NATIONAL STALLION ISSUE the National Morgan Horse Show Champion UPWEY BEN DON
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35c he APR L 1958 MORGAN HORSE NATIONAL STALLION ISSUE The National Morgan Horse Show Champion UPWEY BEN DON SIRE OF: WIND-CREST DONA LEE WIND-CREST DONFIELD Grand Champion Model Mare Grand Champion Model Stallion Grand Champion Saddle Horse Grand Champion Saddle Horse Grand Champion Harness Horse Grand Champion Harness Horse 1956 National Morgan Horse Show 1957 National Morgan Horse Show WIND - CREST SENTIMENTAL LADY WIND - CREST SENSATION Grand Champion Saddle Horse Reserve Junior Champion Stallion 1955 National Morgan Horse Show 1956 & 1957 National Morgan Show Also sire of many other champions, and blue ribbon winners. SORRY BUT WE CAN BOOK ONLY FIVE MORE MARES TO UPWEY BEN DON THIS YEAR. WE CAN HOWEVER TAKE SEVERAL MORE BOOK- INGS ON WIND-CREST SENSATION. M & MRS. F. 0. DAVIS Wind- e/e4 WINDSOR, VERMONT Rizz Raige at ffitoa,watt latm. PARADE 10138 National Grand Champion Model Stallion National Reserve Grand Champion Harness Horse National Reserve Grand Champion Saddle Horse Sire of Waseeka Thisisit, and Broadwall Drum Major the two top two year olds, 1957. (Fee: $100.00 approved mares only) BROADWALL DRUM MAJOR 1st 2 year old Stallions 1st 2 year old Harness No outside breeding this year. BROADWALL ST. PAT The old fashion type Morgan with loads of substance and style. (Fee: $50.00) iSpoadiciLK eaui/L, Broadwall Farm, Greene, R. I. Cecil 42e'i ya4.6,i4 Woods and Water Farms Present KANE'S JON-BAR-K 11128 Sire: John Geddes Lippitt Moro Ash Ruthven's Beatrice Ann Flyhawk Dam: Barbette Betty Barr SEE HIS 1957 WEANLINGS AND YOU WILL WANT TO BREED TO HIM IN 1958. MORGANS OF ALL AGES FOR SALE. Wailw4 and Pheda Kane South Lyon, Michigan WINDCREST DONFIELD TWICE GRAND CHAMPION STALLION AT THE NATIONAL MORGAN HORSE SHOWS! In 1957 alone he was: Triple Crown winner at the National Morgan Show. (Harness, Saddle and Model Championships. He is the only stallion who can boast of accomplishing this feat.) Undefeated in all his classes at the National Morgan Show! Senior Stallion and Champion Morgan under Saddle—Mid-Atlantic All Morgan Show! The above record will have to speak for itself. Don field's other Champion- ships and blues are too numerous to mention here. $100.00 IS STILL THE LOW FEE FOR BREEDING TO THIS GREAT MORGAN STALLION Also standing at stud for $100.00 is Waseeka's Nocturne, another great stallion with an outstanding record, which includes: Reserve Junior Champion, National Morgan Show, 1954 — as a weanling Junior Champion Harness Horse, National Morgan Show, 1957 Jr. and Sr. Harness Championships, Mid-Atlantic All Morgan Show, 1956 as a Two year old! etcetera! etcetera! etcetera! We have 3 yearlings sired by Donfield and 3 more by him are due this spring. We expect Nocturne's first 3 foals this spring also. Visitors are welcome anytime as we enjoy the opportunity to show you our connoisseur's collection of 20 top Morgans. WASEE <A FARV Ashland, ass. Visiting mares arc given the same fine care we give our own broodmares, but owners are responsible for any accidents or mishaps. We reserve the priviledge of approving mares before accepting them for service. OUR COVER Table of Contents SPECIAL FEATURES The Meaning and Significance of Outcrossing, Inbreeding and Linebreeding 7 The Miles Between 8 Diseases of the Extremities Associated with Winter and Early Spring Conditions 11 Ginny Lydon 24 Stallion Listings 31-39 In this Breeders issue we are pleased REGULAR FEATURES to feature Windcrest Donfield, as our Letters to the Editor 6 cover Morgan. This beautiful chestnut Hints To Horsekeeper 10 stallion topped a brilliant season in Central States News 13 1957 by taking Grand Champion Stal- North Central News 13 lion, Grand Champion Saddle Horse Maine Morgan News 15 New York State News 15 and Grand Champion Harness Horse Justin Morgan Horse Association 15 at the National Morgan Horse Show. Mid-America Morgan Club 17 He is owned by Mrs. Power and Mr. Mid-Atlantic News 17 and Mrs. Annis of Waseeka Farms. Pacific Northwest Assn. News 19 Southern California News 23 He was truly bred to the winners New England News 25 circle, being by Upwey Ben Don and Breeders Listings 48-50 out of Seneca Sweetheart. Letters Officers of the Morgan Horse Club Dear Sir: President FREDERICK 0. DAVIS I think all Morgans owners might Windsor, Vermont take a great lesson from the article Vice-President GERALD F. TAFT which appeared in the February 10, Northville, Michigan issue of LIFE magazine regarding the Treasurer WHITNEY STONE degeneration of the dog. 90 Broad St., New York 4, N. Is the Morgan horse going to the Secretary FRANK B. HILLS dogs? What was so wrong with good 90 Broad St., New York 4, N. old Justin anyway, that everyone seems to be breeding for something else? The Morgan Horse Magazine It seems to me that there arc three areas of breeding— those who arc Vol. XVIII April 1958 No. 3 truly interested in the breed and doing A Monthly great selecting to maintain the good characteristics of Justin; those who are The Official Publication of only interested in the blue ribbons, THE MORGAN HORSE CLUB, Incorporated 90 Broad St., New York 4, N. Y. hence demand height and a ridiculous, saddle-horse way-of-going; and those Please send all correspondence regarding subscriptions and advertising who just don't care but want a colt, to publication office: The Morgan Horse Magazine, Leominster. Mass. so they breed to the stallion down the Publisher Otho F. Eusey street because he is closest. To which Circulation Manager Lorraine LaFond group do you belong? So far, its been a split vote. CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Mrs. David Naas Ern Pedler Jane Behling If you can't afford to travel a little Rheda Kane Mabel Owen Ruth Rogers distance to breed to a good representa- Sue Annis Mary Lou Morrell Eve Oakley tive stallion, then you can't afford to Mrs. Keith Morse Katharine Eskil Eleanor Brockman keep the colt when it arrives. The Editor and staff of The Morgan Horse Magazine and the Morgan If you must have blue ribbons, then Horse Club, Inc., are not responsible for opinions and statements buy a Saddle-bred horse, but don't expressed in signed articles or paid advertisements. These opinions are turn our good breed into "air-reach- not necessarily the opinion of the editor and staff of this journal. ing" giants. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Let's all get in the first group and One Year 53.50 Two Years S6.50 Three Years $9.00 look over the stallion issue of the magazine carefully before breeding The MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE, published monthly except January that mare. by THE MORGAN HORSE CLUB, INC., 90 Broad St., New York, New Sincerely, York. Printed by The Eusey Press, Leominster, Mass. Entered as second class matter at post office, Leominster, Mass. Closing date for copy and Mrs. Leigh C. Morrell advertising 1st of month preceding date of publication. North Wales, RD., Pa. Copyright 1958 by The Mogan Horse Magazine The Meaning and Significance of Outcrossing, Inbreeding and Linebreeding By ELIZABETH L. Powmt In any discussion among serious breeders these terms 3. Daughter to Sire Tic-Tao-Toe will be heard frequently and many people have said recently Card Sharp Aces High that they do not exactly know what is meant by each one. Grand Slam So first let us have a simple explanation and definition of Neat Trick Magician Perfection Tidy each one. Target Great Guns Outcrossing means simply the mating of two individ- Goody Goody Famous Fancy Icicle uals that are in no way related for many generations or not Candy Cane at all. Obviously since all Morgans are descended from PIN-UP Taffy Pull Grand Slam Card Sharp Justin Morgan we cannot have within the breed any com- Neat Trick Perfection plete outcrosses. We can, however, have pedigrees where Great Guns Goody Goody any duplication of ancestors is so far back that the mating Miss Prim Candy Cane makes a complete outcross as far as practical considerations Lisbon The Matador are concerned. An example of an outcross mating will be Primrose Lisa found here in Pedigree No. 1. Boquet Summer Sun Dance Date 1. Outcross In No. 2 you will see an example of a brother and sister mating and you will notice that in this, which is the Jack Straws Tic•Tac-Toe Cross Stitch closest form of inbreeding, each ancestor appears twice on Card Sharp Pilot the pedigrees so there are only half as many names on pedi- Aces High gree No. 2 as we found on the Outcross pedigree No. 1. Grand Slam Queen Diamonds Magician Top Hat In No. 3 you have the mating of Miss Prim to her sire, Neat Trick Silk Scarf Perfection, and in this case only the ancestors on Perfec- Tidy Executive tion's pedigree are repeated, whereas those of Primrose, PERFECTION Ebb Tide Miss Prim's mother appear but once. Target On Your Mark Line breeding is a continued form of inbreeding where Great Guns Tar Baby one ancestor is repeated several times in a few generations Famous Fancy FancifulMr. Wonderful of the pedigree. In pedigree No. 4 we have a classic ex- Goody Goody ample of line-breeding which has been practiced for many Icicle Snowbound Candy Cane Curlicue years by animal breeders. Taffy Pull The Welshman 4. Line Bred to Perfection Sugar Tic-Tac-Toe Card Sharp Aces High You will see that no name is repeated in the four Grand Slam Magician Neat Trick generations. Tidy Perfection Target Great Guns Inbreeding is the mating of two individuals who are Famous Fancy Goody Goody more or less closely related as mother to son, father to Icicle Candy Cane daughter, brother to sister, uncle to niece, grandsire to PICTURE Taffy Pull grand-daughter, etc.