January/February 2014 - TWH Heritage Society

January/February 2014
Volume VIII, Issue 1
Published by the TWH Heritage Society
Cover design by Jennifer Klitzke | www.naturallygaited.com
Inside:
The Allen Legacy
Soup & Sandwich Winter Ride
Smooth vs. Bouncy
Product Review From Readers
Down on the Farm
Readers Write
T W H H e r i t a g e S o c i e t y. c o m
THE ALLEN LEGACY
By Franne Brandon, Petersburg, Tennessee
(This story first appeared in the December 2013
issue of Canadian Walking Horse News)
Tennessee Walking Horse, pages 104, 105.) To this
state fair competition, Tennessee horsemen brought
their best stock, among them descendants of Tom
Hal, Earnharts Brooks, and Grey John. These
competitors were proud of the horses they exhibited
and the bloodlines that they represented.
It was at the start of the 20th century that a new
stallion introduced bloodlines not previously found in
the area. Foaled in 1886, the Standardbred ‘Allen’
was acquired by John Mankin of Murfreesboro in
1892. He failed as a sire of race horses, however, and
for over ten years he was largely unappreciated as he
was traded around Middle Tennessee. Finally, in
1903, in what could be regarded today as a freaky
coincidence, James R. Brantley of Beech Grove,
Tennessee, bought the black stallion for $110 as part
of a purchase negotiation on a jack. Brantley
investigated the background of his new stallion, liked
the pedigree that he unearthed, and offered him at
stud on the Brantley farm. There, for the first time,
Allen attracted a large court of fine mares. He stood
as a popular sire on the Brantley farm from 19031909.
During the Reconstruction period following the
United States Civil War, as Middle Tennessee began
rebuilding after the conflict, Nashville and larger
towns like Murfreesboro saw wealthy horsemen
establish both Thoroughbred and Standardbred stud
farms as racetracks sprang up in these areas. (Middle
Tennessee Horse Breeding, p.25) In small towns and
surrounding rural countryside, though, the progress
seen in the more affluent cities failed to arrive.
Horsemen living in farm areas continued to promote
and to blend bloodlines of stallions and mares
descended from the easy-gaited saddle stock that had
been in the area in the earliest days. These multipurpose horses were bred for their ability to smoothly
negotiate rough country roads. Their flat walks were
fast and steady, their intermediate gait, known as a
running walk, was a gliding, quick ride as the horses
nodded along in time to their hoof beats. These
country horses could also pull a buggy or wagon and
plow a field. Common sense was their forte, and they
were sturdy animals, not show ring fancy, but solid
and handsome.
These native Tennessee horses were firmly
established as a type by the end of the 19th century.
Classes for them at the Tennessee State Fair's
showcase in the early 20th century termed them
"Plantation Saddle Horses" according to historian
Margaret Lindsley Warden. (Biography of the
Brantley described Allan years after owning him "as
easy-gaited a horse as anyone ever rode. I rode him
myself, and so did my children and many neighbors.
No stallion ever lived who had a better disposition.
His gaits in the trot, pace, flat or running walk were
perfect. He had a particular gliding gait under saddle,
truly equal to the family rocking chair. He had
perfect style, a very high head, a natural, high tail,
quick, very fine hair, good flat bone and ample foot."
(Biography, pages 84,85) But, when Allan's son from
his first foal crop out of Brantley's top mare,
Gertrude, became established in the stud, Allan
changed owners one last time, to live his final days at
the farm of Brantley's good friend Albert Dement in
Normandy.
While Allan never graced the show ring, his offspring
did, and their success catapulted his bloodlines into
prominence as the bloodlines to have. Red sabino son
Roan Allen was described by his breeder as a
youngster "with a long over-reach, nodding head with
coltish legs beating in perfect form a true running
walk.” (Biography, p.84) In appearance, the mature
Roan Allen was "possessing rare quality in
conformation, a very long and finely proportioned
neck, sloping shoulders, perfect head, quick, sharp
ears, short back, very heavy flaxen mane, water spout
flaxen tail, rear stockings, fore socks, and broad
blazed face, and carried his head high.”
(Biography, p. 83)
His half sister and future mate, Merry Legs "...was a
big mare - about 15 ½ hands, weighing 1200 pounds
- and in comparison with the best Tennessee Walking
Horses today, I believe she could beat any of them.
Her tail was never set, but she could carry it about as
well as if it were set." So wrote Jimmy Joe Murray of
Lewisburg in his memoirs of Allan's most famous
daughter. (Biography, p. 79)
Another future mate of Merry Legs was Hunter's
Allen, "...a golden or bright red chestnut, off hind
stocking, star and snip, with a beautiful long mane
that waved and a long tail that touched the ground,
but was carried high while he was in action. He was
about 15.1 hands and weighed approximately 1050
pounds." (Biography, p. 156) Hunter's Allen was
champion stallion at the Tennessee State Fair in
1912, 1913, 1916, 1917, and 1924. In 1926, Fred
Walker showed the then-twenty year old stallion to
an undefeated season. (Biography, p. 156)
Hunter's Allen, Merry Legs, and Roan Allen shared
traits that tied them to the established Tennessee
bloodlines of their dams while allowing them to pass
along the best from their sire, Allan. Although
varying in height, these Allens (the spelling changed
with their generation) were strongly built horses with
conformation to carry weight and get the job done.
All three took to saddle work easily and continued as
show and riding horses after starting in the stud or
producing foals. Although they were at the top of the
game in the show ring, their competitive edge did not
prevent them from functioning as useful riding
horses, or in the case of the stallions, harness horses
as well.
Another characteristic of these Allen horses was
superior tail carriage. Old timers in the South
mentioned in the past that a tail carried high was a
hallmark of a well-bred horse. Before tail cutting
came in vogue, judges would use criteria of
excellence of tail carriage to determine the ribbons
for a pair of competitors with equally matched gaits.
Zoee on board As The Thunder Rolls
Peter Braun aboard As The Thunder Rolls
Shot of Tanasi Gold going away shows the tail
carriage that is part of the Allen Legacy from
Allan F-1.
Society’s Duke Allen, an Allen descendant,
shows off his tail style
Although Allan was black, many of his grand-get
were bay, chestnut, or sorrel. Today, over a hundred
years since the Allens entered the gene pool, a
sparkling iridescence known in some areas as “the
Allen iridescence” brightens the coats of some sorrel
and bay Tennessee Walkers. Did it come from Old
Black Allan, or did his offspring pass it along as gifts
from their dams?
The Tennessee Walker was an established type of
regional saddle horse when Allan 7623 ATR was
purchased by James Brantley in 1903. Less than
thirty years later, however, his bloodlines were so
prevalent that in 1935, he was selected as Foundation
Sire #1 for the new Tennessee Walking Horse
Breeders Association of America. Allan and his
Allen descendants left a legacy of horses with bone,
solid walking gaits and the attitude to be suitable for
any number of equine uses.
Walk the Edge of Good-Bye, aka, Redbird,
illustrates the “Allen Iridescence” in her coat
Some of the Heritage stallions who are Allen
descendants:
Sun’s Smokey Midnight, another Allen
descendant, shows his tail style in the show
ring with Carl Parks up
Bud’s Sterling Bullet
Breeders today should recall this Allen legacy as
they direct their efforts to maintaining the
integrity of the Tennessee Walking Horse in its
claim to be the World’s Greatest Pleasure Horse.
The March-April issue of Highlights will
feature living daughters of Red Bud’s Rascal.
Please send in photos and your short stories
about your Red Bud’s Rascal mares. Send to
northern_foundations@yahoo.com by March
10th. Looking forward to seeing your girls!!
Society’s Dan Allen (Deceased) with Billy
Taylor
Slush Creeks Jubal S
6-25-1991 – 12-30-2013
From Shellie Pacovsky, Bainville, Montana
Slush Creeks Jubal S
Early in the spring of 1992, we made a trip down
to the Double Diamond Ranch in Rhame, North
Dakota. We were taking a mare down to Millers
Super Man to be bred. Calvin Miller had passed
away, and the Double Diamond was being run
by his widow, Maxine, and his son, Wade. We
were so new to the Tennessee Walking Horse
breed; we didn’t know anything about the
bloodlines, the gaits, or the history of the breed.
All we knew was that we had, by chance, gotten
this mare, and we were in love with everything
about her, and we wanted more. While we were
at the Double Diamond, Wade gave us a tour of
the place, including the barn and the horses. In a
back pen were two colts, wild little buggers; they
had just been weaned and brought in from the
badlands. They were about nine months old.
Wade told us he thought the black was a stallion
prospect, but I wasn’t so sure. He sure had long
legs, but he was a little scraggly looking; he
hadn’t shed off his winter coat yet, and he sure
was scared. Mark and I left our mare in Super
Man’s court and made the trip home. We did talk
about those two colts on the way home, because
Mark wanted a TWH for himself.
About six weeks later, Mark made the trip back
down to Rhame by himself and when he came
home, he brought that black colt as a present for
me because I had quit smoking. Mark and Wade
had loaded him into the trailer by running him up
the alleyway and into the back of the trailer. He
had not been touched; he was still wild and he
didn’t have a name. Maxine had said we could
name him and to let her know when we did, and
she would send in his registration papers. We
unloaded him and the first thing on the agenda
was to get a halter on him. We put him in our
alleyway and managed to get him haltered. We
put a lead rope on him and let him out. He was
terrified, but within a very few minutes he
calmed down and was even liking the attention. I
think that is when we first knew we had
something really special! In just a couple of
days, he was leading and his lessons continued.
Boy, was he smart! It took us a little while, but
we finally settled on a name for this colt. We
called him Slush Creeks Jubal S.
Slush Creek is a small creek that only runs in the
spring of the year, and it empties into a dam just
north of our house. The Jubal S came because
Mark and I both love the Sackett books by Louis
L’Amour, and there was a character in these
books named Jubal Sackett. We sent Jubal to a
trainer to be started under saddle as a two year
old, but I think Jubal was born broke. We also
bred one mare to him in 1993, and in the spring
of 1994, a black sabino colt was born. That was
twenty years ago. We have learned so much
since then.
Jubal’s first foal at Slush Creek Walkers
streams are cold and clear, and the angels have
an endless supply of cookies.
Rest in peace, Slush Creeks Jubal S.
Jubal with Mark & Shellie’s grandchildren
Jubal’s Boot Scootin’ Boogie, TWHBEA
Endurance Horse
Jubal was a great teacher and a great ambassador
for the breed, spending the next twenty years
greeting all sorts of visitors to Slush Creek
Walkers. He loved people, even stepping more
carefully around the children. Jubal sired over a
hundred foals, most of them as kind and gentle
as he was. He was so accepting and forgiving of
our mistakes and lack of knowledge. He never
once challenged us. He gave us all he had every
time we asked, no matter who did the asking or
what was asked of him. The good Lord gained a
mighty steed on December 30th and there will
never be another like him here on earth. We will
meet him again where the lush green pastures are
belly deep, bathed in sunshine, the sparkling
“Jubal was one of those special, one in a lifetime
horses. I only met him once, but he so impressed
me with his gentle demeanor and beautiful
conformation. I had originally visited Shellie
and Mark's to purchase a filly I had fallen in love
with from just a picture online. She was not
related to Jubal, but while Shellie was kind
enough to spend hours with me talking about her
beloved TWHs and showing me all her other
beautiful babies, she pulled out a stunning colt
that was by Jubal. My heart was set on a bay
filly, but I was so besotted with this black colt
that I ended up buying him as well! Not only did
this colt grow up to have a natural ground
covering walk, he had a wonderful mind and I
herded cattle, did extreme trail riding in the
mountains and jumped him!
Horses have been a large part of my life for
many years, but this was my first experience
with TWHs. Jubal impressed me so much and I
consider myself very fortunate to have met such
a grand stallion.” Anne Lowatchie
Soup& Sandwich Rides
From Mike Davis, Wabasha, Minnesota
“Here are some memorable scenes from along
the trail yesterday! There were about 30 riders.
We were in Wisconsin along the Chippewa River
in Pepin County. This was one numerous trail
rides that various land owners sponsor all winter
long. They call them "Soup and Sandwich
Rides" because after a 3 hour ride or so
everybody shares potluck food and horse talk.
It's a lot of fun and you get to see a lot of nice
scenery that would never be available
otherwise.”
Through a wooded ridge
Riders passing the rock quarry
Mississippi River is visible in the distance
Robin Secrist on Winchester
Heading down the trail through switchbacks
Views across Wisconsin’s bluff lands
Photos from the January 19th ride
Heading to the bluff top
Riders arriving at Buena Vista Park
The view from Buena Vista Park above Alma,
Wisconsin overlooking the frozen Mississippi
River
Shelby Marr on Slush Creek's Coral Cameo Moonshine Tennessee's face, this is his first
trail ride since getting sewed up with zip-ties
back in October. He did just fine too!
From Rachel Hill, Fort Frances, Ontario,
Canada
“I played around with the photo settings with this
one so you could see Traveler's face. He is still
such a baby, has such a young face still. Ransom
is the one close to the fence in this pic. He is not
a small horse by a long shot, but the two echo
boys make him appear short. As you can see,
they have all gotten over their fear of the goats,
and have no issue getting right up to the fence.”
It's been -28 to -30C all weekend. The dogs go
out until the first paw comes up, the horses come
in early, the chickens have a heat lamp and the
goats have.... coats, of course!!
“The picture that made the Minnesota Distance
Riding Club Calendar this year. We were just
coming in after 50 miles.”
From left, Traveler, Ransom, Beamer
Congratulations to Rachel & Beamer for
making the March calendar page in the
Minnesota calendar!!!
2014 Calendar Submission
As you know by now, we did not get enough
entries to have a 2014 calendar. We asked those
folks who sent in photos to send us stories about
their horses they submitted for the calendar. We
didn’t want their efforts to go unnoticed. So here
is the first submission:
From Debbie Zaktansky, Watsontown,
Pennsylvania:
Duncan
Duncan is a heritage eligible colt by Tennessee
Goldust and out of the Heritage mare Society’s
Katherine Gray. She is by NFF Wilson’s
Society King, getting Paige’s Echo and
William’s King breeding from him. Her dam is
Krispy Crème, a producer of many fine foals at
Northern Foundation Farm. Krispy Crème’s
dam is from the Suntan Storm x Townsend’s
Dolly cross that produces great gait! I had a
gelding from this cross that a clinician
commented on as having the best natural gait she
had ever seen. Duncan’s gait is great and so is
his disposition, just what you would expect from
this breeding. He has his sire’s quietness and
willingness to please his trainer. He also gets 6
numbers from the 40’s on his pedigree from
Tennessee Goldust. As a weanling I took a sheet
of plastic to have him walk over. After our
lesson he went over and grabbed hold of it in his
mouth and sacked himself out with it, shaking it
and flipping it all over himself. Not afraid, he
thought it was great fun. His dam Katie is a
bright sorrel with flaxen mane, but his sire
darkened his coat to liver chestnut. He is
currently in Michigan where he will be trained to
ride, show, and eventually stand at stud. His
registered name is Roc’s Goldust Heritage, but
my granddaughters named him Duncan after
Duncan Donuts since his dam is Krispy Crème.
They say he is Sweet!
If you would like your calendar submission
recognized, please send your information to
northern_foundations@yahoo.com
Product Reviews From Readers
From Jennifer Klitzke, Minneapolis,
Minnesota
‘Smooth’ is the reason I bought my first
naturally gaited horse in 2007. Yet I was
surprised to discover that my horse came with a
full gamut of ‘smooth’ and ‘bumpy’ gaits. At
times it was hard to know what was going on
beneath me when my horse switched from a
smooth natural four-beat gait to a pace, stepping
pace, rack, flat walk, fox trot, and hard trot
within a matter of strides. I quickly learned that
‘smooth’ was something I had to train my horse
to be consistent with. And just how do you do
that?!
I have met so many people who become
discouraged when their gaited horse won’t gait.
Many resort to unnecessary gimmicks like
weighted shoes, unnatural hoof angles, and harsh
bits to make their horse gait‒only to get further
discourage when their horse gets tense, reactive,
and even less smooth.
There is a much better way.
Back in 2007 when I first
began training my three-year-old Tennessee
walking horse Makana, there were few naturally
gaited training DVDs on the market. Today a
few more, like Ivy Schexnayder’s DVD:
Training a Smooth Gait, Naturally! in which she
draws upon ten-years experience training gaited
horses using natural and humane training
techniques. Ivy’s 70-minute DVD for only
$39.95 shows the smooth four-beat gaits in
regular and slow motion of several gaited breeds
as Missouri Foxtrotter, Tennessee walking horse,
Paso Fino, and Rocky Mountain, as well as the
bumpy lateral gaits as pace and stepping pace
and diagonal gaits as trot and broken trot. Seeing
and hearing the footfalls in regular and slow
motion have really helped me identify what my
horse is doing beneath me as I ride.
There are many variations of gaits between the
gaited breeds where terminology can get
confusing. Ivy further simplifies the gaits into
two training categories: ‘smooth’ and ‘bumpy.’
She offers no-gimmick, humane, and natural
training strategies that effectively break up pace
and trot. Plus, the DVD covers real-time training
through Ivy’s three basic phases to lead your
gaited horse into a naturally gaited smooth ride.
Ivy demonstrates simple exercises that you can
do with your gaited horse each time you ride.
And if you stick with it, your gaited horse will
develop a more consistent smooth natural fourbeat gait in as little as 10 days. Not only that,
Ivy’s humane and natural training techniques
will build a better trusting partnership with your
horse and lead your horse into greater relaxation
and balance.
I can’t wait to try the cavaletti exercise with my
horse! I highly recommend Ivy Schexnayder’s
DVD: Training a Smooth Gait, Naturally! for
anyone who wants a smoother gaited horse to
ride and a better relationship with their horse.
For more information about Ivy Schexnayder,
visit IvysHorses.com.
From Diane Sczepanski, Whitehall, Wisconsin
As all horse people know taking care of a few
horses is an expensive proposition. Now try
feeding a herd of horses economically and it
becomes a real challenge. We’ve always had
reasonably priced hay in Wisconsin compared to
other areas of the country but in the last few
years with corn prices being high, a lot of hay
ground got planted to corn thus making it harder
to find decent hay, plus what we could find came
at a premium price.
At the price I paid for hay for the 2013-2014
winter, all it took was two round bales to be fed
per net and the nets were paid for.
It takes the horses a little while to get used to
eating out of the net but they adapt quite quickly.
If they do drop any of the hay, they pick it up
and eat it because they had to work at getting it
out of the net. We move the nets around the
pasture so the manure gets spread out across the
pasture. The nets slow down the eating and keep
the horses busy all day.
It used to be I’d put a round bale in a ring style
bale feeder and the horses would have at it.
About half the bale of hay ended up on the
ground, pooped on, used for a bed, anything but
eaten once it fell on the ground. When hay was
cheap I didn’t consider it a waste of feed because
I could spread it on my sandy soil as good
organic matter plus there was viable seed in that
hay and my pastures would continue to get
reseeded.
Now with hay prices anywhere from $160 to
well over $200 a ton in this area, a person has to
be a bit more conservative with the hay. My
good friend, Austin Turley, out in Montana told
me about these hay nets he was using and how
long his hay lasted because it slowed down the
horses eating and they weren’t wasting any feed.
I decided to try the nets and ordered one from
cinchchix.com. I ordered the biggest round bale
net they had with the largest openings and I am
a believer in this product.
Horses eating the bale
In the winter of 2012-2013, I went through the
equivalent of 200 1000 pound round bales, of
which half of that was tossed on the ground and
wasted by the horses.
Kris pulling hay through the net
So far in the winter of 2013-2014, I have used 74
round bales. We did have drought here this past
summer/fall so some of the hay was fed early in
the fall months of 2013. We have averaged
around 10 round bales per month being fed to the
horses and if that rate continues till April, we
will be just over 100 round bales fed through the
nets, a savings of half the hay we used in 20122013.
Trooper – even the foals can eat through these
nets quite easily
Down on the Farm
(this portion of Highlights is where you can
tell us what your horses are up to these days,
send photos, send your farm news – we’d love
to hear from you!!)
From Confederate Hills Farm, Billy Taylor,
Winchester, Tennessee
This filly is approximately twenty months old,
she is by Society's Dan Allen and out of
Echo's Merry Co-Ed.
This is Society's Merry Man, Paige's Echo's
first registered get. He was born June 30,
1993.
This is a seven month old colt by Society's
Dan Allen and out of Echo's Merry Co-Ed.
This colt is approximately eight months old,
he is by Sun's Smokey Midnight and out of
Chance's Society Paige.
From Slush Creek Walkers,
Mark & Shellie Pacovsky
Bainville, Montana
From Dora Flament, France:
"SCW Penelope Candice is my first TWH. She is
my riding horse for trail and dressage but she is
also a wonderful broodmare. What I like about
her it’s her behavior, she is very quiet, patient
and sweet. Last years I brought her to a barn for
the birth of her first foal. After few weeks, I was
surprise to note that "Penny" was very popular
with children like her sire Jubal was. For her
birthday children offered her full buckets of fresh
grass and they sung her a birthday song! It was a
great moment! "
From Marcia Bennett:
“Shellie, here are a couple of pictures taken this
summer of Jubal’s Hillbilly and myself at Pine
unit and on Joe’s Island. Both are places where
my sister and I love to trail ride. That is what we
both like doing together with our horses.
“Jubal” as I like to call him...is doing very well.
He will be 5 years old in May. If you
remember, I purchased him at only 4 months
old. My sister and I have put the training on
him ourselves. We used the natural
horsemanship methods to do it. He is a very
playful little boy. He also loves to push your
buttons a little bit too, but is always ready to try
new things. We seem to get along great. I get a
lot of compliments on how pretty he is, which of
course I don’t mind a bit!”
From Roberta Brebner, Tsuniah Walkers,
Williams Lake, British Columbia
“Sending some horse photos while we have
some nice weather. Some people think if it’s not
a Heritage Horse, then it’s not good and that’s
not true. The whole Heritage concept is more
about being aware of what you are breeding and
eliminate horses that are not calm and quiet by
not breeding them and eventually get that out of
the breed. It’s helping people to make better
decisions when they breed and get back to horses
who have a purpose in life.”
From Northern Foundations Farm, Diane
Sczepanski, Whitehall, Wisconsin
From Laura Carlson-Humphrey, Michigan:
Here are a few pictures I have enjoyed.
1. Fancy using Annalee as a scratching post (in
the background)
2. Fancy eating Annalee
NFF Iced to the Max
Tsuniah’s Society Girl (NFF Society King’s
Opus x Tsuniah’s Triple Copy) and Sage
King’s Moon Beam (Beauty’s Sage King x
Cap’s Candy Striper enjoying a brisk fall race
Photos by Julia Haseloff
Carbonado’s Fancy Chance with NFF
Annalee Sofia
From Sheila Franck, Rochester, Minnesota:
“Here's my sweet Jack (aka, NFF Society's
Cadillac Jack). I thought it'd be interesting to set
this tub on Jack's rump. I expected him to react
to it somehow, but I didn't get a reaction at all.
All this talk I've read and have heard in person
from Diane Sczepanski and Billy Taylor about
the Paige's Echo horses has been proven true to
me. We haven't gotten a whole lot of snow so far
this year, so I've been able to get Jackie out for
many walks in the woods on our trails. It's a little
trickier keeping up with that big stride of his
when we have a few inches of snow I need to
trudge through with him!”
“Eric took some pictures of me with Jack before
we walked today. He was having a hard time
standing still. Later on, I went in and brushed
him and picked up his feet and messed with
them. I lifted up one front foot and set it down
and started towards his back end and he was
already picking up his back foot for me! Good
boy!!!”
Sheila & Jack
NFF Society’s Cadillac Jack with his tub
From Robin Moore, West Des Moines, Iowa:
“Happy New Year! Molly just sent me this
photo of Clancy play-fighting with Joe. Clancy
has discovered that his winter blanket makes him
nearly bullet-proof -- doesn't hurt much when he
gets bit!!”
Our Readers Write
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trip was awesome. Kudos for imagination and
resourcefulness. Also enjoyed reading Jenny ad
Echo's story.” Diane Bromenschenkel, Nampa,
Idaho
“What a story from Mike Davis! And, what an
ordeal for poor Moonshine Tennessee. Suspense
to the end for me until finally reading that
Moonshine made it safely home and is OK.
Makes all of my adventures over the years seem
a bit trivial!” Joan Hendricks, Owen, Wisconsin
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Moonshine!” Allanna Jackson, Lakeside,
Arizona
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thank heaven that Moonshine is okay....he
certainly had luck a wonderful dose of prayers
on his side. I read this one in Adobe, and it is
amazing. The pictures were perfect and
Moonshine could have really been in trouble
without the quick thinking of the men that went
elk hunting.” Martha Clausen, Boise, Idaho
NFF Society’s Sir Lancelot having fun with
his pasture pal
Robin writes: “It was a beautiful day down here
-- nice after the high winds & low temps last
week -- so I got out to work Clancy this
afternoon. He is such a love, and such a beggar.
Looks for his treats the minute he sees me, and
today I took a new bag that are butterscotch
flavored. Shared them with all the horses in his
barn & none of them turned me down! No big
surprise there.
Brushed him, put spray detangler on his mane &
tail and took him over to the arena, with four
other horses, for a lesson. He worked me into a
sweat, just walking him around the inside track
of the arena, but he loved every minute of it.
Clancy would do anything to be the center of
attention, and to be invited to work with the BIG
horses!”
“You really do a GREAT JOB ON THIS
NEWS LETTER. I now see there are people
crazier than I ever was. Going camping in the
mountains in the winter to Elk Hunt. Beautiful
pictures.” Duke Schultz, Winona, Minnesota
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I look forward to it each month.” Jennifer
Lederle
“I love getting my Highlights! That Moonshine
story was totally awesome. I hope it can be
shared.” Fran Kerik, Two Hills, Alberta, Canada
“I really liked the article about the Dan Allen
filly in Tennessee. A real testament to the
Echos.” Nancy Bergman, Whitehall, Wisconsin
“As always great content and professionally
edited. As usual a great read. Thanks for the
energy and caring and sharing ” Dianne Little,
Calgary, Canada
“I was so pleased to get your newsletter. I read it
from start to finish. Thank you.” Ellen Robinson,
California
“Great newsletter! I liked the story on
Moonshine......wow that was a great group of
guys to give that horse a chance......I'll be adding
those zip straps to my gear. Pretty
cool.......only a Walker would let you roll him
over and stay put with no drugs. It was fun to
make the front cover......cast and all.” Bobbie
Brebner, Williams Lake, British Columbia
“Wonderful issue! Thanks so much for the hard
work and I so enjoy everyone's submissions.
Really loved the Moonshine story. Amazing
horses and hunters.” Sandra Bullins, Altavista,
Virginia
“Thank you, always a treat to read the
Highlights. Hated that I missed the Fall Bullet
Ride but am looking forward to the Spring Ride.
If the weather allows Felder Elliott and I may
make to Tennessee one long week end and ride
with Buddy Oliver and whoever else can make
it.” Gene Baker, Summerville, South Carolina
“Great job with the Heritage Highlights, I
enjoyed all the articles. I would like to thank
Greg McGinnis for writing the article about
Society's Dan Allen.” Billy Taylor, Winchester,
Tennessee
“Thank you so much for the tribute to Lyle . I am
sending this newsletter to his family of hunters in
WI and MN ! I love the article on their hunting
trip , and all the snow .” Grace Larson, Forsyth,
Montana
“Please add me to your Email list for the TWH
Heritage Society News Letter. I just learned of
your work in a roundabout way, I have met two
of the guys in the elk hunt piece that appeared in
your 12-13 newsletter.
I have raised Walking Horses all of my life;
watched with dismay, sadness and disgust for 4
decades at what is happening to them. A small,
insulated, out of touch group of people have
taken control of a breed while condoning
inexcusable animal cruelty. Rather than
celebrate one of the great achievements in equine
selective breeding they have succeeded in
placing Walking Horse Showing at the top of the
list of despicable animal exploitation.
How did this unnatural abuse takeover our
breed? Changing practices and attitudes takes
persistence and time. Organizations with noble
intentions for change have come and gone, I
hope the TWH Heritage Society is around
forever. At the end of the day for some people
it’s not about horses it’s about people using
horses for money, I hope your work brings
change and will again put the Walking Horse at
the top of great horse breeds. Onward.” William
McMurrin, St. George, Utah
“Thank you. I really enjoyed the pictures from
the elk hunt story. I went on a pack trip outside
of Denver Colorado when I was fifteen and it
reminded me a lot of that. I look forward to the
next newsletter.” Jamie Rich, Jamestown,
Tennessee
“Enjoyed the Heritage Highlights, though
I cringed all through the story of the horse that
fell down the mountain. Just amazing that it had
a happy ending!
Sad to hear that Society's Dan Allen, another
valuable bloodline stallion, is gone. If people
don't keep those bloodlines going, they are gone
forever. You can't put them on a shelf to be
stored indefinitely, like a seed bank.” Marjorie
Lacy, Edson, Alberta, Canada
“Thanks for sharing this newsletter with me. I so
enjoy reading all the articles.” Sue Coulter,
Freeport, Texas
HOW TO SUBMIT MATERIAL TO
HIGHLIGHTS
By Franne Brandon, Petersburg, Tennessee
Readers seem to be enjoying the stories of every
day people and their horses so we thought we’d
share a publication dedicated to Tennessee
Walking Horses that are not show oriented:
Canadian Walking Horse News, is published bimonthly by Marjorie Lacy of Alberta, Canada. The
magazine is dedicated to the plain shod horse in
Canada and features articles by the Heritage
Society’s Franne Brandon on the history of the
Walking Horse breed.
Website: www.walkinghorsenews.ca
Do you enjoy reading the articles in Heritage
Highlights and sometimes wish that you could
share your own adventures, experiences, or
knowledge with the readership?
You can! Heritage Highlights encourages all
articles, long, short, or of moderate length, about
all aspects of the Heritage Horse world.
Submissions can be sent via email messages or
in Word format as email attachments. Grammar
is not a major issue because we have a copy
editor (C'est moi!) who reads each article before
the layout editor works her magic touch.
Highlights welcomes all photo submissions that
accompany an article.
Photographs tell the story in many cases, and
because we are a non-print publication, we do
not have the photographic limits of a magazine.
It is best to send all photographs separately from
the text, as downloadable email attachments,
with each shot accompanied by a clear caption.
This works out best from the layout perspective.
The Heritage Highlights staff looks forward to
hearing from more of the readership in future
issues.
CONTACT US:
Advertising in Highlights:
If anyone would like to place a classified ad in
Highlights, our set up fee is $10 for photos
and text.
Also, if you purchase a Heritage Horse from
someone who already has a certificate for the
horse and you would like the certificate in
your name, we can print a new certificate and
mail it for a $5.00 fee to cover the certificate,
mailer and postage.
Franne & Harry Brandon, Petersburg, TN
(931) 276-2232
Email: handfbrandon@united.net
Sandra van den Hof, Hechtel, Belgium
+32 (0) 11 666 158
Email: sandra@pleasuregaits.com
Leon & Mary Lou Oliver, Cornersville, TN
(931) 293-4156
For a listing of horses for sale, visit us
on our website:
Danny & Sherry Taylor, Winchester, TN
(931) 967-9553
Email: elkriverfarm@hotmail.com
www.twhheritagesociety.com
Billy & Mary Taylor, Winchester, TN
(931) 967-9621
Email: confederatehills@gmail.com
The Heritage Highlights will now be
available on our website so you can
download them any time!!
Diane Sczepanski, Whitehall, WI
(715) 538-2494
Email: northern_foundations@yahoo.com
We also have a Facebook Group:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/he
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The Heritage Society does not endorse any
trainer, style of natural training, or tack and
horse equipment, to the exclusion of others, as
each horse is an individual and not all will
respond positively to a particular trainer or
training style. Articles published by the
Society, which include such endorsements,
reflect the view of the author, but not
necessarily that of the Society.