1964-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1964 September Voice | Page 31

WALKING HORSES WEST
By Virginia Lamb
RULES OUTLINED
FOR TRAIL RIDING
EDITOR’S NOTE: As fall ap­
proaches and the scheduled horse
shows deminish, many of us will
turn to the trail to enjoy our horses
before winter sets in. Since this
is an ever increasing activity and
interest in Walking Horses for trail
riding is growing steadily, we are
presenting an outline of Rules for
trail riding. These rules are de­
signed to make each jaunt to the
woods and fields more enjoyable
and safer and to assist in the pro­
tection of both horse and rider and
make each trail rider aware of his
obligation to the great out of doors.
Virginia Lamb, VOICE Contrib­
uting Editor from California, sub­
mits the following:
In response to many requests
for any rules and regulations re­
garding trail rides, both competi­
tive and pleasure, here are the rules
as set forth by the California
Horsemen's Association. Some of
them may seem old and outdated,
but are contained in the new rules
book of the CHA.
Rules For Trail Riding
1. Preparation for ride — Horse
to be shod for trails recently, no
loose shoes. Must carry halter and
tie rope. Have hoof pick, pliers and
knife.
2. Before start — have horse
saddled in advance of starting time,
sufficiently long enough to get the
friskiness out of his system.
3. Mounting time. Mount and
keep your horse still until every
rider in the group is mounted, and
leader gives the word go.
4. Follow the leader — Keep the
leaders pace, and stay in place in
line, if at all possible. Riding ahead
of the leader, very discourteous,
you might make a wrong turn and
cause a foul up of the group. If
you have to pass another rider, ask
that rider to let you by then come
up slowly allowing plenty of room,
Keep a horse length between you
and the horse you are following
when riding single file. Ride
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abreast only when there is suffi­
cient room to do so even when the
horses are compatible.
5. When climbing steep grades,
make your horse dig in, instead of
leaping and running uphill.
6. Tying of horse. Tie horse care­
fully — so as to not get loose, use a
slipknot with loose end through the
loop (at the tree or post) about even
with the horses nose, and with V-k.
feet to the halter so he can get his
head down.
7. At end of trip, bring your
horse in at end of trip dry, if you
cannot, slow the cooling by walk­
ing him after the ride. Do not let
your horse drink all the water he
wants on the trail, nor immediately
after the ride is ended, and never
more than a few sips at a time,
until at least one hour after the
ride is over and horse is sufficiently
cooled out.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article
will be continued next month
along with a new series by Vir­
ginia Lamb entitled “The History
Of The Horse.”
CLEMENT STABLES ADDS
TOP AMATEUR HORSE
TO STRING
ALVIN . . . recognized as one of
the nation’s outstanding Amateur
Horses, has been added to the
growing string of show horses at
the CLEMENT STABLES, Hic­
kory, North Carolina. In a recent
conversation with Mr. C. E. Cle­
ment, we learned that the crowd­
pleasing little sorrel stallion had
been purchased from the SUITS-
ME FARMS of Mr. Pat Kim­
brough, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
ALVIN has been shown succes-
fully by Mr. Kimbrough through­
out the 1964 season and will be
shown the remainder of this year
and next by Ronnie Clement. AL­
VIN will be stabled with Mr.
Harold Kennedy in Lewisburg and
will prove to be a capable stable-
mate for the 1963 and 1964 Reserve
Grand Champion Walking Horse
TRIPLE THREAT. The Clements
will continue to show their other
horses out of their stable in Hic­
kory, under the guidance of trainer
Sam Cecil.
BITS and SPURS
By SHARON TERRY
Congratulations to the 1964
World’s Champion Walking horse,
PERFECTION’S CARBON COPY.
Wearing the rhinestone browband
which he wore to the two year old
Championship, COPY’S tremen­
dous speed caught by the crowd
and held its attention throughout
the class. Bred by Dr. Porter Rod­
gers, COPY has attained the high­
est honor bestowed on a walk­
ing horse. Undefeated this season,
COPY’S previous blues include
Little Rock, Somerville, and Ger­
mantown. Joe Webb has made two
World’s Champions in six years,
RODGERS’ PERFECTION in 1959
and CARBON COPY in 1964.
It’s all over now, ’til next year—
the fun, the excitement, the laugh­
ter, the tears. There’s no place in
the world like the Tennessee
Walking Horse National Celebra­
tion. The most famous last words
repeated at the Celebration are,
“I’ll be right back.” Three hours
later the speaker returns.
I have been watching GUN-
SMOKE’S SON ever since he was
a two year old and won the Jubilee.
I said then that he was one of the
greatest colts I have ever seen and
would walk on to many more blues.
SON proved this to be true when
he was crowned World’s Champion
Junior horse for his owners, Mr.
and Mrs. Barkley Brock of Clinton,
Missouri. Toby Green and Buddy
Hugh together have done a great
job with this colt, and boys, he’s
the one to watch out for in the 1965
Celebration.
SETTING SUN ’S APOLLO made
a terrific show to win the two year
old Championship with Billy
Brantley up for Dr. and Mrs. E. B.
Sliger, Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia. The
beautiful golden APOLLO is like
his famous sire in many ways, and
he carries himself with the same
cockiness.
D'Leese Williamson of Jackson,
Mississippi, really has a good horse
in her BOMB’S BALLYHOO. Prior
to his Celebration winnings, BAL­
LYHOO won 15 blues in Middle
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