NATIONAL Tictoricti SHOW ISSUE TOWNSHEND MORGAN-HOLSTEIN FARM BOLTON, MASS
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35 SEPTEMBER, 1959 (it- MORGAN HORSE NATIONAL Tictoricti SHOW ISSUE TOWNSHEND MORGAN-HOLSTEIN FARM BOLTON, MASS. Our consignment to this year's Green Meads Morgan Weanling Sale — TOWNSHEND VIGILANTE Sire: Orcland Vigildon Dam: Windcrest Debutante Talk about New England's Red Flannel Hash this is New England's Blue Ribbon Hash. This colt is a mixture of all the best champion New England Blood. His grandsires are the famous Cornwallis, Upwey Ben Don, and Ulendon. His granddam is none other than Vigilda Burkland. His own sire ORCLAND VIGILDON was New England Champion, East- ern States Champion, Pennsylvania National Champion and Reserve Champion Harness and Saddle Horse at National Morgan Shows. He is a full brother to Orcland Leader and Vigilda Jane. His own dam, WINDCREST DEBUTANTE, winner of several champion- ships for us in 1957, is a full sister to Brown Pepper and Donnie Mac. Here is a champion for you if you bid last on this good colt! ORCLAND FARMS "Where Champions Are Born" — ULENDON BLOOD TELLS — We wish to congratulate all his offspring that placed at the 1959 National Morgan Horse Show and list the winners: SONS and DAUGHTERS: VIGILDA JANE—second year in succession winner of Mare and Foal ORCLAND LEADER—Stallion Parade HAVOLYN DANCER—Geldings over 4 years and Reserve Champion Gelding ORCLAND QUEEN BESS—Walk-Trot ridden by Linda Kean GRANDCHILDREN: MADALIN—Mares and Geldings in Harness, Ladies' Mares and Geldings in Harness, Championship Harness Stake PROMENADE—Junior Saddle Stake HILLCREST LEADER—Junior Harness Stake VIGILMARCH-2 year old Stallions in Harness BOLD VENTURE—Stallion Foals GREEN MT. LADY BIRD—Mare Foals BID LAST ON ULENDON BREEDING AT WEANLING SALE. Horses boarded and trained for show or pleasure, ride or drive. MR. & MRS. W. L. ORCUTT, JR. West Newbury, Massachusetts owners and trainers PARADE 10138 First in Combination — Driven with his son Broadwall Drum Major, they won the Harness Pairs and the Cavalcade Americana Parade, a Grand Champion, sired the Grand Champion Mare of the National Show. One daughter, Broadwall March-Time fa full sister to Broadwall Drum Major) placed 2nd in Two Year Old Mares. Another daughter, Broadwall Lynette, placed 2nd in Mares and Geld- ings in Harness and 3rd in Ladies' Harness. Broadwall Phylleader la maternal sister of Parade) won the Year Old Mare Class. Other Broadwall horses were ribbon winners in Versatility, Pleasure and Harness. We are consigning three excellent fillies and a colt to the Green Meads Sale, October 12th. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nichoalds on winning Reserve Champion Morgan with Broadwall Brigadier, their 3 year old stallion, at the All Morgan Show at Estes Park, Colorado. 1-11.8.111 MR. and MRS. 1. CECIL FERGUSON Greene, Rhode Island TABLE OF CONTENTS fettets to SPECIAL FEATURES A Show To Remember 5 1959 National Morgan Horse Show 6 the EMots Morgan Horse Club Annual Meeting 10 Show Sidelights 11 Tustin Morgan Film Fund 51 Dear Sir: REGULAR FEATURES How can I express my gratitude to Letters to the Editor 4 Morgan people in my area for com- New England News 12 pletely converting me to this most Southern California Morgan Horse Club 13 wonderful of breeds! Justin Morgan Horse Association 14 Mid-America Morgan Horse Club 15 Only a few months ago I wouldn't North of the Border 16 have glanced at the stocky, fiery little North Central News 17 horses, for my life revolved around Central States 18 hunters and jumpers. My cousin New York News 19 Ohio Morgan News 19 Penny Baran kindly loaned me a stack Mississippi Valley News 34 of older Morgan Magazines. Need- Here Comes Indiana 35 less to say, I covered every one of them Mid-Atlantic News 36 from cover to cover in less than a Oregon Morgan Horse Association 36 week. I devoured every bit of infor- mation available. I immediately sub- scribed to the magazine myself, reluc- Officers of The Morgan Horse Club tant to miss even one issue. President FREDERICK 0. DAVIS Last week, a visit to the well-known Windsor, Vermont Caven-Glo Farm in Westmont, Illinois Vice-President GERALD F. TAFT confirmed my choice forever. Cavell- Northville, Michigan Treasurer WHITNEY STONE (Continued on Page 37) 90 Broad St., New York 4, N. Y Secretary FRANK B. HILLS 90 Broad St., New York 4, N. Y. OUR COVER The Morgan Horse Magazine Vol. XIX September, 1959 No. 8 A Monthly The Official Publication of THE MORGAN HORSE CLUB. Incorporated 90 Broad St., New York 4, N. Y. Please send all correspondence regarding subscriptions and advertising to publication office: The Morgan Horse Magcoine, Leominster. Mass. Publisher Otho F. Eusey CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Em Pedler Ray Anderson Jane Behling Rheda Kane Mabel Owen Ruth Rogers We dream again with nostalgia of Rodney Gould Helene Zimmerman Eve Oakley Barbara Bell Mrs. Keith Morse Mrs. Henry L. Nelsen the past. Sports cars of the day can Sheila Cunningham Pat Werts Joan Hodgkin not compare with the thrill of driving Barbara White a high-stepping pair of champion Mor- The Editor and staff of The Morgan Horse Magazine and the Morgan gan stallions on a Sunday afternoon Horse Club, Inc., are not responsible for opinions and statements ex- pressed in signed articles or paid advertisements. These opinions in the days gone by. Featured on our are not necessarily the opinions of the editor and staff of this journal. cover is the winner of the "Cavalcade SUBSCRIPTION RATES Americana" class at our 1959 National One Year $3.50 Two Years $6.50 Three Years $9.00 Morgan Horse Show. The pair are Canada 54.00 Foreign Rate $4.50 per year Parade and Broadwall Drum Major The MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE, published monthly except January with owner Cecil ,Ferguson whip, by THE MORGAN HORSE CLUB, INC., 90 Broad St., New York, New and Mrs. Potter. Also enjoying the York. Printed by The Eusey Press, Leominster, Mass. Entered as second class matter at post office, Leominster, Mass. Closing date for copy and ride is Dr., L. K. Maier and Mrs. advertising 1st of month preceding date of publication. Margaret Ferguson.. Copyright 1959 by The Morgan Horse Magazine. all of whom contributed ample space to the material we provided. A Show To Remember Incidentally, I talked with a num- ber of Morgan owners from various parts of the country about the desir- By GEORGE B. RUSSELL ability of getting up a thirteen minute film clip on Morgans for TV distri- bution about the country. The idea Looking over one of the early issues any case, he's already sold on the Mor- is not outside the realm of possibility of the Morgan Magazine a few weeks gan breed, for we noted that his fare- . and it need not be expensive. I back, I ran across a letter by an old well from the car window on the understand that Cecil Ferguson has timer who opined that present day final day of the show was . "see been delegated the task of looking into youngsters who missed the horse and you next year." this promotion deal. Let's all get be- buggy era, missed a lot. I agree. Like Publicity-wise, we apparently hit the hind it. that early correspondent, I recall the jackpot again this year . and again, Remember black and white 16 mm thrill when Grandfather's Morgan- our heartfelt thanks to Jimmy Powers film, shot for such a show, should be drawn Concord buggy would hit the of the New York Daily News; Marie taken at a 24 frames to the second clip. planks of a covered bridge like a peal LaFrenz of the Herald Tribune; Norm It could then be assembled and edited of thunder. The wheels would hardly Cooper of United Press International; by Warren Patriquin and myself and make contact before the echo would George Vecsey of the News and AP made ready for distribution to TV ring out behind the rig. radio sports wire, and to Paul Jonas stations and horse clubs all over It was that first Morgan gelding, a and Bill McCord of NBC Monitor, (Continued on Page 51) little brown fellow, a mere fourteen two, from Rutland, Vermont, who aroused my interest in Morgans and awakened a desire to function as a sort of Johnny Appleseed for the breed; even though, at present, the demands of metropolitan newspaper work make year-round country living and horse owning a not too distant dream. This past National Morgan Horse Show gave promise. And we were not disappointed to taking our three- year old nephew and Godchild, Eric Christopher Nunez, along for an eye- ful. Needless to say, he was impressed and thrilled at riding Windcrest Star of Dawn in the leadline class, thanks to owner Blanchard Means, and John Spencer who led him about the show ring. Morgans do make excellent baby- sitters. This was quite apparent, back at the barn, in readying Eric for this class . for holding his reins, dis- dainful of the pommel, he slipped off the big western saddle and was hang- ing upside down from one ankle, like a Cossack picking knives from the ground. The baby-wise Star stopped in her tracks and looked around. We righted the moppet and he was ready, willing and eager to get going again . a true horseman. However, next year we'll see to it that Eric rides English and has the feel of some stirrups. In Christopher Nunez. age 3, of New York City and Millbrook. N. Y., a Morgan boos-ter of the future who had his first show start aboard WINDCREST STAR OF DAWN. SEPTEMBER, 1959 5 1959 National Morgan Horse Show It was with mixed emotions that we watched the 1959 National Morgan Horse Show where 300 of the top Mor- gans from throughout the United GRAND CHAMPION MODEL MORGANS States were gathered to compete in this, the show of shows.