots. This committee comprised of
Mrs. Laura Verran, chairman, Mrs.
Otto Wilkinson and Mrs. Ron Priest.
Because of the very close tallies and
many ties the result of the election was
not announced until very late in the
meeting. Ray LaBounty was reelected as President; Barbara Reid as
Vice President; Edgar Mansfield was
re-elected as Secretary-Treasurer. The
Board of Directors for the two year
term: Walter Kane, South Lyon; Fred
Verran, Northville; James Talley, Ann
Arbor; for the one year term: Harold
Niemi, Plymouth and Joe Symons,
Flint. The club should continue to
grow and prosper with this fine group
of officers to represent it.
The new ring for the 1959 All-Morgan Horse Show was thoroughly aired.
Bill Lokey, who is a surveyor by profession, had been appointed to survey
that part of land to be used for the
new ring and to give us a report as
to how much earth had to be moved.
His report was most gratifying in that
the amount of earth to be moved was
much less than previously thought.
This of course cut the estimated cost
considerably. As mentioned previously
Gerald Taft will furnish the machinery
to do the earth moving and grading.
One of the features of the annual
meeting was the one hour movie in
color by Sterling Film Co. taken at the
Greentree Stables in Ky., covering all
phases of the care of the mare and
stallion before and after breeding, the
foaling by the mare, care of the mare
and foal during this period and the
care of the foal until the age of two.
The film was presented by the Parkway Veterinary Clinic and Dr. Larry
Bengle, connected with the clinic, spent
an hour, after the film showing, answering questions on the various
subjects.
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1959 FOALS
New arrivals in this area are totaling
up fast with seventeen to report at
this time. Nine fillies and eight stud
colts. Almost even, steven. Mr. James
Willis of Milford and his grand-daughter, Carol, reports the arrival of a
black stud colt by Kane's Jon Bar K
out of his mare, Belle Cherie (Beau
Gallant - Janette). This is Belle's
first foal and Mr. Willis' first experience and from last reports foal and
owner are doing fine.
Sharon Probst of Fort Wayne, Ind.,
brought her mare, Ruthven's Janet
Ann, down to Milo Measel's in Novi
to foal. She produced a stud colt by
True American. Sharon is leaving her
mare here for another of the same
breeding. Instead Mr. Probst returned
to Indiana with a gelding, Mr. Howell
of Hill Top, for his son Larry. He is
to be a present for Larry's twelfth
birthday.
James Talley of Stanerigg in Ann
Arbor reports the arrival of two stud
colts both by Lippitt Moro Ash out of
the mares Lady Helen and Morgana.
Ray LaBounty of Ypsilanti reports
a stud colt by Quiz Kid out of his fine
mare, Ruthven's Connie Ann. This
is Mr. LaBounty's first experience with
raising a weanling. Good luck, Ray.
Ralph Curtis of Oxford is very happy
with a filly by Pentor out of Shady
Lawn Spice.
James Jones of Grand Blanc reports
a stud colt by Quiz Kid out of his fine
mare, TvIuggins.
Walter Carroll of Green Hill Farm
in Farmington has been luckier than
most with two fillies to report. One
by True American out of Devan Gold
and the other by Fox Fire out of Pixie
Hawk. This filly is owned jointly
with Paul Rumbaugh of Polk, Ohio.
Mr. Carroll can also boast of another
little filly. His daughter, Judy
Decker presented him with a beautiful
little granddaughter.
We, here at Woods and Water
Farms have some new arrivals also —
two stud colts by Kane's Jon Bar K
out of the mares Miss Kay and Springbrook Patsy K. also a filly by Quiz
Kid out of Kane's April Dawn.
The Milo Dugans of Mar-Lo Farm
in Northville have a couple of addi-
tions also — a filly by Micky Finn out
of Verran's Lassie and a filly by
Verran's Laddie out of Joanne.
From the Succardes in Frager, Mich.
we hear of another filly's arrival. This
one to SkyPoint Queenie by Quiz Kid.
Delor Markel of Milford reports a
filly by True American out of his
mare Springbrook Kathleen.
Last but not least, Mr. Im'Oberstag
of Dearborn reports a filly by his stallion HyCrest Tommy out of Springbrook Quizella.
Michigan has another new Morgan
horse owner in Mrs. Rae C. Hooker
of Mt. Pleasant. She purchased a twoyear-old, golden chestnut stallion,
Royal Bar Go (Maple Ridge Bar GoBonnie Ann) from James Thomson of
Tinkle Brook Farms in Jackson. Mrs.
Hooker was the first person to bring a
registered Morgan into Isabella County.
Let us hope the breed becomes catching.
Well, the first competitive show is
just around the corner. The Owasso
Lions Club Horse Show will take
place on June 7th and will be their
second annual show. The Morgans were
give two classes last year — an English and a western class. We are hoping this year's program will include
a harness class.
The South Lyon JayCees (Jr. Chamber of Commerce), are sponsoring a
show comprised of cutting, calf roping,
stock horse, and western classes. They
have also included six Morgan classes
— English performance, Jr. fine harness, western pleasure and fine harness four-year-old and over, also a stallion halter and mare halter class. This
show will be held on Sunday, June
14th, beginning at 9:00 a.m. at Woods
ad Water Farms in South Lyon. The
Morgan exhibitors in Michigan are very
greatful to the sponsors for giving them
six classes in their first show.
On June 13th, just the day before
the JayCee Show, Morgan horses will
be shown at the Grand Rapids Charity
Horse Show in Lowell. This is a three
day show with the Morgan classes
taking place on Saturday afternoon
and evening. These classes will be a
Morgan fine harness, western pleasure
and English performance.
The Detroit Horse Show at Bloomfield Hills offers the Morgan breed
a Western Pleasure class each year.
This I understand will be on Saturday,
June 27th. On June 28th, the Grand
Blanc Horse Show will offer four
The MORGAN HORSE
Mid-Atlantic News
By
HELENE ZIMMERMAN
The arrival of spring was heralded
again this year by the coming of the
small horse shows. Every year they
seem to come in greater numbers and
at earlier dates. This year the first one
was held in a snow storm! Most of
these early shows are the outburst of
horse folks and riding clubs who feel
they just can not wait another month,
even though their horses are still holding on to stubborn winter coats. The
first year riders spend the day clutching at their "butterflies" while the
green horses are in a slight state of
shock at all the strange goings on. In
this section of predominately Hunters
or Saddlebreds — one braided and the
other clipped — the coming of a Morgan is often greeted by the comment
"Look at that beautiful horse with the
long mane!" This is often followed,
when they find out the horse is a Morgan, with "Oh, like in JUSTIN MORGAN HAD A HORSE?"
Spring also means foals, of course,
so before leaving for her new home in
Vermont, Towne-Ayr Gay Gypsy presented the Leigh Morrell family with a
chestnut stud foal by the Nobles' Dyberry Billy. Since Gypsy foaled a little
too close to the Morrells' moving date
to make trucking the foal feasible, she
and her new son stayed down] here
until the young man grew up to the
long trip. They are all happily united
again now, though, and very happy
with Vermont.
Another even earlier foal was reported from Marilyn Childs at Ringtown, Pa. Her Ruthven's Barbara
Ann had a filly on Good Friday sired
by Col. Hamtramck who is a full
brother to her June Mar-Lo. Mrs.
Childs says the filly is just what she
ordered. Perhaps she will set the
pattern for those to follow.
Another filly was reported by Mrs.
Muriel Gordon of Middleburgh, N. Y.,
a chestnut by Linsley Lee out of Sunflower Belle. Mrs. Gordon has also
purchased two mares from Mrs. Greenwait in Illinois — Lynette, a three
year old chestnut by Linsley Lee x
Larriette Jane, and a showy chestnut
yearling (tentatively named Elita) by
King Mick x Miss Ethan Allen. Arnona Kitty Star has been sold by Mrs.
Gordon to Dr. Solobody's Morgan
Association; she will be bred to Morses'
Ben Davis.
JUNE 1959
Mrs. John E. Graf of Washington
12, D. C., is a new club member and
also the new owner of Foxhaven, a bay
gelding by Dorset's Foxfire x Haven's
Beauty. She purchased this nice little
western broke Morgan from Marilyn
Childs. Another new member is Donald
Streich of Springfield, Minn., the
owner of a black Morgan stallion,
Springbrook Midnight. This stallion
is the sire of the mometarily expected
foal from the Albert Lucines' Ko Ko
Dean. Also a new member is Russell
V. Beckett of Woodstock, Md., a coowner with Paul Gaa of the Morgan
mare, Teta, and her yearling son,
Cabot.
Dr. Robert Dreisbach of Lansdale,
Pa., is introducing two novices to the
show ring this season. The first was
his son, Doug, who won his first lead
line class very nicely on my (excuse
the expression!) Saddlebred mare; the
second will be his very handsome bay
stallion, Towne-Ayr Bobolink, who is
now brushing up on his ABC's under
saddle.
Mid-Atlantic Show
Expands
Expansion of the Mid-Atlantic Morgan Horse Show held annually at the
Fairgrounds, Frederick, Maryland, has
been announced by the manager, Warner L Brittain. The show will start on
Friday evening, August 7, and will
run all day Saturday, with the stakes
held on Saturday night, August 8. It
is felt that the stakes will be more
glamorous, and less hot for the horses
when shown under lights at night.
A picnic at the showgrounds has
been planned for the time between the
Saturday afternoon session and the
evening stakes event. By now the Saturday noon chicken dinner served by a
church group is justly famous, so
plenty of good eating, as well as good
horse-showing, is in store for those who
make the trek to Frederick this year.
A special challenge trophy has been
presented for the Mid-Atlantic Stake,
this in memory of the late Mrs. Freddie
Crankshaw, a popular club member.
Added to the class list this year is a
half-mile harness race, a children's pony
event, and breed championship classes.
Galley B. Wilson, noted horse show
New York State
News
By
RUTH ROGERS
The regular Spring meeting of the
New York Club was held on April
12th at Medina, N. Y. There the
Moose organization put on a delicious
ham and turkey dinner for about 60
Morganites. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Taylor
of Royal Crest Farm were our gracious
hosts.
We had as our special guests Mr.
and Mrs. J. Cecil Ferguson of Broadwall Farm, Greene, R. I., who were
enroute to the Mid-west with Broadwall Brigadier, 3 year old son of
Parade. Brigadier's ultimate destination was Colorado. Many of our
people missed seeing this fine youngster
as Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson and their
charge had to leave before the meeting,
with its subsequent Morgan tour, was
over.
Our Spring meeting is always so full
of talk that you can hardly get your
thoughts in edgewise. We don't really
settle down to business until June —
that meeting will be in the Syracuse
area, by the way. Mr. Earl Langley was
appointed to find a suitable place for
the tentative date of June 28th.
After whatever business that succeeded in rearing its head was attended
to, we went first to the beautiful new
barn of Dr. and Mrs. Allan Arnaboldi
in Medina. Dr. Arnaboldi, a veterinarian, has just completed a knotty pine
stable with redwood paddocks, large
box stalls, and an office area. There
lives the Morgan gelding, Harvey,
(Julian Caster, his former owner, always called him Monty), spending his
declining years in comfort and high
spirits. "Declining" is probably the
wrong word. Monty is now 22 years
old, but the farthest thing from a decline you ever saw. The Arnaboldis
also have several standardbreds.
From there we went on to the Taylors' farm and saw their six Morgans.
Little Pete (Royalcrest Parader), 3
year old stud, is particularly appealing.
He is by Parade-Blancarita, a very
dark, white trimmed chestnut with a
great front and a nice way of going.
The well-known Ledgewood Laurel,
Roy's favorite show mare, is in the pink
and ready to go. The Taylors also have
a Western mare and her half-Morgan
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The Mid-West Morgan
Horse Owners, Inc.
By SHEILA CUNNINGHAM and
BARBARA WHITE
The April meeting of the Mid-West
Morgan Horse Owners, Inc., was held
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George
Von Rosen of Richmond, Illinois. This
was the first time we have seen George
and Barbara since the Chicago Livestock Show in November, as they have
been travelling almost on a commuter
basis, having purchased a dude ranch
in Wickenburg, Arizona early this
winter. In between all the travelling
they managed to add a ranch type den
to their home. The den offers a fine
view of the riding ring and horse
barns, which Barbara designed herself.
Ri-O-Rita came up from pasture to
see what was going on and found the
ring gate open, so she gave quite a
show much to the delight of everyone.
Our Treasurer, Norma Reeder, reported that the Standards of Perfection
for the Morgan Horse by C. D. Parks,
V. M. D., had been delivered by the
printer. They were turned over to
Margaret Treftc, Secretary, so she will
fill your requests for the Standard
as soon as possible. There is no
charge for the Standard of Perfection,
but the club would appreciate it if, in
the future, requests were accompanied
by a stamped self addressed business
size envelope or ten cents to cover the
cost of mailing.
Two new members were welcomed
by the club: Mr. and Mrs. Reeder of
Janesville, Wisconsin. Chalk up two
more converts for Norma, an energetic
go-getter if there ever was one. Guests
at the meeting were Mrs. Marie Vos
of Trevor, Wisconsin and Mr. William
Trapp of Waukasha, Wisconsin. Mr.
Trapp owns Arabest Arabian Farms
where he breeds Arabians of excellent
quality, among them his Model Stallion Hassen Kahtey. We certainly hope
Bill will honor us with another visit
in the near future, as in the open conversation he proved most educational.
Bill has made an intense study of
genetics and is well qualified to discuss the subject. He was questioned
from all sides, which did a great deal
of good in the way of awakening our
minds to the fact that many do not
realize the importance of genetics
where breeding of any son is carried
on. Bill also told us of the efforts and
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results of the Arabian Registry in
keeping their standards high. A committee, under the direction of the
Registry, periodically reviews all registrations and keep close watch on all
breeding results. The Arabian world
has never had a problem similar to that
presented by the adoption of Rule 2
by the Morgan Registry, but if they
cull as ruthlessly as they say, the problem will never rear its ugly head in
their breed as it has in ours. We certainly cannt deny the existance of the
problem. All in all Bill's visit made
for an enjoyable evening that proved
entirely too short.
Fred Carlson, one of our younger
members, was unable to attend the
meeting but dropped us a line to tell
us that his Cherokee Lyle 10655 is
now well established as a member of
the family. Fred's parents had their
doubts about the advisability of permitting him to own a stallion as they
thought them to be dangerous and unpredictable. This did not prove true
in Cherokee's case as he is "all stallion,
but has a disposition like a kitten."
This fine Morgan stallion will be
standing at stud through the summer
and anyone interested may contact Mr.
Fred Carlson, Route 1, Box 226,
Pound 3, Wisconsin. Fred would be
delighted to exchange views with anyone interested in Morgans; visitors are
welcome any time.
We read with interest and pleasure
the Annual Stallion Issue of Morgan
Horse Magazine. There were some
fine stallions offered at stud, which
made us stop to think of the small
breeder and the coming breeding season now upon us. After thought
we came to the conclusion: DO NOT
BREED YOUR MARE.
Is it reason enough to breed just
because you own a mare? And you
feel that it is her "duty" to be bred?
If you are so lost in personal wasted
compassion for the mare that you feel
she must be bred, have her bred, but
for the love of heaven have some
authoritative advice on the selection of
the stallion and bloodlines. We do
not mean from your friends' friend
just down the road whose uncle once
bred a horse or two and consequently
is an "expert" on all such matters.
DO NCYT BREED to the cheapest,
or those owned by your best friends,
or the closest, just because they are
there. Nine times out of ten none of
these stallions will fill your needs. If
by chance one of these stallions does,
consider yourself among the fortunate
few. DO NOT let price be your
initial guide; you are breeding to a
horse, not a dollar. DO NOT let
yourself feel obligated to breed to your
best friend's stallion. DO NOT
BREED to the closest; location does
not make the stallion compatible with
your mare. Instead of looking at the
'mileage or the dollars or to your
friends, look at the pedigree, the bloodlines shown therein and the end results
show in the stallion under consideration. Now look again at YOUR
PAPERS, the bloodlines shown therein
and the end results evident in your
mare. Not only must bloodline faults
be considered, but the individual as
well: faulty heads, sickle hocks, long
backs, etc., are inherent faults which
will be repeated if like is bred to like.
One should never breed animals with
common faults.
DO NOT BREED your mare unless
you are willing to give up several
months from your pleasure riding, as
the mare cannot in all humanity be
ridden for several months before foaling, nor should she be taken from the
foal for any length of time until it is
about four months of age. It must be
taken into consideration that the use
of the mare before and after foaling
depends on the indvidual person, his
weight, use, and after foaling the
length of separation, and reams of
other reasons which constitute an article in themselves. If in doubt on any
point, ask your veterinarian.
DO NOT BREED unless you are
willing to go the extra expense of
providing her with the essentials that
she requires during gestation, foaling,
and lactation. DO NOT make the
mistake of thinking it is a natural
course of events for the animal, and
that Mother Nature takes care of her
own. Mother Nature is bitterly cruel
and tolerates only the survival of the
fittest. By some however, foals are
expected to survive without human
assistance. Look at the horse of the
open range — they survive without
all the extras that you give your horses,
the arguers will scoff; a ridiculous argument, for the mortality rate per
nature's horses mating is too high for
breeders to consider. Yet we have
heard the dismay expressed over the
loss of a foal. Upon being asked if
the mare was known to be free of
worms and other internal parasites at
the time of gestation, was she given
the required extra supplementary foods
and minerals during that time, was
The MORGAN HORSE
Circle 1 Morgan
Association
BY MAXINE MERCHANT
The Circle J Morgan Horse Association Horse Show Committee Meeting
was held April 20th at the Northern
Hotel, Ft. Collins, Colorado. Those
present were: George Burgess, Roger
Burgess, Bill Dansby, 011ie Mae Dansby, Peggy Nichoalds, Raymond Macy,
Mary Woolverton and Wayne Smith
(proposed show producer).
The meeting was called to order by
Mr. Macy at 8:15 p. m. Mr. Macy
in accordance with the By-Laws, then
named the members of the Circle J
Morgan Horse Show Committee who
are as follows:
George Burgess, Chairman; Roger
Burgess Co-Chairman; Mary Woolverton, Secretary; Bill Dansby, 011ie Mae
Dansby, Peggy Nichoalds, Wales Wenbug, Jack Wilke, Everett Reed and
all officers of the Circle J Association.
Mr. Burgess as chairman then took
over the meeting.
The first order of business was the
selection of a judge for the all-Morgan
Horse Show to be held at Estes Park
Colo., July 18th and 19th. Mr. Roy
Brunk of Rochester, Ill., had been contacted and his generous letter of acceptance was read by the Secretary. It
was moved by Mr. Macy to offer Mr.
Brunk $300.00 as budgeted as salary
and expenses for judging the Show.
The motion was seconded by Mr.
Dansby and carried unanimously. The
Secretary has written Mr. Brunk of
this decision.
The second order of business was
to consider Empire Industries' of Ft.
Collins offer to produce the show for
$1500.00. The contract was discussed
with Mr. Smith, their representative.
Mr. Macy moved that we hire Empire
Industries to produce the show and Mr.
Dansby seconded. The motion was
carried unanimously.
The following items concerning the
show were decided upon:
1. The show committee appointed by
Mr. Smith (ringmaster, barn steward,
etc.) will submit their bills to Mr.
Smith who will OK them and pass
them on to the club where they will
be paid by the Treasurer. Mr. Smith
will then be paid the balance of the
$1500.00.
2. The Circle J Morgan Association
will underwrite the Show.
JUNE 1959
3. Advertisements will be placed in
the Morgan Horse Magazine and the
Record Stockman.
4. The rules and regulations as stated
in the Arab Horse Show premium list
will be used with certain adaptions
specific for the Morgan horse including:
(a) Cutting and reining horses
may have roached manes.
(b) Two people and no whips
may be in the ring in halter
classes.
5. Mrs. Dansby, the Club Secretary,
is sending for Club membership in
the American Horse Show Association
so that the Show will be licensed as a
Class C Show.
6. Premium lists are being sent to
members of the Club, breeders west of
the Mississippi and others who have
expressed an interest in the Show.
The next order of business was the
reading of the proposed list of classes
drawn up and submitted by Mr. Smith
in conjunction with a few Club members, in accordance with AHSA and
MHA regulations. After additions
and discussions, Mr. Macy moved that
we accept the 44 classes as presented
and discussed; seconded by Mr. Dansby, the motion was carried unanimously. Mr. Smith is going to get the
premium list out as soon as possible,
hopefully by the first of May.
Mary Woolverton moved that the
meeting be adjourned and Mrs.
Nichoalds seconded. The motion was
carried and the meeting adjourned at
10:45 P. M.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Woolverton, Show Sec.
We have two new members to report: Dr. Lawrence K. Lunt of Box
629, Santa Fe, New Mexico and Mr.
William M. Tindall, Jr., of 3519 Cortez Dr., Dallas 20, Texas. We are
happy to have you with us and will
look forward to meeting you.
Had a nice note from Patsye Brown
of Oshoto, Wyoming reporting her
mares in training as a Cutting Horse
at the Dean and Alida Sage Ranch, of
Sheridan, Wyoming and is making fine
progress. She has a new prospect and
hopes she gets that one in the organization.
Mr. Burgess sends in the following
names for the "Wanted, Morgans"
column:
Mr. Roy Carrico of Haystack Angus
Ranch, Longmont, Colorado.
Mr. Wes Osterberg, 1150 Euclid St.,
Boulder, Colorado.
Mississippi Valley
News
By
PAT WERTS
Spring has finally arrived in the midwest. Everyone is busy working
horses, handling sales, and talking
foals, shows, and trail rides.
Secretary Lorrayne Byers and Publ.
Secretary Pat Werts recently took an
afternoon drive, stopping at the MacMichaels in Godfrey, where we enjoyed seeing the well-fed MacMichael
horses and chatting with Earl MacMichael. They recently added a new
Morgan owner to the list, with the
sale of the chestnut yearling stallion,
Suncrest Boy to Charles M. Schwaab,
of Alton, Ill. Suncrest Boy is by Redberry out of Tillicum by Lippitt Sam.
Mr. Schwaab had been looking at other
breeds, including the Arabian, but
finally settled on the Morgan colt.
From the MacMichaels we went to
the Truman Pocklington farm in Shipman, Ill. These folks have two very
choice young horses. Both are sired
by Roy Brunk's Mango and they are
out of two of R3y's best mares. Both
are bay, with lots of Morgan type. The
3 year old stallion Donodon is out of
Donna Dee. He has placed well in
the Illinois Futurity, having been 1st
as a wean ling, 4th as a yearling, and
6th in the 2 year old fine harness class
last year. The little mare, Del Emma,
is out of Nellanne. Mr. and Mrs.
Pocklington are riding them and are
quite pleased with them. They hope
to take in a show or two this year.
The end of the afternoon found us
at Mr. and Mrs. Ray Searls, where we
watched Mr. Searls put Prince de Jarnette through his paces. Prince will
be a great asset showing in pleasure
classes, although he also has action
enough to be a parade horse. All of
the Searls horses looked well, especially the parade stallion Cinnamon
King. The Searls recently purchased
the nice chestnut yearing filly Misty
Lynn, by Linsley Lee out of Kamiah,
from Mr. and Mrs. Neal Werts.
Among other recent sales, Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Brachear of Waggoner, Ill.,
sold Debra Dee, a coming 3 year old
black mare by Congo out of Cynthia,
to Mr. Harold C. Adams of Townsend, Mass. The mare was shipped
by rail, and due to snowstorms the
middle of March, she traveled for 6
days; yet Mr. Adams wrote that she
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We wish to take this opportunity to thank
all of the Morgan owners and clubs for the
many nice letters of encouragement, and for
help given us in organizing our new Circle J
Morgan Horse Association, Inc.
These mares bred to Julio 9071. Their foals will be
for sale this fall.
We extend to all a hearty welcome to our beloved mountain area.
We think that of all the show grounds we have seen, Stanley Field in
Estes Park, Colorado stands out in its beauty, climate and hospitality.
So we will see you in Estes Park, Colorado, July 18-19, 1959 when you
come to show your beautiful Morgans. And to the interesting trails of
the surrounding mountains, with us July 20-21 will be an experience
that you will treasure in your - Book of Memories. - Those Morgans
will love a vacation in the Rockies, too.
Let us train your Morgans. Running barrels - stakes - cutting and working cattle - western pleasure.
ECHO MORGAN FARM
4.1
No. 7-3527
Rt. 2, Box 316
Loveland, Colorado
BILL and OLLIE MAE DANSBY
STAN and KEN
Buddy Dix, trainer
Julio 9071 and Majoret P. 06288 working cattle.
Ridden by our boys Stan and Kenneth at Echo Morgan Farm in the Foothills of the Rockies.
Central States
News
By
EVE OAKLEY
Our February meeting was held
again at Caven-Glo, home of the
Larry Oakleys, Westmont, Illinois.
There were several items of business
left over from the January meeting,
which took up the better part of the
meeting. The topic of the program was
"Horse Photography," Eve Oakley the
narrator. The technical nature of
photography was not discussed, but
left for a future program. The condition of the animal; type of backgrounds
most suitable; camera angles; spacing
of the subject in the picture; the value
of considering the light and dark
effects; and many other features to improve our pictures were taken up, with
pictures showing both good and bad
effects to illustrate.
The final details of the Club Play
Day to be held in May were taken care
of at this meeting. We already have
the promise of a large turnout of
members and their friends, both spectators and exhibitors.
Our Secretary-Treasurer, LaVerne
Miller, is now home from the hospital
and is progressing fine, but due to the
seriousness of her operation, I am
afraid she will not be back in the harness as quickly as she had at first
thought. However, we are all very
happy to know that the operation was
successful and that she is well on the
road to recovery.
Dot Jasper evidently likes her new
Morgan mare Cyanna, so much that
she has now purchased her yearling
daughter by Illawana Jim. She is impatiently awaiting the filly's arrival, as
she hasn't seen her since last Fall. Our
general Vice President, Rae Miller is
lending her a helping hand and will
deliver the filly from near Mount Morris, Illinois to Naperville. We are all
as excited as Dot over having another
Morgan added to our growing family.
Caven-Glo had two recent visitors
from the southern part of the state —
Mr. C. W. Test, Centralia, Ill., and a
friend, Wayne Bolker, Hoffman, Ill.
Mr. Test is a Director of the newly
organized Mississippi Valley Morgan
Horse Club. Mr. Test has two Morgans, a four year old mare, Bonnie
Mae and a 2% year old Morgan gelding.
Mr. Robert Glenn was again a
JUNE 1959
guest at our February meeting and he
has corrected me on the information included in our last news column. He is
from Pennsylvania rather than New
Jersey and the newest addition to his
band of Morgans is a little stallion, not
a filly, sired by Lippitt Rob Roy out
of Lusealect. As to the sex, I was so
sure because I know Lusealect very
well, having owned a daughter of hers,
Spring Hope, and she is now in her
twenties and has never had a colt
until this one, probably her last —
they have always been fillies, hence
a perfectly natural mistake.
Dot Jasper made the front pages of
her home town newspaper recently,
the Mount Morris Index, wherein she
was credited with the re-writing of
the Boy Scout Merit Badge Series for
horsemanship, which has just been published. I have seen this hand book
and it covers a good deal of ground in
its 64 pages and I am sure would
help many of our Juniors. Dot was
a former resident of Mount Morris and
owned the Mount Morris Riding
Academy while living there.
The following short story was given
me by one of our hard working Directors, Pat Hayward, of Elgin, Illinois,
who naturally being a very quiet person, we do not often hear from. It
will be remembered that the Haywards purchased the weanling Morgan
filly, Celine (Jubilee's Courage Lippitt Dulcie) from Mrs. Frances Bryant
of South Woodstock, Vermont, last
summer.
"Our little Morgan filly Celine arrived home Tuesday, December 2,
1958. I wasn't home when she arrived
but I was told she was quite a little
imp, between trying to go through the
windows, climb over the stall walls,
and getting her land legs again.
"We had hoped that her registered
name would be Colleen, but that name
had already been taken and so she was
named Cline. When we first saw her,
our name for her was Baby Girl —
hence we thought Colleen suited her
fine. Her name has been shortened to
Collee for our covenience for we didn't
think that Cilly sounded like her. This
explanation is for the ones that don't
already know why we call her Collee.
Now to get back to the story.
"Collee never had a chance to miss
her mother for Cherry, short for Cherokee Lady, our Morgan mare, took her
over from the beginning. Collee was
put in a standing stall next to Cherry
and they have become fast friends in
the barn.
"Wednesday, Collee was turned out
fot the first time. I led her around
the small yard so that she would know
where the fences were and not be
afraid of the rags which I tied on
the fence. When Collee found she was
no longer tied, all heck broke loose.
She just simply exploded. She ran and
kicked and bucked so hard I thought
several times she was going through
the fence. She did run into the fence
once, but she didn't get hurt, only left
a few hairs on the wire. I guess from
that accident, Collee learned that the
fences wouldn't move, so she would
have to. Now she respects "fence"
very highly. She won't even go near a
wire if laying on the ground.
"We have suite a love affair going
oti here between Collee and the pony,
Peanut. They first met over a drink
of water. Peany smelled of Collee
and she promptly rewarded him with
a bite on the nose. I guess that meant
"I love you" in horse language, because Pcany took her under his wing
— she is his private stock. After that,
Peany and Collee were turned out together in the small yard, so that the
other horses could get acquainted without Collee getting hurt. We got the
biggest charge out of the way Collee
acted with Peany. I think she was
taking advantage of him. Everytime
she ran past him, she would very carefull plant both hind feet in Peany's
side. Peany just turned his head as if
to say "Oh well! She didn't really
mean it, but I'll turn my rump next
time, so it won't hurt so much." During one of their races, Peany cut in
front of Collee. She tried to jump
him, but couldn't quite make it and
was very surprised when she found
herself astraddle Peany.
"The next day, we found out how
well she had learned her lesson with
the fence. One of our horses must have
ran into the fence and knocked it down
and the wire was laying on the
ground. Peany had walked across the
wire, but Collee wouldn't go near it.
She stayed in her little yard and called
for the other horses which were way
up on the hill.
"Collee has learned a little trick
which she insists on doing before getting her grain — that is shaking
hands. She learned it very easily with
about a dozen lumps of sugar. Now
I have to watch out, if she can't find
the sugar in my pocket with her nose,
she tries to put her foot in it and won't
stop offering her foot until she gets
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SAWMILL RIVER FARMS
MOORE'S CORNER, MASS.
HOME of such fine Morgan mares as Broadwall Demoiselle, Roxie de
Jarnette, Colony Maid, Margaret Archie, Rhea, Golden Hylee, Susan
Ashbrook Darling, Leah, Big Bend's Chippewa, Syndee, Lady Pelham,
Kitchener Wendy, Springbrook Penny and others.
OUR MARES have been bred this year to the following stallions: —
in the East: Upwey Ben Don, Sealect of Windcrest, U. S. Panez, Easter
Twilight, Windcrest Sensation, Lippitt Mandate
in the Mid-West: Big Bill B., Torchfire, Gold Band Archie, Archie
Herod L, Skychief, Emerald King.
RESERVATIONS are now being accepted for our 1959 and 1960 foals.
STANDING at Richard S. Nelson's in Amherst, Mass., his consistant
all around winner at the National Morgan Shows from 1953-1958 —
U. S. PANEZ and our Mid-West import, winner of the 3 year old Stallion
class at the Mid-West Show in Columbus in 1958, SAWMILL MERRY
ALLEN, a son of NUGGETT, as is BIG BILL B.
LAWRENCE B. SLOBODY, M. D.
owner
ROGER T. SLOBODY
MRS. W. H. CARTER, Mgr.
Southern California Pacific Northwest Northern California
News
Association
News
By
MEL MORSE
The first Board meeting was held
March 7th, with the newly elected
officers present, Mr. Martenson, President, presiding. Plans were outlined
for the new committees and named,
each one with their responsibilities to
fill for the coming year. It was
brought up before the Board about having our all Morgan show in the near
future. There was quite a bit accomplished at the meeting and only hope
it can continue and from here on out
the Club can go forward, which will
bring more interest from new Morgan
owners. This should bring more Morgan owners into the Club. You know
the Club can certainly stand to have
new members, and our membership
should check on their standings with
the Club.
It was then planned on a dinner
meeting to be held March 28, 1959.
Cards were sent out at once. For
awhile there will be a dinner meeting monthly.
Meeting adjourned.
The dinner meeting, held at Henry's
Restaurant, March 28th, at 8 p.m., was
well attended. President Martenson
called the meeting to order, old business was brought to the floor and
tabled. New business was then discussed, this bringing up the subject
of the all Morgan show, which it was
decided would be held June 7th, at
the Frank Waer Ranch. Each Morgan owner will be notified, but for
further information on this you can get
in touch with Orval Smith, 1223 S.
Tenth Ave., Arcadia, Calif.
There will be a monthly dinner
meeting for a time to see how the attendance will react. I hope the membership will agree that a monthly
meeting gets everyone together and
also lets everyone know what is taking
place, or what has taken place, which
is as it should be, for as a member,
each one is entitled to this privilege.
The shows are beginning to take
place now but all open competition.
Not too many have Morgan classes
outside of our State Fairs. It seems
like none of our Morgan owners took
in the Riverside County Fair, but Hap
Coffey, who placed 3rd in the Roadster
to bike and 6th in stock saddle seat,
Penny Cole the rider.
JUNE 1959
By
BARBARA BELL
We had 88 riders on our trail ride
Sunday, April 20. We met on the
breaks of the Snake River where Fish
Hook Jim and other Chiefs ruled over
the many tribes of the Walla Walla
Indians. We traveled along the bluffs
and through the deep canyons that
feed into the Snake along this portion
of the river. We were fortunate to
see several bands of ducks and geese
that make their home along here the
year around. We also jumped six deer
in one of the deep canyons. We followed this route along the breaks of the
Snake until we could see the Ice Harbor Dam. Then we turned left and
rode back into the hills to the Van
Walkley place where the chuck wagon
was waiting for us. This point was
12 miles from our starting point.
After a wonderful meal and resting
our horses we cut back through the
hills and across the bunch grass prairie
for seven more miles to where our
trucks and trailers were waiting for
US.
This was our second trail ride of
the year and the wild flowers and sage
were very beautiful.
The Barclay Brauns of Wenatchee
announce that they have a new foal
and expect three more. The Leo Beckleys of Mt. Vernon have two foals and
are expecting several more.
The Bill Benningtons have purchased
a beautiful farm on the Walla Walla
River and are living there now. This
makes a wonderful place for their good
Morgan horses.
The Shawalla Morgan Horse Ranch
has four foals now, two colts and two
fillies. They are working Rockfield
and Lady Bee for the Performance
classes and Shawalla Bess for the Gay
Nineties.
We are getting ready for the Washington State College Light Horse
Show and Judging School. This is our
largest show in the Northwest.
There have been a number of good
shows on the Coast and we'll give you
the results as soon as they are forwarded to us.
We wish to invite any and all of
you to our All Morgan Show at Bogg's
Skyline Stables, July 11 and 12 in
Everett, Washington.
By
JOAN HODGKIN
With spring definitely in the air,
the directors of the Northern California Morgan Horse Club had a meeting to set the date for the playday.
June 7th is the time decided upon.
Mrs. Eva J. Linn has generously offered her facilities in Turlock for the
event. Chet Bacigalupi has not disclosed the judge for the show, but will
do so soon. A variety of classes are
planned so everyone will have a chance
to compete in something. There will
be a bar-b-que following the events
in the ring. It promises to be great
fun. Let's see our Morgans out in
force.
One of the club's new members is
a temporary neighbor of ours here in
Lafayette . . . Mrs. Paul Beekman.
Peg, her husband Paul and daughter
Kim came to the state from Illinois
where they were active in the MidAmerica Club. Peg is an ardent Morgan lover and has two particularly
nice Morgan friends in her barn. They
are eastern stock, a mother-daughter
pair. Arcuene (Cavendish-La-reina)
and her three year old daughter Ardahl (Verran's Laddie-Arcuene) make
a striking picture with their light
manes and tails and chestnut coloring.
I heard from Fran Kellstrom that
they made the round trip to Washington without any touble. Instead of
bringing back two mares as I had reported earlier they brought back five!
Marty 08478; Pretty Lass 08483; Fleda
09395; Ma Queen 09397; and Falene
09550 now brings the Kellstrom stable
up to 13. Marty and Ma Queen are
due to foal in late May, both by Black
Cap Dan. I understand that Fleda
was bred to Dapper Dan very recently.
Hank and Louise Boyd notified us
that they finally had their colt. (Starlight Lu-Jordan) Lu has kept us waiting quite a number of weeks for this
one! It's a horse colt which will be
known from now on as Eco Starbeau.
Louise said that he looks just like his
full brother Eco Lujo who is now
owned by E. I. Hottel.
I spoke to Chet Bacigalupi by phone
and learned that he had four new
Morgans in his barn. Chet said he was
a little afraid for awhile that he was
going to get four horse colts, but Sundawn saved the day! She presented
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By
RODNEY GOULD
Before I begin the news for this
month, I would like to take a moment
to publically apologize to Waseeka
Farms of Ashland, Mass., for the mistake I made in last April's column with
regard to one of their Morgans. The
Morgan that won the harness class at
the University of New Hampshire
Horse Show in 1958 was NOT Miller's Adel, but Corinne. I had miscaptioned the photograph. The only
excuse I can offer in an attempt to
rectify the mistake is that in the process of rushing to get the column
in on time, I neglected to double check
the material involved. My sincere
apologies to them.
VERMONT
The University of Vermont had a
very successful workshop on horses for
the 4-H Club Agents at the Morgan
Horse Farm on April 10th. Nearly all
of the counties were represented in the
state, and the agents took an active
part in learning the basic skills with
regard to the care and management of
horses. As Extension Livestock Specialist, Professor Donad J. Balch organized
and directed the workship. He was
ably assisted by Lucinne Pauquette and
Charlie Gerry; Charlie demonstrating
many of the accepted practices involved in good equine practices.
As for other news at UVM: Ten
yearling Morgan fillies and 2 twoyear olds have been transferred from
the Morgan Horse Farm to Burlington
to begin their initial training and
fitting period by the students in
Professor Balch's livestock classes.
This work was terminated by the Catamount Livestock Show to be held May
23rd. The Animal Industry Club,
a student organization sponsors the
show and handles all of the responsibilities that go with it.
UVM has six nice foals born to date,
3 fillies and 3 stud foals. Symphonee
has a beautiful filly by Tutor and
Norma a nice stud by the same. Old
Fairytop, an old veteran from way
back, gave birth to her 16th foal, a
filly by Stanfield. Also Terrana gave
them a stud foal by UVM Cantor. This
is his first foal and he looks like a
real champion. UVM Alicia gave
them a filly by Tutor and UVM ArleJUNE 1959
tor had a stud by Stanfield. The University of Vermont expects five more
foals this season.
While attending the New England
meeting, I had a nice visit with Mrs.
Keynith Knapp, and was brought up
to date on the foal crop at Bald Mountain Farm. The Knapps have had a
nice filly out of Bald Mountain Princess, and two nice stud colts out of
Jane Morgan and Ellen's Glory respectively. All of the foals are by
Easter Twilight.
We have had a very nice letter from
Dr. John Corley, whom many of you
know is a Morgan enthusiast from way
back and who is serving as President
of the Vermont Horse Shows Assocition. His good mare Lippitt Duplicate, former senior champion at the
Morgan National produced a fine filly
by Upwey Ben Don on April 6th. They
also wish to announce that they have
recently purchased Seneca Lady Esther, the dam of their well known gelding Donnie Mac, who incidentally was
three times Vermont State Champion
as well as top gelding at the 1958
National and Randolph, Vt. all-Morgan shows. This mare was purchased
from Dr. and Mrs. Norman B. McWilliams of Williamstown, Mass. Both
Duplicate and Lady Esther will be bred
to Ben Don again this season.
Dr. Corley has also asked us to announce to our readers that the Vermont State Horse Shows Association
has about twenty shows lined up for
the coming season. All of the shows
have Morgan Divisions and two of the
shows are all-Morgan shows.
A letter from Mr. Donald St. Pierre
tells us that the 7th Annual Burlington Riding and Driving Club Horse
Show promises to be a good one, featuring a 7 class Morgan Division.
More Morgan classes will be added if
there is enough interest. Dr. Fessendon of Athol, Mass., is the Morgan
Judge. Mr. St. Pierre has two Morgans
of his own. They are Miller's Beauty
08553 which he has had since she was
9 months old, and her two year old
son, Admiral's Maestro by Miller's Admiral formerly owned by Erwin Miller
of Morrisville, Vt. Miller's Admiral
is a full brother to Miller's Add owned
by Waseeka Farm in Ashland, Mass.
Mr. St. Pierre tells us that Maestro
has an excellent disposition, good conformation and will probably mature at
about 14.3 hands. Beauty is in foal to
Upwey Ben Davis, the young stallion
owned by Dr. Darwin S. Morse of
Green Meads Farm, Richmond, Mass.
MAINE
Bee Robinson of Bangor wrote of a
rather amusing incident concerning
Waseeka's Special Edition. It seems
that "Eddie" is a very fastidious fellow. When turned out, he exercises
in only a small portion of the paddock,
apparently in fear of getting into any
mud. In returning to the barn one day,
he found it had thawed out in front
of the doorway, and as a result would
not cross it until a carpet of hay had
been placed before him. He truly has
the pride of an aristocrat, doesn't he?
Lyman Orcutt of West Newbury,
Mass., has purchased the gelding
Charm, from Mr. Clarence Thomas of
Camden. Lyman stayed overnight at
Hugh Smith's before continuing his
journey. Lyman left Maine a full
fledged member of the Maine Morgan
Horse Association.
The Maine Morgan Horse Club is
planning to have its annual trail ride
at Janet McGovern's Rolling Acres
Farm this year. The date is Sunday,
June 7th.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
A very successful Little Royal Livestock Show was held at the University
of New Hampshire on May 3rd. The
show is sponsored and managed by the
Animal Industry Club, and was the
climax of many arduous hours of work
by the students in fitting their animals. Besides classes of Beef, Dairy
Cattle, Sheep and Swine, there were
two fine classes of Morgans. The Morgan Division of the show was divided
into mature horses and colts, with
winners from both being eligible to
enter the Premier Showmanship Class.
Philip Nurse topped the horse class
showing a fine two year old filly
Queen Elizabeth (Panez-College Vicki)
while George Buzzell of Lyme, N. H.
won the colt class showing that dapper
little stud UNH Gayman. Both did
an excellent job of fitting and showing
their horses, but then, they had some
nice Morgans to work with in the beginning. Shows such as these certainly
illustrate again the importance that
Morgans play in Education.
MASSACHUSETTS
Waseeka Farm, Ashland, Mass., re(Continued an Page 33)
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TAS-TEE MORGAN FARM
COMPLETE DISPERSAL
Over 70 Registered Morgan Horses
Due to death of owner
Without question the greatest array of fine Morgan
horses ever offered for sale at any time.
5 Finished Show Horses, 6 Two-year-olds,
33 Broodmares, 18 Yearlings,
5 Sucklings and 5 Outstanding Studs.
"A HORSE FOR EVERY PURPOSE AND PURSE"
TAS-TEE MORGAN FARM
Route 303, Hinckley, Ohio
CONTACT — WAYNE HARRIS, Trainer and Agent
27202 Cook Road
Olmsted Falls 38, Ohio
Telephone — Adams 5-2581
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Bar-T Farm, Rowley, Mass, President Ted Davis presents trophy to Mrs. Tompkins,
STAR OF VALOR 10606. Sire: Jubilee's Courage; Dam: Kitty Hawk, owned by Jon H. Winters, Robinhurst Farm, Barre, Mass.
HELLZAPOPPIN, Morgan gelding owned by the University of
N. H. This 2 year old gelding was shown by Miss Lee Ann
McWilliams at the recent U. N. H. Little Royal Livestock Show.
Morgan weanling filly as yet unnamed but referred to as Tina,
owned by the University of N. H. and shown by Mr. L20 Benla.
min of N. J.. at the recent U.N.H. Little Royal Livestock Show.
LIPPITT MORO ALERT and LIPPITT ETHAN ASHBROOK — pair
of stallions used for farm chores at Green Mt. Stock Farm,
Randolph, Vt.
U. N. H. QUEEN ELIZABETH. 2 year old filly owned by the
University of N. H. This filly was shown by Phil Nurse at the
recent U. N. H. Little Royal Livestock Show. Mr. Nurse won the
horse show.
LIPPITT MORO ASHMORE. foaled 6-27-57 (Lippitt Ashmore-Lippitt Nancy Moro). Owned by Robert L. Knight, Green Mt. Stock
Farm, Randolph. Vt.
U. V. M. CANTOR, sired by Tutor out of Sugar L. (4 year old
stallion). Shown by Charlie Gerry. This stallion was used as
a model in a type demonstration by Professor Donald BcrIch at the
4-H Club Agents Work Shop at the U. V. M. Morgan Horse Farm
in Weybridge, April. 10.
U. V. M. CARLETOR, ridden by Charlie Gerry, is used here to
demonstrate proper saddling, bridling and riding technique to 4-1-1
Club Agents from all over Vermont. Workshop was directed
by Professor Donald Balch of U. V. M. Animal Husbandry Dept.
PLAN NOW TO ATTEND THE
National Morgan Horse Show
JULY 24, 25, 26, 1959
NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS
TUTOR, a Mentor son out of Kona, is posed by Charlie Gerry for
Vermont 4-H Club agents at an all day work shop held April 10
at U. V. M. Morgan Horse Farm.
Prufessor Donald Balch demonstrates the correlation between the
shoulder slope and freedom of stride which results in easy.
pleasant ride. Part of program for Vermont 4-1-1 Club Agents
Workshop, April 10, 1959 at U. V. M. Morgan Horse Farm. Mare
is U. V. M. CARLETOR.
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CONDEMN
By HEDLITE'S T
as told to I.
Ann Roberts Walters with
her TOMBOY
So much has been written about me and the terrible
mess in which I found myself that I think it is time that
I spoke for myself. Before I go into the gory details of
"Have Gun Will Shoot," I will give you a short sketch
of my life.
I was foaled on the ranch of Mary H. Smith, near
Camarillo, California, on May 11th, 1940, with a very
small star which through the years has become almost
unnoticeable, and the thin white strips on my right front
pastern and left hind pastern blend with my hooves so
that I have the appearance of being an all black horse.
My Pop was Hedlite 7977 and my Mom was Piedmont Rosemarie 04855 and they gave me a number too,
8294. I never did understand the reason for the numbers
but they seemed mighty important. There is a big office
in New York where all the records are kept and Mr. F. B.
Hills, the boss-man, sees to it that everything is kept up to
date and as it should be.
My colthood was oh, so happy. We colts would romp
over the hills and play all day long. My full brother Hedlite's Ben tried to boss me at first because he was a year
older but I soon showed him that I could take care of myself. Mary Smith saw to it that we had everything that
we wanted and that we were comfortably housed. She
would call the Vet when any of us was not feeling good.
She is a mighty swell person and I will aways remember
her with great affection. She was the first human being
I ever saw.
In May, 1943, Bill and Eleanor came with a trailer behind their car and took me away to Newhall, California.
I wasn't there long until they took me to a boarding stable
in North Hollywood. Bill and Eleanor would come to the
stable almost every day. Bill would exercise me on the
lounge line and in the riding ring and quite often we would
go for a ride along the bridle paths in Riverside Park. We
had a lot of fun those days too. Although I belonged to
Eleanor she never rode me. She always brought me a
sweet, a carrott or a tid-bit. She loved animals and always
brought along a couple of dogs to see me. Tiny, a Boston,
was my best friend and he would come into my box stall
and we would have the nicest long talks.
There were about 30 other horses in the stable but I
did not care for any of them except a half-Morgan who'
was pretty good company. There was a saddle-bred who
thought he was really something. Went around with his
tail stuck up in the air and walked as though he were
treading on eggs. He need not have high-hat me, his first
grandfather was a Morgan stallion, just like me.
Ever so often, Bill and Eleanor would put me in a
trailer and take me some place to a horse show. I liked
those trips, it gave me a chance to show-off and I got
acquainted with quite a few pure-bred Morgans that I saw
only at show time.
The crowning experience, the big day of my life, was
at the Santa Barbara National Horse Show in 1947. Morgan horses had never been given a class at the big Santa
Barbara shows. After much arguing and bickering, the
secy.-treas. of the Morgan Assn. finally convinced the show
manager that the Morgan breed was worthy of being represented in their show. The manager gave the Morgans
two classes, "Under Western Saddle" and "In Hand." It
was stipulated that all entries in the "In Hand" class,
should wear white show harness. The Morgan Assn. secy.treas. saw to it that we were all outfitted and were we a
sight to behold in that classy white show harness?
I won't keep you in suspense, I won the trophy and the
blue ribbon in both classes. Col. F. W. Koester, in charge
of the Army Remount Station at Pamona, better known as
the Kellogg Ranch, was the judge. He said that I had the
mostest of the bestest of any horse that he had ever seen.
I don't know what that meant but it must have been good
because it pleased Bill and Eleanor, no end. • I went to
other shows but did not always get the blue although I
got my share, also some seconds and thirds.
One day in October, 1948, a stranger came to the
boarding stable and trailered me to the J. J. Roberts Ranch
near Sepulveda, California. That is my home. I have a
stable, corral and a big pasture all to myself. Sure, I don't
have other horses to associate with but who wants horses
when I have three lovely ladies supplying every want and
coming out to visit with me all the time.
Mrs. J. J. Roberts and her two daughters, Mrs. Joan
McQuiston and Mrs. Ann Walters are all so solicitous of
my welfare. Of the three Ann is my pet. She understands
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horses and I just love her and I know that she loves me too.
She rides in all the big shows and generally brings home
the blue ribbons. Can she sit a horse? I even prefer
her to ride me than Bill. When Eleanor sent me out to
this heaven, she told Ann to take good care of me and to
see that Bill did not get to see me. Bill did come out to
see me one day but after a talk with Ann, he left. Eleanor
came to see me one day. None of the folks were home and
Eleanor came out to the corral petted me and gave me
some carrots. She did not stay long and when she left I
could sue tears in her eyes. I have never seen either of
them since but Eleanor sent Ann $50 every month to pay
for my board.
One day a man in uniform called at the house. He
told Ann that he had been sent here to shoot a horse and
he sure hoped it was not that one, and pointed to me. Ann
flared up and said that he would shoot me only over her
dead body. The officer could have retorted that that
could be arranged but he was very gentlemanly, and I
could see that he was relieved when Ann was so firm in
her stand. Soon Mr, C. J. Pellow, he wrote Eleanor's will
according to her instructions, and is executor and administrator of her estate, drove up and the three of them had
quite a heated conference. Finally Ann said, "You are
on private property, you are trespassing, you owe me
money, so get off." They left.
Ann told me that her attorney had told her not to accept any money for my board bill that the estate owed
since Eleanor's death, but to take a check for the amount
but not to cash it. She still has the estate check for over
$200 and will never cash it. Ann keeps me shod and takes
care of every want.
The next two weeks, we had about as many visitors
as I used to have at the horse shows. Cameras were clicking all over the place and I was the target of all the shots,
camera, that is. An S.P.C.A. man was very solicitous and
one man said that he was from a Canadian newspaper:,
Gee, I felt almost as important as I did that day at Santa
Barbara.
I understand that Mr. Pellow is more interested that
Eleanor's wishes be carried out rather than the letter of the
will which said that I was to be done away with painlessly if Eleanor died before I did. I think that he believes
that Eleanor would want me to stay in my lovely home.
Eleanor left almost everything to the Shrine for their
Crippled Children Hospitals. Does that sound like she
was cruel and heartless?
Here, I am King, with three lovely ladies waiting attendance to me. What more could any old man ask for?
I can just hear Eleanor saying with that twinkle in her
eye, "I read in Mrs. Henry's book, 'Justin Morgan had a
Horse' how terribly the original Morgan horse was treated
in his old age. I was bound and determined that you
should suffer no such fate even if I had to condemn you to
die."
Col. F. W. Koester presenting trophy and blue ribbon to Bill for
"In Hand" class at Santa Barbara National Horse Show, 1947.
TOMBOY in action on his 19th birthday.
Western Morgans
ROCKFIELD 11472. owned by
Shawalla Morgan Horse Ranch,
Walla Walla, Wash., showed
winning English Stake Class on
April 19, 1959.
Miss Diane
Nelson up.
SHEIK F'S CAPTAIN 9636 (Sheik F x Katrina Q) owned by Louise
S. Boyd of Echo Hills Morgan Farm, San Rafael, Calif.
FLIGHT ADMIRAL 11224, foaled Feb. 1954 (Top Flight x High.
view Honey). Owned by Melvina Morse of West Covina, Calif.
Champions all. CALIFORNIA KING and get. Owner Jimmy Smith of Turlock takes many ribbons with
this family tree.
CELEBRATION, outstanding Morgan stallion, owned by Mr. and
Mrs. James Gardner of Mansfield, Ohio.
Six Mogans delivered to Frank Huntley. La Cinla Ranch, Roy.
N. Mex. Horses were bred and raised by George A. Cross and
Son of Dubois, Wyoming and delivered just before Xmas 1957.
KANE'S MAR.E K 09130 (Quiz Kid.Rozella), owned by Henry
Fawcett of Elkhart. Indiana.
CROSS' HONEY 08353. double reg. Palomino Morgan and her
1958 filly. Foal now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Mockler of
Dubois, Wyoming.
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QUIZ-SON,
yearling stallion (Quiz Kid-Ruthven's Mimi Ann)
owned by Babara Booth of Coruna, Mich.
PENTOR 11137 (Mentor-Penney) owned by Ralph and Ruth Curtis
of Maple Ridge Farms in Oxford. Mich.
ROYALTON ASHBOY DARLING, owned by Brenda Currier of
Winchester. Mass.
ROYALTON ASHBOY DARLING as a foal, owned by Brenda
Currier of Winchester, Mass,
BROADWALL SOCIETY, mare, age 10 months, March, 1959.
owned by Patricia Robbins of Cranston, R. I.
CONDO. 8 year old stallion owned by Mosher Bros. of Salt
Lake City, Utah.
DAN GRAHAM 010033. Sire: Danny De Tarnette: Dam: Seneta.
Owned by Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Gleason of Elmira, N. Y.
HI-SHADOW 10798 Sire: Don Hudson: Dam: Rhobettie. Owned
by Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Gleason of Elmira, N. Y.
Ohio Morgan
Association
By
MRS HENRY
N.
NELSEN
Summer has arrived with a bang,
and I'm glad. Now I can complain
about the heat instead of the cold. The
Ohio Morgan Horse Assoc. held its
regular meeting on April 5th at the
Town and Country in Wooster, Ohio.
A good crowd enjoyed a very fine meal
in their lovey dining room. At the
business meeting the May Judging
Seminar was discussed. Mr. Joe
Bukey also gave a brief report on the
1st Annual Ohio Morgan-Arab Show
to be held at Buelah Park, Grove City,
Ohio, on June 20-21. More details
will be available to the exhibitors later,
through the mail. It was also decided,
by majority vote to change the requirements for the winning of the Ohio
Morgan Horse Hi-Point trophy as fol'lows: the following phrase has been removed from the requirements - 65%
of the total points for a horse must be
won at shows in Registered Morgan
classes in the state of Ohio. Now the
points may be won, in Registered Morgan classes anywhere in the country.
Speaking of points don't forget to send
your points, after each show to Miss
Pauline Zeller, Gray Street, Finlay,
Ohio, so she can mark them on her
chart.
Paul Rumbaugh, our Ohio Association president, tells me that he has
purchased two fillies from Maryland.
They are from the Government Farm
stock, and their papers are full of
names like Canfield, Panfield, Mansfield, Sealect, Bennington etc. Paul
hopes to have some nice colts from
these fillies and by Foxfire.
The Mattox family is very excited
about their brand new stud colt by
Devan Chief. Mr. Mattox says he's
the best yet.
We attended our first show of the
season Sunday at the Ashland Paint
and Plain Show. It was a beautiful
day and there were lots of Morgans
around. It was good to see them. I
saw my first Morgan Harness Class
and it was wonderful. We missed the
halter classes, but I understand there
were a raft of two year old colts in
it. Looks like we're off and running,
huh! Everyone missed the Gardners
and their good Morgans in the ring.
I taked to Joan and she tells me that
JUNE 1959
the 1000 acres they farm has really
been keeping them hopping. With a
1000 acres I don't wonder! Hope
things settle down soon so they'll have
more time.
Here arc the results of the first two
shows.
Sunbury Western Horse Club
Show
April 23rd and 24th, Delaware, Ohio
Halter Stallions: Won by VAL HAWK,
Neva Rittenhouse, Marysville, Ohio; 2nd,
CAPT. McCUTCHIN, Ray Jones, Parkersburg, West Va.; 3rd, DEVAN WALES,
Gene Angel, Akron, Ohio.
Halter, Mares and Geldings: Won by
COTTON CANDY, Floyd Mack, Ashland,
Ohio; 2nd, DEVAN DALE, Doris Shook,
Monadire, Ohio; 3rd, KANE'S DANDY.
Reg. Morgan, Western Tack: Won by
DEVAN DALE, Doris Shook; 2nd, VAL
HAWK, Neva Rittenhouse; 3rd, DEVAN
WALES, Gene Angel; 4th, CAPT. McCUTCHIN, Ray Jones; 5th, SUGAR RUN
KING, Eleanor Brackman, Jackson, Ohio.
Ashland Paint and Plain Show
May 2 and 3, Ashland, Ohio
Won by
DEVAN DALE, Doris Shook; 2nd, MILLSBORO CHIEF, Tom Mattox, Mansfield,
Ohio; 3rd, VAL HAWK, Neva Rittenhouse;
4th, ETHANS JUBILEE, Cliff Arnold, New
Haven Ohio; 5th, DEVAN WALES, Gene
Angel.
Halter, Mares and Geldings: Won by
COTTON CANDY, Floyd Mack; 2nd, JUNE
MELODY, Ann Engels Rirger, Erie, Pa.;
3rd, SUN BLAZE, Floyd Mack.
Halter Stallions: Won by VAL HAWK,
Neva Rittenhouse; 2nd, DEVAN CHIEF,
Tom Mattox; 3rd, HAWK PRINCE, Carol
Copeland, Pa.; 4th, DEVAN WALES, Gene
Angel.
Halter, Foals, 2 years and under: Won
by SAYONARA, Paul Rumbaugh, Polk,
Ohio; 2nd, FOXY SENTORA, Paul Rumbough; 3rd, COUNT OF MILLSBORO, Terry
Lash, Ashland, Ohio; 4th, SENATOR
MILLSBORO, Dean La Rue, Ashland,
Ohio; 5th, PIXIE MORNING STAR,
David Riffle, Ashland, Ohio.
Morgan Harness: Won by DEVAN
CHIEF, Tom Mattox; 2nd, ETHANS JUBILEE, Cliff Arnold; 3rd, COTTON CANDY,
Floyd Mack; 4th, DEVAN WALES, Gene
Angel; 5th, Paul Rumbaugh.
Morgan Western Tack: Won by DEVAN
DALE, Doris Shook; 2nd, VAL HAWK,
Neva Rittenhouse; 3rd, HAWK PRINCE,
Carol Copeland; 4th, ETHANS JUBILEE,
Cliff Arnold; 5th, STAR HOPE, Frank
Lowe, North Olmstead, Ohio.
Reg. Morgan English Tack:
For the gift that will arrive
each month, send:
The MORGAN HORSE
Magazine
Leominster, Mass.
1 year $3.50 -- 2 years $6.50
North of the Border
By
PEGGY MCDONALD
Spring? Well it is supposed to be
this latter part of April, but we in
Alberta are beginning to wonder as
we had to plow though four or five
inches of fine snow this morning on
our way to the barn to feed the horses.
Strange things happen in this foothill
country!
The Morgan registrations with the
Canadian Livestock Records are now
up to 43. The new registrations include April King 37 owned by John
Loewen, Port Alberni, B. C.; Miss
Clinton 38, owned by J. C. Baker, Clinton, B. C.; Montana Bell 39, owner
Mrs. J. C. Baker, Clinton, B. C.; Larita 40, owner Mr. and Mrs. Graham
Bockus, Foster, Que.; Mon Heir Rachel
41 and Mon Heir Gretchen 42, owner
Wilson Cain, Armstrong, B. C.; and
Kilgoran Redwood 43, owner Kilgoran
Morgan Farm, Calgary, Alberta. There
must still be a number of Morgans in
Canada which have not as yet been
registered in Ottawa, so lets get those
registrations in. The cost is only $2.00.
There are two proud new Morgan
owners in Alberta sporting recent purchases from the Kilgoran Morgan
Farm. One of them is Mr. Bill Unger,
Albert Park, who bought the two year
old stallion Kilgoran Rockwood-3511847, a fine chocolate chestnut colt
with a light mane and tail. The other
new owners are Nancy and Darrel
Beacon, Seebe, who purchased Kilgoran Redwood-43-12227 a yearling
colt, also a chestnut with a light mane
and tail. Both colts will be kept as
stallions, and both are by Shawalla
Farm's Silver Rockwood and out of
the mare Faylenne. The best of luck
to these new Morgan enthusiasts.
Miss June Sleeman, High River,
Alberta, the owner of the big gelding
Skagit 011ah seems to prefer the wonderful climate of Hawaii, where she is
working at present. Ole is still in
High River in the capable hands of
June's sister, and we hope to see both
competing in the local Morgan classes
this season.
Canada's answer to Ern Pedler's
"wild" Morgan stallion is in real life
Little Dan Abbott by Abbott. This
good looking horse was bought in
Oregon as a young horse and taken by
his owner Mr. Don Gray to his ranch
in the B. C. interior. Somehow or
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other Dan "escaped" and when last
seen was running with the wild herds
in the Cariboo country. If still living
he would be about nine years old.
In Foster, Que., December visitors
to the home of Thora and Graham
Bockus, were Mrs. Brock and Mr. and
Mrs. Simpson, all of St. Johnsbury, and
the owners of three Morgan mares.
Mrs. Marjorie Cookson and Miss
Sally Clayton, Okanagan Valley, B. C.,
took their mares Nespelem Golden
Flaxen and Princess Wilhelmina to a
stallion at Omak, Washington, to be
bred, the early part of April. We
haven't heard the name of the stallion
as yet.
It has come to our attention, by our
own experience and by hearing from
others, that there are a few breeders
that just cannot be bothered, or so it
seems, to answer letters of inquiry. It
is most discouraging to take the time
and trouble to write to a breeder requesting information of his Morgans,
and then not to get an answer. Please,
even if you have nothing for sale, have
the common courtesy to answer any
prospective buyers. Happy to say,
these incidents are few and far between, but still occur often enough to
be noticed and talked about. The
great majority of breeders seem to be
more than helpful in all respects, even
in one case, to recommending a
neighbor's Morgan, over one of his
own, as that particular animal might
be more to your liking.
Then on the other hand there is the
prospective buyer who even on special
request, does not return pictures and
information. This sometimes deprives
an owner of that very special one-ofa-kind photo. Until you have tried
to get a GOOD picture of a horse you
will not realize what a lot of trouble
one must go to, to get even a halfdecent one.
Well so much for that. From all
reports, you Canadians like to have
a column in the Morgan Magazine, so
send in all your news and views. After
all it is your article, and we find it
impossible to write about nothing.
How about some pictures, too? Send
them to: Box 245, Albert Park, Alberta.
Notify the Morgan Horse
Magazine of any change in
your address.
The MORGAN HORSE
Magazine
Box 149, Leominster, Mass.
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to slop along, but it will take years to
breed out the ability to perform his
gaits and relegate him to the ranks of
the nondescript, mongrel "dogs" that
have come to make up the majority of
entries in an open Western Pleasure
Once again this year at the National Class.
Morgan Show there will be a class for
Throughout the years, I have obold vehicles. Instead of the "Gay
served
the slow but sure change in the
Nineties" which restricted vehicles
and costumes to a comparatively nar- interpretation and execution of the
row period of history the class this rules covering the so-called "Western
year will be open to any antique car- Pleasure Horse." I cannot speak for
riages, or reproductions of antiques, your section of the country, but I
mainly dating from 1789 on, which should imagine Western Classes in the
might have been driven in its time by East are very much in the minority.
a Morgan Horse owner. Modern carts Here in the West, I know from exand show equipment will not be ac- perience what the trend has been in
ceptable. The vehicle should be drawn a "Western" horse in the show ring.
Western classes are very popular here,
by one or two horses.
and practically all shows have many
The costumes of the passengers divisions covering this type of horse
should be of the same period as the and rider, including reining, cutting,
cart and the approximate date of the equitation, etc. The guest editorial
exhibit and the name of the particular of Mr. Joseph E. Olsen of Utah convehicle used will appear in the pro- tains some very good points on the
gram.
subject of getting Morgans into the
The judging of this class presents fields now dominated by the Quarter
a problem because it can either be Horse and I heartily agree with him
judged on exact technical knowledge, on his views. My personal experience
or on the general appearance and in owning and riding Morgans for over
pleasing effect of the exhibit. It has eighteen years has convinced me that
been decided this year to have the they can beat the Quarter Horse at his
class judged by the spectators in order own game when properly trained, exto increase the popular interest in the cept of course, possibly on the track —
class. This will be done by means of a where the Quarter Horse should and
ballot box to receive marked ticket does excel.
stubs. The judging will be done on
Many years ago, before I ever
Saturday and on Sunday there will be owned a Morgan, I had the good fora parade of the winners so that the tune to be associated with people who
spectator judges may see the results had cattle ranches. They raised and
broke their own horses, which were of
of their balloting.
mixed blood, predominately Thoroughbred. They were pleasure horses as
well
as working horses. The people
Letters
were real horsemen, not show riders.
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In fact, I doubt if some had even heard
Dear Sir:
of a horse show. The horses were
The December, 1958, issue of The trained for a good, fast walk. The
Morgan Magazine states that the Board trot was whatever the horse did naturof Directors had decided to divide the ally 1— never forced, but never a jog.
Morgan Pleasure section of the Ameri- The ability to cover the ground quickcan Horse Show Association Rule ly, tirelessly and with comfort to the
Book. The wording of the English rider was the desired feature in these
section will stand, but the second sec- working horses. Alertness, cleverness,
tion will be "Morgan Pleasure, West- docility and the ability to move out
ern, and open to stallions, mares and and travel freely — all were qualities
geldings, to be shown at a walk, jog, desired. If one of these present day
show ring style Western Pleasure
and lope
Good-bye to the days of that beauti- horses had suddenly appeared then, he
ful, animated Western Morgan, with would have been viewed by those
his bold and trappy ways of going horsemen as a "dog" and used for a
that always distinguished him from all kid's pony or as a mount for some
other breeds — at least, good-bye to "dude" from town.
Somewhere along the line, the model
him in the show ring and thus to the
public eye. Maybe you can train him Western Pleasure horse has become
National Show
"Gay Nineties"
The MORGAN HORSE
work like a Morgan is complimented
in all sincerity by many — the other
mare seldom rates a comment. They
are full sisters and look almost alike,
so what is it? I'll tell you why — one
is allowed to be a Morgan and the
other is not. So it's obvious to me
that the spectator likes a decent performance. This jogging business is
not a pleasure to ride by any means.
So why not let Morgans be Morgans
and not dogs. For those that are so
desirous of such things, let them turn
to Quarter Horses and leave the Morgan as he shoud be. If this business
continues, what next? Will we be
roaching their manes and pulling
their tails? It wouldn't surprise me at
all.
The Morgan Magazine for many
years has carried articles pertaining to
the Morgan's distinctive way of going.
I would like to quote in part from an
editorial printed in the July 1952 issue:
"In the first place, a Morgan is a sharpgoing, trappy-gaited horse. He must
have animation or he wouldn't be a
Morgan. His walk is sharp yet flatfooted . . . His canter is slow and
graceful and free from two-tracking
. . . His trot is strong and bold, and
here is where we differ with these
afore-mentioned judges. They would
have you believe that a Morgan should
amble like a trail horse, uncollected and
loose, or reined in so tightly that his
action is all up and down and he goes
The animal should be put
nowhere
to a strong, action-filled trot . . . etc."
A pleasure horse is a pleasure horse,
be he ridden with Western or English
tack.
Those few small words in the rules
— "walk, jog and lope" do not mean
too much of themselves. It is the interpretation and execution of them that
will have the undesirable effect. If the
Please do not think that I am com- change has not already been made, may
pletely against the Western Pleasure I sincerely beg you to reconsider? BeHorse. That is not the case. I fre- fore you take this step in rule-changquently enter the open classes, and have ing, I hope you will get expressions
gathered in my share of ribbons. The of opinion from others in this regard.
Philip A. Morrison
Min-gan I use is especially trained to
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perform slowly and deliberately! HowGrants Pass, Oregon
ever, it certainly hurts my pride and
the Morgan's, too, to perform in such
a manner. When in Rome, do as the
Romans do, even though you may not
For the gift that will arrive
whole-heartedly approve. I have aneach month, send:
other mare which I never enter in open
The MORGAN HORSE
Western Pleasure, only in English open
Magazine
or Morgan classes (Western or EngLeominster, Mass.
lish). What a great thing it is to allow
her to perform as her heritage calls
1 year $3.50 — 2 years $6.50
for. The mare which is allowed to
what we used to call a "dog." Manners have been mistaken for a "hang
dog" attitude. This paragon of perfection slouches along; uncollected, tail
clamped down, feet dragging, ears at
half-mast. His walk is slow and plodding; his "trot" or "jog" is scarcely as
brisk as an ordinary walk — he simply
jigs along, barely lifting his feet, head
hanging low. Just when you are beginning to wonder when they are going to turn these poor tired, dejected
old nags out to pasture for a good rest,
a canter (or lope) is asked for. There
they go around the ring — two-thirds
of them going so slowly that a canter
is impossible; they simply walk with
their hind legs and perform the leg
movements of a canter in front. Is
this what we want in our Morgans?
Are we going to put this in the AHSA
rule book? It makes me laugh when
I hear them cry, "Let's keep him
natural." So many are quick to criticize the horse with an eight inch toe
and a two pound shoe. Can a pot call
the kettle black? Is it natural for a
Morgan to travel like a Quarter
Horse? Take away his distinctive,
trappy ways of going and what have
you got? Just another horse. Perhaps
this new pattern for a Western Pleasure Horse has been developed by
Sunday cowboys whose experience in
range riding consists of loading their
mount in a chromium-trimmed trailer
and travelling along a paved highway.
Or has the pattern been set by the
Quarter Horse people? I don't know
the answer, but I do know that the
show ring pleasure horse has become
a far cry from the real thing. When
I see eight-foot reins dangling loosely,
hanging nearly to the ground, I think:
"How fortunate the horse doesn't pick
up his feet — he would surely trip and
fall down."
JUNE 1959
...
Mid-America
Club News
By
JANE
M.
BEHLING
The Spring meeting of the MidAmerica Morgan Horse Club was held
on April 19th at the Black Angus Restaurant in Barrington, Illinois. Following a delicious dinner, the meeting
was called to order by our President
Robert Behling. Many items of importance were discussed, including the
Club's decision to present a trophy to
the winner of the Morgan Open
Model class at the Milwaukee Spring
Horse Show to be held June 5, 6 and
7th. Club members Harold Meyer of
Barrington, Illinois, and A. Gordon
Heitman of Huntley, Illinois volunteered to give trophies for the Morgan
Fine Harness and the Morgan Threegaited classes respectively. These
trophies were to be ordered from the
Balfour Co., of Attleboro, Mass. HyLee Farms of Cambria, Wis. is sponsoring a Memorial Challenge Trophy
in honor of Squire Skimp, their deceased champion stallion. This trophy
to be presented to the winner of the
Open Model Morgan class, and must
be won three consecutive years by the
same Morgan for permanent possession.
Following the business meeting, the
membership enjoyed watching 2000
feet of film of the 1958 Justin Morgan
Show, held in South Lyons, Mich.
Congratulations are in order. Club
members Frank and Mary Robinson
are the proud parents of a baby girl
born February 28. Marcella Lou
weighed in at a bouncing 10 pounds
10 ounces.
And now, our best wishes to Sylvia
Kraus and Donald McDaniel who were
married on April 25th in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
We all welcome Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Clark of Beaver Dam, Wis., to
the membership. The Clarks have recently purchased the nice chestnut
mare Fillaine (Fillmore-Moraine) from
Miss Julie Frazier of Marquette, Mich.
They also own the two year old stallion, HyL,ee's Windsong.
Another new member, Mrs. Duane
(Esther) Schwartz of, Browntown,
Wis. Here is another gal with talent!
After seeing the hand engraved billfold Esther had made showing a Morgan in action, we promptly asked her
to make one for us. She is good, taking careful note of the minute details
that personalize a horse.
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flies attack. An 8-second application does the
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wire cuts.
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DIE•FLY
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flies dead in their tracks. Kills
flies by the millions. Kills for
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your fly population down.
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REPEL-X
A "concentrate" that mixes witft
water (1 pt. to 1 gal.). Sponge or
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Finally got around to taking a trip
that we have wanted to make for some
time. Drove down to Monroe, Wisconsin to see Doris Norton's two year
old filly Osogay (Townshend Gaymeade-Moieta). This filly makes you
want to look and look and look. She
is a dark chestnut with a lot of red in
her coat. Has the expressive pop eyes
so characteristic of the Gaymeade get,
and that are so impressive in show
ring! Hope that Doris plans on bringing this young lady out in company
again this year. She should go far.
Just a hop, skip and jump down
the road from the Nortons, lives Mrs.
Ralph Schild of Browntown, Wis. We
were anxious to see Dainty Brenda Lee
(Rhodoak-Bambi Moon) her yearling
chestnut filly who was a wee baby at
the 1958 Illinois State Fair. We were
not disappointed, this filly, who is an
eligible for the Futurity class at Illinois
this year might very well be sitting
right at the top of the heap when the
judging is through! Especially liked
Mrs. Schilds new black gelding Billy
Black (Flyhawk-Highland Lady). He
is one of those truly useful looking
horses that seems as though they could
handle any job well. Bet we'll see him
in Western tack this season, either in
Parade or Pleasure events.
Sales have been booming again or
still or what have you.
From Lowell, Indiana we have been
advised of the sale of Beverlee and
Bob Stahls good western broke gelding, Foxhaven (Dorset's Foxfire —
Havens Beauty) to Marilyn Childs of
Ringtown, Pa. This makes the Stahls
Morgan-less for the time being, but I'll
bet you anything that this is a very
temporary situation!
The L. S. Greenwalts of Pawnee,
Illinois have sold the lovely young
chestnut mare Miss Illinois (FlyhawkRosena) to Mr. Donald Woods of
Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. Woods was
looking for something tops to show,
but with a quiet disposition and certainly found his hearts desires wrapped
up in a bundle. We'll be hearing
plenty about this mare this show season.
Harold Meyer of Barrington, Ill. informs us of the sale of Brown Mae
(Raymond S. Sentney-Silver Mae) from
W. Tettinger of Palatine, Ill. to the
Cecil Fergusons of Greene, R. I. Brown
Mae is the darn of Mr. Meyer's top
mare, Trietta who is being made ready
for the Morgan shows by the very
capable Ledbetter Stables at Wheaton,
111.
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More sales to the Sawmill River
Farm of Moores Corner, Mass. Audrey
B. Carter. The mares Golden HyLee
(Illini-Dolly Mae) and HyLee's Indian Penny (Squire Skimp-Golden HyLee) and the stallions General Marshall (Indian Boy-Beaut) and Marshall's Star (General Marshall-Golden
HyLee) all from Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Praefke of Slinger, Wis. The mares
are to be serviced by the HyLee Farms
stallion Torchfire before the trek to
the East.
Also to Mrs. Carter, the three year
old bay mare Brenda Lee (Archie "O"Rhythm's Flicka) from the O'Neill
Morgan Farm at Manteno, Ill. Brenda
is to be bred to Our Emerald King,
the O'Neill's champion stallion.
The O'Neills have had some very
interesting correspondence from our
northern neighbors in Canada, the demand for Morgans in this area is overwhelming. Their enthusiasm and desire for good stock should make this
a great Morgan frontier.
Now for some news about the new
additions! HyLee Farms, Cambria,
Wisconsin are delighted with the arrival of a filly foal on April 4th. This
little chestnut is sired by Justin Dart
(Squire Burger-Black Dee) and is out
of the wonderful producing mare
Dolly Mae (Captain Red - Golden
Honey). Also at HyLee is the thrill
of a century arrival of twin foals! Two
little chestnut cut-ups called Deb "n"
Heir. The stallion and filly foals arrived March 25th. Sired by Torchfire
(Senator Graham-Jubilee Joy) and are
out of Illawana Marie (Cherokee Gilmore-Illawana Lady).
For the interested and curious, don't
miss a trip to the Big Bend Farm of
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Barton at Rockford, Ill. Here you will have a first
hand opportunity to see democracy at
work so to speak. The farm boasts two
foals sired by Upwey Ben Don, Ted
Davis' renouned Eastern stallion, as
well as two foals sired by Mid-Western
stallions, the Greenwalts Topflight and
Ray Searls Cinnamon King. AS WELL
AS two foals sired by stallions from
the far West Coast!
Mrs. Barton and her farm Manager,
Harry Andre spent a day with us last
week. Always enjoy visiting with
these two. Their breeding program
is extensive, interesting and one which
should really benefit all of us in this
area.
Had an interesting letter from Paul
and Peg Beekman, our long distance
members who have located in Califor(Continued on Page 47)
New England
pors the arrival of the highly anticipated foal by Waseeka's Nocturne and
out of Windcrest Sentimental Lady.
This stylish bay stallion, with a star
and one white foot, arrived on April
14th, and Sue Annis tells us that "Lady
is just as good a 'baby sitter' for herself as she is for me, and takes pride
in showing her handsome son to visitors." Sue's big problem at the moment is that she can't find a name
which is good enough for him.
Mr. Edward Cetlin's Pam-C Stable,
Haverhill, Mass., has purchased the
outstanding young chestnut mare,
Waseeka's Caprice. This yearling
daughter of the two champions Waseeka's Nocturne and Sterling Velvet,
has inherited the great abilities of her
illustrious parents, and if she fulfills
her present promise she should be a
great one as soon as her training is
completed. With this in mind, Mr.
Cetlin is planning to have her trained
at Sir Echo Farm in Millis, Mass.
Pam-C Stable is also the owner of
the bright chestnut five year old mare,
Ballerina (Tutor-U. S. Panbright).
This colorful mare is bred to Windcrest Donfield for a 1960 foal, and the
Cetlins are well started on their way
as a new and outstanding breeding and
showing stable in New England. They
plan to keep four or five suitably superior Morgans for their program.
Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Morse report
arrivals of one stallion foal and three
fillies at their Green Meads Farm in
Richmond, Mass. The earliest arrival
was Green Meads Sinbad a flashy
chestnut colt with a star, snip, and two
white hind stockings, sired by Windcrest Ben Davis and out of Gallant
Gaye. Sinbad put in his appearance
on February 7th. Star Baby dropped
a chestnut filly, sired by Windcrest
Ben Davis, on March 17th, and started
the filly trend at Green Meads. This
likely young lady has been named
Green Meads Stardust. The Green
Meads Belle produced another chestnut filly on March 28th. This is also
sired by Windcrest Ben Davis, and has
been called Green Meads Nosegay
possibly because her only marking is
a snip on the end of her nose. The
Morses' Grand Champion mare Abbington of Shady Lawn, was sent to
Windcrest Donfield in 1958 to see if
a change of sires would change her
four year record for producing only
stallion foals. Mr. and Mrs. Morse
TUNE 1959
are overjoyed, (and Waseeka is somewhat relieved), because Donfield and
Abby did produce the long awaited
filly. She is a bright chestnut with a
faint star and one white ankle, and
she arrived on April 15th. Quite
naturally, Abby has been returned to
Donfield with the express request that
he sire another filly, and preferably one
with just as much style and promise as
this one has.
A wonderful letter arrived from Orcland Farms in West Newbury, Mass.,
and from the news it contained I can
only guess that Lyman has his work
cut out for him at his new training
stable. Some of the Morgans that Lyman has in training are as follows:
Billy Brookhawk owned by Mr. Albert
Brouillet, Athol, Mass.; Anneigh's Minuet owned by Bruce MacDonald of
Gales Ferry, Conn.; Mansfield Squire
owned by Stuart Wickson also of Gales
Ferry, Conn.; Sterling Gladiator owned
by our publisher Otho Eusey of Lancaster, Mass.; Quaker Cheralect owned
by William Bancroft of Hamilton,
Mass.; Townshend Comanche owned by
0. W. Wickstrom of Weston, Mass.
and Broadwall Rythm owned by Janet
Dakin of Amherst, Mass. Charles and
Betty Eusey also have their two Morgan
mares in training at Orcland Farms.
This makes the sum total of 9 Morgans
in training down there, not to mention
Lyman's own horses as well. We wish
the Orcutts the best of luck in their
new training stable.
A letter from Mrs. Margaret van D.
Rice tells us that last summer they had
three filly foals and sold two. She says
that they had a very hard time keeping
the third foal, as filly foals have been
in such great demand. As I wrote in
my last column, Mr. George Morrill
and Mr. Carter have had two of Mrs.
Rice's horses in training all winter.
They have just taken Sadie Ashbrook
home as she is due to foal in June. Mrs.
Rice is sending her promising two year
old black stallion, really a very dark
chestnut to Mr. Morrill and Mr. Carter
to be trained for this summer's shows.
He has a wonderful disposition, good
action and conformation. The name of
this stallion is Tommy Twilight.
The Rice's first foal this season is a
stud foal, a full brother to Tommy
Twilight and Billy Twilight owned by
Hugh Smith in Maine.
Ruth Mercer, daughter of Mrs. Beatrice Mercer is attending Southern Seminary Junior College in Buena Vista,
Virginia, and has taken her very popular mare Just-A-Sweetheart to college
with her. She has made quite an impression there and the riding instructor
is really interested in acquiring a Morgan or two for use in the riding program at the school. They have mostly
hunters and jumpers at present. Sweetheart and Ruth had a very successful
season last year, among some was the
winning of the Children's Pleasure
Horse Class at the New York State
Fair and the Mid-Atlantic Morgan
Show. Sweetheart won the Morgan
Western Pleasure $50 Stake Class and
was second in Western Horsemanship
at the New York State Fair also. Ruth
and her Morgan won the English
Pleasure Stake at the Mid-Atlantic
Show among others, and won the Reserve Grand Champion Mare at the
Vermont Morgan Show as well as a
1st in both the English and Western
Pleasure Classes.
Sweetheart's filly by Orcland Vigildon Just-A-Darling, went south in
November along with their beloved
old mare Black Honey. The Mercers
are now living in Sarasota, Florida,
at least through the winter anyway.
CONNECTICUT
The University of Connecticut has
sold to Harriet Belcher, Atherton,
California, the bright chestnut mare
with flaxen mane and tail, U. C. Pentana 09290. This four year old mare
was sired by the University's stallion
Panfield, who was the Grand Champion Stallion at the National Morgan
Horse Show back in 1949, and was out
of Sentana a daughter of Flyhawk.
Pentana is going to the coast in the
same box car as Rocky Bon, the stallion Ralph Lasbury, of Windsor, Conn.
sold to Harriet Belcher.
RHODE ISLAND
Broadwall Farm, Greene, Rhode
Island reports the sale of Broadwall
Brigadier (Parade-Bananya) to Mr.
Henry Nichoalds of Denver, Colorado.
He is a fine upstanding three year old
stallion, and the Fergusons hope he
will be pleased with him. The Fergusons delivered Brigadier as far as
Springfield, Illinois, and he will go
the rest of the way by rail. Mr. and
Mrs. L. S. Greenwalt met the Fergusons at Springfield and stabled Brigadier with some of their horses at the
Fair Grounds. They spent the next
day showing the Fergusons their
horses at their home. Needless to say,
the Fergusons were greatful to the
Greenwalts for being so helpful.
The Fergusons also stopped for one
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night in Akron, N. Y., where the
Vincent Rogers very kindly put up
Brigadier also. While there, the Rogers
persuaded the Fergusons to attend the
meeting of the New York Morgan
Horse Society in Medina, and the Fergusons report that the New York folks
are sincerely enthusiastic over Morgans.
The Fergusons visited Mr. Harold
Meyer of Barrington, Illinois and saw
his stallion Allen Dair, and his mare
Trietta. Both are very typey individuals. As a result of this visit, the
Fergusons ended up buying Trietta's
dam from Mr. William Pettenger of
Palatine, New York. She is Brown
Mac (Raymond S. Sentney — Silver
Mac). The Fergusons took her home
in the trailer, stopping at Green Meads
Farm over night.
Broadwall Farm has also sold a three
year old gelding Broadwall Sentinal,
to Mr. and Mrs. W. Lester Wyatt of
Oxford, Mass. They now have three
Broadwall Morgans.
No. California
him with a filly by Linn's Knox. The
filly is Linn's Knox first off-spring
and Chet sounded pretty proud of her.
He also has a bay horse colt (DannieLu—My Stars) a chestnut horse colt
(Dannie-Lu and El Cindy) and another
chestnut horse colt (Ranchita ChiefSiskiyou Bee).
Mr. and Mrs. Bromiley also have a
new horse colt from Anita Blossum by
their black stallion Muscleman.
So. California
It seems like the spring colts are
beginning to arrive. The Shermans
have two; the Double F Ranch, the
Waers, have five new arrivals. So
far no more news from other owners.
Somday maybe I can find time to
get around to seeing these new offspring. In fact it would be right
WASEEKA'S NOCTURNE
friendly if there was more visiting
among Morgan owners, and more gettogether, thereby getting to know one
another on a more friendly basis. I
think it would mean a great deal to us
all.
Please keep in mind the pot luck and
all Morgan show at Waer's Double
F Ranch on June 7th.
Central States
some sugar. I hope Collee will learn
everything as fast and as well as she
has her first little trick."
This story of a charming and dainty
little bay Morgan filly was given me by
her proud owners and already for
publication when I learned of the tragic accident — for she was killed
instantly in pasture March 19, 1959.
She evidently whirled in play and hit
a tree just behind her ear and broke
her neck. The Haywards feel terribly
about it, particularly Pat, as she fell in
WASEEKA'S DARCY*
First
HAVERHILL LIONS CLUB HORSE SHOW
Junior Morgans Under Saddle
Morgans 15 Hands and Over
Morgan Pleasure Horse
Morgan Championship Stake
LIONS CLUB OF LYNNFIELD HORSE SHOW
First
Morgans 15 Hands and Over
Amateur Morgan Class
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE HORSE SHOW
Morgan Pleasure Horse
Model Morgans
Morgans over 15 hands - 2nd to Nocturne
Morgans over 15 Hands
CHILDREN'S SERVICES HORSE SHOW
Morgan Pleasure Horse (under saddle)
Model Morgan
The above records will illustrate .1 lew of 11 lc r easons why we are so proud of the abilities of these two Waseeka
Morgans.
WASEEKA FARM
* Waseeka's Darcy is owned by Pamela and Mark Cetlin.
Ashland, Mass.
love with her the first time she saw
her. I understand Pat has already asked
Fran Bryant to reserve a little sister of
Celine's for her. We all extend our
sympathy to the Haywards in their loss
of this charming Morgan filly.
Please send inquiries regarding the
Central States Morgan Horse Club to
Eve Oakley, 235 W. 55th St., Westmont, Illinois.
Miss. Valley
arrive in excellent shape. Debra will
be a pleasure mount, replacing an old
Morgan mare that passed away. The
Brachears also sold the very attractive
yearling stallion, Copper Cloud to Miss
Jeanne White of Springfield. This is
her first horse and we know she will
be pleased with him. He's a dark
chestnut with three stockings, sired by
Congo's Pride out of Mary R. M. Rock
Hudson, their four year old bay stallion, is reported to be looking and feeling good. They also own a candidate
for the two year old Futurity fine harness class, this being Chief Cobra, a
high stepping chestnut colt by Mr.
Breezy Cobra.
The April meeting of the Mississippi
Valley Morgan Horse Club was held in
conjunction with a ccokout and trail
ride get-to-gether at the home of the
Dzengolewski's. The weather, though
cloudy, was warm and about 22 were
present. Those members who were
able to reach the Dzengolewski's before
noon had a short ride in the morning.
They included Sue Lutz on Mr. Dzengolewski's good looking, typy young
stallion, Duke of Lebanon; our president, Don Dzengolewski on Gallant
Tex; Gene Parr of Scott AFB on a
third Dzengolewski stallion, the very
nice chestnut Rusty Ray; a new member, Lt. Molly Smith of Scott AFB on
the bay mare Vicki Lynn. Vicki Lynn
was sold that day to Ray Sea rls. She
is an excellent broodmare, sired by
Cinnamon Lad out of Illawana Bess.
Another new member from Scott AFB,
Lt. Lillian White was mounted on her
part Arab gelding. The Lane Wilton
family had four horses — Mr. Wilton
rode Dellama, Mrs. Wilton and son
Lane Harry rode the half Morgan
mares Pal and Bonnie, and daughter
Nancy gave her spotted pony Poncho
a good workout. Ray Searls brought
his chestnut stallion Prince de Jarnette.
By noontime there was a good fire going in the field, where everyone could
roast hot dogs, with a hay wagon for
a table, and a couple of improvised
JUNE 1959
benches. Mrs. Dzengolewski furnished
some delicious side dishes, including
potato salad, baked beans and deviled
eggs, so no one went hungry.
The meeting was quite short. Again
the importance of making a good
showing in the Model Morgan Class at
the Sacred Heart Show in Florissant,
Mo., on June 7 was stressed. Director
Clarence Test revealed that there
would be four Morgan classes, in hand,
at the Marion County Fair, Salem, Ill.,
August 3-8. Classes scheduled are:
stallions and geldings, mares, mare and
foal, and 1959 foals. Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Byers reported on their attendance at a meeting of the IllinoisMissouri Saddle Club, at which time
the MVMHC became a member of the
111.-Mo. Club. Most of the local shows
are Ill.-Mo. Club point shows, and
trophies are given by the parent club
at the end of the season for high point
horses in each division. It is hoped
that enough Morgan classes can be
held next year for the Morgans to be
eligible for a trophy. Lane Wilton,
Neal Werts, and Bill Byers were chosen
to act as delegates to the monthly
meetings of the Ill.-Mo. Club.
Lane Wilton has consented to do the
announcing for the Morgan class at
the Sacred Heart Show. We want to
be sure to give the Morgan a big
boost at this show and Mr. Wilton's
announcing should be a big asset.
It was voted to place a small club ad
in the classified section of the Sunday
St. Louis Post-Dispatch for one Sunday
in May and one in June.
The next meeting will be held at the
Wilton's, East St. Louis, Ill., on Sunday evening, May 24, at 7:00 P.M. The
business over, most of the members
who had brought horses saddled up
for another short ride. Among those
on horseback (in addition to those who
rode in the morning) were Sue Lutz
on her very nice four year old bay
mare Cin Dee, by Pride of King out
of Princess Toby; also the Wm. Byers
who had finally arrived with their
two chestnut mares, Sundo and Jubilee's Pastime. We missed Mrs. Searls
who was unable to attend, and also the
Earl MacMichaels. The youngest club
member seemed to enjoy the proceedings, this being 5'A months old Marcia
Werts.
A number of foals have been re. ported already. Tragedy struck when
the Lane Wiltons lost their three-quarter Morgan colt by Neptune out of
Pal. The colt rolled under a fence
and became hung up while trying to
get back. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Searls
were lucky that they happened to be
there a few minutes after the gray
mare Frosty Princess foaled a little
chesnut filly by Prince de Jarnette, for
the mare was unable to get up and the
filly might have smothered. F. K.
Dzengolewski has a chestnut stud by
Gallant Tex out of Amberina. This
colt is good-sized and should have lots
of action. Mr. and Mrs. Neal Werts
young mare Gayneta presented them
with a fine, little bay filly sired by
the Brown Falcon. She can move like
him already.
Our new members, Mr. and Mrs.
L. S. Greenwalt of Pawnee, Ill., report three foals. The top brood mare
Jubilee Joy presented them with a
chestnut filly marked with a large
star, short stripe and left front sock
sired by Senator Graham. "Joybells"
colts always top their class at the Ill.
State Fair, so the rest of us with fillies
have a hard road ahead. The little
black mare, Fancy Be, that did so well
in saddle and harness classes both at
the Ill. State Fair and the National,
has a fine, little, high stepping black
filly by Top Flight. Another Flyhawk
mare, Flyette, has a big black stud colt
with a large star, half strip and large
snip. This foal is a full brother to The
Explorer, now owned by the University of Connecticut.
The Greenwalts recently had as
visitors Mr. and Mrs. J. Cecil Ferguson
of Greene, R. I. They had sold the
two year old bay stallion Broadwall
Brigadier to Mrs. H. Nichoalds of
Denver, Colo. and delivered him by
trailer as far as Springfield. From
here he was shipped by rail, along
with the chestnut mare Bambi Moon,
which Mrs. Nichoalds purchased from
the Greenwalts. Bambi is ready to
show, both under saddle and in harness, and has the highest, lightest action imaginable. She is sired by L. U.
Colonel and out of Quanta by Senator
Graham.
From Topeka, Kansas Mr. Stuart
Hazard writes that he has purchased
Upwey King Benn and that Benn is
now standing at stud at Topeka. He
is well known as the sire of such
famous show horses as Upwey Ben
Don, Upwey Casablanca, and Upwey
Benn Quietude, as well as the roadster
mare, Upwey Ebony Princess. Benn
is a dark bay, sired by Upwey King
Peavine out of Audrey by Bennington.
It will be very interesting to see his
foals from mares of western and midwestern breeding.
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I'm adding this one for a lady in
Tucson, Arizona. She called me and
is in great need of finding just the
right Morgan: Mrs. Frederica Page,
Hungry Horse Ranch, Route 2, Box
238, needs a 14.1, heavy and strong,
not show quality, either mare or gelding, disposition the main requirement.
This lady has been injured and has to
have a well broken and completely
gentle horse that won't spook at anything. She wants to ride it for Trail
Group riding and in public affairs, and
not over 10 years old. If any one has
such a Morgan please get in touch with
her at the above address.
On April 30, Mr. Bob Krift of Route
1, Green Springs, Ohio, was a visitor
at the Merchant Morgan Farm. He
owns the stallion, Casey Tibbs, out of
Diamond Lil and by Homestake, also
a filly out of Shy Ann and by Homestake. He was interested in seeing
Diamond Lil and her filly, Sugarfoot
also by Homestake. He is planning on
attending the Seminar at Mount Stering. He was most interested in our
new organization and wished us luck
in our show.
All or now as the news was sort of
scarce this month. Oh, I nearly forgot:
New arrivals: Chestnut filly, Just
Ann and Tehachapi Rock; Chestnut
filly, Surprise Date and Tehachapi
Rock; Chestnut colt, Tahana Morgan
and Star Jekyll; Chestnut colt, (Heinz
57), Coppersnip and Quarter Stud.
Mid-West
she given proper general care and exercise, was somewhat alert for the foaling, so if help was necessary it could
be given, etc? The honest regretful
answer too often is, "NO, I'm afraid
not — we just assumed that mares produced foals normally when they are
bred and rear them, baring accident
of course." Trust Mother Nature?
Not on your life!
she is a full three years of age and if
she is not to be kept as a brood mare
not that early. Allow the mare to fully
develope and mature before you expect her to reproduce. Consider the
point that the mare cannot give all to
her foal if she is sill drawing from her
own system the essentials she needs
to complete her own development.
Breeding too early may take from the
mare what can never be replaced.
DO NOT BREED your mare unless you are positive she is in top condition; if there is any doubt in your
mind, have your veterinarian come out
and check her completely. This is of
particular importance if the mare has
only recently come to your ownership.
Most important if you are new to
horses is: DON'T WAIT until something happens before you contact a
veterinarian. You will want to give
some consideration as to your choice
of veterinarian and if it is an emergency you can't be choosy. Give the
Vet the chance to become familiar with
your horse or horses; most of all give
him the chance to become familiar
with the location of your home and the
facilities available in your barn.
you will be there for the foaling. No
matter what your plans were for that
ORCLAND FARMS
"Where Champions Are Born"
CHAMPIONS ARE BORN, THEN MADE!
Right: Mayphil with Vigilmay, Vigilmarch and
Vigilmine
Broodmares are judged by their ability to produce champions.
When a mare begins to produce consistently, champion after
champion, each one better than the last, her grateful owners become very aware of the importance of selecting a stallion who
will sire as good a colt as resulted from the previous matings,
and who has a proven record indicative of potentially improving
the next.
Such is the case in the breeding of MAYPHIL. whose champion
colts are beginning to be a habit. For example . . . Every
time she has been shown in the broodmare class at Deerfield
Fair, N. E.'s largest breeding show, she has worn the blue oul.
Three times her offspring have won the foal class at the
National. Her get have been res. Jr. Ch., Jr. ch., res. Grand ch.,
and grand ch. at the National. Her daughter was the first Morin history to be awarded NEHC open colt championship,
over all breeds, all ages. Her first colt was the only Morgan
in the Olympic 3 day trials, and won 6th place overall. Her progeny are consistent in stake wins at Eastern States.
gan
After witnessing the uniformity of MAYPHIL'S colts by ORCLAND
VIGILDON, and marveling at champion qualities they display,
there is much anticipation in the mating of his sire to her. She
is now safely in foal to ULENDON, expecting early in 1960.
74e izeiciee,/t/
Horses boarded and trained, for show or pleasure, ride or drive.
FOR SALE: 6 year old bay mare, 14.3 hands, $1200; also bay gelding, 15.2
hands, $700. Both for experienced riders.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. ORCUTT, JR,
Owners and Trainers
West Newbury, Mass.
paticular time, be prepared to stay
home. Be on hand for that emergency
which we sincerely hope will not arise.
you are honest enough with yourself
and with our chosen breed to admit
a mistake should you err in judgment
and find you have wrongly chosen your
stallion; that you will in the future
guard against a repetition of the faultproducing breeding and that you will
advise the purchaser (should you sell)
not to breed back to the same faultproducing line.
to give you an honest opinion. You
mght also try the breed registry.
DO BREED if you are willing to
spare no expense in giving her all
the food supplements, calcium, minerals, etc. necessary and if you are
not looking chiefly for the monetary
yield, bearing in mind that third-rate
care results in third-rate foals.
Possibly it now seems, in the face
of all the above DO NOTS, there
would never be the correct, convenient,
or proper time to breed your mare.
In rereading the above, possibly a helpful summary of when TO BREED
your mare may be worthwhile.
DO BREED your mare if you have
taken into consideration the facilities
you have available for her and her foal.
Do you have enough room? Do you
have a box stall big enough for the
mare and foal? Will you have the
room to separate them when it is time
to wean the foal? Will you take time
to properly care for and train the foal
after it arrives? Can you assure yourself that the foal will have a good start
in life?
DO BREED your mare if you have
your stud well chosen and whether you
are new to the breed or not, if you
know sufficiently the proper bloodlines
for your mare. if you do not know,
do not rely on the casual advice of that
"expert" uncle of a friend of a friend,
but make an effort to find a person
with enough knowledge and integrity
DO BREED your mare if you can
be completely honest and "write off"
a foal as a mistake if your efforts do
not prove satisfactory and you will not
think your "luck" will be better next
time with the same combination; it
MAY be, but the chances that it will
be are too small to make a second try
worthwhile. Also, if the results should
be an out cast that you will definitely
see to it that it remains just that.
When the time comes that you can
honestly face up to these factors and
have a completely free conscience on
these points, you may then consider
that you have graduated from the
mere producer of horses to a breeder
of note and, no matter how small your
contribution, a benefit to your chosen
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filly, chestnut with light inane and
tail, by Pecos. Royal Crest barn is
also being sided with knotty pine, a
new tack room is under construction
and other improvements are being
made.
From Taylors, many went to see
Mary Lyster's little mischief maker,
Sherrie L., just around the block, and
others went to Akron, there to visit
Rogers' Sherimill Stable, recently
moved from Williamsville; and Hess's
Ledgewood Farm on the next road.
These two Morgan establishments arc
within sight of each other.
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At Sherimill the head man, Sherimill Sunrise, hammed it up as usual
and spanked his owners with the
broom. The full brothers, Sherimill
Lodestar and Sunrise Express, the latter owned by Hortense Lynds, Akron,
made their bow. The boys are known
as Butch and Speed, and are both by
Sherimill Sunrise out of Tifra. Tifra
is thought to be again in foal, and Arnona Elizabeth, definitely in foal to
Sunny, showed us what a strapping
big girl she is. There are eight Morgans in this barn, all apparently enjoying the new farm.
Over at Ledgewood, the Morgan
population is somewhat depleted by
sales in recent years. Pecos, wellknown sire, is of course a fixture.
His young daughter, Analect (out of
Annfield) expects a May foal by Sherimill Sunrise. Janee, now 26 years old„
dam of so many good ones, needs no
introduction. And Ledgewood Suanne,
daughter of Sherimill Sunrise - Annfield, is one of the best movers in the
business. She will eventually be bred
to Pecos. This at the moment is the
Ledgewood family.
Foals are popping up all over. Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. Richards of Hamburg,
are happy with a bay stud colt by
Sherman L — Miller's Glory. The
Richards expect two more foals in the
near future.
It's a girl at the Curtis Smiths at
Penfield, a lovely chestnut filly by Don
Hudson - Pandy's Juanita. Pandy will
be remembered as the little mare with
the long tail who did so well at the
shows last season.
Eisenhards' Oatka Farms at Warsaw
report a stud colt, this one by Lippitt
Field Marshall and the top model mare,
Oatka Mylass, both home owned.
Mrs. John Gordon of Middleburgh,
has a fine chestnut filly trimmed in
white from her Sunflower Belle by
Linsley Lee. Mrs. Gordon bought this
mare in foal. The youngster is a full
sister to the Donald Long's young stallion.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Plauth of Altamont have a lovely filly from their
Katinka Hawk, sired by Sealect of
Windcrest. They plan further expansion of their Morgan interests soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Chichester of
Stamford also have a filly from their
Polly Archie by Lippitt Mandate.
Last but certainly not least, Mary
Arnold's Folly Hudson has just pre-
sented her with a chestnut filly by
Oatka Farms Lippitt Field Marshall.
Says Mary, "Whoopee, what an average! Six foals, six fillies. How lucky
can you get?" Wonder if the rest of
us could import some of that Kanona
air or something?
Bob Brooks' many friends and prospective clients will be glad to know
that he can finally be reached. After
winter in the South, Bob is now located near Marcellus, N. Y. His address is Story Book Stable, do Sunny
Hill Farm, Pleasant Valley Road, Syracuse 7, N. Y. Morgan youngsters already going to him for training are
Roy Taylor's Royal Crest Parader, and
his Royalcrest Thor; also Hortense
Lynds' Sunrise Express.
We welcome into our membership
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Ewell of Wyoming, N. Y. The Ewells own the
Morgan mare, Because and her stud
colt, Keoona Red. "Bea" is again in
foal, due sometime in May. Glad to
have you with us, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton and family.
Send in your news, friends — Mrs.
V. J. Rogers, Martin Road, Akron, N.
Y. And those who are not already
members, won't you join us?
TOWNSHEND MORGAN-HOLSTEIN FARM
BOLTON, MASS.
When you think of Townshend Morgans and Townshend Holsteins you are thinking of the best breeding
stock.
Our Holstein herd was the top herd out of one hundred and eleven herds for the last testing period. We
also topped the Massachusetts Holstein sale with a good heifer.
What other Morgan Farm has five National Morgan Sh ow Grand Champion Morgan Mares and a Champion
Stallion all under one roof?
When choosing a top stallion to breed to choose a proven one such as
ORCLAND VIGILDON
MELODY'S MORGAN
Both are sires of champion stock. Sires for show, pleasure, conformation and disposition. What more can
you ask for?
The farm is now managed by Mr. Thomas Johnston Ill, a graduate of Stockbridge School of Agriculture Uni•
versity of Massachusetts.
MR. and MRS. ROGER E. ELA and NANCY
Mid-Atlantic Show
organist, will once again provide music
for the show, and already there have
been requests for grandstand boxes for
the duration of the show.
Members of the Frederick Junior
Chamber of Commerce are working on
ticket sales for the 1959 event which is
hailed as a social feature for the city's
summer season. Further information
on the show may be obtained from the
show manager, Warner L. Brittain, of
Frederick, Md.
Justin Morgan Assn.
classes, English, western, fine harness
and Jr. fine harness.
It is gratifying, indeed, to see so
many more Morgan classes being offered each year. These classes have
great advertising value, in that they
are instrumental in bringing about
sales which in turn increases the number of exhibitors so lets all get out and
show our Morgans this season.
Woods and Water Farms has engaged Frances "Raz" LaRose for showing and training their Morgan horse
show string for the 1959 season. With
John Williams, our present trainer,
this will make a very valuable combination.
The Michigan Morgan Horse Breeders' Futurity held its Annual meeting
Sunday, April 25th at HyCrest Farm
in Novi. The following Board members
were present: Mr. and Mrs. Milo Measel, Milo Dugan, Walter Carroll, Jim
Jones, Joe Symons, Walter Kane and
Ed Mansfield. Milo Measel was elected
Chairman and Threasa Measel, Sec'y.Treas. The General Provisions were
gone over and amended. The secretary
was instructed to revise the General
Provisions and to include the new
amendments passed on by the Board
of Directors. They will be mailed to
all present members of the Futurity
and Mich. Morgan owners previous to
the nomination dates. One of the
revisions involved the two-year-old
division which will be shown as a Fine
Harness class instead of a Pleasure
Driving class. Due to the interest in
competition in the futurity classes at
the State Fair the Futurity expects a
much larger group of entries again
this year.
P. S. As we are winding up this
news report, Bill Taft came over with
a 16 cubic yard earth mover and a
huge bulldozer and leveled off a beautiful spot of 150 ft. by 250 ft. for the
new show ring.
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strenuous work for an old veteran.
Sonny always excelled at the trot — not
the extreme action of the schooled
show horse, but at speed. We used to
have a great deal of sport challenging
any and all corners to a trotting race,
knowing in advance that he would
win. Even after the other horses broke
their stride and lunged forward in a
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Sonny would be trotting strong,
fast and even pulling to the front.
Although we never entered into
parade horse classes at shows, nevertheless, he always drew plenty of admiration in a street parade. Instinctively,
he seemed to sense the occasion and
feel the beat of the band music. He
would bow his neck, shorten his stride
and put rhythmic action into his trot.
Sonoma had been bred to innumerable grade mares. The colts were all
far superior to their dams, and usually
carried his stamp on them — a blaze
face and white sox, as well as good
Morgan features. He had never been
bred to a Morgan mare. There were
only a handful in the whole state, and
none in the immediate vicinity. The
time had come for Phil to acquire a
mare or two and start his project. The
first old mare proved sterile. The
next mare was more carefully selected.
We still have her. She is now 18 years
old and has produced fourteen foals.
Sonoma was once the victim of horse
thieves, or perhaps a better term would
be "Horse-nappers." We were living
on a ranch at the foot of Blue Ridge.
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Northampton, Massachusetts
Elk were abundant in the surrounding
hills, and the ranchers were plagued
by the big beasts. They smashed fences
like bulldozers, ate feed needed for
our cattle, and generally were a nuisance. Elk are protected by strict game
laws, so we could do nothing about it.
One morning, Sonny was missing from
his hillside pasture. We were not
alarmed, as several times before, elk
had broken down fences and Sonny
had gone over to the next ranch. This
time, however, he was not to be found.
A closer examination revealed no
broken fences and no open gates, but
tracks of a vehicle at the gate into his
pasture. We found no horse tracks
along the lane leading to the main
road, so concluded that he had not left
under his own power. After notifying
the State Police and alerting all the
neighbors, we began a thorough check,
but found no clues. For two days, we
continued to search for Sonny. Then
came an anonymous message. We hurried to the spot to which we had been
directed, which was about ten miles
away. There, tied to a fence post, was
our missing stallion. The shifty-eyed,
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MARILYN C. CHILDS, Pres.
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Dam: Junnette
Sire: Rhodoak
Chestnut with white star, height 14.2, broke
to drive, fine disposition and gentle.
Also a yearling stud colt
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Sire: Norsisk
Dam: Lulin
Broke to drive, and several weanling fillies.
Mrs. Wm. W. Barton
1806 National Avenue, Rockford, Illinois
nervous acting character who tied
Sonny up, claimed he found him on
the road. This was obviously false, as
there were no tracks on the soft dirt
and gravel. This area and the surrounding roads had been completely
checked by both the State Police and
ourselves. AIso, Sonny was not shod
at the time, but his feet showed no sign
of two days travelling on gravel roads.
Our "friend" who rescued Sonny had
a mare in season and a horse trailer.
However, we were so relieved to get
Sonoma back safe and sound, we did
not press charges. Shortly after this
episode, we moved away, so have no
knowledge as to whether or not the
mare foaled. After all the trouble and
risk involved to avoid payment of a
stud fee, surely he deserved some reward.
After we moved from Coos County
to Grants Pass, we increased our little
herd of Morgans. We seldom keep
more than eight to ten at a time, due
to the limitations imposed upon us by
our five acres. Sonoma has sired some
fine colts for us.
Phil has preached, praised, lived and
breathed Morgans for eighteen years.
He probably bored many people, but
there are quite a number who listened
and learned and now are Morgan
owners themselves. In 1955, we succeeded in getting Morgan classes
started at both the Spring Horse Show
and the Josephine County Fair. For
the first time in his life, Sonny competed against others of his own breed.
That year, at 17 years of age, he won
the OHA Award for Grand Champion
Morgan of Oregon, and has not been
shown since.
When the Morgan Horse Association
of Oregon was formed last year, we
were delighted that finally, after all
these years of being "lone wolves,"
there were enough Morgans and Morgan enthusiasts to organize and really
do some promotion. The day of the
Morgan in Oregon came too late for
Sonny. His day was past.
Sonny is now turned out to pasture
where he can gaze over the fence at
his little band of mares and colts. He
is a little saggy here and there, and
getting gray around the muzzle, but
he runs and plays like a frisky colt.
The only work asked of him is an
occasional turn around the pasture
with one of our little nieces or
nephews. We even allow our two-yearold daughter to "wide" Sonny by herself. He is safe for tiny children, but
still zippy enough for anyone. Sonny
fancies himself as a watchdog. Although we have three Doberman Pinschers who keep us well informed on
what's going on, we still depend on
Sonny to call us if any of the mares
or colts should stray. Another of his
accomplishments is the ability to utterly
ruin fences. In a few short weeks, he
can make a brand new, well-built fence
look as though it had been built during the dark of the moon by a onearmed, nearsighted handy-man suffering from a hangover. Electric fences
are his dish — he knows how to short
out the current.
Sonoma has probably never been
heard of outside his own little territory.
He will never go clown in Morgan history as a famous site or great show
horse; but if old Justin Morgan ever
looks down on earth from up there in
Horse Heaven, I'm sure he would say:
"Well done, Sonoma, you are a credit
to my name."
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anyone is welcome to come and see them.
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them in the mud of the water catch,
covering the ground that was wet.
Then with a dead cedar stump he pried
stones loose from the ledge, covering
the bedded stone until the water
could no longer be reached by a horse,
and the watching stallion swallowed
dryly, his tongue thick and swollen.
This cut off the last free Water on
the range. But the man below did
not see the rider watching him through
field glasses, nor did he see that rider
come up the gulch. But when he
straightened up to drag a sleeve across
his greasy brow, he looked into the
.30 bore of a Winchester, and the
steady eyes of the man behind it. The
stallion high in the cliffs did not hear
what was said, nor the quiet bitterness
in the voice behind the gun, but even
from there he knew that the rider was
the tall man, though there was some
stoop to the shoulders now, and the
wide hat shaded a fringe of white
hair. The man with the cedar trunk
still worked as hard but not as willingly, undoing all the work he had done.
He pried the big stones out, spilling
them down the gulch, and he rooted
out the bedded boulders, mud plastering his shirt front when he carried
them away and when he looked up to
protest, the black bore of the Winchester looked back at him, and the
steady eyes behind it, and at last the
Morgan saw the glint of the sun on
the tiny speck of water, and watched
the tall man follow the other down
the gulch, and he slid down from the
cliffs, scarcely waiting until they were
out of sight so great was his thirst.
He sucked at the water and the slime,
mud and grit coming into his mouth,
and a long time was gone before his
thirst at last was quenched.
He stayed away from all the other
water holes after that. The hunger
for clear water was in him, and many
days he was gaunt, but most of the
fire and fight had left him, and he no
longer wanted to run the risk of the
traps. The stinking water catch was
not worth a trap, stock would not
take the chance for such poor water,
and the risk would be too great when
it took an animal so long to suck up
a drink, and though the old stallion
watched a long time before dropping
down in, he never saw anyone down
there again. For most men would not
foul nor cover water in a land that
had so little of it, though being in the
mustanging business they saw fit to
build traps, and though the margin
between the two acts was very narrow
range etiquette permitted one but
frownd on the other. And the one man
who had covered it remembered the
steady eyes behind the Winchester, and
stayed away.
The calendar said summer was over,
but the dryness stayed, and the heat,
and the range burned under a heavy
sun, gasping and cracked, and whirling devil winds spotted the desert,
sucking up the powdered earth and
spewing it into the sky. Nights even
on the mountain tops were not cold
enough to freeze down the clouds of
buffalo gnats, and the stock suffered
from them, with watery eyes, and ears
pinned back. The old Mahogany
Morgan though not really poor, had
dropped off some in weight, for he
needed more water to be able to eat
the sunburned grasses. He spent his
days mostly on the skyline keeping
watch, and still he liked the feeling of
seeing the horizon a long look away,
but he no longer wanted to run and
see what was beyond that far horizon.
Often at night he dropped down out
of the deep canyon just to be near, and
stand where he had last been with the
black mare, and sometimes in his
sleep he thought that her head was
resting across his back, and he
chukkered softly, and for a short space
was content. On such a morning he
woke to the cool of an early dawn, and
all was still, yet a chill of warning
moved along his back, and he raised
his head and looked to the distance,
seeing nothing, but knowing something
was there. He swung into the canyon
at a trot, his old legs stiff a little as he
started, and not so clean of action now,
and before he warmed and limbered
up he knew that riders were ahead
of him coming down the trail. He
turned and came out of the canyon on
a swinging lope. He forgot his age
and stiffness, and his nostrils flared
and his mane stood out and his tail
plumed, and the beauty and fire of
other years was in him. He turned to
the north, departing from his usual
plan and figuring to throw the riders
off. But men and horses came up
out of a wash shortly before him and
his heart suddenly pumped hard, and
excitement tightened him. He swung
about and really started to run, putting down tracks often and far apart,
and his joints flexed, and as he warmed
he felt the power still there. He ran
by the men who fanned from the canyon mouth, watching over his shoulder
as they swung in behind, and he
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bottom, putting into his stride all the
strength and guts that was there.
Blood started from his flared nostrils
and tears of near exhaustion rimmed
his eyes, but he outran the two and
drew away. He still tried to angle to
the mountain, feeling that power and
speed would not much longer be his,
but the high streaks of dust were
streaks no more, and one not too far
ahead came down a long, counter ridge
to cut him off, and he knew that he
would need to work more out onto
the flat for room to outrun the fresh
horse. The rim of tall sage ahead told
him there was a wash beyond and it
came to him that the man on the ridge
would need to pinch him off before
he crossed the wash for on the other
side he would lead them all and run
the trail to freedom.
He saw the rider jerk out his rifle
and quit his sliding horse, and he saw
the smoke that jumped from the muzzle of the gun, and he felt the stinging
fire and the explosion of the mushrooming slug within him, and his heart
burst as he took to the air across the
wash. And he was dead when he hit
the other side.
THE END
and his neck, and froth blew from his
mouth in streams, streaking his back
with white. He drew his air in hard
and deep, feeling the burn at the bottom of his lungs. His shoulders
flexed and hardened and flexed again
with his stride, and his solid quarters
bulged with effort. He did not take
time to dodge the low cedars, taking
the chance of disembowelment or castration as he cleared their snags, and
fragments of sage were high in the air
behind him from the speed of his
passing through. He topped a small
hillock pockmarked with badger holes
and never slowed but found his way
through without stumbling, but one
of the horses behind him did not do
so well, and the rider was catapaulted,
spread eagling into the air to slide
along face down, furrowing the dirt.
One man stopped to help him, but the
others came on, for in all the years
they had never held the Mahagony
Morgan down from the mountain this
long, and they figured their chance
would never be better. The old stallion watched the two riders close above
him using quirt and spur, and asking
more of horses that had already done
too much, and he reached clear to the
heard their calling and saw them
spread out, and behind them saw the
riders from the wash coming on hard.
He angled to the mountain, at first
seeing no outriders, but men came out
from behind a sugarloaf hill, forcing
him onto the flat again, and now he
knew that a trap had been sprung, and
this was no usual run. For the mustangers had kept a lookout who finally
found out where the stallion came at
night, and while he slept they had surrounded him. There had never been
this many riders when his band had
numbered over thirty. He did not
crowd too far onto the flat, knowing
that they could work a relay on him
there, and he ran as hard as he had
ever done, and as fast, and the two
men on fresh horses could not gain
enough to point him. He looked to
the mountain, hoping to find it clear,
and knowing that in miles he could
come across the front of the two riders
and scale the mountain. But dust
showed there in streaks, paralleling
him behind and ahead, and the outriders at last had given themselves
enough lead and a spare man behind
to keep him from doubling back.
Lather built up along his shoulder
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Visitors Welcome
MRS. H. J. HILTS
Woodstock, Vt.
THIS SPACE AVAILABLE
$30.00 6 issues
$50.00 12 issues
"Amos" — "Howard" — "Leo")
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Mosher
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Phone CR 7-3278
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El Rancho Pequeno
SPECIAL ACRES I REEVES RANCH
At Stud
Home in Maine of
FLIGHT ADMIRAL
WASEEKA'S SPECIAL EDITION
(Top Flight—Highview Honey)
Sire: Ulendon Dam: Varga Girl
DICKIE'S PRIDE
When in Southern California visitors
are always welcome.
Our MAIN pleasure is showing our
Morgan Horses.
Palomino Morgan
MR. and MRS. KEITH MORSE
1244 S. Sunkist Ave.
Visitors Welcome
West Covina, Calif.
Phone: Edgewood 7-5150
JUNE 1959
At Stud
Height 15
IMR. and MRS. W. E. ROBINSON
R.F.D. 2, Bangor, Maine
Weight: 1050
EARL MAYLONE, Manager
P. 0. Box 777
Valley Center. Calif.
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BREEDERS' LISTING
BAR-T FARMS
Rowley
Massachusetts
Breed to the Best!
AT STUD
Orcland Leader
Sire: Ulendon
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Colts usually for sale.
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Quality, Not Quantity
MORGANS
Show quality, pleasure disposition,
high-percentage blood.
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H. SEEWALD
Morgan Horses
At Stud
TRIUMPH 10167
Sire: Mentor 8627
Dam: Damsel 04822
Rte. #1,
Box 462
AMARILLO, TEXAS
MORO HILL MORGAN FARM
Dyberry Ethan 10801
Ideal in type and bloodlines
BILLY BROOKHAWK 10870
MR. & MRS. RAY SEARLS
Me d ora. Illinois
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arc bred for type, disposition, good
legs and feet, as well as high percentage of the original blood.
At Stud (in 1960)
JUBILEE'S COURAGE 8983
LIPPITT ASHMORE 10811
South Woodstock, Vt.
(Serenity Farm)
Dyberry Billy
Sentana
Mr. & Mrs. Wallace L. Orcutt, Jr.
West Newbury, Mass.
BIG BEND FARMS
Winnebago
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At Stud
TOWNSHEND GAYMEADE 10284
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ALRITA 05147
FOX RIVER ROAD SILVER LAKE, WIS.!
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At Stud
ULENDON 7831
Illinois
Breeders of
NORTHERN ILLINOIS TOP
MORGANS
Visitors Always Welcome
Young Stock Usually For Sale
THE WM. W. BARTONS
1806 National Ave., Rockford, Ill.
I WENLOCH FARM 1 ASHBROOK FARM
Home of
I Ann Arbor
Michigan I
Morgans of quality and true type.
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At Stud
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pedigree.
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II High percentage
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Visitors Welcome
young stock usually
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for sale.
MARGARET RICE
I MR. and MRS. E. B. RICKARD
FOR SALE
Registered MORGANS of all ages
Mr. & Mrs. Chester F. Treftc
ORCLAND FARMS
"Where Champions Are Born"
Ulysses — Allenda
Always glad to show our horses I
America's great proven sire of show
and Angus cattle. We are easy to I
champions and trail ride winners.
find, 5 miles west of Medora.
FRANCES H. BRYANT
MARILYN and HAROLD CHILDS
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Morgans of the highest quality.,
Jerseyville 2970 R 2
Colts and Broke Horses For Sale IA
At Stud
LIPPITT MANDATE
Searls Springwater
Stock Farm
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HURRICANE LAKE
AGAZIZZ
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Yearlings and 15 weanlings for sale.
Over 65 Top Morgans.
Rt. 303, Hinckley, Ohio
Between Cleveland, O. and Akron, a
Wayne Harris, Trainer
Chas. Miller, Manager
Ph. Crestview 8-2145
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Meredith, N. H.
KENYON'S
Ocala Wilderness Farm
At Stud:
LITTLE HAWK 11398
The breeding, training and use of
Honest Trail Horses our Pleasure and
our Specialty.
Visitors are dear to us.
MRS. LUCILLE KENYON
Altoona, Florida
The MORGAN HORSE
BREEDERS' LISTING
THREE WINDS FARM
AT STUD
Black Sambo 9939
Grand Champion National Morgan
Show 1954
Dyberry Billy 9649
Gold Band
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Noble
R.D. 2, Clark's Summit, Pa.
RICHARDS RANCH
Useful Morgans for
Pleasure, Work and/or Show.
Pine City, N. Y.
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ORCLAND VIGILDON
MELODY MORGAN 9119
Mr. & Mrs. ROGER ELA
the home of champions.
MR. and MRS. F. 0. DAVIS
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Morgans of all ages for sale.
Mr. and Mrs. L S. Greenwalt
Pawnee, Illinois
(near Springfield)
Tel. Springfield 9-1989
ROBINHURST
MORGAN Horses
M.H.C. I
Double-Registered
PINELAND
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Box 522
JUNE 1959
I MR. & MRS. HAROLD J. ALLBEE
Mid-State Morgan Farm
1958 N. E. H. C. Morgan
Pleasure Champion
Star of Valor
Also Harlequin Great Danes
BARRE
LaGrange, Georgia I
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Palomino
P.H.B.A.
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North Falmouth, Massachusetts
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Windsor, Vermont
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If you want champions, come to
HIGHVIEW FARM
TOWNSHEND
Morgan-Holstein Farm
Breeders of the True Type
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WIND-CREST
MERRYLEGS FARM
"The pleasure their owners take in
our Morgans is a source of great
pride to us."
Morgans of Classic Quality
MR. & MRS. PETER W. HUNT
DeMott Rd., Middlebush, N. J.
Phone Viking 4-2646
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61 O'NEILL MORGAN HORSE FARM
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I Manteno
Illinois
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! WOODS and WATER
FARMS
Michigan's Top Morgan Breeders
1 We enjoy showing our barnfull of
famous Morgans to visitors. Their
compliments are rewarding.
Stock for Sale
Yes, we always have Morgans to sell.
MABEL OWEN, owner
So. Darimouth, Mass.
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WALTER and RHEDA BANE
South Lyon, Michigan
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FOR SALE: 5 year old registered bay
Morgan gelding. Experienced trail and
pleasure. Rugged, willing. Too much
horse for youngsters, ideal for experienced
rider. By Nekomices Archie out of Westfall Bonnie Brook #11241. Price $400.00.
NORMAN DAILEY, Box 12. Narrowsburg.
N. Y. Tel 103 R 31.
FOR SALE: Two high percentage yearlings, well grown and gentle. Stallion
by Sherimill Sunrise x Annfield. Filly by
Lippitt Mandate x Aida. MURIEL GORDON,
Middleburgh, N. Y. HI 5-7369.
FOR SALE: Yearling chestnut reg.
Morgan stud colt by Easter Twilight.
Horses and riders boarded at Timber Trail
Ranch. MR. and MRS. ALFRED RICE.
Shaftsbury, Vermont. Tel Drake 5.2889.
FOR SALE: Reg. Morgan stallion; Sire:
Fleetfield; Dam: Felicity; coming 4, chestnut. hind socks white, well trained, gentle,
a blue ribbon winner in '58. 15 hands,
wt. 1060 and sound. Picture Page 21 Nov.
issue. Price $1600.00. BILL PETERSEN.
Joliet. Montana.
FOR SALE: Irish Parader - 3 year
old gelding. Sire: Parade. Dam: Lyna
Morgan. 16 hands, rich chestnut with
light points. Green broken to ride and
drive. Contact: D. J. WILLEY, RD #2,
Kennedy, N. Y. Phone Kennedy 2128.
FOR SALE: Handsome registered Morgan show typo mare, bay with black
points 13 years old. Good home essential M. U. MEANEY, Shorbom, Mass.
FOR SALE: Matched pair Palomino
Arabian geldings, 7 years old. Millstream
bloodlines. No dealers. M. U. MEANEY,
Sherborn, Mass.
FOR SALE: Registered Morgan, 6 year
old chestnut gelding, 14.3. easy gait, very
pleasant ride. Horse can be Seen at
Towne-Ayr Farm, Montpelier. Vt. Contact
MARGARET STONE, East Montpelier, Vt.
Tel. Capital 3-5720 after five P. m.
FOR SALE: 2 weanling colts — show
prospects. 1 bay with 2 hind socks and
a stripe; 1 chestnut with blaze and 2 hind
socks. Sired by Don Hudson. Req. Morgan.
For further information, write: THE GORDON JR.'s, Shamrock Farm. Honeoye Falls,
N. Y.
FOR SALE: Ro:de's Archie, 8 year old
cherry bay Morgan stallion, black points.
Western broke, A-1 condition. Gentle
but spirited. Double registered. Proven
sire. Also—Morgan filly, Royalton Debbie
Darling, 2 years old. Dark chestnut, white
hind sock and white strip in face. A-1
condition — Registered. Can be Gold
Banded. Old type breeding. Selling out.
Will be priced right. Morgan Horse Volume No. I, very good condition. Price
$40.00. MR. and MRS. HAROLD WELLS,
Royalton Acres, Chestnuiridge Road.
Middleport 2. N. Y.
CLASSIFIED
14 per word
HARTMAN TRAILERS—Agent, J. CECIL
FERGUSON, Greene, R. L
FOR SALE: Girls clic. green Kentucky
Jodhpurs size 12 — $6.50. Girls washable
white coat size 12 — $7.50. Above items
are like new, worn only 3 times SUELLEN
BOTSFORD, Keeseville, New York.
FOR SALE: Jeremiah Hawk 12146,
yearling stud colt, chestnut with heavy
mane and tail, high-beaded, deep-bodied,
square-moving, with General Gates 4th
grand-sire both sides. A keen prospect
for anything. Also Palomino Morgan stud
colt, same sire (Little Hawk 11398) out of
Palomino daughter of Ethan's Jubilee.
Coming north in August, will haul for half
price. MRS. LUCILLE KENYON, Altoona,
Florida.
As of January 1, 1959 the owner of
the dam of a foal at the time of its
birth must be the one to make application for the foal's registration.
Transfers of ownership of the foal
there after will be made in the regular
manner and at the regular transfer fees.
This means that the registration of
every animal in the Register must be
made by the owner of its dam who
should be the one who is positive about
its identity. This should result also
in prompt registration while the facts
in regard to the foal are fresh in mind
and thus avoid confusion and inaccuracies which frequently result from
delayed registration. It should also
prevent the dodging of the first transfer fee which heretofore has been possible by selling the animal unregistered
and allowing the new owner to make
application for registration.
TROUBADOUR FARM
BOARDING - TRAINING - SELLING SHOWING
RIDING INSTRUCTIONS
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In door ring for year round facilities. Kopf
English Saddlery — new and used; also
stable supplies. Ralph G. Hallenbeck.
owner, Selkirk, N. Y.. 5 miles south of
Albany, N. Y., Route 9-W. Phone: South
Bethlehem Roger 7-3396.
"HOW TO TRAIN HORSES" — A book
everyone who likes horses or ponies
should have. FREE. No obligation.
Simply address BEERY SCHOOL OF
HORSEMANSHIP, Dept. 1506-C, Pleasant
Hill. Ohio.
ADVENTURE ON HORSEBACK! 4-day
Silver Spurs Trail Ride through Pennsylvania mountains. Men, women, boys,
girls. August 12-15. 11th year. Free
folder. CAMPBELL, New Milford, Pa.
FOR SALE: 123 acre retreat for riding,
near Elkhart, Indiana and Toll Rd. Undeveloped site on main paved highway.
Natural Sports Bowl, place for track.
Bluffs, open plateau, thousands tall trees,
walnuts, wild cherry, oaks, hickory, running spring. $160.00 per acre. Owner:
HARVEY LITTLEFORD, Downers Grove,
Illinois.
FOR SALE: Rog. Morgan geldings for
your riding and driving pleasure. Hunter
prospects. All horses are sound and safe
for children. J. S. WHITAKER, RD #1,
Seeley Rd., Bridgeton, N. J.
FOR SALE: 3 year old dark chestnut
Morgan mare. 2 year old chestnut Morgan mare. One 5 year old chestnut gelding. All registered and broken to saddle.
Also 5 year old Shetland pony. JAMES
F. THOMPSON, Route 4, Jackson, Michigan.
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Phone ST 4-5205.
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Notice to Breeders
CORONA OINTMENT
This tallow
Is going to need Corona
hoofs,
For small cute, snags. scratches; Dr
sore beets. Corona provides the Ideal minor.
wound. gait and boot dressing. Rich In Wool
Pat—antiseptic—so softening. soothing! Neve'
be without a can of this favorite of horse lovers
sines 10C.S. Many human uses. toot 8.os. can
1.10. At deniers or post paid. Trial Sample 10e.
LANTISEPTICI Write "CORONA" Bar
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Kenton, Ohio
Mid-America
nia. Peg has been busy visiting the
Morgan owners out on the West Coast
and writes that they are like all the
Morgan people everywhere, GRAND.
One of the big activities on the agenda
there is a "Playday" to be held in
June at the Linn estate near Modesto,
California. These types of get togethers are one of the very best ways
to promote the Morgan breed.
Having read about Mrs. Powers recent purchase of a Saddle-bred, I must
report that Jacquelyn Behling of Cambria, Wis., owns one too. His name
is Lovely Manners, he is an eight year
old gelding geared to perfection for
equitation classes.
The following shows are on the Wisconsin Horse Association agenda for
1959, and will most likely have Morgan divisions. June 5-7, Milwaukee
Spring Show; June 13-14, Oshkosh;
June 28, Oregon; July 11-12, Manitowoc; July 18-19, Madison; July 2526, Green Bay; July 29-August 2, Wisconsin State Fair; August 22-23,
Sheboygan.
This is all for this month. We'd like
news from your stable, why not join
us, just drop a card to Joan Hoburg,
600 Lincolnway W., Morrison, Ill.,
for details, she'd be pleased to hear
from you.
The MORGAN HORSE
New England Calendar of Events for Morgan Owners
CONNECTICUT
June 28 L. B. Riding Club Horse Show, Middleton, Conn. Mrs.
Warren E. Frazier, Sec., 374 S. Main St., Middleton, Conn.
Aug. 29 Horse Guard Horse Show, Avon, Conn. Lt. John D.
Camera, Mgr., 154 So. Quacker Lane, West Hartford, Conn.
Sept. 6 Enfield Junior Chamber of Commerce Horse Show,
Somers, Conn. Mr. John Thomas Vallee, Mgr., 8 Bright
St., Thompsonville, Conn.
Oct. 11 Suffield Horse Show, Suffield, Conn. Mr. Loomis H.
Ahrens, Mgr., 5 Day Avenue, Suffield, Conn.
Show dates approved for 1959 MID-ATLANTIC
scoring are as follows:
"A"
June 5-7 Lancaster, Pa.
June 11-13 Camden, N. J.
"B"
June 26-28 New Brunswick, N. J.
July 24.26 National Morgan Show, Nothampton, Mass. "A"
July 31-Aug. 2 Williamsport, Pa.
Aug. 7.8 Mid-Atlantic, Frederick, Md.
Aug. 14.16 Clark's Summit, Pa.
Sept. 18.20 Bedford, Pa.
"B"
Sept. 25-26 Camdem, N. J.
"B"
Oct. 17-24 Harrisburg, Pa.
VERMONT
June 13-14 Burlington Riding and Driving Club Horse Show, Essex Jct. Fair Grounds, Essex Jet., Vt. Mrs. Constance Zolotas, Sec., 1100 Dorset St., So. Burlington, Vt.
June 27.28 Windsor Lion's Club Horse Show, Buene Vista Farm,
Route 5, Windsor, Vt. Mrs. Joseph Bushor, Sec., 4 Kiniry St.,
Windsor, Vt.
July 4 Warren Community Club Horse Show, Warren, Vt., Mr.
James Wu, Mgr., Fiddler's Green, \Mansfield Vt.
July 11 New Brook Volunteer Fire Assoc. Horse Show, New
Fans, Vt. Mr. George Ware, Mgr., New Fane, Vt.
July 11-12 Essex Junction Lion's Club Horse Show, Essex Jct.
Fair Grounds, Essex Jet., Vt. Mr. W. E. Gregory, Mgr., 10
Pleasant St., Essex Jct., Vt.
July 12 Brattleboro Riding Club Horse Show, Brattleboro,
Vt. Mrs. Robert Middleton, Sec., Westwold Farm, West
Brattleboro, Vt.
July 18-19 Montpelier Horse Show, England Farm, Montpelier,
Vt. Mr. Heber England, Mgr., 1 Hopkins Terrace, Montpelier,
Vt.
July 25 Franklin Horse Show, Franklin, Vt. Mrs. Mae Gates, Sec.,
Franklin, Vt.
July 31. Aug. 1st and 2nd
Woodstock Horse Show, So. Woodstock, Vt. Mr. Roger Iviaher, Mgr., Green Mountain Horse
Assoc., South Woodstock, Vt.
Aug. 9 Connecticut Valley Exposition Horse Show, Bradford, Vt.,
Mrs. Helen Hutchins, Sec., Newbury, Vt.
Aug. 9 Arlington Lion's Club Horse Show, Arlington, Vt. Mr.
Donald Keough, Sec., Arlington, Vt.
Aug. 16 Stowe Horse Show, Stowe, Vt. Mrs. John Chambers,
Mgr., Ten Acres Lodge, Stowe, Vt.
Aug. 16 Wallingford Charity Horse Show, Wallingford, Vt.
Mrs. Warren C. Baker, Mgr., 60 S. Main St., Wallingford, Vt.
Aug. 22 Springfield Elks Club Horse Show, Springfield Vt. Mrs.
Lindsey Jarvis, Sec., Box 498, Springfield, Vt.
Aug. 23 Hartland Fair Horse Show, Hartland Fair Grounds,
Hartland, Vt. Mr. Joseph Bushor, Sec., 4 Kiniry St., Windsor, Vt.
Sept. 13 Blue Mountain Riding Club Horse Show Buena Vista
Farm, Rte. 5, Windsor, Vt. Mrs. Joseph Bushor, Sec., 4
Kiniry St., Windsor, Vt.
Sept. 19 Tunbridge Fair Horse Show Tunbridge, Vt. Mrs. Leonard
Tatham, Sec., Ashland, New Hampshire.
OTHER EVENTS
Sept. 2.5 24th Annual 100 Mile Trail Ride and 50 Mile Pleasure
Ride, Woodstock, Vt. Mr. Roger Maher, Mgr., Green Mountain Horse Assoc., South Woodstock, Vt.
Oct. 2-3 New England Morgan Horse Association Fall Foliage
Ride, Doris M. Rockwell, Sec., Windsor, Conn.
Oct. 10, 11, 12 Green Mountain Horse Association Annual Foliage Ride. Mr. Roger Maher, Green Mountain Horse Assoc.,
Woodstock, Vt.
The above is a partial listing of coming everts in so far
as we know them to date. The N.E.H.C. and N.H.Hz&T.A. have
not sent us a listing of their shows as yet. As soon as they
do. this list will be revised and completed next month.
NATIONAL MORGAN HORSE CLUB
New York, N. Y.
FRANK B. HILLS, Secretary
I hereby enclose $5.00 for membership in the
National Morgan Horse Club.
Name
Address
GICOM
has that
s addle
something
It's found in the peg of the
breeches, the flair
in the jacket, the thoughtful
attention to details. This
"Saddle Something" in every
garment sold at Miller's (be
it a custom made Shadbelly
coat or ready-to-west
gabardine breeches at 8.50)
stamps all our clothes
absolutely correct for every
occasion from hacking in
the park to the Horse
Show at the Garden.
Send 500 for our 128 pace
cat 95NY of riding clothes
saddlery and accessories
123 E. 24 Si. NY 10 • OR 7-0800
GREEN MOUNTAIN STOCK FARM
Randolph, Vermont
liane
" fitpitt" illot9afts
Lippitt Morgans enjoy a very high percentage of Justin Morgan
blood and are bred and offered for sale as pleasure horses.
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Address all correspondence to:
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Green Mountain Stock Farm, Randolph, Vt.
Robert L. Knight, owner
John D. Esser, Supt.

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