1962-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1962 July Voice | Page 36

North Carolina's
His 'Garden Spot'
Sire 'Register Of Merit'
Here's a prize report from "Union
City—the Garden Spot of Carolina."
according to a native son, Lance J.
Baker, P. O. Box 477, Marshville.
North Carolina. We arc happy to
hear a fellow speak proudly of his
own community and Lance does that
with some well-chosen words.
To Appear In August 'Voice';
Based On Celebration Winners
“The Voice is Cooking Up Something Extra Special for the Great
Pre-Celebration issue expected to go into the mails to all subscribers
by approximately August 15,” Editor Ben A. Green announced just
as the July issue was going to press.
Here’s how Lance puts it:
“We have perfected a plan to bring up to the minute a REGISTER
"Enclosed S4 check is for one year
subscription ... I enjoy reading your OF MERIT including all stallions who have sired winners in certain
magazine. It is very interesting, in­
formative and helpful. There are a Celebration classes since this great show began in 1939,” Green
couple of columns 1 would like to see said.
you add to this magazine and they are
as follows: question and answers col­
“Included are 2, 3 and 4 year old classes and championships in­
umn general; a question and answer cluding preliminaries, and also all available 2-year National Futurity
column veterinarian problems an­
swered by some competent D.V.M. I results. We are going to use the same point system used by James
believe the information derived from Colley when he established this rating system for Jimmy Joe Mur­
these two columns would be most
helpful, most beneficial to owner and ray’s Tennessee Walking Horse Magazine.
horse.
“James Robert Orr of the Huntsville-based Livestock Service has
(Editor’s Note—we hope to have some­
thing forthcoming like this soon.)
allowed us to use information from a copy of his Master of Science
thesis written after years of research—and used in partial fulfillment
“Union County is the garden spot
of Carolina, consisting of small farms of his Master of Science Degree requirements at Texas A. & M. in
and home owners who take much 1951. He later served in the Animal Husbandry Department, at
pride in everything they have around Auburn University (Ala.) for six years. His thesis is entitled ‘A
them. It is a cattle, swine and poultry
producing county with good horses Genetic Analysis of Recent Trends in Tennessee Walking Horse
fast becoming a major item also, Breedings!’ Portions of this thesis will be used in subsequent issues
especially the Tennessee Walking
of the Voice, and in the training book we are currently writing—to
Horse.
"Marshville, North Carolina, the be publshed by Dec. 1. This book will be entitled TRAINER STEVE
little town that I live in, has a popu­ HILL and THE TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE.”
lation of one thousand, and fifty to
seventy-five Walking Horses can be
counted already on this little Marsh­
ville community . . . practically all of
them registered stock.
"Thanks very much for your kind
interest and information. If I am ever
in that vicinity, I will drop in to see
you. If you are ever up in Union
County, i would be most happy to
meet you. . . . P.S. says, If you would
like to have a news item from this
neck of die woods occasionally, I will
be glad to supply to the best of my
ability. Pass the aspirin and don't
slam the lid when you close the box.
(Note—Maybe Lance will use his own
aspirin when he reads this in the Voice and
realizes several thousand other I ennesscc
Walking Horse lovers have already read his
letter. Seems there ought to be a Voice Sub­
scriber for every five horses in Marshville.
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