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2011 HOA Annual Meeting with just bunk beds or a cabin with 5 bedrooms, by Kathy Peacock kitchen, showers and living room, a group of I want to welcome all HOA members you could share. and guests to our Annual Meeting. My name is Friday night is potluck, bring a dish to Kathy Peacock, and my family and I will pass. If you can't, I am sure we will have plenty be your hosts for the 2011 Annual HOA of food. Then we’ll have lots of story-telling meeting. We are excited to host the meeting around a bonfire, so bring your lawn chairs. again this year. If you attended the 2005 Saturday am: breakfast buffet, clinics meeting, you know that Camp Hitaga is a after breakfast, lunch will be available to beautiful and relaxing place to spend time with purchase, then a fun show in the early friends and . afternoon. A pork and chicken supper is offered I will be available to anyone who arrives by Hitaga Archery Club (reservations as early as Wednesday October 5th. The camp requested), then the Annual Meeting and has trails we can ride in as well as several Auction. Don't forget to bring an item or two to local parks within a 15 to 20 minute drive from auction along with your checkbook. camp. I am more than willing to take you out Sunday am: breakfast buffet, trail ride trail riding if you plan to arrive early. for those interested, and lots of hugs to those Thursday night supper will be headed home. provided by me to all early arrivals. Send me an Feel free to e-mail me at e-mail of when and how many of you are [email protected] with any questions or planning to arrive so I can have plenty of food to make a reservation. Kathy that night. Let me know when you plan to arrive (See the flyer for the 2011 HOA Annual and if you need a primitive campsite or an Meeting on page 3.) electric one. Camp does have primitive cabins Horse of the 2010 Endurance and Competitive Award Winners

Horse of the Americas is proud to announce the Open Division Distance and Buckaroo award winners from the Reserve year 2010. Champion:

Competitive Trail Champions: Cito Mocha Open Division Raton, ridden Champion: by Trish Cleveland. Building a Mystery, ridden by Victoria Lynn.

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Competitive Pleasure Division Champion: Jr. Novice Division Reserve Champion: Thief of Hearts, ridden by Becky Rogers. Dreamboat Annie, ridden by Morgan Patton.

Novice Division Champion: Timber Ghost, Endurance Champion: ridden by Vickie Ives. Limited Distance Champion: Meet Virginia, ridden by Tomlyn Grey

Jr. Novice Division Champion: Amarillo Sky, ridden by Ashley Frazier.

The Buckaroo Award is

awarded to the HOA members

18 years or under who have accumulated 50 points on any HOA registered horse. This year we are pleased to announce two more winners of the Buckaroo Award: Ashley Frazier-- 226 points Morgan Patton-- 74 points

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Friday, October 7 thru Sunday, October 9 Camp Hitaga, 5551 Hitaga Road, Walker Iowa 52352 *Trail Rides * Open Fun Show * Clinics* Inspections * Meeting * Auction* Food *

Come meet the HOA members and learn more about Colonial Spanish horses. COFFEE is always on! Calendar of Events: FRIDAY: SATURDAY: Trail ride 12:30pm Breakfast-buffet - 7:30 to 8:30am Pot Luck Supper 6:00pm ($6 adults $4 12 & under) *Bring a dish to pass* Clinics 9:00 am Bonfire, Dancing & Camaraderie Lunch - 11:00am to 12:00 pm Open Fun Show (all breeds) - 12:30pm **Everyone is welcome to show or volunteer. Health Certificates for Out of State Dinner - 6:00 p.m . Horses Grilled Pork and Chicken Dinner served Need Interstate Health Certificates by Hitaga Archery Club (within past 30 days) Price of Saturday night meal will be $8, $5 for Current Negative Coggins CO, TX, & NM also need V.S. children under 12. Includes drink, salad, rolls,

statement written or attached to vegetable, potato, meat, and dessert. **Advanced registration required*. HC per state code Annual Meeting, then Auction (Bring an

item to donate (and your checkbook) for this fundraising event

SUNDAY: Breakfast- buffet- 7:30 to 8:30am Trail Ride- 9:00 am

Contact: Kathy Peacock for info, camp site and Saturday dinner reservations Phone: (319)-350-4897 or email: [email protected]

Camping: Motels: Primitive sites- $6.00 per night Microtel Inn, 5500 Dryer Ave. Electric sites- $16.00 per night Marion, IA (319)-373-7400 Cabins and A-frames available (showers and restrooms available) For more information, check the HOA Online Newsletter at: http://www.horseoftheamericas.com/newsletter.html 4

Garfield Farms the similarities between our horse and the ones

by Clarissa Winchester over on Corolla.

I got the opportunity see other rare Tom and I (and our horses) returned to breeds of chickens, horses, cattle, sheep, and Garfield Farms in Geneva, Illinois, for another pigs. Many of these have been featured in the fun spring Sunday. Garfield Farms is a member ALBC newsletters. I saw a Shire, Red Wattle of the ALBC and has hosted this annual event Hogs, a Cleveland Bay stallion, and a Mammoth for the last 25 years. Mule that liked to eat black berry cobbler. The This was our third time at this event. exhibitors are eager to talk about the history We had another wonderful and educational and uses of their animals. The volunteers of experience. This year’s event had fewer Garfield Farms also put on demonstrations of attendees than previous years so we had more sheep shearing, blacksmithing, and plowing one-on-one time. with their Devon oxen team. We got to speak with new people about our horses alongside other rare breeds. Many of the people who come out to the event may have never seen a horse except in the movies. THE AMERICAN INDIAN This gives us an opportunity to explain to them HORSE REGISTRY, INC. that the horses they see in westerns like

“Jerimiah Johnson” and “3:10 Yuma” are acting out what our horse’s ancestors DID! Something new was that we were given a 30 minute demonstration time. Sparkey and Echo came along. Tom Norush gave a lecture on the horses explaining the history, conformation, care, and temperament of our Since 1961, AIHR has been dedicated horses compared to modern breeds. Sparkey to honoring the Horses of Native American and I assisted by demonstrating the mobility of tribes & nations. our horse’s joints and the bond that develops This year’s AIHR/HOA National Show between horse and rider. Sparkey has earned in Marshall, Texas on September 23-24-25 will th the nickname “Yoga Horse” from the be its 30 anniversary. You and your Indian spectators. We had several return spectators Horse deserve to be there! Unique awards program for those who show, those who trail asking us to show off the “Yoga Horse’s” moves. ride or those who enjoy their horses at home. Our horses had a great time showing off! It seemed we had the largest audience For more information contact: at one time than most of the other booths AIHR because Echo loves to give pony rides. This 9028 State Park Road Lockhart, TX 78644 even nabbed the attention of another exhibitor 512-398-6642 (evenings) Email: [email protected] across the way from us who listened to our conversations with others. We also met a —an Original! gentleman from the East Coast who recognized 5

Horse Coupon Book’s Season The Essay: of Excellence Contest Ok. Close your eyes. No really -- I mean it! Close them tight. Imagine the vast herds of by Andrea McGregor horses that once roamed the United States. The

horse brought over by the - prized I had the privilege of participating in a by the Native Americans. You see the ponies Facebook contest put on by Horse Coupon Book swift and fleet. You remember the words written called Season of Excellence. The winning essay by J. Frank Dobie : "Well the wild ones-the would win a free breeding to the stallion of their coyote duns, the smokies, the blues, the blue choice - and the stallion owner would get $5,000 roans, the snip nosed pintos, the flea bitten in prizes. While we did not win the response was grays, and the black skinned whites, the shining overwhelming -- many of you and many who blacks, and the rusty browns, the red roans, the simply just read the essay and voted for it. We toasted sorrels, and the stocking legged bays, the received enough votes to make the final judging, splotched and the cream colored done by an independent panel of 10 judges. Out palominos, and all the other shadings of color as of 25 essays we came in 3rd overall - less than various as the hues that show and fade on the two points away from the winner. There was clouds at sunset- they are all gone now." --- OR over 400 essays originally submitted. The re- are they? printed essay is below for those that don’t have Fast forward to 2011. A few breeders

and enthusiasts are forging ahead to preserve the

remnant that is left of these vast Spanish herds.

We build upon what was started in the early

1900’s by breeders of Spanish that

sought out the remaining few pure Spanish type horses. Often lending to confusion is the term “Spanish ” - this is a breed, and is not the same in type, temperament, or history of that as the more well known “mustangs” managed by the BLM. This breed nearly extinct at one time, now has roughly 2,000 living registered individuals. This still means it is very rare, still in need of conservation and support. Because of Dan de Lion this many breeders are simply breeding to keep Facebook or didn’t get the chance to read it the going. Mares are often before. I would also like to extend a huge thank regulated to being simply broodmares. There are you to David and Jessie Clason at Windy Ridge no futurities, big shows, or money to be made. Spanish Mustangs for granting me a free Those who breed Spanish Mustangs are breeding to Dan de Lion even though I did not breeding for preservation of what they will tell get 1st place. So for now it looks as though MP you is one of the most amazing breeds they have Gypsy Queen will be bred in 2012 for a 2013 ever come across. foal. This is a yearly contest - I think both mare I have browsed the other stallions and stallion owners should seriously think about available. There are many outstanding ones entering next year. featured for this contest. World champions, multiple ROM and sweepstakes winners. Great 6 examples of their breed. So, why choose Dan de Lion to win over these other seasoned and proven stallions? Danny is a great example of the breed - his sire El Tigre Segundo is a well known among enthusiasts. I believe Danny is the first of his offspring to arrive here in the upper mid-west. I know his owner Jessie personally - she has done everything in her power and with her resources to promote and train Danny. Just this winter Jessie was able to get him entered into “The World’s Most Beautiful Horse Contest” to be held at Midwest Horse Fair in April. Not only were they a semi-finalist, they were third in the online voting - out of a group young child on her with no worries. She was the of more than 50 horses. A $5,000 dollar package 2008 show horse of the year in the HOA would do wonders to not only help Danny - but registry. By registry standards her pedigree has also the promotion of Spanish Mustangs as a many of the top producers in it. I have whole. What excited me the most was the accomplished what I can with her - but feel as company that would freeze semen from a cooled though I hold her back with my abilities. Many semen cache. While there are some, as a whole, Spanish Mustang owners feel this way. not many of these horses have frozen semen available. Our breeders are often working class individuals who sacrifice money and time for these often overlooked and underrated horses. It is a group of truly passionate people - I dare say you would be more hard pressed to find a more persevering group. I honestly care more about Danny winning the prize package than I do about winning the breeding for my mare. If another Spanish Mustang owner wins a free breeding to him I would be tickled pink! Jessie and the breed as a whole deserves the recognition this would bring. MP Gypsy Queen at MN Horse Expo So - why my mare? I purchased MP Whenever anyone has had the time, talent, and Gypsy Queen as a foal and have had her ever money to campaign one of these horses they since. She is my “go to gal” - I ride her have gone far. Yellow Fox - pulled out of the whenever I am unsure. I know she will carry me pasture and won a 200 mile Endurance Race. safely over all sorts of trails. Down the highway, Geronimo’s Warrior - who logged over 10,000 in parades, at the MN Horse Expo (where she miles with the American Endurance Ride MP Gypsy Queen Conference (and multiple year Jim Jones made her debut 4 years ago with just 15 rides on Stallion award winner). Montana - 2nd Place of her!). I even used her for Team Sorting this past the AERC's National Multi-day Championship spring. I sure didn’t know what I was doing but in the year of 1990. Montana completed 800 she kept me safe and we had fun. I can put a miles in 60 days, all AERC races, 750 miles 7 were Top Ten Finishes. Montana was entered and finished the world famous 100 mile endurance ride, the Tevis Cup twice - When he completed it the second time, he was 19 yrs old, and he finished in the top 30%. And the list could go on and on. Surefooted, sturdy, and sound. To ride one is to be able to see how the Native Americans could fly across rough county outrunning the Calvary. To see their movement, is to envision the noble horses of thank Horse Coupon Book for putting on this Spain - it is an experience like no other. I have contest and giving me the chance to help be a owned all sorts of breeds from QH’s to voice for this rare and special breed. Haflingers ; to Friesian crosses and Arabs - but

Spanish Mustangs I can honestly say are special "...when the last individual of a race of living - a breed apart. To win this breeding, for me, is a things breathes no more, another Heaven and step helping secure a future for these horses - in another Earth must pass before such a one can the form of a new foal - with very real be again." -William Beebe possibilities. It is breeding with a purpose. I

News from the Center for America's First Horse, Inc. by Stephanie Lockhart One year ago we moved our horses to their new permanent home on 70 donated acres. That What this means is more training time, more was a huge step toward the bigger goal...creating a community programs, more educational tours and year round facility for Colonial Spanish horses and natural horsemanship clinics. The board of directors the people that love them. With some bumps in the have worked tirelessly for nearly a year making this a road along the way, we are happy to report that our reality. But we can't rest on our laurels now! The new indoor arena will be up by the time this summer schedule is jam-packed with events and newsletter reaches your mailbox! programs. We start the season off with Everything Equine in Essex Junction, Vermont, April 30- May 1. This year I have 3 training demonstrations, 2 breed presentations and a spot in the equine variety show where my daughter Tori and I will perform an "act". Once again, we will have the only horses in the building of this event which guarantees a lot of exposure for them. It's a great opportunity that we've taken advantage of for the last 6 years. Coming in May is a feature article about The Center in the Stowe Guide, a very upscale glossy magazine. This publication reaches thousands of people as it's a free magazine put out by our local newspapers. Geared towards tourists visiting our region, this well written and descriptive article will be a huge boost to our promotion efforts. I won't be able to view the photographs they use before it goes Hurray! It's summer in Vermont! 8

to print so I just hope they portray the horses and racehorses and Bucephalus, stole Xerxes the Great’s The Center well! chariot mares after they beat the Thessalonian This summer we look forward to our new mares in a match race. kids natural horsemanship day camps. We have also They came in every color but one in added two weekends of a Women's getaway. Guests can bring their own horse or borrow one of ours and particular was held as sacred, the . This explore our trails, take lessons, and just relax with was the most sought after color within the Persian other like minded women. Also on the calendar is an Empire, and the legendary hero Rustam is credited open house, natural horsemanship clinics, Dancing with giving the world the appaloosa color through with Horses workshop, and a big fund raiser in his famous stallion Rakush. But modern appaloosa September---Equine, Arts and Eats. A full day of breeders would not recognize what the Persians horses, art and local food to benefit The Center. called appaloosa. The sacred appaloosa was a red- For now though, the focus is putting hours into the horses since they've sat idle all winter. It's yellow dun with darker red spots. No white. No important that each horse that represents the breed white? No white. and The Center for America's First Horse is on his Many people do not recognize this color of best behavior, looking healthy and happy, and ready appaloosa, although one famous ApHC stallion to greet the public on a moment’s notice! A random Sundance F-500 had a black dam with darker spots act of tourism often happens once the weather shifts on her body, and I have a photo Gretchen Patterson to warm and sunny days. We'll be ready!!! with a red mare that is the exact color of Rakush. So To keep updated on what's happening at The Center you can subscribe to our e-newsletter the color does exist. “The Latest Scoop” at: The Chinese loved the appaloosa color and http://centerforamericasfirsthorse.org/e-news- decided they were descendents of dragons. Just in subscription.html. We have a great new promotional case you didn’t know, the Heavenly Horses of slide show on our web site, too. And please join us Ferghana that were taken to China numbered on Facebook! thirteen and were Niseans owned by a couple of Hoping everyone has a fun, safe, and successful season with their horses! wealthy folks. Not the hundreds of thousands that Regards, the Akhal-Teke people claimed there were. And as I Stephanie recall appaloosa is not a color found in the Teke. Founder, Center for America's First Horse, Inc. The Tang dynasty carried their love for the Johnson, Vermont appaloosa horse well into their art. Appaloosa polo www.centerforamericasfirsthorse.org players, ceramic horse, paintings…their images adorned many royal residences. But while we smile Politics of Color: at names that speak of heavenly dragons, and Appaloosa spotted tigers, sometimes the names were not as romantic. One appaloosa battle stallion, famous for by Beverly Davis his courage, was named Fish Eyes. Yep, go saddle old Zechariah 6:3 has one of the oldest Fish Eyes, it’s going to be a long day. descriptions of appaloosa colored horses is in the When I was a teenager I saw an Bible, where they are said to pull chariots of angels. advertisement for the ApHC showing Mark Anthony Much debate has been made over the meaning of on an appaloosa horse impressing Cleopatra. At the this passage, but without a doubt, these horses were time I thought it was silly, but later on I learned that the legendary Niseans. was as close to true as it could be. Mark Anthony The Nisean was an ancient super horse went to war against the Parthians and couldn’t get whose blood flows in almost every living breed. It them to fight him. Had to be upsetting for the was famous for its speed, its size and strength. The vainglorious Roman to find an enemy that would not Greeks wrote about their use as warhorses, and the fight, so he pillage Armenia, a breeding ground for Thessalonians, who would become famous for their the Nisean horse. Julius Caesar’s friend brought the 9

first appaloosas to the Roman Empire, and the effect the color. What makes this unique is that there are was monumental. Anyone with an extra dollar to no old Nez Perce horses in the ApHC, and the one spend wanted one. purebred Spanish Colonial stallion that was The appaloosa color entered Spain registered with the ApHC was Choctaw. Most sometime during the early first century AD, but assuredly the Nez Perce has appaloosas, but warfare Vandal villas in North Africa dating to the fourth and theft cost them their precious horses. It is century show men on spotted horses with cross possible that some of the early registered brands on their flanks. It’s possible the Vandals appaloosas of unknown origin were indeed brought appaloosa horses with them to North Africa descended from the lost Nez Perce horses. when they passed over from Andalusia, or they could have stolen them on one of their infamous pirate raids. Emperor Justinian had the most and lasting effect on the color when he opened a stud for Nisean horses at Seville. The Romans wanted these magnificent animals, while the Persians didn’t want them to have them. Justinian took the best he could get from Armenia and opened two studs, one in Bithynia just outside of Constantinople and one in Spain. This was a good move, because the Armenians soon lost the breeding grounds of the Chief Joseph holding the reins of a leopard horse Nisean horse for good. The appaloosa with lots of white became Circuses all over the world kept the color alive, but the darling of European nobility and classical horse no one took them seriously as riding horses, much trainers. Like rich people today, the more chrome, less classical horsemanship. In breeds where they the better, and the more money the breeder could once appeared, they were now banned. No more get for the horse. A spotted horse bred in Wales spotted Andalusians. The Camargue horses has a from Spanish stock was the most expensive horse in rule that if the horse is not grey when its mature it the stud of Edward Longshanks of England. French can not be registered, although few spot appies do horse master Antoine de Pluvinel (1555 -1620) loved appear in some young horses. Spanish horses, particularly appaloosas, and used In Asia they appear in the Loki and the picture of an appaloosa stallion performing the Mongolian ponies and the excellent race horse capriole in his manual. Wealthy gentlemen were not breeds of Uzbekistan, but not all breeders want the averse to having their portraits made from the back color, which is the case with the Marwaris and of a spotted stallion performing some fantastic leap Kathiawaris of Northern India. Appaloosa is not into the air. allowed in these ancient warhorse breeds. The French Revolution brought an end to When India got its independence from classical horsemanship in France, and Napoleon England, and Nehru was elected the country’s first devastated the studs on the Iberian Peninsula. prime minister, he rode a leopard appaloosa in his Except for a Spanish mare in Denmark, which was inaugural parade. This might seem harmless to an used to create the Knabstrupper, the fate of this outside observer, but to the warrior castes of unique color now rested in the Americas. Northern India, it was nothing short of a declaration Cortez in 1519 brought the horse back to of war against their ancient horses. Within a few the land of its origin and among his horses was an years the ancient breeds of Northern India were appaloosa. Although all tribes had appaloosa horses, the Nez Perce became the one most associated with 10

almost decimated due to Nehru’s belief that they There are all sorts of legends about the appaloosa in were products of elitists view points. the Americas. A few die-hards insist that the Russians brought the first appaloosas to America, this in spite of the documents that state the starving Russians got their first animals from the Spanish in San Francisco. And there is the story about the Argentina polo pony and circus horse. There are photos in the Library of Congress that show appaloosa circus horses in America about forty years before the Argentina polo ponies, and Currier and Ives did a lithograph in the early 1800s of a leopard circus horse. Circus horses See what I mean about the politics of color?

An early icon showing a leopard horse

Registrar’s Report—June, 2011 by Gretchen Patterson

Registration of horses continues to be slow. I would encourage breeders to keep good records of their foals and offer a buyer a completed application when a sale occurs. The Colonial Spanish Horse is an antique breed now going into the 21st century. It is important to have the names and bloodlines recorded for future generations. To make registration easier, HOA has added payment by Pay Pal. The online application can be emailed along with the registration photos. Please submit pictures in one of three formats: regular photographs; digital scans on photographic paper or via email. I would like to stress that digital pictures must be printed on glossy paper. I cannot use pictures that are printed on regular copy paper. If you send pictures via email, they should be no larger than 800 kb and should be saved as a .tif or .jpg. Picture files saved as a .gif extension have been compressed and do not reproduce well. If you send pictures by email, please notify me in advance that you will be sending picture file attachments. All photos should be taken in open space, preferably in the morning or early afternoon. Pictures with lots of shadows do not scan well, and the horse’s true color is difficult to reproduce. Trees or other busy landscape should be out of the background whenever possible. I require pictures of both sides as well as a front, a rear and a good facial. If a horse has unusual white patterns on the head, a close-up photo is also needed. For more information, please contact Gretchen Patterson, 202 Forest Trail Rd., Marshall, TX, 75672 or by email: [email protected]. My telephone is 903-938-2908. You can also leave me a message on the HOA Message Board.

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President’s Message: Thank You

I want to thank all the members that have volunteered to help the HOA. Without your help, we could not be where we are today. This thank you is for those out promoting and showing their horses, our horses, to the public, those expending their hard earned cash. Wow. I will not try to name them because I am sure I will forget somebody and then be in a big pile of “doggy doo- doo”. Just a big thank you to all for what you have done to help the horses. If you have an idea or a talent you Tom and Della Norush would like to share with us, we would welcome 2295 E. 1230 N. your input and help. That’s what keeps the HOA Attica, IN 47918 growing. And growing we are. We are still Phone: 765-762-6628 solvent, still gaining new members and email: registering new horses. Not a bad thing in the [email protected] current times. With the high cost of fuel, it makes

things very tough to do a lot of traveling. But I Standing “Dancing Fire” by would urge all the members that can, to come to Pucsinwah out of Shady Lady. the Annual Meeting in Iowa. Kathy has a great weekend planned, something for all, from trail Sire of color, temperament and riding to a show. There will be great food, great conformation. Great kid’s horse, too! people to visit with, and a great time for all. Thanks again for all that you as Nice foals for sale at all times. Come members have done for the Horses and the HOA. visit us in Indiana for your next CS Horse! Tom Norush President

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Good bye to El Tigre Segundo. “Tigger” was put down after a stroke on June 1, 2011. His legacy will live forever in his foals, grand-foals and for generations to come.

Breeding stock, young stock and 2011 foals for sale. East Texas drought forces herd reduction. Call for a sales list.

Stallions standing here for 2011 include: Rowdy Yates (age 24) The legendary Rowdy Yates $500 is still very much with us as is his brother Tambourine Man $500 Cactus Jack and son Building A Mystery $500 Building A Mystery, Cactus Jack $350 Timber Ghost $350 a champion stallion at shows and games Illya Kuryakin $250 and twice NATRC National Champion in Scoundrel Days $250 Competitive Trail Riding. CWH The Sea King $250 (“King’s” fee is free to Corolla mares) We’ve been breeding the best to the best Johnny America $250 for years and PROVING our stock in Astral Traveler $250 competition. We were VERY pleased to note that ALL the HOA distance winners Under The Sun will be standing at Scott for 2010 were from Karma Farms. Nelis’s for $350. Call Scott at 254-205-9590 or 254-694-6711 for more info or to book CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL! to “Sun”.

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HOA Newsletter Delayed any younger. I love doing the HOA newsletter and will continue to do so if need by Vickie Ives, V-President, be, but it’s getting harder to make the time. Newsletter Editor This issue is a perfect example. That said, I would love to find Please accept my sincere apologies someone who can help with or take over this for the lateness of your newsletter. Between newsletter. Such a volunteer would get a hunting for and hauling hay in East Texas’ year’s free HOA membership and my current drought conditions (broken only by blessings. I lay it out in MS Word, but occasional fierce storms), then an injury to another format that would set in columns one of our 2 year old fillies that necessitated and give a professional look would be her being slung for some days, and finally perfectly acceptable. The new editor needs the demise of El Tigre Segundo plus the to know how to edit pictures for inclusion: regular stuff it takes to run this place, my changing color to black and white, adjusting hands have been pretty tied. Karma Farms contrast as necessary, cropping, etc. A good is a full time operation, and I’m not getting collection of fonts would be great--and I will be glad to send the ones that we use most often. The new editor, if a volunteer arises, will be approved by the Executive Board, not just by me. Any takers?

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El Tigre the last pure Book Cliffs Colonial Spanish Horses left in the world. Segundo “Tigger” was superior under saddle. In Dead at age 25 his lifetime he won many prestigious awards by Vickie Ives, owner Karma Farms including: SMR Grande , AIHR Hall of Fame, National Champion Original at Halter and National Champion Overall Performance at the AIHR National Show plus many NATRC wins including 4 sweepstakes. There was not a more honest horse alive. He was proven at halter, in performance and on the trail as well as a superior sire. His well-known foals include My Sunshine, Northern Song, King of Spain, Dan de Lion and many others that may be less known but just as treasured. In his lifetime, he was owned by the original Horse of the Americas in Porterville, El Tigre Segundo (HOA #1007, SMR Ca, Buddy and Wanda Ice’s Las Remudas 1567, AIHR O-1431) was foaled May 5, 1986 at Ranch in Odessa, Texas, Karma Farms in Porterville, California. The golden-eyed dunskin Marshall, Texas and James Bond of Oklahoma stallion, branded “Ice 06”on his left hip, was by City. He was considered a breed treasure by Tiger Eye out of TamaraWalker them all. (SmokeyJoe/Little Thing). He was one of