Trivia Archive 6

I am pretty sure it was 1975

I think it was 1976 Ed, but I could be off a little. (no pun intended)
It was right around that time though, and it strengthened the HPA quite a bit.

How can I get information, copy of papers on a Walking Horse I used to own?

IPEDS What kind of info?

My old horses' pedigree. He was registered as Merry Boy's Sunlight. Thanks.

Dutch, I found one named Merry Boy's Sun Light, chestnut stud foaled 6-14-67. He was by Merry Boy's Cadillac out of a line bred Midnight Of Oakwood mare. Could this be him?

That's Him!!! Bought him from Bill Bailey Stables in Russell Springs, Ky. I think he was a two or three-year-old when Dad bought him. I used to have a photo of his sire. Anyway to get thewhole pedigree? Thanks a million!!!

Dutch, I can read it on IPEDS but no way to forward it. I'm sure TWHBEA could send you a copy, I understand they are not very busy right now.

Dutch, very close to the lineage of the last colt we raised. I have his papers somewhere. Hmmmm......now what good place did I put them in?????? If I run across them, I will forward the info for Merry Boy's Cadillac.

Any of y'all remember me telling you about "Drummer's Delight".........that ole juvenile hoss I had that used to run away with me in the ring? Well I think I finally figured out WHY he did that after all these years.
I just looked his pedigree up on the internet.................

Name a trainer from a Missouri town with the same name as an Austrian city......

Would Vienna be the name of the city. I think a sausage was also named the same.

.......we called em "veeanny sausages" up here! lol!

Man could take a can of vienna sasuage, can of O'possum sardines, pack of crakers and a RC and have a great dinner.!!!!!!!!!!!!! OOP'S, and a little hot sauce.

smitty wrote:

Name a trainer from a Missouri town with the same name as an Austrian city......

Answer: Ken Wulff-Vienna, Missouri

What Amateurs showed these hosses?

1. Performance By Pride
2. Eb's Miss America
3. C.B.'s Paper Chase
4. Holy Mackeral
5. The Shocking Blue
6. Bum's Show Boat
7. Pride's June Bride
8. Hallalujah's Chance
9. Knight's Black Dude
10. Will He Push

3. Mike Crawford
5. Jimmy Gandy
7. Sarah Dunn

1. James Sigmon, Robyn Bullington also showed him..later owned by Becky Barnes.
4. Bob Locke
5. Ellen McJunkin after James Gandy
9. Sue ? Thompkins & Judith Burgess

6 Jeanine Gullett

Answers

Note: Could be more than one answer to most all of these...

1. Performance By Pride
JAMES SIGMON
2. Eb's Miss America
SHEILA THRAILKILL, SHEILA HURT
3. C.B.'s Paper Chase
MIKE CRAWFORD
4. Holy Mackeral
BOB LOCKE
5. The Shocking Blue
JAMES GANDY, ELLEN McJUNKIN
6. Bum's Show Boat
JEANINE GULLETT, BILL BROOKS
7. Pride's June Bride
SARAH DUNN
8. Hallalujah's Chance
STACEY McCONNELL
9. Knight's Black Dude
SUE CALDWELL
10. Will He Push
JOANNE ZELLER

#5 Who was the little red-head lady that showed Shocking Blue?

RW,

I only recall Ellen McJunkin, James Gandy & Buddy Hugh showing ole Blue....

Magic Marker recently asked "What happened to the 1-2-3-4 beat?"

I said "it looks like it's gone the way of the Dodo"....


The gait of the TWH has certainly changed since I was involved in showing. In many respects, I miss the old rhythm and head shake and deep-walking back ends. When I first started watching some of the new video about 4 years ago, I admit I wasn't always impressed........and in some instances, I still am not. But I have come to realize a few things since that time. These horses are evolving and progresssing. True, some things have been sacrificed, but that is due largely to new regulations, no doubt about it. I didn't think they were doing as much as before, but David Mason told me they definitely were. When talking of the horses of the past, he said "They weren't doing as much as we thought they were." I couldn't believe this, but after viewing some of the videos from the 70's and even earlier, I have to agree, for the most part. The TWH today is doing MORE and doing it more naturally and easier than ever before. True, the rhythm and timing and motion are not what they were before, but that's because the animal itself has changed. Go back and look at some of the old photos from the old days. The breed was mostly low-headed. You'll see that from the 70's through today, the TWH's neck has progressively come more and more straight up out of his shoulders, much like a Saddlebred. They are wearing the bridle better than ever.

Still, I miss the old head shake. I miss the deep, long-striding backends. These were exciting things to me.
If I trained a TWH today...........I would be tempted to go to the junkyard and find and old VW Bug, hook it up to a harness and make those suckers PULL that thing around the pasture.

I know my thinking is wrong on that, but that's just me.........

Funny you said that about the VW's. My dad built alot of training carts out of VW front ends. Several trainers around Shelbyville had one that he built.

When Pride of Midnight was put into the breeding world, his influence changed the Walking Horses. Old pride had a "Gooseneck" and his colts were borned with a head set. If the cross was correct, you had a winner. Natural head set makes training horses much easier. Also their neck came out of their shoulders much better than some of the breeding sallions of Old,which made it easier for them to get up off the ground. Just look at some pictures of Pride stock and you will see what I mean.