1964-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1964 August Voice

m £;n l/A 1 ' w TENNESSEE WALKING H ARSE t •A - \ ■■...// j A NATIONAL PUBLICATION DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO THE BREED VOL 3 AUGUST, 1964 NO. 6 PUBLISHED BY VOICE Publishing Company For Information Contact: c- Bruce Spencer-Ph. 698-7996 Fred E. Friend—Ph. 821-3481 Chattanooga°Yennessee 37404 STAFF BEN A. GREEN...................................................Founding Editor C. BRUCE SPENCER........................................ Managing Editor FRED E. FRIEND............................................... Associate Editor GLORIA L. SPENCER........................................Associate Editor BARBARA M. FRIEND..................................... Associate Editor MARY FRANCES GREEN........................... Contributing Editor DR. M. E. ENSMINGER..............................Contributing Editor CHARLES GOLDSWIG................................ Contributing Editor VIRGINIA LAMB.............................................Contributing Editor ALETHA WIEHL.............................................Contributing Editor BETTY BLEDSOE.......................................... Contributing Editor BILLY JOE ANN ESTESS......................... Contributing Editor HAROLD THACKER..................................... Contributing Editor ELAINE THACKER........................................ Contributing Editor SHARON TERRY............................................ Contributing Editor JUNE RIGGS.................................................. Contributing Editor WALTER WILLIAMS.................................................. Art Director CHUCK LAYTON........................................ Staff Photographer BESS FAULKNER..............Circulation and Reader Service SUBSCRIPTION RATES $4.00 per year — $10.00 three years. Single copies .50c per. PUBLISHED MONTHLY ADVERTISING RATES Front Cover $250.00 — Back Cover $200.00 — Inside Covers $180.00 — Full page $125.00 — All other space $5.00 per column inch — Color rates on request. Postmasters: Form 3579 should be sent to Voice Publishing Company, P. O. Box 3054, Chattanooga, Tennessee. 2nd CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT CHATTANOOGA, TENN. IN THIS ISSUE Celebration Judges.......................................... Page Editors Column............................. Page Celebration Story....... ....... Page Cover Story...................................................................................................... Page Professionals on Parade................................... Page Remember Back When................................................................................. Page Profiles ..........................................................................................................Page Judy's Jottings.............................................................................................. Page Appalachian Wagon Train............................................................................ Page Dr. Ensminger..................................................................................................Page From East Tennessee......... ...... Page Bits & Spurs.....................................................................................................Page Doctor Clemmons Writes Again.................................................................Page Horse Business............................................................................................... Page Barn Storming............................................................................................... Page Horse Shows to Remember.......................................................................... Page Horse Show Results..................................................................................... Page Stallion Directory.......................................................................................... Page VOICE Trade Mart....................................................................................... Page AUGUST, 1964 5 7 8 18 20 25 31 36 38 42 51 56 58 60 63 67 68 72 78 EDITORS COLUMN The following article came to us from a reader who thought we might be interested in a short talk on “sportsmanship” that was de livered some time last year to the Capital City Horsemen Association of Raleigh, North Carolina. SPORTSMANSHIP I have been asked to do some thing tonight which any one of us could do. We all know a lot about the topic, therefore, please don’t get the idea I’m an expert. I am going to listen to myself harder than any of you will be listening to me and I hope I’m wise enough to heed my words. Even tho’ we all know the subject, let’s look at what Webster says - “Sportsman,” one who in sports cheerfully abides by the rules and chances of the game and is a good loser and a courteous winner. “Sportsmanship” —- con duct befitting a sportsman. So much for what we are talking about. Now for the application — you know when we go into that horse show ring we put a lot of things on display for the whole world to see — 1) a good-looking well-trained horse; 2) Proper tack; 3) goodlooking riding habits; 4) our riding ability; 5) and our Character. We all love our horses; but really does it make much difference if we take a blue or not even place? The horse is the one being judged and I really believe it doesn’t make too much difference to him. As for the proper tack and good-looking riding clothes — they’re nice and will probably get two words in passing from the audience and be forgotten; riding ability, somewhat the same; but CHARACTER, be lieve me, everyone watching you will judge you on this score and will keep that judgement in the back of his mind forever. What makes character in the ring? One simple thing — “sportsmanship.” I think all of us know how to dis play character and sportsmanship around a horse show but let’s take 30 seconds and review. Be consider ate of the other person's property; use trash buckets etc.; park your trailer or van where you should; be on time; get your horse to the gate when your event is next; show (Continued on Page 22)

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