( Continued from page 20 ) home ; and if you don ’ t have young things at home , you can ’ t keep the
business at home !
If we are wrong in this , show us why and wherein we have erred in our conviction . Our mind is open on the matter and we ’ d like to believe our position is not well taken — but , when it ’ s night , the dawn will come ere long . foaled true to the breed . Then the daughters dropped could have carried on and held high the torch . In the course of a few years , these dams and their filly-get could have produced an appreciable number of future walkers .
But , for a few pieces of silver , these matrons are gone . Will the depletion continue ?
Middle Tennessee is the “ factory ” for the production of these horses of the “ free and easy ” gaits . It is here that this breed originated . It is here that the center of the industry should remain . Market your products ; but don ’ t sell your plant — not if you want to stay in the manufacturing business !
“ What would the world be to us if the children were no more ; we would dread the desert behind us more than the darkness before ,” or something like that said Mr . Longfellow . And this might be well thought upon in connection with the alarming sale of walking horse dams .
Brood mares that are regular breeders are leaving us too fast , according to our sincere conviction — and this is voiced here only because of our sincere interest in the future welfare and development and progress and expansion of the Tennessee Walking Horse industry in Middle Tennessee .
Sires never seem to be recognized or fully appreciated until they are eight , ten or twenty years old . Brood mares don ’ t seem to be good producers until they are six , ten , twelve and upward . Where are these mares when they reach such ages ? If they haven ’ t been shown to death at two , three , four and five — they are sold ; and many times these sales take them out of the State .
Why did a certain quartet of old brood mares make such a notable contribution to the walking horse breed ? One of these grand old dams which we are thinking of , and which all you breeders know , is living today . She ’ s done a swell job . And why ? Because , like the other three , she “ stayed at home ” and produced a foal each year . If you don ' t keep ’ em and breed ’ em at barn . storming
BOB REED STABLES
Right outside of Lewisburg , Tennessee is one of the most active professional stables in this part of the country . BOB REED , SR . and BOB REED , JR . are both active in working the twenty horses that they have in the stable at the present . Some of the outstanding stock they are working includes : Sun ’ s Ann of Shadowville , owned and ridden by ANN FELTON as an amateur horse ; Piddley ’ s Black Ace , a good black two-year-old owned by CHESTER WINGFIELD of Lewisburg ; and Souvenir ’ s Delight , a three-year-old roan filly owned by LESTER MOORE . Dr . Jeffries , a three-year-old stud owned by WADE KEPNER of Wheeling , West Virginia is doing quite well , as is Sun Dust Sam , a sorrel two-year-old stud coltownedby C . D . MACKEY of Piedmont , Alabama . Other two-year-olds in the barn are a Piddley filly owned by ALLEN MOORE of Fayetteville and a bay stud colt by Invasion that is owned by VIC THOMPSON . Mr . JIMMY McNEIL is the proud owner of a three-year-old stud colt by Sun ’ s Quarterback that is showing good promise .
PORT ORANGE Walking Horse Stables
In a recent letter to the VOICE , Mr . GOTTLOB KOENIG announced the opening of the new Port Orange Walking Horse Stables in Daytona Beach , Florida The new facility has forty-eight 12x12 ’ box stalls and is 320 feet long by over 60 feet wide . In the stable are a . feed room , a tack room , a washroom , an office , alounge
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WALKING HORSE ENTHUSIAST WINS MAYORALTY OF RALEIGH , NORTH CAROLINA
Among the most outstanding persons within the ranks of Walking Horse enthusiasts , from coast to coast , is WILLIAM L . McLAURIN of Raleigh , North Carolina . At present , Mr . McLaurin is Mayor , pro tem , of the City of Raleigh and has been a councilman on two previous occasions .
In addition to his civic efforts and interests , Mr . McLaurin has shown , raised and bred quite a number of Walking Horses and has proven to be one of the most faithful and loyal Walking Horse enthusiasts in the state of North Carolina . He owns and operates , among other business ventures , a Walking Horse stable within the city of Raleigh . In 1965 , he was awarded the Capital City Horseman ’ s Association ’ s " Man of the Year ” trophy . His interest in the breed is aptly evidenced by the gold Walking Horse lapel pin which he wears on all occasions .
SECOND NOTICE A few months ago we ran a small ad in the VOICE stating that we had a few select Tennessee Walking Horses just waiting for new owners . We had good response and now have more satisfied customers . We still have several other outstanding Two Year Olds as well as Junior and Aged Horses . Guaranteed " Brantley Broke ” ... no tricks . . ■ just good horses ready to show . Come to see us !
Contact : BILLY BRANTLEY BATTLEGROUND STABLES Fort Oglethorpe , Georgia ( Near Chattanooga , Tennessee ) Phone 866-1984 Day and 866-8726 Night
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