1964-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1964 September Voice | Page 16

YOUR ROVING
REPORTER
By Charles Goldswig
Daieline Dayton, Ohio
The Dayton Horse Show, for the
benefit of the Shriners’ Hospital for
Crippled Children, which ran from
Monday, August 3rd, thru Satur­
day, August 8th, was a huge suc­
cess on all fronts.
This show had more than 500
horses in competition, including
eight classes of Tennessee Walking
Horses which attracted 109 entries
(results of the Walking Horse
classes will be found elsewhere in
this issue). A quote from the Day-
ton newspaper ran as follows: “If
applause can be used as a fair
guide, then the Tennessee Walking
Horse was one of the more enjoya­
ble horses to watch at the Dayton
Horse Show last night.”
The crowd of 6,000 watched 19-
year-old Vick}r Thompson, on UN­
TOUCHABLE capture first place
and the championship in the $300
Walking Horse stake.
During one of the afternoon per­
formances which did not include
walking horses, your reporter
visited with folks at the show and
queried them about Walking
Horses.
Mrs. Harry Cotterman, who has
been working in the Dayton Horse
Show office for many years, says,
“I just love those nodders.”
Delos R. Potts, of St. Joe, Mich­
igan, said, “I am a pony exhibiter,
but believe I will have to look into
the walking ponies, for they are
becoming pretty popular.”
Taft Johnson, of Grosse Point,
Michigan, who devotes his time to
gaited and fine harness horses,
and does some juding on occasion,
said, “It’s always a great pleasure
to come to Dayton. The folks here
really go all out to look after you.
Incidentally, I understand some
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amateur horsemen in this area are
starting an amateur horsemen’s
association. I wouldn’t restrict it
to walking horses, even though I
am originally from Tennessee, and
have great respect for the Walk­
ing Horse. I believe the associa­
tion would have greater appeal if
it included all breeds.”
Mrs. John Cowgell, of Milan, Mis­
souri, judged saddle seat and stock
seat equitation saddle type, and
western pleasure horses, has a spe­
cial interest in Walking Horses,
for they are including walking
horse equitation in classes at Wil­
liam Woods College, where she is
the director.
Jim Ragsdale, of Miami, Florida,
who judged the show, including
walking horses, said, “I got along
just fine with the walking horse
folks. I hope that they were just as
pleased as I was.”
Note—Rumor had it that unless
the Dayton show would have a re­
gular Tennessee Walking Horse
judge, very few Walking Horses
would enter. This proved to be
without foundation, for they had
more Walking Horses than ever
before. This is a compliment to Mr.
Ragsdale, who is a professional,
with 25 years experience with
gaited horses, although way back
in the early days of his career he
did show some walking horses.
Here’s a quote from Mr. Albert
Wright, of Sharpsbury, Kentucky.
“We are indeed fortunate to have
in our walking horse industry a
young man with a combination of
integrity, sincere dedication, and
the know-how to develop well-bred
walking horses.” Mr. Wright was
speaking of 34-year-old Bob Gil­
more, who was born in Van Lear,
Tennessee, and graduated from
Peabody College in Nashville. Af­
ter serving in the Air Force, he
taught school for awhile and then
returned to his first love, horses
From personal contact and ob­
servation, I think Bob Gilmore is
a great credit to the walking horse
industry and predict a bright fu­
ture for this intelligent and forth­
right young horseman.
Jim and Anne Glidwell, owners
and operators of the Glidwell
School of Equitation, will include
walking horse instruction when
their new barn is completed. They
will have facilities near Richmond,
Indiana for winter and summer.
The exact location will be an­
nounced in the next issue.
On behalf of the Amateur Walk­
ing Horse exhibitors I want to
thank the Washington C. H. Ohio
horse show officials for increasing
from 4 to 8 ribbons in the Amateur
Stake Class of their horse show
scheduled for August 21-22. It is
through these gestures that the
Walking Horse industry will con­
tinue to grow.
Results of the 21st Annual
Charity Youngstown, Ohio Show
held July 16-19 appear elsewhere
in this issue. Walking Horse judge
was Mr. Charles Huston of Li-
berityville, 111.
VERBAL BOUQUET
FOR SUGGESTION
Some weeks ago I received
notice of a Shrine Charity Horse
Show to be held in Washington
C.H., Ohio, August 21 and 22. When
I noted there were only four rib­
bons to be awarded in the Ama­
teur Walking Horse class, I took
the liberty of writing to the sec­
retary, suggesting they increase
to eight ribbons.
Now that the show is over, Mrs.
George Finley writes to thank me
for the suggestion. Her enthusias­
tic letter informed me that they
had more horses than anticipated
— especially in the amateur class.
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