Heritage Highlights - TWH Heritage Society

Heritage Highlights
Published By: TWH Heritage Society
Thank you, Franne Brandon, Petersburg,
Tennessee, for the daffodil photo above! Spring
is here!!
Volume V
Number 5, May 2011
1928, was Monette’s Dutchess; breeder was T.A.
Chapman of Shelbyville
Merry Boy, One of the Greatest TWH Sires of
All Time,
by Billy Taylor, Winchester, Tennessee
Merry Boy was foaled in the Wartrace
community, Bedford County, Tennessee; the
year was 1925. This area has been referred to as
the Cradle of the Tennessee Walking Horse
because so many great ones were produced there.
Merry Boy’s breeder and owner was Albert
Dement; his sire was Roan Allen F-38, not only
a great show horse during his lifetime but one of
the greatest foundation sires of all time. His dam,
Merry Legs F-4, was not only a great show mare,
as was her half-brother Roan Allen F-38, she
was considered to the best producing mare ever
born in the Tennessee Walking Horse breed. She
produced 13 foals, six stallions and seven mares.
She produced five stallions that became very
popular breeding stallions, including the great
Merry Boy. The other four were: Merry King by
Moreland’s Pride, Major Allen and Bud Allen by
Mitch F-5, and Last Chance, her last foal, by
Hunters Allen F-10.
Albert Dement owned Merry Boy until he was
approximately eight years old. His first three
foals were foaled in 1928, making Merry Boy
only two years old when they were sired. Two
were Ed Nowlin F-8 out of Little Maid and Nell
Don out of Nell Dement F-3, Merry Boy’s grand
dam. The breeder and owner of these two foals
was Albert Dement. The other foal, born in
Merry Boy
It is impossible to know exactly where Merry
Boy was located during his early years. It
appears from TWHBEA records that he was at
Albert Dement’s barn until sometime during
1928, when he was located at Ed Ward’s barn in
the New Herman community, in the southern
part of Bedford County. While there, he sired
Byrom’s Allen in 1929. It appears he was in the
New Herman community until sometime during
1930. Merry Boy sired one foal in 1930; the
breeder was F. Shelton and he had a Wartrace
address, so it appears that Merry Boy was back
at Albert Dement’s sometime during 1930. In
1931, Merry Boy sired two foals. The breeder of
one foal was F. Bowden, with a Lewisburg, TN
address. The breeders of the other foal were
Welch & Whitesell, no address given. It is
possible that Merry Boy was located at Culleoka
during 1931, as alluded to by Bob Womack in
The Echo of Hoofbeats. In 1932, Merry Boy
sired four foals and according to the records, it
appears that he was back at Albert Dement’s.
In 1933 Merry Boy was purchased by Mr. Addie
Rhoton of the Awalt community, located in the
northern part of Franklin County, Tennessee. Mr.
Rhoton had a Tullahoma mailing address which
can make it confusing to the actual location of
the Awalt community. While the property of Mr.
Rhoton, Merry Boy was worked in harness to a
turning plow alongside a mule or draft horse and
ridden under saddle regularly. This information
was obtained from Mr. Rhoton’s son, A.B.
Rhoton shortly before his death October 9, 1995.
My uncle, P.O. Harrison, visited the Rhoton’s as
a young man and on one occasion, rode Merry
Boy. Clayton Ervin, a neighbor of mine, stated
that he remembered Mr. Addie Rhoton riding
Merry Boy to different farms, breeding him to
mares there. Mr. A.B. Rhoton stated that his dad
purchased Merry Boy when the horse was eight
years old, and then sold him to Mr. Patton in the
middle 1930’s for $500. It is speculated that Mr.
Patton was acting as an agent for Mr. J.L.
McMichael in the purchase of Merry Boy. Prior
to being purchased by Mr. Addie Rhoton, Merry
Boy had sired only 19 foals during his first eight
years. While at Mr. Rhoton’s, Merry Boy sired
thirty foals in approximately two years.
Some of Merry Boy’s first offspring to bring
attention to him were Dement’s Merry Legs, Ed
Nowlin F-8, and Byrom’s Allen. Dement’s
Merry Legs was foaled May 1, 1933, and by the
time she was three years old, she had become a
great show mare. Mr. Albert Dement, her
breeder and owner, sold her to L.D. Rouse of
Montgomery, Alabama, for an unheard-of price
in 1936 of $2000. Also, Ed Nowlin F-8, foaled in
1928, was highly regarded as a breeding stallion,
but died young at the age of six in 1934.
Byrom’s Allen, foaled May 1, 1930, was the
other son that brought attention to Merry Boy.
He was purchased as a foal by Mr. Roy Byrom,
Moore County, Tennessee. Mr. Reagor Byrom,
son of Roy Byrom, said that his dad, brother
Albert, and himself were driving cattle along a
dirt road in 1930 in the New Herman community
and spotted Byrom’s Allen and his dam in a
pasture near the road. They liked the colt and
purchased him at a young age. Mr. Reagor
Byrom said that after Byrom’s Allen became
breeding age, that he would ride him to different
farms and breed mares to him. On one occasion,
he rode him approximately 20 miles to Mr.
Fount Ray’s farm, in the Awalt community, to
breed his mare. He stayed overnight, while there,
Ceicle (Red) Ray, son of Fount Ray, rode
Byrom’s Allen down in the creek bottoms. He
stated after a long ride that Byrom’s Allen was
the best horse he had ever ridden. Mr. Reagor
Byrom said that Byrom’s Allen had a lot of head
shake and good speed in his running walk.
Byrom’s Allen was the sixth highest producing
son of Merry Boy, siring 212 foals.
Ad for Merry Boy Allen
Byrom’s Allen
This appeared in the Tennessee Walking
Horse Magazine, April 1945
Ad from the 1944 Blue Ribbon Magazine
Mr. Roy Byrom also owned White Merry Boy Jr.
and leased and stood Merry Maker. These horses
were full brothers. Winston Wiser wanted to take
White Merry Boy Jr. to his barn and train him as
a show horse; he thought he would make a great
one. Mr. Roy Byrom declined, saying that he
would keep him at his place and breed mares to
him. Mr. Reagor Byrom said that he thought
White Merry Boy Jr. was the better gaited horse
than his brother, Merry Maker, but the latter was
the best producer. He sired the great Maid of
Cotton. She won the Junior Championship in
1945, with Jimmy Gray riding. He also sired
Pride of Stanley, Pride of Midnight’s dam.
J.L. McMichael from Coffee County, Tennessee,
owned Merry Boy, by March 28, 1935; there
was an ad in the Manchester Times advertising
Merry Allen (Merry Boy) at stud for $10. While
the property of J.L. McMichael, Merry Boy
became very popular as a sire. He sired Black
Angel in 1938, the 1943 World Grand
Champion; and Merry Go Boy in 1942, the 1947
and 1948 World Grand Champion. A mare by
the name of Merry Belle won the two year old
mare class at the Celebration in 1943 with
Jimmy Gray riding her. Merry Boy sired many
other horses that did well in the show ring while
the property of J.L. McMichael. Merry Boy sired
396 foals while there. This was from 1935 to
sometime in July or August 1942.
From the Manchester Times March 1935
He sired Black Angel in 1938, the 1943 World
Grand Champion; and Merry Go Boy in 1942,
the 1947 and 1948 World Grand Champion. A
mare by the name of Merry Belle won the two
year old mare class at the Celebration in 1943
with Jimmy Gray riding her. Merry Boy sired
many other horses that did well in the show ring
while the property of J.L. McMichael. Merry
Boy sired 396 foals while there. This was from
1935 to sometime in July or August 1942.
Merry Boy was sold to Mr. and Mrs. William
McBride Yandell of Vance, Mississippi. It
appears that Merry Boy was in Mississippi by
sometime in July, no later than August, 1942.
Miller Haywood hauled Merry Boy in his truck,
and Auburn Gray rode with Merry Boy in the
back of the truck to Mississippi. Auburn Gray
was paid $100 for his services. This was told to
me by Jimmy Gray, Mr. Auburn Gray’s son.
The Yandells purchased Merry Boy for the
purpose of establishing a herd of mares by him.
They owned approximately forty top brood
mares, most of these mares were of Roan Allen
F-38 or Wilson’s Allen breeding. They also bred
mares for the public. There is an ad in the 1942
Blue Ribbon magazine advertising Merry Boy at
stud for the price of $50. The Yandells plans fell
short; they were forced to sell Merry Boy and all
of their mares. Merry Boy sired approximately
107 foals while the property of Mr. & Mrs.
Yandell.
Ad from 1942 Blue Ribbon Magazine
In the spring of 1949, Merry Boy was the
property of Mr. George T. Williams, Jackson,
Tennessee. There is an article in the Tennessee
Walking Horse magazine dated April, 1949,
stating that Merry Boy, along with 15 mares that
were purchased from the Yandells, were at
George T. Williams’s barn. In the Tennessee
Walking Horse magazine dated April, 1950, Mr.
Williams is advertising Merry Boy at stud at his
Fair Oaks Farm, Jackson, Tennessee. Mr.
Williams was the fifth and last owner of the great
Merry Boy. He died at Fair Oaks Farm, January
13, 1957 and would have been 32 years old that
year. He sired 14 foals when he was 31 years
old. There are very few stallions to sire foals past
their thirtieth year. Merry Boy sired
approximately 198 foals while at Fair Oaks
Farm. He is buried on the former Fair Oaks
Farm.
Sales ad from The Tennessee Walking Horse,
January 1949
Ad from the 1950 Tennessee Walking Horse
Magazine
Even though Merry Boy sired two World Grand
Champions and numerous other show horses and
breeding stallions, his greatest contribution to the
Tennessee Walking Horse breed was considered
to be through his daughters as brood mares.
When Merry Boy mares were bred to Wilson’s
Allen and his sons, they produced some of the
best horses of all time in the breed.
2.
Merry Maker produced 380 foals –
foaled 7/5/38, died 1/1/64
3.
Old Glory produced 282 foals –
foaled 5/3/40
Merry Boy and his ¾ brother, Wilson’s Allen,
changed the lick and look of the Tennessee
Walking Horse. Merry Boy produced horses that
could running walk with adequate speed, and
while being ridden they bloomed out. They acted
like they had somewhere to go and were always
in a hurry to get there. Wilson’s Allen produced
horses with a looseness and speed in the running
walk unlike any horses before him. They also
had a good disposition, were heavy boned, and
were very muscular. The crossing of these two
bloodlines was referred to as the royal cross.
From 1949 through 1988, all but five World
Grand Champions carried the Merry
Boy/Wilson’s Allen cross on their pedigrees. It is
speculated at this time, 54 years past his death,
that 99.9 percent of all Tennessee Walking
Horses have Merry Boy in their pedigrees. If
there is life after death for horses, and all the
great Tennessee Walking Horses get together,
there will be a special place reserved for the
great Merry Boy.
From the April 1947 The Tennessee
Walking Horse Magazine
4.
Little Merry Boy 280 foals – foaled
4/7/42
Merry Boy produced many stallions who became
popular breeding horses. Listed below are his top
10 producers:
1.
Merry Go Boy produced 1988 foals
– foaled 1945, died 7/5/69
From October 1946 The Tennessee Walking
Horse Magazine
5.
Merry Boy’s F88 216 foals – foaled
4/15/64, died 1/1/92
From The Tennessee Walking Horse, July
1946
Merry Boy’s F88
6.
Byrom’s Allen 212 foals – foaled
5/1/30, died 5/1/54 (Pictured earlier
in article)
7.
White Merry Boy Jr 211 foals –
foaled 5/12/40 (Pictured earlier in
article)
8.
Blue Namron 151 foals, foaled
7/14/42
From the Tennessee Walking Horse, October
1948
9.
Merry Boy’s Knockout 129 foals,
foaled 5/19/43
10.
Black Dust M.R. 128 foals, foaled
7/11/50, died 11/21/79
Black Dust MR with Betty Sain up
European Highlights from Sandra van den
Hof, Hechtel, Belgium
Our yearly Open House took place on May 8th.
The Heritage Horses being ridden were
Pleasure’s Eternal Flame (Ravi), almost 6-yearold gelding, and our black Boomtown’s Lucky
Strike mare (Spirit).
Spring arrived early this year, and we have had
hot and dry weather for weeks now. Instead of
fresh long grass leaves, we have short, dry
pastures. Not exactly what we had in mind for
our Open House, but that is what nature brings
us. It was 80 degrees but cloudy with some wind,
do-able for us and our horses.
In the morning it was a madness of cleaning
paddocks, building booths, decorating the
location, cleaning horses, and warming up the
horses all to be prepared at 1 PM. When the first
visitors arrived, the place looked perfect and we
were all set to promote our favorite gaited
horses. We had quite the variety for the
spectators: two mares with their foals. Rose
delivered her classic champagne colt the end of
March and “Beetle” showed her three-week-old
sabino filly by NFF Wilson’s Society King. Then
we had our Heritage mare, Red Bud’s Last Lady
(Lilly), that was shown during a classical
dressage groundwork session.
Spirit showing the different gaits to the
audience
Ravi shifting speed from flatwalk to
runningwalk with ease
Lilly in a demo groundwork classical dressage
with caveson
Our two non-Walking Horses were the sooty
palomino sabino Peruvian yearling and a black
sliver sabino Peruvian x KMSH mix mare. All
together, lots of color and horses of all ages to
look at. Our Heritage mare Echo’s Nancy J is
due to deliver in June, so we decided not to
expose her to the audience, but give her a quiet
day in the pasture elsewhere instead together
with her Heritage gelding, His Master’s Voice.
Due to my pregnancy, I decided not to ride any
demo this year. My rider Els started riding our
horses one month ago and has a good feel for
gaited horses. We had been training three
afternoons each week and it showed. Ravi had
been ill and has only been ridden for one month
but is doing extremely well. I was very proud
(and jealous) to see those two in action. We also
had a demonstration Shiatsu with horses, which
the horses love to participate in.
Our mayor, our neighbor, our vet and our
reliable helper the re-enactor all one table
Yes, TWH’s are very people oriented!
Me answering a lot of questions
I had lots of requests for training gaited horses
(also other gaited breeds) and interest in our
foals. Spectators were also anxious to try the
glide ride themselves.
I was very pleased to see the mayor of our
village stayed for hours and clearly enjoyed
himself.
Oscar (left) proving to be a great salesman!
So we can clearly say our Open House was very
successful. In the evening we were satisfied but
exhausted. The next day we finally got some
rain.
Also from Sandra
“This is Jill and she works here during the
weekends with her father (who does most of
the work). It all is practice to have horses of
their own someday.
Little Queen and Jill will be in the newspaper
tomorrow. I will scan the article for the
newsletter.”
Another photo of Queen with Jill – two cute
girls
Queen strutting her stuff at 3 ½ weeks old
The article reads as follows (according to Google
Translate):
Foals Steal Show at Open House
Stud farm and equestrian center, Pleasure Gaits,
continued this weekend open to the public.
Sandra van den Hof was more than 10 years ago
started a horse at Hechtel gage of horses,
including the Tennessee Walker, an American
and very people-oriented breed. During the Open
House were some newborn foals admired. “In
March and April we are graced with two foals.
Rose gave birth to the first of Max, a classic
champagne colt and “Beetle” gave birth to a filly
and was thus an end to a baby boom of eight
colts in a row. This girl is the first European
descendant of the American stallion, NFF
Wilson’s Society King. We are still looking for a
suitable name for our “princess”, says a proud
Sandra.
Max at 6 weeks old
Congratulations, Sandra!!!
Max showing how fancy he can move
From Bob Long, Fayetteville, Tennessee
“Here’s a new Bullet photo for the newsletter”
From Terry Walsh, Castor, Alberta, Canada
“Now that spring is finally here the dogs are
having a great time”
WooHoo!!!!
My wife, Cathy, with Carbonado’s Ivory
Moon, aka, Dave
Buds Sterling Bullet
Working on desensitizing training
Hmmm, I wonder what they’re talking
about…
The Stork Report
SCW Emily Talon
Congratulations to John & Kate Oliver, Belfast,
Tennessee on the birth of this colt sired by Buds
Sterling Bullet, out of Mountain Magic Woman.
He was born on April 21, 2011.
And another Slush Creek foal also born on April
27, is this filly by Slush Creeks Jubal S. out of
Ostella Sara Lady. Shellie has the filly fairy
stuck at her farm but she says a bay is rare for
her.
SCW Rascal’s Red Gumdrop
Congratulations to Mark & Shellie Pacovsky,
Slush Creek Walkers, Bainville, Montana, on
the birth of this filly sired by The Little Red
Rascal, out of Slush Creek’s Lollypop. She was
born on April 27, 2011.
Ostella Rosa Lee
Congratulations to Leon Oliver, Brown Shop
Road Farms, Cornersville, Tennessee on the
birth of this nice filly sired by Society’s Lee
Allen, out of Ostella Reese’s Red Rose. She was
born on April 3, 2011.
Congratulations to Billy Taylor, Confederate
Hills Farm, Winchester, Tennessee on the birth
of this bay filly sired by Society’s Lee Allen ,
out of Society’s Midnight Angel. Filly was born
on May 7.
Northern Foundations Farm, Whitehall,
Wisconsin, is proud to announce the birth this
colt sired by Society’s Duke Allen, out of Scarlet
Star Wilson, shown at 24 hours old. He was born
on May 8. We’re still working on a suitable
name for him. He will be offered for sale when
weaned.
Congratulations to Billy Taylor, Winchester,
Tennessee on the birth of this colt sired by
Society’s Dan Allen, out of Royal’s Queen of
Fashion.
WooHoo! Look at this fancy girl sired by Sun’s
Midnight Smokey, out of Chance’s Society
Paige. Congratulations to Billy Taylor,
Winchester Tennessee.
SCW I’m a Controversy
Congratulations to Mark & Shellie Pacovsky,
Slush Creek Walkers, Bainville, Montana, on the
birth of this filly sired by The Little Red Rascal,
out of Slush Creeks Kiss This. “Connie” was
born on May 13.
The Sales Barn
Moonshine Tennessee #20902287
Heritage Certified two year old maximum
sabino gelding standing at 14.2 hands so far.
Moonshine is very curious, friendly and a
fast learner. He loads and stands for the
farrier and ponies along just fine too. His
dam is Ostella's Della Ann #20104071 a
daughter of Bud's Sterling Bullet, flea-bit
gray roan and a seasoned trail mare. His sire
is Society's Lee Allen #942363, a son of
Paige's Echo. Asking $1750 OBO.
Moonshine has up to date vaccinations and
worming plus a current negative Coggins and
could come along to Tennessee at the end of
the month when I attend the Spring Bullet
ride if anyone is seriously interested in him.
He loves attention and needs a home with
someone with more time to spend on him
than I have. See Mike’s contact info at the
bottom of the next page.
Buddybob #21003384
He likes to come and rest his head in my
hands
Heritage Certified yearling gelding, on his way
to being gray? Buddybob is real friendly and
smart, learned to lead, load and stand for farrier
real fast. Another of Ostella's Della Ann's foals
but Buddybob is sired by Red Bud's Rambling
Slim #950255 a son of Red Bud's Rascal.
Asking $1500 OBO. See Mike’s contact info at
bottom of page.
Just wanted to include a photo of these boys’
dam. She is not for sale.
Moonshine is always curious about people
and will come right over to get the halter
on
To contact Mike Davis, Wabasha, Minnesota:
Email at ambigua@wildblue.net or call at
651-565-2958 Home, or 507-251-4116 Cell.
Delight’s Midnight Beauty (with her 2005
foal)
Slim Jim
Slim Jim is a Heritage outcross sired by Red
Bud’s Rambling Slim, out of a Widow Maker
mare. He will be three years old in August, an
dis 14.2 hands tall. He has about 90 days of
riding on him. He does very well on trail rides,
very sure footed. I took him to our local country
boy show and placed 2nd in my class – the first
time he was ever shown. He has a very smooth
gait and is an overall calm horse, but is still a
little green at times. Asking $1200.00. Call Tyler
Pierce at (931) 638-3922. Located near
Cornersville, Tennessee.
Slim Jim at the country boy show
This Heritage mare is broke to ride and has a
very old set of papers. Beauty has Roan Allen
and Birdie Messick ON her papers. She was
sired by Sun’s Midnight Mark and is a
granddaughter to Midnight Sun on her sire’s
side. Her dam is a direct daughter of Sun’s
Delight D. She came from the breeding program
of the Elrod Brothers in Tennessee. Billy Taylor
purchased Beauty from the Elrods as a six month
old filly. Billy broke her as a two year old, and
said she was well gaited and willing. This mare
stands around 14.2 hands. Since her original ad,
Beauty has had some training (April) to get her
legs back for 2011. Because of the training, her
sale price is now $850.00.Contact John O’Brien
at jfobrien@myclearwave.net for more
information and to get the YouTube address
where you can see Beauty in action. Located
near Rochester, Minnesota
Our Readers Write
Thunder’s Midnight Domino AKA Flag
(TWHBEA # 20507957)
Flag is a tobiano outcross sired by Northwood’s
Thunder Walker. Her dam is Beauty, shown in
the previous ad and she is about a month old in
the photo accompanying Beauty. Flag now
stands 14.3 hands and is a great trail horse with
very light mouth, only needing a shankless
snaffle to do everything. She’s first at the fence
to greet you. I rode her as a very green beginner
but now am selling my horses due to age and a
broken leg. (NOT from a horse accident) Flag’s
original ad had her priced at $2500.00 but I have
reduced the price to $1750.00. Compared to the
equal horses on the Internet, I think you would
agree this very reasonable price and expect she
will sell soon. For more info contact me, John
O’Brien, at jfobrien@myclearwave.net. As
with Beauty I can give you a YouTube site soon
to see her on the trail. Located near Rochester,
Minnesota.
“How did Yona get that colorful foal out of
Emelu??
Leon should be happy to see another picture
& story about Elly! She must have also been
in at least 3 of my stories over the past couple
years. LOL
Hope I meet Mike from Wabasha some day.
His stories always sound like they could be
mine.
Billy's pictures reminded me of our ride with
him last fall. Nice to be able to go out trail
riding so much earlier in spring in Tennessee
than we can go around here.
Anyway, another fun read and "good job" to
you and Franne!” Joan Hendricks, Owen,
Wisconsin
“Great job once again, I was waiting for the
newsletter, always a treat to get it and read
what is going on with other people with the
same interests and from all over too. I feel
like you get to know the people who regularly
contribute. I had a chuckle at Robin's note on
her experience with the one thing that Sophie
spooked at. I have had similar experiences.
One ride with Ransom, I was doing a 15 mile
training ride and half way around my road
loop a thunder storm rolled over me. There
were huge raindrops, thunder and lightening
and the same time lots of traffic. Ransom
was great with all of it, even the big trucks
screaming by spraying us with water. But
one small shopping bag hung up in a tree
branch was the 'crouching tiger' he thought
was ready to jump him. They are funny
creatures at times, which is why I think they
are much more interesting and exciting than
machines.
I also wanted to add, and meant to after the
last newsletter, those were stunning pictures
of Sophie, what a gorgeous horse! Those pics
of Bobbie's Tuff are great too, he is really
really handsome.
What a wonderful foal crop so far! All of
them were lovely to see and read about, and
so early in the year. That little King baby of
Sandra's is definitely a King 'mini me' isn't he.
Good to see Joan making do with the roads
to ride on, it's been a challenging spring.
Tweak looks great. I envied her road, it
looks much nicer than mine, with nice
footing. All the roads from my door step are
rough hard top, I have already worn out a set
of shoes. It's awful stuff to ride on.” Rachel
Hill, Fort Francis, Ontario, Canada
“Real nice newsletter. We'll have to watch
how Carl Parks colt takes to training.... So
many great pictures and stories.....makes you
feel good reading info from so many horse
happy people.!!” Bobbie Brebner, Tsuniah
Walkers, Williams Lake, British Columbia
“Just opened a Diet Coke (my serious reading
beverage), and had a great time devouring all
the articles & photos! Of course, my favorite
news was all about the NFF horses & new
foals. Traveler looks great, and is such a
leggy young guy -- not the least bit shocked
to see him so tall already -- clearly Rachel is
pleased with him! So now you have *royal*
blood in Belgium, with King's little sabino
filly. Queen looks just like her gorgeous
Wisconsin daddy! The BC colts look healthy
& happy, and of course Star looks just like
Duke, at least in color. Nice looking colts,
both of them!
Nice to see that there are Heritage bred TWHs
in Switzerland, too! Sandra has definitely
spread the word about the TWH in her part of
Europe. How many European countries now
have their own Heritage TWHs? I know of
Belgium, Italy and now Switzerland. And of
course, there's Yona's stock in Israel.” Robin
Moore, Des Moines, Iowa
NEWS & CONGRATULATIONS
The TWH Heritage Society firmly believes that
the term "Performance Horse" should be
reserved for animals that typify the original
purpose of the breed, as using horses that can
cover ground smoothly, work cattle, climb hills
and mountains safely, and be enjoyable mounts.
For this reason, in 2010 the Heritage Society is
offering its first TWH Heritage Society
Performance Achievement award to the Heritage
Horse and the Heritage-Sired Horse that best
exemplify these talents for which the breed was
developed. Horses must be enrolled in one of the
following: FOSH, NWHA, or TWHBEA
distance riding programs, TWHBEA Versatility
program, other state or regional programs, such
as PWHAT, or NATRC, including Canada’s
Ride Your Walker program. Participants will
need to provide the Society with a copy of their
log book or whatever they turn in to their
respective organizations. Participants will write a
brief narrative as to why they feel their horse
deserves this award. The winner will receive a
prize and a page in Highlights. Winners in the
Heritage and Heritage Outcross categories will
be chosen and announced January 2011.
Contestants should email their materials to
TWHHS@yahoo.com.
Heritage Horses Sold
Heritage Outcrosses Sold
Readers seem to be enjoying the stories of every
day people and their horses so we thought we’d
share a couple of publications dedicated to
Tennessee Walking Horses that are not show
oriented:
Walking Horse Journal, published bi-monthly by
Four Craftsmen Publishing of Lakeside, Arizona.
Website: www.fourcraftsmen.com/whj
This magazine features stories on flat shod horses
who are used for trail riding, endurance, and other
disciplines and there are some good training
articles as well.
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
Both of these are very good publications for
people who are interested in the versatile using
horse!!
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.
For a listing of horses for sale, visit us
on our websites:
www.walkinghorse.com/twhheritagesociety
and
www.twhheritagesociety.com
The Heritage Highlights will now be
available on our website so you can
download them any time!!
CONTACT US:
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
Danny & Sherry Taylor, Winchester, TN
(931) 967-9553
Email: elkriverfarm@hotmail.com
Billy & Mary Taylor, Winchester, TN
(931) 967-9621
Email: confederatehills@gmail.com
Diane Sczepanski, Whitehall, WI
(715) 538-2494
Email: northern_foundations@yahoo.com
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.