1966-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1966 November Voice RS | Page 36

So it was a successful venture and I am sure will be a
wonderful hobby for owners. Dr. Keith and Norma God­
frey and their fine manager and trainer, Ed Rosentreter,
of Anchorage, Alaska. — “And would you believe” there
arc “TENNESSEE WALKING HORSES” in Alaska!??
This just goes to show you they are a wonderful breed and
will soon be everywhere!
Tane Rowland of Bartlesville. Oklahoma, and her four
children and a friend, stopped over night with us on their
way up to Crystal Lake, Michigan, for their annual sum­
mer vacation. Jane was another of the wonderful people
we met at Camp.
Tried to talk jane into bringing her top show horse,
SHADOW’S G MAN with her for our “little” celebration
Horse Show in Kalamazoo, but she hardly thought she
could make it this year, but promises to next year. She
has G MAN and GO BOY’S CRACKER JACK in train­
ing at Joe Webb’s.
A snapshot of Ed Rosentretcr of Anchorage, Alaska, manager-trainer for
Kelly Ranch Stables of Anchorage, taken at Joe Webb’s Camp Miles
Sylvania, Clarksville, Arkansas, the day before he left with four horses
for Alaska.
MICHIGAN
WALKING HORSE NEWS
By Mrs. J. Wade Titus
Galesburg, Michigan
Last summer during our stay at Joe Webb’s Camp
Miles Sylvania. at Clarksville, Arkansas, we met many very
interesting people. One in particular interested me when
I learned that he was there to truck four horses to An­
chorage, Alaska.
Having bought these horses from Joe Webb for Dr.
Keith and Norma Godfrey of Anchorage, Alaska, to start
a breeding and training stable known as the Kelly Ranch
Stables, Ed Rosentreter, manager and trainer, had the big
job of getting them up there. This seemed to me a big
undertaking for one man alone, and I told him so. He
seemed to know it would be, but assured me he would
make it, and promised he would let me know when he
arrived. I was very relieved when his letter arrived the
other day telling me he got there safely without any mis­
haps. He made the trip from Kansas City, Kan., 4,650
miles, in just twelve days. All horses and Mr. Rosentreter
made the trip in good shape—although all were exhausted.
He is already working and training the stallion “LYN-
MAR.” which is bv ROGER’S PERFECTION and out of
a MIDNIGHT SUN mare. MIDNIGHT QUEEN, for the
State Fair in Palmer in September. This is a fine mahog­
any bav stud with strip and two white socks. Flis name
will be changed to “CAPTAIN COOK.”
Also being trained is “WALKING DOLL.” a chestnut
mare bv “SUPERMAN,” who is by ROGER’S PERFEC­
TION and out of a “TALK OF THE TOWN” marc,
which they plan on showing, but won’t be ready in time
for the State Fair. The GO BOY S SHADOW two-year-
old mare. “MOLLY BROWN” was ridden for the first
time since the long trip and was no trouble at all and from
all indications should make a good mare.
The other mare, “BLUE ANGEL” bv MERRY BOY
ALLEN was bred to the stud. LYN-MAR or ('CAPTAIN
COOK as he will he known in Alaska) and is safely in
foal.
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THE LIFE OF A TRAINER
Oh the “critics” are hard on a “trainer,”
Boy! They really take the cake.
You’ll find their horses never at fault,
The mistakes the “trainers” make.
Now if a seamstress bought some yardage
To make an evening gown.
And when she laid the pattern out
She’d stare at it and frown.
And say—the “pattern” was no good
Or something of the sort
Instead of facing up to facts
Her yardage’s what fell short.
A foolish phrase you may be told
But it makes a lot of sense.
For how in the world can a trainer work
With a horse that’s slow and dense.
Oh, they tell you he has great “blood lines”,
Goes way back, they loudly shout,
Don’t tbey know when forty years go by
Their “blood line” has ran out?
And the man who sold them “Flying Cloud,”
Has guaranteed him to walk.
He said “Lie’s” from great breeding
And does everything but talk.
That last line is a “puzzler’’
For of all the kinds “he’s” ridden,
He wishes that poor horse could “talk”
And tell him where it’s hidden.
I think this “trainer’s” honest,
For be it walking, pace, or trot,
Lie’s not a man to tell you that
Your horse is “what it’s not.’’
It may have conformation
And a very perfect head.
But if “those feet” can’t go their stuff,
Well—it’s better off unsaid.
VOICE of the Tennessee Walking Horse