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Dr . McForlond Cites

( Corttinued lront Page 1 )

astounding ," a harness fi . rm proprietor is ouoted Is saving . He added " riding

has ' graclually but " firmly takcn hold . as a sport that an average person can lnduige in without being thought Iancy ' c , r ihowing off , or eccentric ."

Dr . McF ' arland says families riding lor pleasure grow olten into lamilies * untittg to , fro * horses and that the

State 6t Tennessee Profits largelY when these people set out to get fine

horses . He ursed the horse show Promoters to take ail possible pains to-i < eep their shows above approach , so their shows can attract th^e- best kind of people , an < l the new-found friends of the horse industry will prove great advocates for this type^ of recreational activity .

He oointed out that the amateurs are th6 people who PaY^the waY , and provide the necessarv hnanctal supbort for the horse industry . AII possible efforts should be made to Prove that the horse shows are honest and worthv of their support ' he added . Dr .' McFarland , trii wile and daughter are annual visitors to Shelbyville durins thc Tennessee Walking Horse

Natioial Celebration-and are widely known here . Last year an illustrated brochure was distributed to tell the story o [ the McFar ] and Farms at

Tooeka-and promote the Tennessee witt ing Horie as a strperior breed '

It was widely acclaimecl as a contrlbution to the industrY .

In his .] ackson remarks the-speaker was addr " essing backers of all horse breeds but his ' iemarks were especially

Dertinent with respect to the Teni .," rr "" Walking Horse-with its citadei of activity in Shelbyville and its greatest develoPment in the lZ-county " algu of N { icldle Tennessee historically known as " Tennessee Walking Florse ( -iotrntrv ." ' I ' he phospate in the soil ot this ilca is regirdecl by agricultural scientists as a iecret of the breednoted for its firm bone structure , stamina and docility in disposition .

Heqrt Of Americ < l

( Cotttinued fron Page 2 )) - - another show . A vote is taken bY the members to determine location after invitations are received from shows .

The association donates rather gener " ouslv to this " official show ."

Tipton , Mo . won the 196l show and Soririsfield . Mo . is the choice for the tboz Yomcial show " sometime in Sep-

Hqndbooks Avqilqble

On Stockmen ' s Course

At Wqsh . Stqte U .

Another historY-making event in the erowth of " horse appreciation "

in thi United States took place during December , 1961 , when the Washington State University ' s Animal Science Dept . issued three handbooks covering in hctail proceedings of the I lth annual Stockmen ' s Short Course held at Pullman .

Three exhaustive handbooks were printed-ancl thcy are available [ or distribution 10 interested p er son s rhroughout this nation . They form a virtua " l library o [ late information about horses , cattle , swine , sheep , and relatecl subjects . Two are bound in hard covers " and the more voluminous Stockmen ' s Handbook on cattle , swine , sheep , etc ., consists of hundreds of oases in ' cardboard cover ' doits of these handbooks are : Public Relations Handbook , $ 2 Plus

4 oer cent tax ; ' Stud Ilanager ' s Handbook , dealing in all phases 6f the light horse industrv . li4 plus 4 per cent tax ; ' Sto . k *" tt ' t Handbook , $ 6 plus 4 per cent tax .

Chairman of the Animal Science

Dcpt . is Dr . NI . E . Ensminger , who wrote the U . S . DePt of Agriculture Farmets ' Bulletin in-I958 on the Light

Horse Breeds . This bulletin replaced the one on this sub ' iect issued in 1950 wherein the Tennessee Walking Horse was first recognized bY the Federal Govelnment . -( This momentous development in history of the breed is told ' on Page 89 of ihe book-Biggraphy of the Tennessee \\ ralking Horse .)

Dr . ' Ensminger told the Editor of this magazine ihat handbooks 1nll ' ne

securecl " bl ' rvriting to him at \\' ashington State Universlty , Pullman , \\' ash .

tember .

The Association with five new ones lor 3-year terms . has 15 directors chosen each year

Officers Announced Officers for 1962 are : President , Roland Dickinson , Brighton , Mo .; vicepresident , Edward Sappington , Caliiornia , Mo .; secretary-treasurer , Mrs .

Aileen Richardson , Lee ' s Summit , NIo '

Officers for l96l were : President , Clifford Austin , Tina , Mo .; vice-president , Roland Dickinson , Brighton ' Mo .; secretary-treasurer , Mrs . Aileen Richardson , Lee ' s Summit , Mo .

FOR SALE

A Few Selected TOP

Morch , 1962

SHOW HORSES

AMATEUR

SHOW HORSES

( Horses thot hqve been shown ond proved-ond onyone con ride )

42 Brood Mores

( Come ond select Your choice-

Bred to such world ' s chomPions os Midnight Sun , MerrY Go BoY ond Setting Sun )

PLEASURE HORSES ( Broke for onyone to ride )

STANDING AT STUD

SETTING SUN (' 1958 World ' s Grond Chompion )

MERRY BOY ' S F . 88 GORDON ' S MERRY BOY

These con be seen only ol

SAM PASCHAL ' S STABLES MURFREESBORO , TENN .

Phone [phone] " Americd ' s lorgesf ssles barn "