SPRINGBROOK PEGGY 06988 by Fillmore out of Golly
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SPRINGBROOK PEGGY 06988 by Fillmore out of Golly SPRINGBROOK PEGGY WITH GERALD TAFT UP AT HARRISBURG NATIONAL GRAND CHAMPION HARNESS HORSE WILL BE OFFERED FOR SALE AT THE 1956 NATIONAL MORGAN HORSE SHOW Some of her winnings include: 1952 NATIONAL NIORGAN I IORSF. SHOW, 2nd in Fine Harness; MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL HORSE SHOW, 1st English Performance, 1st, Combina- tion, 1st Morgan Horse Stake and Champion Morgan Horse of the show. 1953 NATIONAL MORGAN HORSE SHOW, 1st Ladies Harness, 1st Mares & Geldings Harness, Grand Champion Harness Horse. 1954 NATIONAL MORGAN HORSE SI-10W, 2nd Children's Harness; ALL AMERICAN MORGAN HORSE SHOW, MONEE, ILL., 2nd Fine Harness, 2nd Pleasure Driving; GRAND RAPIDS CHARITY HORSE SHOW, 1st Model Morgan, 1st Morgan Performance; MICHIGAN STATE FAIR, 1st Pleasure Driving. 1955 NATIONAL MORGAN HORSE SHOW, 1st Ladies Harness and Reserve Champion Harness Horse; MICHIGAN'S ALL MORGAN HORSE SHOW, 1st Fine Harness. Woods and Water Farms Rhecta and kai4e South Lyon, Michigan 1.311.0111Militi Own one - - enjoy a good horse! PARADE 10138 WHEN HE WON THE YEAR OLD STALLION CLASS AT THE NATIONAL PARADE AS A MATURE STALLION. So many people tvho hair visited the farm expect the yearlings to resemble mature annuals that tee thought it would be interesting to print these pictures. FOR SALE 3 Geldings, yearlings (one a good show or parade horse prospect) 2 Two-year-old fillies. 2 Bred mares (available in late summer) Come and make a selection now! Mr. and Mrs. J. Cecil Ferguson Greene, Rhode Island Table of Contents fettets to SPECIAL FEATURES Calcium and Phosphorus Present In Alfalfa Hay 5 The Meaning of A Pedigree the EMots Hard To Clip? 8 Tack Stalls 9 Helpful Hints On How to Select a Riding Instructor 12 New England Visit 13 W. S. C. Open Horse Show and Judging School Results 14 Connecticut Field Day and Judging School 15 All-Morgan Show. Frederick, Md. 15 Dear Sir: Judges Announced For Mid-Atlantic Show 28 Its A Pleasure 29 I read with regret that "Jeffy's Journal" is to be discontinued with REGULAR FEATURES this month's issue. I have read this with a tremendous amount of interest Letters to the Editor 4 over the past months. It was of parti- From the Horse's Mouth 10 cular interest to me as I have a gelding Illinois-Missouri News 14 Maine Morgan News 15 of the same age as "Jeffy" and have New England Morgan News 16 had a good many similar experiences. Pictorial Section 17-24 North Central Morgan News 26 There is one other matter that I New York State News 26 would like to pass on, that to me would Justin Morgan Horse Association 27 make the National Morgan Horse Mid-Atlantic News 28 Show much more interesting. I get New England and Mid-Atlantic Calendar cf Events 35 Breeders Listing 36-37-38 probably as much interest and as much Horse Tails 39 thrill out of the show by spending time looking at the horses close up. This Officers of the Morgan Horse Club means looking them over at the stables, President FREDERICK 0. DAVIS but the thing that is annoying to me is Windsor, Vermont to look at a fine horse perhaps with Vice-President GERALD F. TAFT the breeders name not mentioned any- Northville, Michigan where, and therefore have no idea Treasurer WHITNEY STONE what animal it is. I think that it 90 Broad St., New York 4, N. Y. would be a fine thing if all the breeders Secretary FRANK B. HILLS 90 Broad St., New York 4, N. Y. were requested, or perhaps required, to post a copy of the registration papers on the door of each stall. A good many The Morgan Horse Magazine of them do of course, but it seems as Vol. XVI July, 1956 though more of them do not, than do. No. 6 A Monthly Very truly yours, The Official Publication of Charles R. Adams THE MORGAN HORSE CLUB, Incorporated 90 Broad Street, New York 4, N. Y. Westmoreland, N. H. Please send all correspondence regarding subscriptions and advertising to publication office: The Morgan Horse Magazine, Leominster, Mass. Publisher Otho F. Eusey Associate Editor Priscilla Robinson Dear Sir: CONTRIBUTING EDITORS I enjoy the Morgan Horse magazine Helen Brunk Greenwalt Ern Pedlar Ruth Rogers very much, but I wish you would have Janet Dakin Mabel Owen Charlotte McCartney more stories. Carol Ramsey Mary Lou Morrell Eve Oakley Gail Dorow Gladys KozoIme C. Fred Austin I own an eight year old Morgan mare The Editor and staff of The Morgan Horse Magazine and the Morgan Abbeline, 07166. I ride her both Horse Club, Inc., are not responsible for opinions and statements Western and English. She is also expressed in signed articles or paid advertisements. These opinions are a very good jumper. I have had loads not necessarily the opinions of the editor and staff of this Journal. of fun with her, and she is a very good SUBSCRIPTION RATES pet. One Year $3.50 Two Years $6.50 Three Years $9.00 The MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE, published monthly except January I am 13 and would like to have a by THE MORGAN HORSE CLUB. INC., 90 Broad St., New York, New pen pal, about my age, who is also in- York. Printed by The Eusey Press, Leominster, Mass. Entered as second terested in Morgans. class matter at post office, Leominster, Mass. Closing date for :..opy and advertising 1st of month preceding date of publication. Sincerely yours, Copyright 1956 by The Morgan Horse Magazine. Betty Ellis 7014 - 58th N. E. His neigh is like the bidding of a monarch, Seattle 15, Wash. and his countenance enforces homage. (Continued on Page 30) - Kinf cifemv Calcium and Phosphorus Present in AlLila Hay "The California Horseman," Aug.-Sept., 1954 OUR COVER Featured this month is Miss Even a mature horse might suffer serious bone damage Marianne /ones, a coed at the Univer- from a ration unusually low in calcium or phosphorus; sity of Conn and Prof. Mick Crandall but such feed is so rare that a normal amount of good of the University admiring the new hay plus salt assures proper nutrition. Morgan Horse model. .Below is a letter giving further details regarding Glen P. Lofgreen of the University of California, ani- our new Morgan Model. Dear Sir: mal husbandry department at Davis, says that feed ex- We have developed the Morgan tremely deficient in calcium or phosphorus would have to Horse model alone as a desk-piece. be grown on soils very low in this minerals. He adds that This model is made of slush-cast if such a condition does exist these two elements can be fur- material and is finished in copper-oxi- nished easily by giving the animal free access to bone meal dize, which is dull, but allows the sculpturing to stand out prominently. or di-calcium-phosphate. We have also developed the figure in Balfour Bronze, which is a rich "Alfalfa hay or some other legume hays are excellent lustrous finish. The copper-oxidized for calcium and are good sources of phosphorus, if grown on figure is listed to sell for $7.50, and soils containing ample phosphorus," states Lofgreen. He the Balfour bronze figure is priced at recommends alfalfa hay especially in the ration of brood $8.25. These quotations include post- mares and growing colts, thus eliminating any need for cal- age, so that anyone forwarding their orders and checks to my attention will cium or phosphorus supplement. receive these items postpaid. Another development was in the car Horses need sodium, chlorine, calcium, phosphorus and ornament which is cast in white metal iodine in their diets and it may be assumed they also require to give it as much strength as possible. iron, copper, potassium, magnesium, manganese, sulphur and This figure is then secured to a plate zinc. which is furnished with sponge rub- ber on the underside so that the orna- ment can be bolted to the hood of the Commenting further, Glen Lofgreen has this to say, automobile. These figures are nickel- "Alfalfa hay in a horse ration may raise body heat and may finished, and are sold for $15.00 plus increase water consumption, with the resultant nuisance in postage. the stable, but its merits predominate. Now that we have the Morgan Horse model, we are, of course, able It is palatable and in addition to the minerals men- to furnish this figure on trophies that tioned, also contains adequate protein and carotene. Because are appropriate for all Morgan Horse shows. The trophies can be furnished horses like it so well, some people may wish to limit it to for as little as $10.00 and up, and we half or two-thirds of the roughage allowance. invite the sponsors of the Morgan Horse shows to write to us outlining The increased production brought about by feeding of their bud<=et limitations so that we can alfalfa hay would not be a particular disadvantage except in send illustrations or furnish trophies hot climates or in the case of horses at hard work. In winter that we think would be appropriate. Engraving on trophies is 80 per letter this heat should cause no difficulty whatsoever. additional, and we like three to four ‘veeks in which to produce trophies, if there is engraving involved. 'Sincerely, L G. BALFOUR CO. R. Farnum Devoe Attleboro, Mass. The V eaning o-F . A PEDIGREE By ELIZABETH L. POWERS Parts of this article were written for the Newfoundland Club of America and are published with the Club's permission.