1965-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1965 November Voice

V®ICE OF THE TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE A NATIONAL PUBLICATION DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO THE BREED VOL 4 NO. 9 November, 1965 EDITOR’S COLUMN ------ PUBLISHED BY ----- VOICE Publishing Company FOUNDED 1960 BY BEN A. GREEN GENERAL OFFICES LET’S TIE HORSES - SHELBYVILLE, TENNESSEE For Information Contact: Needless to say, we have seen a lot of horse shows this year. With a few exceptions, we feel that it has been a year of sound and well- meaning judging. There is one key factor we would like to point out that we feel is significant regarding C. BRUCE SPENCER Managing Editor ARLENE EKLUND....................... Contributing Editor the judging of Tennessee Walking FRED E. FRIEND.............................. Associate Editor DR M E ENSMINGER ..............Contributing Editor Horses in the show ring, and that BILLY JOE ANN ESTESS...........Contributing Editor GLORIA L. SPENCER Associate Editor is the percentages on which these BARBARA M. FRIEND Associate Editor TOMMY FOUCHE........................Contributing Editor horses are supposed to be judged BESS FAULKNER Reader Service CHARLES GOLDSWIG ..............Contributing Editor VIRGINIA LAMB ..........................Contributing Editor CHUCK LAYTON....................... Staff Photographer The rule book regarding judging DAVID HOWARD................................................. Staff Assistant EDITH PUCKETT ...................... Contributing Editor as Set forth by the Tennessee Walk JEAN S. BAUM ....................... Contributing Editor JUNE RIGGS ............................. Contributing Editor ing Horse Breeders Association BETTY BLEDSOE Contributing Editor SHARON TERRY ........................ Contributing Editor states that in Two-Year-Old Classes ELIZABETH BRANNON..............Contributing Editor ELAINE THACKER............. Contributing Editor JUDY BYERS ........Contributing Editor HAROLD THACKER.................... Contributing Editor the horses must be tied 50% for DIANA DANIEL......................... Contributing Editor MRS J WADE TITUS................Contributing Editor Running Walk, 25% for Flat Foot Walk and 25% for conformation. Jun -------------- ADVERTISING RATES --------------- ------- DEADLINES FOR ADVERTISING------- ior (three-year-olds) and Age Horses FRONT COVER JANUARY ISSUE....................................... December 20th are to be tied 40% for Running Walk, (Reserved for Horse Advertising) $250 00 FEBRUARY ISSUE......................................... January 20th 20% for Flat Foot Walk, 20% for BACK COVER MARCH ISSUE..............................................February 20th Canter and 20% for conformation. (Available in Two Colors Only) 275.00 APRIL ISSUE..................................................... March 20th INSIDE COVERS MAY ISSUE..........................................................April 20th We point this out at this time in an effort to get everyone to look (Front and Back) ................................... 200 00 JUNE ISSUE ................................................May 20th FULL PAGE (One Color) .......................... 150.00 JULY ISSUE ................................................June 20th back on the season and reflect whe ONE HALF PAGE ....................................... 90.00 AUGUST ISSUE ...........................................July 20th ther or not these rules have been ONE FOURTH PAGE 50.00 SEPTEMBER ................ (Special Celebration Issue) followed. We feel that they have! ALL OTHER SPACE, Per Column Inch . 7.50 OCTOBER ISSUE........................... September 20th It is true that a great deal of (Color Rates On Request) NOVEMBER ISSUE .............................October 20th CLASSIFIED ADS, Per Column Inch ....... 7.50 DECEMBER ISSUE.................................... November 20th emphasis is being put on the Run ning Walk and it is good, as this is the outstanding trait that has SUBSCRIPTION RATES made the Walking Horse popular 2nd Class Postage Paid at Chattanooga, Tennessee 1 Year. .......................................................$ 6 00 and at Additional Mailing Offices in the show ring. It would be in 2 Years......................................................... 11.00 teresting sometime to judge a small 3 Years.............................. 1 5.00 class on the board so that everyone could see exactly how the judge rates each horse in the class with Postmaster: Form 3579 should be sent to Voice Publishing Company, regard to the above-mentioned per P. O. Box 6052, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37401 centages. This has been done in judging schools and works fine when The VOICE PUBLISHING COMPANY does not stand sponsor for opinions or facts stated there is but one judge involved. We by authors or contributing editors in this magazine. _________ , have seen cases where three judges have tried to agree and have found that for some reason it is extremely EDITOR’S COLUMN............................................................................................... 3 difficult to find three Walking Horse COVER STORY.......................................................................................................... 4 enthusiasts who positively agree on TENNESSEE WALKERS IN TEXAS............................................................... 5 judging. BITS & SPURS........................................................................................................... 12 This, of course, makes it interest MIDWEST WALKING HORSE SALE............................................................. 14 ing, but serves to prove that as AMERICAN ROYAL HORSE SHOW................................................................ 16 long as "opinion” is the criterion WISCONSIN WALKS............................................................................................... 28 for judging, we will still have only TARHEEL REVIEW................................................................................................ 29 one happy person in every class, STALLION DIRECTORY...................................................................................... 34 and that is the person who wins TRADE MARKET..................................................................................................... 36 the BLUE. Think it over! P. 0. Box 6052 124 E. 10th Street Chattanooga, Tennessee 37401 November, 1965 C. Bruce Spencer c/o VOICE PUBLISHING COMPANY Phone 267 1726 (Area Code 615) Chattanooga, Tennessee 3

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