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MAN O'DAY, winner of roadsters under saddle and second in children's harness. Sydney K. Stoner, Stonaire Farm,

Lewisberry, Pa., owner, up.

Pen-adlitiamia vs pliouci . .

LIPPITT MANDATE, winner of roadsters in harness and sire of two other National winners. Carts-Haven Farm,

Ringtown, Pa., owner. Bill Clarke up.

+ SYDNEY K. STONER, winner of all three of his equitation classes, shown here riding Marianne Naas' Barbadon.

LIPPMAN HAWK (not pictured), winner of stud foal class, bred in Pennsylvania.

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LASSIE KNOX, owned and ridden by Betsy Hawkins, Camp Hill, Pa., winner of children's saddle class and other

ribbons.

DOTTIE IRENE. winner of children's harness class and other ribbons. Carts-Haven Farm, Ringtown, Pa., owner.

Betsy Hawkins driving.

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Storm—Like Topsey he jes' growed Century Ride a Two Characters in Search of a Morgan 10 Trinango—Grand Champion at Illinois State Fair 13 Experience is the Best Teacher 14 Minnesota State Fair 22 Light Horse School 22 Death of Squire Skimp 22

REGULAR FEATURES

Letters to the Editor 4 The Editor's Comments 5 jeffy's Journal — Part 11 12 N. E. News 19 N. Y. State News 19 Morgans Afield and in the Ring 20 Maine Morgan News 21 Breeders Listing N. E. Calendar of Events for Morgan Owners 29 Once Upon A Horse Stabl e Hints 31

Officers of the Mor gan Horse Club President FREDERICK O. DAVIS

Windsor, Vermont Vice-president GERALD F. TAFT

Northville, Michigan Treasurer WHITNEY STONE

90 Broad Street, New York 4, N. Y Secretary FRANK B. HILLS

90 Broad Street, New York 4, N. Y.

The Morgan Horse Magazine

Vol. XIII

October, 1953 No, I0

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THE MORGAN HORSE CLUB, Incorporated 90 Broad Street, New York 4, N. Y.

Publication Office Leominster, Mass.

Publisher Otho F. Eusey for The Morgan Horse Club, Inc.

Editor Sumner Kean CONTRIBUTING EDITORS

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SPECIAL FEATURES

Dear Sir: Please enter a subscription of your

magazine for us, for one year. If you can locate a copy cf the pro

gram for the Morgan Horse Show just held in Northampton, will you please mai, one and bill us? We would appreciate the favor immensely. If we ever are settled in one place for a tour of duty long enough to warrant it, our daughter Karen. 15, will have a Mor-gan. Meanwhile, we're satisfied with a paint (quarter-horse). However, her heart is set on a Morgan. We try to buy each issue of your magazine at a newsstand, but have lost out so often we've decided to make sure of each month's copy! We all enjoy reading it from cover to cover.

Ruth Skinner (Mrs. Paul M. Skinner) Randolph A.F B., Texas

Dear Sir: I have been going to this camp all

summer, and today we went to a horse show in Vermont. This is the low-down on what I saw at the Montpelier Horse Show.

I saw Lippitt Rob Roy, the beautiful stallion go through his natural paces with speed and ease. I saw a young gelding, Lippitt Dekota, getting his first experience in th e show ring.

I saw Blanche S. Sentney win prizes for her young mistress, Madeline Mor-gan. I saw the Townshend Morgan Farm w;th their three horses of whom I liked Townshend Sadwin best.

saw Johnny Morgan win some prizes with his beautiful mares. don't see how anyone could resist him.

All in all, I have been sold on Mor-gans. I also found how friendly the Morgan people are.

Tina Emerson Old Lyme, Conn.

Dear Sir: Enclosed please find a check for an-

other year's subscription of your won-derful magazine. I think its tops!

I own a 15 month old half-Morgan named Honey Girl. Her sire is Dorben and her dam is Tonda Cup, a Thor-oughbred.

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The Editor's Comments

We have just endured with our spaniel a dose of hepatitis. We have

lived through onset, duration, and recovery; achieved through $44 of terramycin.

We have lived with this spectre which threatened the life of our beloved

dog—this not too-well known disease which blots out almost as it strikes.

Our life is long enough that we remember other killers which hit horses

and men—as well as dogs. Of glanders which closed the watering troughs and

took the lives of men who strove to save the lives of their prized animals.

Medical science saved our dog. Just as medical science has rid the world of

most of those other slayers. Science has moved into the equine world as it has into

the cosmos human. It has provided penicillin and sulfas which have stopped infection, stayed the killing powers of pneumonia. Modern chemistry has pro-

vided the know-how to kill the bugs and flies of the stable, the bloodsuckers of

the bridle paths.

But what has the modern world done to give us the powers of seeing in

others that which is good and great? What has world's chemistry done to make

us tolerant of our own breeding errors? Nothing.

Man has done much to help man in his battle against the things he had not

been able to combat. But man has achieved nothing in his struggle to teach

man how to live with other men.

Readers of this column must be at long last annoyed at our efforts to bring

about understanding. They must say: Here he goes again. He doesn't seem

to realize that we have the best horses, bleeding and training program. He

thinks there are others who have equally good breeding, preparation, etc. For

Pete's sake! Why doesn't he quit?

Well, why doesn't he?

Because: So long as this atom-plagued world rolls on we shall continue

to believe that there are two sides to a story; that, although one man's meat shall

be another's poison, neither fare should be noxious to the run of us.

We have seen so many good Morgan horses that we are loathe to say

which program brings about the better specimen.

We have learned that the mare is responsible for more than the sire in

the production of a colt. We have learned also that the care the colt gets for

its first year is far more important than an accident of birth. We have learned

to look for a colt not by gazing at the youngster but by carefully checking the

grandparents of both sides. That is selection. But if we would ignore this, we

would look merely at papers. We would not say like the dairyman: "Sure,

I want to know who her grandma was but I also want to know what she can

put in the pail."

"In the pail" to all of us should be what can the horse do. There is none

of us so blind to bloodlines that he would be satisfied to live by halter show

alone. We want to know what he can do. We are bringing back the Morgan

for pleasure tire. Then let us have him a pleasure horse—a thing of life and

ability not merely the winner in a stock-still halter class.

We who love Morgans, who are striving for their revival—let us give heed

to the fact that a horse is not a beef or milk animal. He is a using creature.

And in the measure of his usefulness shall we mark his success.

O UR COVER

This first fall issue of the Morgan Horse Magazine devotes its cover appropriately to the 100 mile trail ride. The trio shown are left to right: Nancy Ela on the Townshend Holstein Farm's Manzanita, her constant Companion, Marcia Robinson on the farm's Towns-hend Gladalect, and third Jane Clark on her Soneldon, winner of the light-weight trophy.

Letters (Continued from Preceding Page) I hope in the future to raise Morgans

for I think they are tops in endurance, beauty, disposition, and conformation.

I visited Mabel Owen's farm a short time ago, and saw a lot of pretty nice horses. I spent a very enjoyable after-noon talking Morgans, looking at slides from the latest National Show, and viewing her wonderful Squire Burger.

Keep the same wonderful magazine coming. It's great!

Miss Phyllis Mosher Middletown, R. I.

Morgan Wins Open Pleasure Class Dear Sir:

Maybe this might interest the readers of your excellent magazine: Saturday, Augu-t 22, at a Horse Show in the Hunter Part of old Virginia, a beautiful little registered Morgan mare won the Open Pleasure Class . . . sixteen entries, most of these hunters or of the hunter type.

I had been told that it just couldn't be done, that no "hunter" judge would ever look at a Morgan or Saddlebred here. I am from the Northeast, Maine in fact, and raised and showed Mor-gans and Saddlebreds there but sold my horses before coming to Virginia four years ago. I looked for one here but everyone laughed at me and I

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OCTOBER 1953

Like Topsey he jes' grooved

By SCNINER KEN

STORM. the stallion, and Timmy the

Springer Spaniel, are inseparable ,

companions. Here. Timmy lavishes love

and affection on his friend.

The Green Mountain Horse Assn.. sponsors of the famed 100-mile ride and its junior counterpart, is already planning for another season.

But this, if the plans of Dr. Earl Johnson materialize, will be a bigger and different season.

In order to acquaint the world which has heretofore said, "How I would love to enter my horse in the trail ride" but has abstained because of lack of knowledge of how the event is conducted or who and what is eligible—in order to reach this group Dr. Johnson proposes to run a trail-education school.

By making use of the club's facilities at South Woodstock. Vt.. he plans to run a summer course for youngsters. They may board their horses in the club stables. Room and board facnties, bunkhouse style, are now being planned, and expert in-struction on riding, jumping, care and handling of horses will be available. The particular kind of instruction on how to ready rider and horse for the event will also be available. Dr. Johnson believes that if the youngsters, the great riding future of this country, can become acquainted with the fascinating sport trail entries will swell and the fame of the rider's accomplishment will spread.

Right he is. It is a grand idea and the Morgan Horse Magazine here and now pledges its support to this very worthwhile program.

Good luck, Dr. Johnson and an an orchid for your idea.

Barry Fossett, one of the outstanding young riders at the National Morgan Horse Show, gave Ted Davis' MADEMOISELLE OF WIND-CREST a splendid ride to capture the Junior Division of the important event.

Morgans again showed they had the stamina to withstand the terrific heat that confronted the trail riders in the 18th annual 100 Mile Trail Ride held in Woodstock, Vermont on September 3, 4, 5, 1953. This year's Trail Ride saw two Morgan winners. Soneldon, owned and ridden by Jane Clark of Amesbury, Mass., copped the light-weight division and was awarded the Morgan Horse Club Trophy for the highest rated registered Morgan in the ride. Barry Fossett of Oakland, Maine gave Ted Davis' entry, Mademoiselle of Windcrest, a splendid ride to win the Junior Division.

There were a record number of registered Morgans in the Trail Ride this year-15 left the stable the first morning and ten completed the gruell-

ing test giving a grand account of themselves.

Last year's lightweight winner, Max, owned and ridden by Mrs. Colon of Athol, Mass. placed third being a threat again this year right up to the final placings. And I understand there were very few points difference between the top horses.

Then another old-timer, who really knows how to condition a horse and who has ridden in more 100 Mile Trail Rides than any other rider was Roy Hall of Reading, Vermont. He gave Windcrest Cover Girl, owned by Ted . Davis of Windsor, Vt., a remarkable ride to place fifth in the lightweight division.

in the Junior Division, Marcia Robin-son of Townshend Vt., made a grand

showing on the Townshend Morgan-Holstein Farm entry, Townshend Glad-alect to place third.

Nancy Ela of Wayland, Mass., riding Manzanita walked off with the Junior Horsemanship Trophy donated by Dr. Ray Fessenden of Athol, Mass.

Jane Clark added to her laurels by also winning the Ladies' Horsemanship Trophy. Understand, Nancy, Marcia and Jane all trained together in Towns-hend, Vermont for the trail ride. This trio really seemed to enjoy themselves and proved to be excelent horsewomen as well as wonderful sports.

Another award of merit is the Sportsmanship Award which went to a Morgan owner this year, Gertrude Schley of Sharon, Conn., riding her Upwey Benn's Beaumont.

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SPRINGFIELD, the grand old horse of Meeting Waters Farm, in Springfield, Vt., was one of the interesting characters encountered

by "the characters."

Getting Mrs. Russell away from the Bryant's colts was an all afternoon job for the author. At left is Mrs. Russell. obeying

the instructions of Larry Wyman.

Two Characters . . In Search of a Morgan

By GEORGE B RusshLL

We, the little woman and I, have just returned from a horse-gandering trip through New England; object of said excursion was to get reacquainted with Morgans and pick out some likely basic stock for our own breeding pro-gram The actual acquisition, of course will have to wait until we get the barn completed and arrange for some-one to stay there year round and look after the horses.

Regardless of any delays to be en-countered along that line, we felt

that we couldn't let another summer go by without a look at some good Yankee Morgans. We had the farm paid off at long last, the deed in the bank vault, and a yen to get going.

Before telling about the wonderful Morgan owners we met and their superb horses, maybe I'd better explain just how this search for Morgans came about.

Just 50 years ago, this past June, Grandfather Thomas Russell had gone off on a similar tour, by livery stable

buggy, through southern Vermont look-ing for a good family horse. Naturally he wanted a Morgan. And he found his ideal on a farm near Rutland.

We youngsters didn't meet up with this little bay gelding until around 1915 when Gramp came to our place in South Jersey to live. I well remem-ber how this horse used to carry two or three of us kids on his round barreled back. We called him Sparky after a then new comic strip character but I'm sure that wasn't his real name.

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Sparky was all one could ask for in a horse. He was a typical Morgan. Extremely fast on the getaway, he was a terrific sprinter; loved to chase any other horse on the road and then loaf after he passed it. I remember clearly that Sparky could trot for hours on end and that the fourteen-mile round trip to town was usually made in two hours, stops included. That's better than we can accomplish nowadays from our farm to Poughkeepsie, a similar distance, what with town traffic and store de!ays. Yes, life was a lot more leisurely then and our Sparky contri-buted his share to its zest and sparkle.

He was far and away the talkingest horse I have ever met. He continually whinnied greetings and comments when you visited his stall. Called to the pasture gate, he'd come up on the double offering more conversation. Sparky talked to other horses, greeted friend:y dogs, and snorted in make-believe astonishment at every passing jalopy, train or streetcar as though it were the first he ever had encountered.

Talkative or not, Sparky was ex-tremely steady. Nothing ever really rattled him. And what a performer. He had a walking gait, when a grown-up was in the saddle, that would have satisfied a Tennessee mountain-preacher with a sixty-mile parish to cover on a single Sunday. Sparky's only slow motion was with kids aboard. Then he moved with a tolerant cadence that reassured the most timid. The slightest sliding of number-three rider over the rump and Sparky stopped dead in his tracks.

I recall that he wound up his declin-ing years in a sunny meadow with a team of big farm greys for company. He was indeed a wonderful Morgan and we were always sorry he wasn't in any position to pass on his luster to the breed.

Would we ever again meet up with a horse like Sparky? Well, July 14th, 1953 was the time to start looking. Edith and I left Sans Souci at dawn. And right here I want to say that Gramp's buggy had nothing on our farm jeep for comfort, or vice versa.

After rattling through the Berkshires and into Vermont we made our first call, the Knapp farm near Arlington. They treated us royally, trotting out their three year old Easter Twilight and then took us out to the pasture to see their wonderful brood mares and colts.

Sam Horton's place at Chittendcn was the next stop and it came as no surprise to find store-keeper Horton out of his shop and happily engaged at showing off Lippitt Scott Moro to some goggle-eyed visitors.

For us, Mr. Horton gave his three-year-old a bit of extra brushing and we hiked off to a nearby paddock where his nibs could ogle several of his prospective wives. That perked him up for picture-taking I can tell you. But he was always docile and tractable. We soon came to the conclusion that picking our Morgan would probably be just a matter of gratifying some purely personal quirk of fancy for they all looked good.

South Royalton was next. The Kelleys were not about but their care-taker showed us some nice mares and cute colts and we sped off to Windsor in the gathering dusk.

We made a date that night with Mr. Davis at Wind Crest to start view-ing his Morgans at seven and he was right on deck when we pulled in after breakfast. Davis is an excellent show-man and that ribbon-festooned tack room is pretty overwhelming. Again there was ample evidence of the mar-velous care given Morgans by their doting owners. Stables were the last word in horse comfort and cleanliness.

The Davis place was really something to behold. Out paraded the fanciest lot of Morgans one could wish to see. There was Wind Crest Delight; old Don, i. e. Upwey Ben Don; a terrific youngster, Wind Crest Star Don; and a mare that left you breathless named Wunderbar.

A rubber tire-tube dragged on a rope though the field by a young Culver Academy boy had the young stock cut-ting kitten-like conniptions; they'd investigate playfully—then shy off for another peek from the safety of Mom's shadow.

Noonday found us at the Bryant's and we can tell you that Meeting Waters is a scenic must. It was there that we ran into Sparky's double, Springfield. As soon as I saw him I said, "that's Sparky." At least he approximated a childhood memory though I could be a bit off. Certainly if Sparky really looked like Springfield he was indeed some Morgan.

Edith liked Bryant's Jubilee's Courage. For my part, I would have settled right there for Springfield, Lip-pitt Ethan Ash or the Davis mare,

Wunderbar. I told Edith that and she replied: "Yes, or for Easter Twilight or Lippitt Scott Moro." So you see we had our sights rather high by this time.

Coming home, after a week's stay at Ogunquit with relatives, we managed another Morgan treat with the Euseys at Leominster and had a nice visit with Morgan Magazine editor, Sumner Kean. The Euseys have a beautiful two year o!d mare that we'd give most anything to own.

We had other visits scheduled fully intending to call on the Fergusons, the Orcutts, McCullochs, the Tompkins and the Dentons but a phone call home told us that we had two teen-aged boys visiting the farm unexpectedly so the Morgan search ended right there.

And what did we get out of our trip? Well, we came home with the realization that we'll never be happy until Sans Souci has a half dozen or more Morgans on its pasture land. As prospective small-scale owners and breeders we came back chock full of enthusiasm for Morgans and the wonderful people who are giving the breed their loving devotion and atten-tion. We're eager to help.

May I point out one thing that struck me. Nowhere did there seem to be an available supply of well-trained geld-ings and working stock for the small family that might be looking for a general purpose horse for the young-sters. It seems to me that the Morgan breeders could be shooting harder for this market and not so exclusively toward the breeder market. Everyone we met was most kind and helpful and the information we picked up on stabl-ing, training etc. was priceless.

For an ideal vacation trip, take the word of two characters who went searching for a Morgan—you couldn't spend a more delightful week or two anywhere than hitting the Morgan trail through New England.

Sparky's double, when we get him, will probably get some fancier title like Sans Souci Sam, but we're certain now that he'll turn out to have all that old-timer's fine traits and some endearing Morgan idiosyncracies of his own.

"No farm home should be without a Morgan or two," was Gramp's advice. And we feel pretty good, even at this late date, that we've decided to accept his sage counsel.

OCTOBER 1953

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JEFFY'S JOURNAL .. .

Jelly is now fourteen months old. At half this age, seven months ago, he measured 12.3, today he stands 14.1. Except for his tendency to nip, he is a very well-behaved little colt. He is fearless, not easily upset and quick to learn. I am told that in one way I am fortunate to have a stallion to train because I 'do not have the problem of timidity so frequent in fillies. He certainly does appear to be afraid of nothing. I can lead him or drive him right by a baler at work, or through a footpath in a strange wood and he merely watches these new sights with eager attention. On the other hand a verbal reproof means nothing to him, and he often dares me to handle him, although less often than earlier. He seems to enjoy getting a "rise" out of me. Any attention is better than none short of a really sharp smack. That is why the nipping is so hard to cure. On the other hand in all business-like handlings he is very well-behaved. To-day, for example, I spent nearly a half hour getting bot eggs off his legs by safety razor and finger nail. He was perfectly quiet as I squatted on my haunches by each of his legs. Not once so far has he ever raised a single fore-foot to strike as do so many colts. At six months of age, he reared up and struck with both forefeet at me, and on extreme provocation I have seen him strike at a dog with both forefeet. That was what I call his age of revolt, and I had to take strong disciplinary meas-ures with him. Since then he has not reared once while I handle him. His disinclination to use his forefeet is seen also in the fact that he seldom paws. His stall bears no signs of ex-cavation. In a strange stall at his first show this year, he wanted to get out terribly, but instead of digging as many horses do, he threw himself bodily at the door. By this very effective method he burst off five of the little wooden cross-pieces used to fasten it. We had to wedge a section of telegraph pole against the door. Thus firmly con-fined, he very quickly quieted down and merely watched with alert interest for the rest of the show.

PART II

I had intended to have him gelded this fall, but he is so easy to handle and so little of a problem that I will probably let him develop longer. I cannot however, turn him and Bonnie out simultaneously in adjacent lots separated only by a railing without watching them constantly. That is a great nuisance in our daily life. Prior to the Show he was out, with access to stall, all night and a short while in

, the day. Now he is out both day

and night, except fo r a few hours when Bonnie has her turn at the grass.

After about tcn short lessons in long reins he drives quite nicely. He graduated from paddock to pasture to our open land and lastly to the road as he learned to turn in response to the reins, and as the need for long straightaways for free walking be-came manifest. At first, hesitant with ignorance about this business of driv-ing, he wove from right to left and dragged one foot after the other. The turns were quickly learned; "whoa" and "steady" are old familiar terms to which he has long responded promptly. The fast, free, flat-footed walk straight ahead was the real problem. I used long straightaway with nothing to im-pede forward . movement. Now ex-cept in strange territory, he moves out quite well. For this reason I have not yet used a check-rein or bitting har-nes; All I want now is prompt for-ward movement, action and head car-riage will have to come later. He is, however, naturally a good deal more of a peacock than Bonnie. After walk-ing a while as I drive him, I then practice him at the trot as he moves around me, both ways. So far I have discouraged cantering either in long reins or on the longe. I am pleasantly surprised by how little he acts up in these short elementary training lessons. He may jog a bit and toss his head, or on the longe buck a little, but with "steady" it soon passes. I am sure I could hitch him to a vehicle anytime, but as you know by now, I take it very slow and easy. Furthermore I feel he is too young to take any weight yet.

May I say once again, that I am not

presuming to tell how to break a colt. I tell merely what I happen to do with my particular indivdual and with the theories I have. I am far too inex-perienced to tell anyone how to do it; this is merely the journal of my daily life with my first colt and his dam, Bonnie. There are many good books on training. I own a few and will men-tion them; they have been a great help to me. "Practical Horse Breeding and Training" by Jack Widmer has been useful since before Jeffy was born. It deals with thoroughbreds for hunt-ing and polo, but the early chapters are appropriate for any breed and in-cludes early driving lessons. The classic work for "saddle-type" horses for show is by Earl Farshler and is called "Rid-ing and training." This is the second volume in a two-volume set, the first is merely the history of the American Saddlebred Horse. The U. S. Cavalry Manual issued from Fort Riley, Kansas, entitled "Horsemanship and Horse-mastership" sets a very high standard of riding and training and is a very useful book.

For schooling for jumping, both the first and third above are helpful. My favorite, however, is the well-known British work "Training Hunters, Jumpers and Hacks" by Harry D. Chamberlain. Excellent too, is "Be a Better Horseman" by Capt. Vladimir S. Littauer. This has the disadvantage of being entirely in dialogue which makes it very hard to use for quick reference. Capt. Littauer has other books, not so written, but I do not happen to own them. The sections on riding in his books are, of course, for forward-seat riders, but his sections on training for general handiness and jumping are very clear. The clearest directions for the hunting seat, that I have read, are in Gordon Wright's "Learning to Ride, Hunt and Show." All these books have been published within the last ten years. Public libra-ries, especially in cities, sometimes have a fine collection of old horse books, many of which are excellent.

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TRINANGO Grand Champion Stallion

at Illinois State Fair

By HELEN BRUNK GREENWALT

Pictures of the Illinois State Fair which arrived too late for this issue will be found in the

November magazine.

JUST ANN, Year'ing Champion Mare, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stahl.

For more than a week, attendance at the Illinois State Fair was stimulated by near perfect weather which kept the temperaure moderate with frequent cooling breezes following an unusually hot and dry summer.

An outstanding Grand Circuit har-ness racing program comprising nearly all the top trotters and pacers including Helicopter, the recent winner of the Hambletonian, and the judging of fine livestock highlighted the fair through-out the week.

The horse show opened on Friday evening, August 14th, and continued through Sunday, August 23rd. Both the weanling mare and weanling stal-lion classes of the Illinois Morgan Horse Breeders' Futurity were scheduled in the program of the first Friday night show. Roy Brunk was the lucky win-ner with his fillies, Donette and Conette —first and second; Stuart G. Hazard's Flyhawk's Fancy, third; Thomas T. Brunk's Princess Micky, fourth; and Ora Jane O'Neill's Rythm's Hot Tottie fifth. In the weanling stallion division Miss Patricia Hallquist's Gay Beau was an outstanding first; Ray Semis' Ko Chea second; Roy Brunk's Conargo third; Ray Brashear's Tango fourth; and Ora Jane O'Neill's Rythm's Peter K fifth.

The three Futurity Championship classes, weanlings, yearlings and two-year-olds, were shown the following day during the Saturday afternoon pro-gram. As in previous years the capacity audience displayed a great deal of en-thusiasm and• interest for the Morgan futurity classes.

Three new exhibitors, Patricia Han-quist of Hillsboro, Missouri, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Searls of Medora, Illinois, and Stuart G. Hazard and his son S. G., Junior, of Topeka, Kansas, were all at or near the top of the ribbons. It was interesting to note that all three championships were awarded to out-of-state entries. The Missouri entry, Gay Beau, of Patricia Hallquist won the weanling championship with Roy Brunk's Conette reserve. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stahl's Indiana entry, Just Ann, was the yearling champion with Mr. and Mrs. Greenwalt's Redstone. reserve. The two year old Ohio entry, Foxfire, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rumbaugh was the champion two-year-old with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stahl's Rose Bowl in the re-erve spot.

Nine o'clock on the following Wednesday morning found all the Mor-gan exhibitors prepared for the open breeding classes. Beginning with stal-lions three years old and over, Tri• nango, Roy Brunk's bay stallion, was placed at the top and was later awarded grand champion stallion as well. Lewis Pape's Congo's Pride was second, D. E Sheffer's Airacobra, third, William Red-lick's Luckmore fourth, and O'Neill's Lippitt Jeep fifth. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rumbaugh's entry was first in the two-year-old•stallions followed by Ora Jane O'Neill's Rythm's Champion with Ray Searls' Cinnamon King, third.

Wesley Dent's Fancy Dan topped the yearling class and was later awarded reserve champion stallion. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Behling's Max Hi Ho Kid was second, Ora Jane O'Neill's Rythm's

Peter K., third, and Trimando, D. W. B. Stables was fourth. In the Weanling stallions Patricia Hallquist's Gay Beau copped first with Mr. and Mrs. Green-walt's St. Gamic second, Roy Brunk's Conargo third, and Roy Brashear's Tango, fourth.

The broodmare, Nellanne, of Roy Brunk and her foal led the mare and foal class followed by Patricia Hall-quist's Gaycongo and Gay Beau second, Ora Jane O'Neill's Sue Travelmore and Rythm's Archie 0 third, and Ray Searls' Illawana Nada and Ko Chea fourth. The former stablemates, Lur-gan, now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Behling, and Glorita, owned by Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Greenwalt, were the only entries in the three-year-old mare class with Lurgan emerging the victor.

Of the two-year-old mares, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stahl's entry Rose Bowl was first, Lewis Pape's Patty's Sweet-heart second, Paul Rumbaugh's Grace Graham third, and O'Neill's Rythm's Sue Travelmore, fourth. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Behling's Pappillon proved the winner in the yearling mares. Roy Brashear's Bright Star was second and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stahl's Just Ann was third. Roy Brunk's Conette was first in the weanling mares, with Stuart Hazard's Flyhawk's Fancy second, Roy Brunk's Donette third, Thomas Brunk's Princess Micky fourth, and O'Neill's Rythm's Hot Tottie fifth.

It's not often the same exhibitor owns both the champion and reserve but Mr. and Mrs. Robert Behling of

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Experience is the Best Teacher

By AYELIEN RICHARDS

GIPSEY ALLEN shown by Mrs. Richards taught her that even

the gentlest stallion is a lot of horse.

Experience is a good teacher, and often a harsh master. Perhaps my experiences have taught me more than I would have learned otherwise. In regards to being an amateur breeder it might enlighten a few who are planning to raise a colt or two if I set down some of what I now consider my mistakes.

My first error in the breeding busi-ness was a common one. I started at the wrong end of the business, but no doubt there are many others who started the same way for one reason or another. Yes, I started our "ranch" with one stall'on . . no mares, just a yearling stud colt. When I purchased the stud colt I paid no heed to any pre-requisites for breeding (truthfully I didn't know of any). I just went out and got what I liked that I thought I could afford. My intentions were to stand this stallion to mares in this area including a few of my own, if I got around to getting some. I had little or no hopes of breeding purebred Morgan mares belonging to anyone other than myself and the prospects of my owning a purebred mare were dim indeed.

The first big blow to my breeding plans came when I hastily offered my

green colt to stud, to anything. Any-thing was just what he got . . . and anytime. It was a common occurance to be interrupted by someone, just at suppertime or some other unhandy hour, dragging a mare on a leadline, Nine times out of ten the mare was just fooling them, fortunately she didn't always fool the stallion. When we finally did get a few mares at the right moment disaster again overook us .... no foals resulted. Of course, the fact that a great many of these mares were unfit to breed, and had been to several stallions without success did not help us one bit our horse failed to get colts, Looking back I am awfully glad these mares didn't foal, as the chances of having a foal to be proud of were not great; nor were some of the poor things cared for well enough to assure a foal ever being de-cently grown out. Of course we labored through all the trying sessions, the in-conveniences and kidded ourselves we were really in business! We licensed our stallion and stood him modestly, then lost booked mares to grade and scrub stallions standing even cheaper and unlicensed. The pittance of our fee was gobbled up by the handler I had to hire when it became increasingly

difficult to have my young stallion and inexperienced husband ever reach a point of cooperation.

In an attempt to take some of the sting out of the expense of the stud colt we were maintaining, I finally de-cided if we were ever to get a foal by him we should have to own a mare ourselves, and care for it to assure the arrival of the foal. Don't get me wrong, I would forever and gladly pour all my earnings down a bottomless drain for horses, but my husband did not see it that way, and my excuse for having the stallion at all was to have him. pro-duce SOMETHING!

Well, I priced some Morgans. I finally picked out a lovely little mare, I could have had her for $600....a rea-sonable sum, it seems now, But to me 5 years ago, $600 was not only unrea-sonable, but absolutely impossible. I have since tried to buy her again, but unfortunately for me her price is now just doubled, due to her production of some excellent foals, I was then new to the Morgan world, and feared I would spend my money on the wrong mare or a poor one ....and I wasn't just sure what a Morgan mare should look like, as up to that time mares and stallions looked like two different

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breeds to me, not just different sexes of the same breed.

Well, I had my own ideas of what a pleasure horse should look like, I had my visions of what my stallion would look like, so I finally found a friend of mine stuck with a pony-like mare, just about unfit for anything except chasing cows. But she looked Morgan to me, that is, what I thought a Mor-gan should look like. It didn't take me very long to jump at the oppor-tunity of buying her for $50, especially since she resembled a good deal, the Morgan mare I wanted.

How foolish can you get? We are stuck with this $50 mare. We like her. She can do anything, turned out to be a remarkable children's mount, safe, dependable, has won the general pur-pose classes at the local fair for the last several years. A peach of a little cheap mare ....she produced by my stallion some lovely little cheap colts; you know, the kind you sell gladly for $100. I owe her money, each year I owe her more. My husband happily smiles on her, as she really PRO-DUCED. We rode her, gave lessons on her, drove her, showed her in small shows; then suddenly it came home with a terrible awakening blow.... the purebred mare, gone her way had done the thing for her smart buyers.

Yes, the purebred mare became a real first class children's mount. Unlike my cheap little mare, the purebred went to some big shows, and didn't get left out. She produced some really top foals, not $100 ones either.

Suddenly I woke up and realized that I was missing the boat on breed-ing for grade Morgans, when for the same effort I could raise a purebred. I began to look for a purebred mare. Needless to say when I found her, I scrabbled around and with my mother's he'p, I bought her; and I have never been sorry. When I realized what a mare I had bought, I also realized I'd be a little smarter if I used a better stallion. So we gelded ours, and rele gated him to be forever only a pleasure horse, picked out what we thought was a top stallion, and bred our top mare to him, Lippitt Mandate.

Luck smiled upon us and by careful selection and help from more exper-ienced people we finally acquired two more good registered mares ....a nice nucleus of breeding stock.

In the meantime, our old foundation mare, the pet mare, was served to the

best registered stallion available and produced again a dandy grade Morgan foal, this one apparently much nicer than the two by my own stallion.... nothing strange about that as, though I loved my own stud, I realized he didn't look as much like a Morgan as he should. Lippitt Mandate's foal is the most typy she has had, and is her last, I expect.

Where do we go from here? Well, my husband has finally given up and faced the fact that we won't ever make money on horses, but we can offer a purebred foal each year, so if we want to pick up "pin money" it is there. Also, if we don't want to sell these foals from the purebred mares, they don't cost any more to raise than the grade foals and when matured and broken they are bound to be worth more.... if only to us for our own use. That means I have revised some of my earlier intentions.

Now our breeding plans are geared in low. We plan to produce only one or two foals yearly. Then when fall comes my poor husband can't franti-cally count horses' noses and worry about wintering all those colts.... usually that worry was followed by immediate sales of grade foals.

I have had it, as far as stallions are concerned. Sure, I'd like to have my own stallion. Who wouldn't? In our case it was not only impractical but the expense of maintaining a stal-lion and the separate care he must re-ceive has just put the quietus on stal-lions as long as we do all our own work. In spite of the long trips to the outside stallions, the guesswork in-volved with the mares we are way ahead, using someone else's stallion in our breeding program. We can pick and choose from a grand selection of proven sires, and someone else has to accept our mare at suppertime, or any other unhandy hour we happen to arrive.

Our experience with even our gentle stallion was enough; our stallion foals are to be gelded. If we seem too hasty with a knife we will no doubt man-age to find another use for our male Morgans, as gelded colts can continue to run in pasture with mares; and if we hang on to them, who knows, may-be they will turn out to be good child-ren's mounts or pleasure horses, which is just what we want. Judging from the interest I assume there are many others wanting the same thing....safe

dependable registered Morgans, geld-ings being well suited to the job.

If my experience taught me anything, it taught me that to get the best you should breed the best, or what you think is best. Any dumb bunny can see the financial aspects involved with the foals from even a very nice grade mare as compared with the purebred ones. If you show like I do, there are too many places the pet mare can't go ....she is outclassed. All the time spent in training her might better be spent on a good purebred.

Of course as soon as you profit by your experience you are anxious for someone else to profit so you give ad-vice; all right I can offer some advice and you may take it or leave it. It is only economically feasible to keep a stallion if you have a larger number of mares than we do. Also, if you do keep one so does everyone else, and no one will use your stud much except you, except in those rare cases where you may have an outstanding stallion; even so, most mare owners have their own stallions and with the exceptions of some reciprocal breeding deals usually stick to that stallion.

The only logical reason for keep-ing a stallion is to raise colts. That means that in areas where limited Mor-gan mares are available the stallion really should perpetuate some half-breds, but avoid breeding mares you know to be hard to get in foal; also try to accept mares that can produce something nice, as the stallion can't do the impossible. This logic lends to the quick welding of the vet's knife on young studs....many of them get it later, and the sooner the easier it is on everyone concerned, including the poor horse.

Therefore, my biggest bit of advice to other small amateur breeders is this, raise your foals to be useful Mor-gans. Do not keep every young male entire just because he is purebred. Geldings sell well, classes can be filled with them in many breeds so lets not miss the boat in our breed. It's no dis-grace to geld a colt, rather it shows some wisdom ....and they are raised cheaper.

This of course does not apply to the people who really prefer a stallion as a using horse; these people usually are willing to keep a stud knowing that he may need be handled a little differently sometimes, than a mare or gelding.

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Top: WINDCREST WUNDERBAR owned by Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Stone of Briohton. Mass., winner of the two•year.old mare ems. Center: QUIZKID, owned by Gerald F. Taff of Northvil'e, Mich.. Reserve Champion Saddle Horse. Bottom: WINDCREST STAR-DOM, another Davis entry, second in the Yearling Stallion class.

Top: JOAN D. owned by Albert H. Danforth c second in the Roadster Class. Middle: Ralp UPWEY EBONY PRINCESS, 1952 winner of the eve this year. Bottom: PARADE, owned by Mr. a Ferguson of Greene. Rhode Island, Reserve G

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Danville, Vt.. C. Lasbury's placed fourth

1 Mrs. J. Cecil nd Champion

Top: LIPPMAN HAWK, owned by Benjamin C. Smalley of Little- ton, Mass., winner of the Stallion Foal Class. Middle: WIND- CREST DONFIELD, owned by Mr. and Mrs. T. Loyd Marks of Peabody. Mass., who in addition to being named Grand Cham- pion Stallion of the show annexed the two year old driving class. Bottom: ORCLAND GAYDEEN, owned by Mark Hanna of Framingham, Mass., winner of the Mares and Geldings over 15

class as well as the Combination.

In the shore town of North Fal-mouth, Massachusetts, the Harold Al-bee's have built a beautiful little stable that houses Archie J, a five year old dark bay, standing a good sixteen hands high. This horse which has just been gelded, sports an unusually heavy mane and tail and has the sweet and gentle disposition that Mrs. Albee said she ex-pected a Morgan should have. Archie J is sired by Archie 0 and out of Pearl De Jarnette. By the way, the barn that the Albee's built is something that you owners of one or two horses ought to see. It is just ideal! They have a special clay floor called Wood Loom, and some wonderful ideas on a new bedding which really lasts.

In August, I visited the Seapuit Inc. Farm in Osterville on the Cape, the home of Maestro and his dam, Upwey Anna Kay. Maestro is a stunning two year old stallion by Mabel Owen's stud Squire Burger. He is a light chestnut with three white socks and a blaze. When Mr. Don Manchester, the farm manager, brought him out, his color surely looked golden as his beautiful coat glowed in the late afternoon Cape Cod sun. As you may remember, Maestro won a well deserved second place in the two year old stallion class at the National Show this year. He is extremely well developed for his age and his owners are very much pleased with his true type, Morgan confor-mation. Mr. Manchester says that the colt's forequarters are considered to be absolutely perfect, and that his owners expect to keep him as a stud with the idea of eventually increasing the num-ber of Morgans on the farm. Upwey Anna Kay, who is by Upwey King Pea-vine out of Upwey Anna, was pur-chased from the late Owen Moon of Woodstock, Vermont. She is a lovely little chestnut, thirteen years old, and an ideal pleasure horse and brood mare. Here again I saw the marvelous Wood Loom in use. Believe me, when it is dry and the dust begins to fly, I cer-tainly wish more of you could see this super-hard clay floor in use.

Miss Kay Baker of Windy Hill Farm, Rochester, N. H. has taken her chestnut gelding, Sterling Sky High

with her to the University of New Hampshire for her sophomore year. Kay bought Sky High last fall from Mr. Otho Eusey of Sterling, Mass., when her beloved old horse, Tony died. She bought him realizing that Morgans made such good pleasure mounts, though she knew that probably it would take several years of training since the colt was only a yearling. However, last summer, after Sky High turned two and was gelded, Kay found that no matter what she did with him or where she rode him he behaved. beautifully. Now, although the colt is still quite young, Kay can spend the college year riding a fine looking horse with the students who also have brought their mounts with them.

In the Knowllwood Inn Stables at Hatchville, Mass. is the light chestnut Morgan mare Brandy, owned by Mr. E. Ray Dunn. The mare is only four years old and already does six to eight hours work a day without the slightest indication of fatigue. She really is "put together" and is known as the prettiest horse in the stable. This is quite a compliment since Mr. Dunn has a stable full of fine-looking horses. Her disposition is also that of a typical Morgan. Mr. Dunn bought Brandy in the west as he knew she would be a definite asset to his fast growing busi-ness of renting out horses to the many vacationing people who enjoy riding. While talking to Mr. Dunn, I couldn't help thinking how his ideas would coincide with those of Mr. Ed Havey of the Havey Riding School in Man-chester, N. H., since Mr. Dunn also thinks that the Morgan is the ideal horse for his use as well as for the use of the private owner. He believes that good disposition and stamina are musts in the riding horse business and the Morgan fulfills these musts.

An eleven year old stallion, bred by Mr. Ted Davis of Windsor, Vt., which spent several years at the Knowllwood Inn Stables on the Cape as the personal mount of Mr. Dunn, is now owned by Mr. Chisholm of Sharon, Mass. The horse is Red Windsor, a small, very husky chestnut. I remember visiting the Knowllwood Stables several years

ago and finding this stud calmly eat-ing his rations after a typical eight to ten hour work day on the trails. I was told that Red worked as well as any horse in the stables, and carried the lion's share with the willingness that is so typical of a Morgan. He comes from good stock which Mr. Chisholm believes is just reason for using him for breeding. Mr. Chisholm also uses Red for riding and, of course as a pet.

By the time you receive this maga-zine, Miss Nancy Rice of Worcester, Mass., will have Petersham Royal, a good sized three year old Morgan geld- ing which has just spent a month at Mr. Ed Williams' stable being trained for her use. Sammy, as the horse is called, was bred by Mr. J. Harry Wood of Petersham. Mr. Wood is now teach-ing in a mid-west college and has let Nancy take Sammy for the fall, winter, and spring to ride and to just have fun with which she undoubtedly will do since she is just "crazy about horses." Both Nancy and her father, Mr. Daniel Rice ride together a good deal and expect to own a Morgan sometime. For the summer months, the gelding will go back to Mr. Wood's beautiful hill-side farm in Petersham to be used as his personal mount. Sammy is by Ruthven's Alexander Geddes, the colt that Mr. Wood raised from the mare Ruthven's Sally Ann, and out of Sen-tana. Sentana is the lovely model mare Mr. Wood bought in the mid-west five years ago. She has since been stabled in Athol where she foaled a stud colt by Dyberry Billy, which is owned by Dr. Ray Fessenden. The mare now is owned by University of Connecticut. Like his dam, Sammy is a very sensible animal and will make an ideal mount for Nancy.

On January 3, 1951 the United States Government Morgan Farm at Wey-bridge, Vermont, closed, and with its sale of some of the best bred Morgans went Ishtar, a twelve year old. Her buyer was Professor W. B. Henning, of State College, Pennsylvania. Re-cently this Delmont—Red Fern mare came back to New England. She was sold for Professor Henning by Mr. Dick Nelson of Top Rail Farm, Amherst, Mass., to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Sloan of Leyden, breeders of the well known breed of German Shepherd dogs.

Two years ago Mr. W. H. Carter of Montague, Mass. bought a nine year

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New York State News

By MRS. VINCENT J. ROGER.;

Senior Stallion winner at the Erie county fair was SHERIMILL SUNRISE. owned by Vincent L Rogers of Williamsville, New York.

Thirty-four Morgans showed in the breeding classes at the Erie County Fair, Hamburg, N. Y. in August. Win-ners are as follows:

STALLIONS. 4 YEARS AND OVER, won by SHERIMILL SUNRISE, owned by Vincent J. Rogers. Williamsville, N. Y.; 2nd, PECOS Philip A. Hess, Akron, N. Y.; 3rd, BROWN PEPPER, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Rodee; 4th, JUSTINIAN, Miss Hortense Lynds, Akron.

There were seven in this, described by a visiting horseman as "the finest class of Morgan stallions I ever saw."

MARES SUITABLE TO BECOME DAMS: Won by GAYDEEN, owned by Russell Dobbins, E. Aurora; 2nd, DENISE, Mrs. Ayelien W. Richards, Pine City; 3rd, BEAUTY'S SHADOW, Leon W. Losey, Tru-mansburg; 4th, FIREFLY, Mrs. Losey.

BROODMARES WITH '53 FOALS: Won by VIXEN, Harry A. Davis, Williamsville; 2nd, NANCY ANN, Mrs. Ayelien Richards; 3rd, TIFRA, Vincent J. Rogers; 9th, MAN-TUA, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Hoef en, Spencer-port.

1953 FOALS: Won by Foal by Shorimill Sunrise-Vixen, Harry A. Davis; 2nd, Foal by Sherimili Sunrise-Tifra, Vincent Rogers; 3rd, Fcal by Elchem-Mantua, Willard Hoe-fen; 4th, Foal by Lippitt Mandate-Nancy Ann, Ayelien Richards.

YEARLINGS: Won by SUNRISE SERE-NADE, Vincent J. Rogers; 2nd, LEDGE-WOOD ROCKET, Philip A. Hess; 3rd, BANDERA PEPPER, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Rodee.

2 YEAR OLDS: Won by LEDGEWOOD COMET, owned by Miss Lyle Charters, Snyder, N. Y.; 2nd, MAY DATE, Harry A. Davis; 3rd, MAX WELTON PEPPER, Mr. and Mrs. Rodeo; 4th, DON QUIOTE PEPPER, Mr. and Mrs. Rodee.

3 YEAR OLDS: Won by LEDGEWOOD SEALECT, Philip A. Hess; 2nd, GAY-DEEN, Russell C. Dobbins; 3rd. ARCHIE S., Mrs. Leda Cook Tharnish; 4th, FIRE-FLY, Mrs. Leon Losey.

There was also a performance class for Morgans at Hamburg, in which there were 17 entries, 14 of these horses actually showing. Winners were as follows:

PERFORMANCE: Won by NANCY ANN, owned by Ayelien Richards; 2nd, TIBBY CORBIN, Mr and Mrs. D. J. Willey, Kennedy N. Y.; 3rd, DENISE, Ayelien Richards; 9th, JANEE, Philip A. Hess.

This was a beautiful and spectacular class and drew much interest and favorable comment. It was, however, rather too large, and we hope for a division next year.

The New York State Morgan Club looks with pleasure and pride on this show, which had its beginnings four years ago with five entries. We hope to go on to even greater success.

Morgans also did well in open com-petition at Hamburg. Ayelien Richards won the parade and equipment class

with her Nancy Ann. Evelyn Rodee placed third with her grand big geld-ing, Star Bright, and Leda Cook Tharnish placed 4th with Archie S. In the Model Western, Leon Losey had third with Beauty's Shadow.

The State Fair at Syracuse had Mor-gan breeding classes for the first time in years. There were only six Morgans present, due to the fact that only yearlings, 2-year-olds, and 3-year-olds were eligible, and also to extremely ad-verse weather conditions. Results were as follows:

YEARLINGS AND TWO-YEAR-OLDS COMBINED: Won by DON QUIOTE PEP-PER; 2nd, MAX WELTON PEPPER, both owned by Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Rodeo of Moravia; 3rd, MOHAWK CHIEF (yearling) owned by Mrs. Ellen Stanton of Jamesville.

THREE-YEAR-OLDS: Won by LEDGE-WOOD SEALECT, Philip A. Hess, Akron, N. Y.; 2nd and 3rd, FIREFLY and FIRE-CHIEF, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Losey, Trumans-burg.

The Club will try to promote a larger range of classes for next year, and possibly a performance class. This is a good, centrally located show, and we will without doubt do better on en-tries next year. Certainly the breeders who attended were treated with every courtesy and consideration.

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couldn't find any Morgans hereabout. Two years ago I bought a lovely Saddle-bred mare from a local man who thought he had a registered Thorough-bred. I showed her last year at the same show that I showed the Morgan

this year and although she worked nice-ly the judge said "a saddlebred mare" and she didn't place.

Then last fall I saw a small adver-tisement in a Washington, D. C. paper advertising a registered Morgan mare that had won considerable in jumping classes. I went to see her—a four year old—who had been shown and jumped

since she was two—poor little thing (measuring a scant 14.2) stifles weak, worn out, but still doing her best. She was priced high because she had won championships in Pony Hunter Classes. I didn't buy, couldn't afford to, but copied her pedigree and liked what I read. I couldn't forget her and called

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Amid ferris wheels, balloons, trotters and helldrivers the Fall Fair Season is in full swing. With these trotters one side of the show ring and vaude- ville acts taking place on the other the show horses certainly have plenty to think about. It's surprising how well mannered the majority of the horses are with all this confusion. But despite this the Fair Season is looked forward to by all exhibitors.

On Saturday and Sunday the 22nd and 23rd of August the Northwood Fair held their Annual Horse Show in Northwood, N. H. with results as follows:

OPEN MORGAN: Won by ORCLAND VIGILDON, Townshend Morgan-Holstein Farm; 2nd, ORCLAND VIGILEEN, Oraland Farm; 3rd, QUORUM, Camp Jo-Al-Co; 4th, TOWNSHEND SEALOIS, Townshend Morgan-Holstein Farm.

UNDER 15 HANDS: Won by ORCLAND LEADER, Stephen Tompkins; 2nd, ORC-LAND VIGILDON, Townshend Morgan-Hol-stein Farm; 3rd, ORCLAND GLEAM, Orc-land Farm; 4th, TOWNSHEND SEALOIS. Townshend Morgan-Holstein Farm.

OVER 15 HANDS: Won by ORCLAND VIGILEEN, Orcland Farm; 2nd, QUORUM, Camp Jo-Al-Co; 3rd, NAPIER, Nancy Bige-low; 4th, TOWNSHEND KINGLECT, Nathaniel Bigelow.

CHAMPIONSHIP: Champion: ORCLAND LEADER, Stephen Tompkins; Reserve, ORCLAND VIGILDON, Townshend Morgan-Holstein Farm; 3rd, ORCLAND VIGILEEN, Orcland Farm; 4th, QUORUM, Camp Jo-Al-Co.

OPEN PARADE: 2nd, PRINCE, Carl Di Pietro.

OPEN TRAIL HORSE: 2nd, TOWNS-HEND SEALOIS, Townshend Morgan-Hol-stein Farm: 3rd, MORNING STAR, Evelyn Dennis.

N.H. HACK: 4th, NAPIER, Nancy Bigelow. NEW ENGLAND HACK: Won by ORC-

LAND GLEAM, Orcland Farm. OPEN PAIR: Won by ORCLAND GLEAM

and ORCLAND VIGILEEN, Orcland Farm.

Also on the weekend of the 22nd the Ipswich Horse Show was held on the beautiful grounds of Maplecroft Farm in Ipswich, Mass. Though there were no Morgan classes, Morgans did well in the open pleasure classes.

TRAIL HORSE: 3rd, MAYPHIL, June Brockett.

NEW ENGLAND HACK: Won by MAY-PHIL, June Broekett.

OPEN 2 YR. OLD COLT: 2nd, WIND-CREST DONFIELD, Loyd Marks.

OPEN 1 YR. OLD COLT: Won by TORMENTA, June Brockett.

JUNIOR HACK: Won by ORCLAND GLEAM, Orcland Farm.

ROAD HACK: Won by MAYPHIL, June Brackett.

PLEASURE HORSE CHAMPIONSHIP: Champion: MAYPHIL, June Brockett.

On the following weekend we had the start of the heat wave. The Old Orchard Beach Horse Show was held on Saturday the 29th in Old Orchard Beach, Maine with the results as follows:

MODEL MORGAN: Won by ORCLAND VIGILDON, Townshend Morgan-Holstein Farm; 2nd, ORCLAND VIGILEEN, Orcland Farm; 3rd, ORCLAND GLEAM, Orcland Farm.

OPEN MORGAN: Won by ORCLAND VIGILDON, Townshend Morgan-Holstein Farm; 2nd, ORCLAND VIGILEEN, Orcland Farm.

CHAMPIONSHIP: Champion: Orcland VIGILDON. Townshend Morgan•Holstein Farm; Reserve: ORCLAND VIGILEEN, Orcland Farm.

NEW ENGLAND HACK: Won by ORC-LAND GLEAM, Orcland Farm.

The next day on the 30th there were three shows, the first of which was the 3rd Annual Brush Hill Horse Show in Milton, Mass. The results were as follows:

MODEL MORGANS: Won by ORCLAND VIGILDON, Townshend Morgan-Holstein Farm; 2nd, ORCLAND GAYDEEN, Mark Hanna; 3rd, HAVILAND DANCER, Dr. Robert Orcutt.

UNDER 15 HANDS: Won by ORCLAND VIGILDON, Townshend Morgan-Holstein Form.

OVER 15 HANDS: Won by ORCLAND GAYDEEN, Mark Hanna; 2nd, HAVILAND DANCER, Dr. Robert Orcutt.

CHAMPIONSHIP: Champion. ORCLAND VIGILDON, Townshend Morgan-Holstein Farm; Reserve: ORCLAND GAYDEEN, Mark Hanna; 3rd, HAVILAND DANCER, Dr. Robert Orcutt.

The second show on Sunday the 30th was the First Annual Pepperell Horse Show held in Pepperell, Mass, with results as follows:

MODEL MORGANS: Won by CHEROKEE MAID, Quaker Farm; 2nd, ROUBIKATE, Winter's Morgan Horse Farm; 3rd, MEADOWBROOK FANTASY, Norman Cot-ton.

OPEN MORGAN: Won by CHEROKEE MAID, Quaker Farm; 2nd, ROUBIKATE, Winter's Morgan Horse Farm.

CHAMPIONSHIP: Champion: CHEROKEE MAID. Quaker Farm; Reserve: ROUBI-

KATE, Winter's Morgan Horse Farm. OPEN COLT: Won by LIPPMAN HAWK,

Benjamin Smalley; 2nd, MERRY HAWK, Sandra Leach; 3rd, STAR OF VALOR, Winter's Morgan Horse Farm.

OPEN FINE HARNESS: Won by ORC-LAND SEALDON, Debby Murphy.

OPEN JUNIOR PARADE: 2nd, MEADOW-BROOK FANTASY, Vernon Cotton.

The third show on the 30th was the Rocky Hill Fair Horse Show held in Ea t Greenwich, R. I. with the results as follows:

MODEL MORGAN: Won by ORCLAND VIGILEEN, Orcland Farm; 2nd, PARADE, J. Cecil Ferguson; 3rd, JUNESTAR, J. Cecil Ferguson; 4th, UPWEY KING'S ELCHRO, Alta Stenmark.

OPEN MORGAN: Won by ORCLAND VIGILEEN, Orcland Farm; 2nd, PARADE, J. Ceci, Ferguson; 3rd, UPWEY KING'S ELCHRO, Alta Stenmark; 4th, CHIEF, Evans Anderson.

PLEASURE MORGAN: ORCLAND GLEAM Orcland Farm; 2nd, LADY FAIR, Lena Schaefer; 3rd, CHIEF, Evans Anderson; 4th, GAY LADY, Nancy Waterman.

CHAMPIONSHIP: Champion: ORCLAND VIGILEEN, Orcland Farm; Reserve: UP-WEY KING'S ELCHRO, Alta Stenmark.

The Hopkinton Fair Horse Show was held Sept. 5-6, in Hopkinton, N. H., with the results as follows:

OPEN MORGAN: Won by ORCLAND LEADER, Stephen Tompkins; 2nd, ORC-LAND VIGILEEN, Orcland Farm; 3rd, ORCLAND GLEAM, Orcland Farm; 4th, ORCLAND SELBA, Kenneth Clukay.

UNDER 15 HANDS: Won by ORCLAND LEADER, Stephen Tompkins; 2nd, ORC-LAND SELBA, Kenneth Clukay.

CHAMPIONSHIP: Champion ORCLAND LEADER, Stephen Tompkins; Reserve: ORCLAND VIGILEEN, Orcland Farm; 3rd, ORCLAND SELBA, Kenneth Clukay.

This same weekend the Lancaster Fair Horse Show was held in Lancas- ter, N. H. on Labor Day with the fol- lowing results:

MODEL MORGAN: Won by ORCLAND VIGILEEN, Orcland Farm; 2nd, ORCLAND GLEAM, Orcland Farm; 3rd, WINDCREST DONA LEE, A. S. Kelley; 4th, MILLER'S PRIDE, Mi.ler's Stock Farm.

OPEN MORGAN: Won by ORCLAND VIGILEEN, Orcland Farm; 2nd, ORCLAND GLEAM, Orland Farm; 3rd, WINDCREST DONA LEE, A. S. Kelley; 4th, SARACEN, Clyde Taylor.

CHAMPIONSHIP: Champion: ORCLAND VIGILEEN, Orcland Farm; Reserve: ORC-LAND GLEAM, Orcland Farm.

The North Shore Horsemens Asso- ciation held their fourth show in their series in Lynnfield, Mass., on Sept. 13t, results as follows:

OPEN MORGAN: Won by ORCLAND LEADER, Stephen Tompkins; 2nd, DEER-

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Morgans Afield and in the Ring By THE RAILBIRDS

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GRAND CHAMPION PLEASURE HORSE 1953 National Morgan Horse Show

BARBADON — 06651

We wish to announce the addition of Princess jarnelte to our stable. Watch for this promising young mare in future shows.

LT. & MRS. D. D. NAAS Key West, Fla. Savage. Minn.

The Maine Morgan Horse Club held its second Morgan Horse show, August 23rd at the stable of Miss Margaret Gardiner in Woolwich. This proved an ideal spot for a show as Miss Gardi ner has an unusually large ring, ex-cellent ringside parking space and plenty of good spots to unload horses and park trailers and trucks.

Our entry list was small—a bare 20 horses. What we lacked in numbers we think we made up in quality, as every Morgan entered was one of which to be proud.

Our judge was Mr. Richard Nelson of the Animal Husbandry Department of the University of Mass, in Amherst. He and Mrs. Nelson combined a Maine vacation in nearby Nobleboro with the judging of our show. Mr. Nelson proved a very popular judge and many spoke of the excellent job he did.

Some of the Maine folk remember Mr. Nelson best for his outstanding work with the Morgans at the Univer-sity of Mass., where some of us attended a light horse school in 1951.

Mr. F. Owen Stephens of Auburn was a most able announcer and ring-master, who kept the spectators abreast of things at all times. Mrs. Hugh Smith pinned the ribbons, and Mrs. Thomas Maines was show secretary.

We had two out of state exhibitors. The Lawson Gliddens of Ashland, N. H., brought over their mare Firefly's Lady Jane and her foal Ashland's June Pride, Miss Martha Moore of Pratt-ville, Ala., who was summering near Hooksett, N. H. brought her four year old stallion, Devan Hawk. We are very appreciative of the effort it takes to come so far, and we all were most happy to have these folk with us.

Ashland's June Pride walked out of the 1953 Foals class with the blue rib-bon and Firefly's Lady Jane gave an excellent performance in the Trail Horse Over Obstacle class. She started the class by splashing unconcernedly through a large puddle, walked briskly up to and right across the ramp of a truck laid down to simulate a bridge.

This particular hazard "threw" most of the entries. Most of them got across eventually , and after a fashion, but if it had been a real bridge with water be-low several horses and riders would have had a chance to demonstrate their swimming prowess. The little mare continued on to a mailbox and stood quietly while her young rider extracted a letter and delivered it to the judge. She then stood by a gate while her rider removed the top bar; she then jumped the bottom bar and continued on over another small brush obstacle. Firefly did all this with a very "it's all in the day's business" attitude, a very calm manner, and I venture that many an onlooker was wishing his Morgan was as calm and dependable (yours truly among them).

We were particularly happy to have

Miss Moore's Devan Hawk, as our stal-lion class was small and he was a wel-come and most worthy addition. Miss Margaret Gardiner had the largest number of entries in the show and was five blue ribbons and three red ones richer when it ended Her stallion Bayfield took the blue in both the Stallion with one or more of get and the Sire, dam and get classes. Many spectators took the opportunity to visit Miss Gardiner's stable and see all her Morgans. She has a very attractive group of bay Morgans, which is the true Morgan color using old Justin as a copy.

The Stallions Under Saddle class was very pretty to watch. Lippitt Red Moro, the winner, is owned by Mr. Hugh Little of Rockland who told me that the day of our show was the first time Red had had a saddle on in twelve months. This highlighted even more his mannerly performance. He went on to win the blue in the Trail Horse Over Obstacle class.

Conscience, a flashy chestnut mare owned by Mr. Howard Hurd of Port-

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Maine Morgan News

By MARGARET LINNELL

OCTOBER 1953

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Minnesota State Fair By MARILYN DREHER

Twenty-one Morgans were shown at the 1953 State Fair and again attracted the eyes of many people. A newcomer to the Minnesota State Fair, S. J. Duginski of Moorhead, Minn took Champion Stallion with Springbrook Midnight and following behind him was the Reserve Champion Milaca Query from the Milaca Morgan Farm of Milaca, Minn. Champion mare was Dakota Girl, and Reserve Champion was High-Lo both owned by P. C. Alfred Dorow from Springfield, Minn. Dakota Girl also won the Western Pleasure Class over forty-five other horses of other breeds.

The following are the results of the classes:

STALLIONS, 4 YEARS OLD AND OVER: Won by SPRINGBROOK MIDNIGHT. S. J. Duginski; 2nd, TYLER, S. J. Duginski.

STALLIONS, THREE YEARS OLD: Won by MILACA QUERY, Mita= Morgan Farm; 2nd, MILACA MAJOR, R. B. Graves.

STALLION. 1 YEAR OLD: Won by SUNFLOWER PRINCE JR., Frank Gasner.

STALLION FOAL: Won by SENTIMEN-TAL QUESTION, Jean Fitzimons; 2nd, MOR-AYR EASTER STAR, R. B. Graves.

MARES, 4 YEARS OLD AND OVER: Won by DAKOTA GIRL, P. C. Alfred Dorow; 2nd, HIGH-LO, P. C. Alfred Dorow; 3rd, STARLET DE JARNETTE, Marilyn Dreher.

MARES. 3 YEARS OLD: Won by WOOD-LAND LADY, Bert Hetletvedt.

MARES, 2 YEARS OLD: Won by MISS JARNETTE, George Ellis; 2nd, RITA-G, Stanley Sahlstrom.

MARES, 1 YEAR OLD: Won by KOKO ALLEN, P. C. Alfred Dorow; 2nd, DUO-SWAN, P. C Alfred Dorow; 3rd, MOR-AYR ROYAL LASS, R. B. Graves.

Light Horse School A 3-day Light Horse School will be

held at Grinnell Arena of the Unversity of Massachusets on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Oct. 16, 17 and 18. The School is sponsored by the Arabian Horse Association of New England and the New England Morgan Horse Asso-ciation in cooperation with the Univer-sity of Massachusetts.

The theme of this School will be judging conformation and performance of various light horse types and breeds. Professor Don J. Kays will officiate during this portion of the program. Don J. Kays, Professor of Animal In-dustry at Ohio State University, is a nationally recognized AHSA judge, and is the author of the recently re-leased book, "The Horse."

The program begins Friday noon

with a session on feeding, including laboratory work. Friday evening is taken up with a session on stables, their construction and equipment.

The Massachusetts 4-H Horse Clubs promise a lively program for Saturday morning. Judging conformation of the various breeds of light horses will follow in the afternoon. A banquet and guest speaker in the evening com-pletes the day.

Sunday forenoon and afternoon will deal with gaits, action, and judging performance of the various types of light horses. Two contests—one on judging conformation and the other on judging performance—will be open to all in attendance.

Pre-registration is necessary for the School, and those interested should con-tact Dr. R. E. Smith, Paige Laboratory, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts.

Death of Squire Skimp By HELEN BRUNK GREENWALT

In respect to Jane and Bob Behling who have had the great misfortune to lose their beloved stallion, Squire Skimp, tvho died recently of a kidney and liver infection.

Squire Skimp was Grand Champion over all ages of the 1953 Natonal Stal-lion Show, Waterloo, Iowa and again at Mid-Western Show, Columbus, Ohio, where his owners did a magni-ficent job of showing him and can well be proud of his honors. All who associated with him loved him. "So the Squire went out in his glory after winning the two championships in succession which is some consolation to his owners who are taking their loss as the good people and very good sports they are."

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several times but no "come down" on the price.

About two months later I received a call to see if I was still interested and the owner asked me to come over and make an offer. We went right over—the little mare was all stiffened up in back—someone had landed her on a 4'/ foot chicken coop. I bought her at my price—my family thought I was crazy—but I couldn't resist those pleading Morgan eyes and those saucy little ears. We brought her home and I started working on her, minerals in her feed, lots of rubbing and walking

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and then more walking. As I am a teacher, I didn't have too much extra time to work on her. Then I started riding her, but always at a walk which was quite a job, for in spite of her weak hind legs, she was so nervous that the minute you started to get on, it was prance, prance and the minute you touched the saddle she was off. That's the little Morgan mare that won the "blue" last Saturday, that can go fifteen or twenty miles up and down hill carrying 160 pounds without turn-ing a hair or showing any weakness in those hind legs; that can jump easily and willingly but only ONCE in A WHILE. That's the mare that will stand for me to get on and off any-where, anytime. Could anything but a Morgan make a comeback like that? I doubt it. She measures almost 14.3 now, her coat with the grey hairs on both flanks and in her tail, is black and glossy and Oh, she is so proud and saucy—just a big little Morgan.

One little thing more—when it was announced that my Gypsy Gay had won first—I almost fell off in sur-prise and a big "hand" was given us because, as my twelve year old son says, of my look of utter stupefaction. You

Fee, we have a Family Trail Riders Club here and everyone from toddlers to grandma and grandpa ride and sup-port the Pleasure Classes in this show.

Mrs. Marvel B. Hanscom Manassas, Va.

OHIO NEWS Dear Sir:

Well, another summer is almost gone, and as usual can not imagine where the time went, though each day has seemed to be very well filled. Re-gretted very much not being able to attend the National, but business comes first as usual. I know that you must have had a fine show as we have had reports of it from several sources.

Since I had no chance to visit in per-son, thought perhaps some Ohio Mor-gan news might be acceptable to the eastern readers of the Magazine. While I have been unable to attend any of the Morgan shows, have seen many Mor-gans at their homes so keep in touch to a slight extent.

In additon to the regular press of this business of earning a living, this season has had added duties. I was instrumental in organizing a Riding Club for the 4-H of Geauga county, and have acted as advisor for our Chester group, which has had member-

ship of 18. As this is the first time .there has been any 4-H work with horses in this county, there have been many problems and experiences that I suppose come to all engaged in a new endeavor. Though our son Tommie is the only member to own a Morgan, much interest is being aroused in the breed, and last week enjoyed an ex-perience that would have warmed the hearts of any Morgan lover. The county group numbering 35 youngsters was taken on a tour to visit various breeders to become more acquainted with the characteristics of several breeds. We visited stables of American Saddle Horses, Thoroughbred Hunters, Ara-bians, Quarter Horses, and our band of Morgans, and on the completion of the tour the group was asked this question. `If, with the needed money in your pocket, each person were to purchase a registered horse, what breed would be your first choice?' The answers from 34 kids included 2 Hunters, 1 Arabian, 4 Quarter Horses and the re-maining 27 picked the Morgan. In an area where we are the only breeder within 30-40 miles this answer surely was a great vote for the breed, and made us very proud.

For seven weeks now, we have been enjoying the antics of our first Morgan colt. A horse colt, light chestnut in color, though we have indications it will darken later, is from the mare Tippy-Dee, purchased from Mr. Evans, and by the stallion Captain Fillmore, who is a half-brother to our mature stallion L. U. Colonel 9823, both being sired by Fillmore. Of our mares, four are in foal to our junor stallion, Devan Cap 10524, so barring troubles, our colt crop in '54 should be very satisfactory, and we are anticipating the spring with high hopes.

We have not had a horse in the showring this year, though Tommie and I have ridden in some parades. Tommie is working daily with his mare Flyella in anticipation of the week to be spent at our County Fair, which by the way is the oldest in the Buckeye State. Tom's mare is coming along very nicely, and should have been in some Morgan classes this season.

Am enclosing a snapshot of our colt, who we hope to have registered Foxy Prince, with our seven year old daugh-ter Susan. She, by the way, is beginning to ride a three year old filly. This filly has had no one on her back be-

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WIND-CREST MORGAN WINS 100 MILE TRAIL RIDE

To prove that Wind-Crest Morgans are trail horses as well as show horses, we entered two four year olds in the 1953 Green Mountain 100-mile trail

ride.

Results: Mademoiselle of Wind Crest won the Junior Division and Wind. Crest Cover Girl placed 5th in the Lightweight Division.

Come to Wind-Crest for your future Morgan, be it for pleasure riding, showing or breeding purposes. We now have weanling studs and fillies,

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For Morgan owners who wish boarding and/or training for their horses, we invite your inspection.

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fore, and steps out as though she had been ridden for years.

Have rambled on and on without mentioning the many Morgans we have seen and visited this summer, so had better close for now and make the next 'chapter' a review of our visits.

Many thanks for the increasingly fine Magazine. The articles and columns lead us to believe that we know the many writers, as well as the many breeders mentioned, personally, as we would like to know them all.

Yours for Morgans, Sincerely yours,

Milford Fox Chillicothe Road,

Chesterland, Ohio P. S. Undoubtedly there are many

4-H riding groups located in the east. If you are able, I would appreciate it greatly if you would send names and addresses to me, so I might write them and very probably learn a great deal to add to our program. Thank you.

Dear Sir: I enjoy the magazine, having been

a Morgan admirer for quite a few years.

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gaps, of Bradford, Vt., which I believe provided much of the foundation stock of the Lippitt horses. Also, there was Daniel Lambert, a well known Morgan who stood and was owned by a man in Fairlee, Vt. And to hear the old-timers tell it this horse had quite a few accomplishments, besides the ability to get some mighty fine colts.

One must keep up with the modern Morgan, but I don't think it's wise to forget or ignore their heritage. Out-side of that, it makes fine reading.

Yours truly, Mrs. Donald Reed

Orford, N. H.

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Cambria, Wisconsin, were the proud winners of grand champion with their three year old mare, Lurgan, and re-serve champion with their yearling, Pappillon.

Among the spectators present at the Morgan show were—Prof. C. W. Craw-ford, head of the department of animal husbandry at the University of Illinois;

Elmer Taft, manager of the horse de-partment at the Pennsylvania State Col-lege; Fred Huenegarth of LeMay, Miss-ouri, a Morgan owner and widely known as the manager of the Bud-weiser hitch of Clydesdales; Robert Burgess, Ernest McElhinney, and Robert Riley — all Iowan Morgan owners; Earl Searls of Newark, N. J., on vacation in Illinois and visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Searls of Medora, Illinois. H. W. Gilman of Decatur, Illinois, and F. K. Dzengo-lenski of Lebanon, Illinois, both Mor-gan breeders, were also seen on the rail during the classes.

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to have a cattle deale r truck him home. He arrived on Washington's birthday. My wife, no horsewoman, was alone at home and she directed the driver to put him in a box stall. She later told me that he walked over to a mechanical drinking cup and drank long and steadily. I have spent days teaching other horses not to be afraid of those gadgets.

My son and I arrived home soon after and started to work on him. The bright bay hide was crusted with gobs of manure clear to his whittlers. His mane was a tangle of burred sausage curls and his tail was merely a vestigial remnant, loser in a life-long tussle with briars.

First we worked over the mane and foretop, carefully separating the long spirals. But even so we were forced

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to pull enough to fill a pillow, and we combed out the knotted remnants of his tail. Then, with sponge, soap and warm water we went to work on his hide. It was a terrible job—soak, soften, rub, scrape. Gradually the accrued filth came off. Then a rubber curry and a dandy brush. Then a body brush and towel. We were both ex-hausted and stinking. Hot showers rid us of the odor but the horse smelled rank until he got his spring coat.

I found an old sheet and buckled it on him, figuring it would be in shreds before morning. He never touched it. Then I gave him a quart of bran and a handful of grain. He was taking a second drink when I dropped the food in his manger and he hurried over to see what it was. He couldn't identify it as anything he had ever seen before. He snorted. The light bran flew and some of it stuck to his wet lips. He licked them, liked the taste and dove in. I gave him a feed of good hay and left him.

What to do next? I had never shod or broken a "colt" coming eight. I expected a rumpus. I called the black-smith the next day. He's a good man with bad horses but I thought he'd have his hands full despite his skill. Another surprise. The little stud stood quietly after a few jerks. I patted his head throughout the "ordeal" and gave him some apples when it was over. The shoer was speechless.

I kept him in that day but I had him on cross-ties and gave him another good grooming. I finished bodybrushing his back and gradually worked down the far side until I had both arms over his back. Every day I ended his groom-ing in that manner, adding more weight daily. He quickly got used to it. The day after he was shod, I turned him out in the half-acre corrall, won-dering how he would handle his new

shoes. I got my answer quickly. His front legs were too close together and he whacked himself, springing a splint as big as half a walnut.

I daily increased his rations of bran, crimped oats and horse feed, cutting the first and increasing the other two. My vet gave him an enormous shot of B-I2 and minerals. Gradually he strength-ened, his head came up and his sagged hips tightened.

Then the dilemma. Should I wait until he was fatter before breaking him or should I take advantage of his weak-ness and start at once. The latter seemed advisable to my 50 years.

I put the shank chain over his nose and while I held and petted him my boy slid a saddle, with stirrups removed onto his back. He accepted it. The next day it was saddle and girth. The next day the saddle had stirrups and my son put some weight on the iron while we both soothed him. Then he climbed on. The stud trembled, his ears and tail twiched and his eyes showed fright. But he made no mistakes as I led him, mounted around the stall.

I had bitted him daily from the moment he arrived in the barn so the next day I slipped on a rubber bit and climbed aboard. He winced visibly at my greater weight but led out quietly and I walked him around the corrall. He was still green of the bit but by using my legs a great deal he quickly caught on. I rode him daily for 10 minutes, first walk and then trot.

A week later I took him out on the trail and in April occurred the episode with which this story began. During his entire training and thereafter he never once reared or bucked. But the training, easy as it was took its toll. He was very nervous, sweated profusely and scoured continuously But I petted him, spent days at nothing but the

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walk, fed him a little flour in his grain and he soon "graduated" from all three.

By the time the spring grasss was thick he began to show the result of care, feed and work. Slowly he filled inside; then his neck came up, his ribs disappeared and his quarters filled. The space between his front legs, which had been too narrow for a body brush, gradually grew until today he has a presentable front end. He has the Mor-gan roundness but not to the extent I would like. He is still narrow in front and his quarters are not as heavy as I'd like. But he looks like a horse, he feels like one and he acts like one.

I fully believe that everything he does, he does naturally. His ability to keep his feet under him in a sort of natural collection is not of my doing. His cat-like quality of navigating over stone or through brushland is his own. His jump is also his own. I have not yet got around to schooling him in this department.

I'll never forget the first time he hopped. There was a tree down on the trail about three feet off the ground. I squeezed my knees, steadied his head and pointed him at it. He went in too close but I gambled and leaned way out and he came up like a jack-in-the-box and over without a touch.

His years in the hills alone have taught him some funny tricks. A snapped branch is a "go-away" sign, and I mean in a hurry! A bad place in the road calls for a dropped head and "hound-sniffing" before he proceeds. And then there are the animals. Cows and deer he lumps indifferently to-gether. But woodchucks, for some rea-sen, he hates.

Our springer spaniel cornered one in the middle of the trail one day, a big one and tough. He rushed the circling dog time and again, teeth snap-ping ominously. The dog didn't have enough moxie to tackle him and the chuck finally settled gloweringly on hls haunches. The stallion had been watching all this with interest and I felt him swell under me. I ga ,— him his head and he dashed in. One flicking forefoot killed the chuck and he snorted at the dog as though to say "that is how it is done."

He is still a stud, albeit an unused