qJ],are and ':l,oal 9 4'4'ue Stua,e6 o! 1964 ~oaL6 . Here they are! Come early and take your pick! VOORHIS FARM Red Hook, Dutchess Co., New York. MR. and MRS. GORDON VOORHIS, owners FRED HERRICK,trainer Telephones : Area code 914 Plateau ·8-5611 or 8-3283 BH !l IlD ill Hl l f j) Jl1J] I PARADE AND HIS SON BROADWALL DRUM MAJOR. (Bred and raised at Broadwall Farm} We have a couple of yearling colts by Parade and Broadwall Drum Major to sell and some weanlings to select from . Hurry, they are being spoken for . * Mr. and Mrs. J. Cecil Ferguson SISSON ROAD, GREENE,RHODE ISLAND Exp ress 7 -3963 KEEPING GOOD COMP ANY? TUTOR 10198 Mentor x Kono U.V.M. JUSTIN 13590 U.V.M. JENNIFER 11867 Tutor x U.V .M . Donna Tutor x U.V .M . Deborah Foaled April 12, 1961 Foaled May 17, 1961 BOARDING - TRAINING - SALES INDOOR RING TRACK LONGE RING 24 BOX STALLS - NEW TACK SHOP - ASSISTANT TRAINER - BRYCE MARQUART TRAINER GILBERT CARR ASISTANT TRAINER - BRYCE MARQUART VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME CENTAUR FARMS SCHOHARIE NEW YORK Phone: AX 5-8101 or AX 5-7170 SPECIALFEATURES A Member of the Rules Committee Speaks . ......... ..... ... .... .... ...... 7 From a Friend of Our Morgans . .. .. .. .. .. .. 8 The Foot of the Horse, Port II .. ... ... ... ... .... ........ .. ....... .... ... 9 Sister Act, Morgon Style .. ... ...... .. .... .. ..... .... .. ... .. .... .. .... ... .. .. 11 Morgon Owner Wins Contest . .. .. .. .. .. 13 Thirty-Fourth Annual UCONN little International . ... .... ...... ... .... .. 1 S Rational Core of the Foundered Foot . .. .. .. 1 6 How I Failed the Hundred . .. .. 1 7 Study light Horse Training By Mall . .. .. ... .... ..... .. .. .... .. ..... .. SS Morgan News Notes of Seventy Years Ago ...... ............ ..... ..... 61 "Thanks, Fergyl" REGULARFEATURES Dear Sir: Letters to the Editor . ... .... .. ...... ... ..... .. ... ............. .... ......... .. .... 5 I would love to be able to express my. The President" s Corner . .. .. ... ..•.... ... ... ... 7 Jes· Hossin" Around ........ ...... ... ............................. ..... ................ 1O self with the lustre and brilliance that Horses, Horses, Horses .. .... .... .. .. ... .......... .. ......... ....... .. ... ... .. 1 3 would equal the lustre and brillance New York News ... ................... ........ ................. ............ ............. 39 of the stars that, I £eel, are deserving Pacific Northwest New s ........ .... .... .... ....... .... .. ...... ... ... ... ... .. .. .. 4 1 to be put in the crown of our president, New England News .................................................................. 43 The Buckeye Breeze . ... .. .............. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 5 ]. Cecil Ferguson . I refer to his loan Mid -States News ... ...... .......... .. ............ ............ .... ... ................. 46 of his two lovely stallions to the Lipiz­ Morgon Horse Breeders and Exhibitors ... ................... ......... ......... 47 zan Stallions Horse Troupe, which is M id-At lant ic News ......... ... ...... ..... .......... ..................... .............. 48 currently making their second grand The Texas Tolly ... ........... ........ .............. .... .................... .............. 49 Northern California News ... ........ ... ............................................ 50 tour of the United States and Canada, Morgon Horse Association of Oregon ..... ... .... ...... ...... ................ 51 under the direction of Col. Alois Pod­ Ask the Doctor . .... 51 hajsky. The Colonel is head of the Society of Morgon Friends ..... ........... .............. ... ...... ......... ...... .. 52 Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Aus­ Morgans in the Land of Enchantment ......................... ...... ....... 53 Circle J News ....................... ... .... ... ...... ... ... .... .... .. ............ .... ... 54 tria where these famous horses make JMHA News ......... ....... ..... ........ ...... ... ................. ..... ................ 55 their home. Southern California News .................. ..... ..... ....... ................ ....... 56 News from Idaho .... ......... .... ... ....... ......................................... 56 We saw their spectacular perform­ Inland Empire ........ ............. ...•.. ......... ........ ..... ... ... ............... ... 57 ance in Washington, D. C. on the same Penn-Oh io ................... ........ ........ ... .... ....... ......... ............. ......... 57 <lay incidentally, that Mrs. John F. Ken. North Central News ..... ..... ....... ... ............ ...... ................. :..... .... 58 nedy and Caroline did. As Morgan Southeastern News ........ ...... .... ..... .... ........................... ........ ...... 58 Morgans in Ar izona .... ........... ...... ... ..... .... ........... ........... .......... ... 59 lovers, owners and breeders, you can Kyovo Morgon Association ..... ... ......... ........ ............. ... ...... ....... .. 59 guess how our chests swelled to nearly Southern Indiana ......... ...... ...... ......... ............ ...... ..... ......... ........ 60 bursting with pride, when Broadwall Drum Major came out in all his splen­ Officers of The Morgan Hone Club dor as the second attractions of the l'realdent ........ .. , • . • . • . • • . • • . • . • . J. CECD. FERGUSON program, amid house shaking applause Greene, Rhode Island and cheers! With only two Lipizzan Eaatem Regional Vice Prelldent . • • . • • • • • • MBS. ROGER E. ELA attractions between them, the hand­ Waylcmd, Mau. some sire of Drum Major, Parade, came Mld-Weat Reqlonal Vlce-Prealdent . .. ..... MRS. WD.LIAM W. BARTON Rockford, Ill. out with his lovely high-stepping trot Weatem Regional Vice Prellldent .•.......•.•.... DR. HENRY P. BOYD and coat a-gleam! San Rafael, Calif. Treasurer .. .. .....•..•.•.••.••.•..•..••...••• CIL\UNCY STJLI.JlAN ( Continued on Page 60) 230 Park Avenue , New York, N. Y. Secretary . • • . • • • . • . • • . • • . • . • • • . • SEl'H P. HOLCOMBE P. O. Box 2157, West Hartford 17, Connecticut The Morgan Hone Magazine OUR COVER Vol. XXIV June, 1964 No. S A Monthly - The Offlclal Publlcatlon of THE MOIGAN HOISE CLUI, lncorporoted Secretary's Office, P. 0. Box 2157, West Hartford 17, Conn. Pleose Hnd all conespondence retarding subscriptions and advertising to publlcatlon office: Tho Morgan Horse Magazine, Leominster, Mass. - Dial KEystone 4-6506. Publlaher . • . • . Otho F. Euaey Editor . Barbara Cole Special Feature, . .•.. ........ .................•........ Em Pedler Circulation .. .. .... ......... ........ ....... .. , . Mary Foster CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Judeen larwood Joyan Hiiis Claude J. Monette Charlotte Schmidt Louise Beckley Doris Hodgin Ruth Morrison EIIHn Sulllvon Ronald Blackman Gloria Jones Barbaro Niemi Dayton Sumner Lorrayne Byers Dorothy Lockard Eve Oakley Hanle! Ulery Pamela Cannon Nancy Matas Renee Page Natalie Webber Mary Woolverton ~i:1eCro:~~b;' ~:r::n ~~L~~~d ::!h R::~:: Ruth Vldoloff Pat Hamilton R. Morgaroldge The Publisher and staff af The Morgan Horse Magazine and The Morgan Horse Club, Inc. Mares and foals enjoying green grass are not responsible for opinions and statements expressed In signed articles or pa id ad , vertisements. These opinions are not necessarily the opinions of the staff af this loumal . and summer sunshine - a scene to SUBSCRIPTION RATES warm hearts of Morgan lovers every­ One Year $4.00 Two Years $7.50 Three Years $10.50 where. Though our cover picture was Canada $4.50 Foreign Rate, $5.50 per year taken at one of the large New England The MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE, published monthly except January by THE MORGAN HORSE CLUB, INC., Secretary's Office, P. 0 . Box 2157, West Hartford 17, Conn. breeding farms, similar sights are re­ Printed by The Eusey Preu, Leominster, Mau . Second clan postage paid at Leomlnst~r. peated all across America and Canada Moss. Closing date for copy and advert ising ht of month preceding date of publication Copyright 1964 by The Morgan Horse Club, Inc. these ·sunny June days. ,, --------___,J To SENN1111&Tt>li : ~ \ ',- ----\IERMON!_---- ---- s: ,, "' ,c. SC',tU Of ,.,,us TURNPIKE ------- --CON~CT~~--MASSACHUSE.TTS ---- To N.v.c. Sire : Sealed of Windcrest Dam : U.V.M. Nevis HUDSON VALLEY- BERKSHIREBREEDERS Foaled : Februa ry 26, 1963 Come visit the Farms and see in one day over l 00 of the Full sister lo Ch. Mare, Honeybrook f inest MORGAN horses anywhere . BLUE SPRUCE FARM - Altamont, N. Y. Mr . and Mrs . Ralph Plauth GREEN MEADS FARM - Richmond, Mass. VOORHIS FARM Mr . and Mrs . Darwin Morse Red Hook, New York PETALBROOKFARM - Wappingers Falls, N. Y. 100 miles North of 1964 World 's Fair! Mr . and Mrs . Philip Jackson ~ -- - -~-- -- - . - - - - VOORHIS FARM - Red Hook, N. Y. Mr . and Mrs . Gordon Voorh is A member of the Rules Committee says: This is for all members of The Morgan Horse Club, By /. CECIL FERGUSON Inc. and also all lovers of Morgan horses, in sincerity and humility. Many people are asking a question which frankly I During the past six months, when it seemed neces­ cannot answer; and the question is "Who is this person sary to take a stand for more stringent regulations regard­ John H. Hamlin?" As yet I have never met or seen the ing the showing of Morgan horses, your President, and man; he never attends a meeting, and I can learn nothing members of. the Rules Committe.e and the Board of Directors, of his background other than that he has had two or three may have seemed arbitrarily ignoring the protests of some Morgans for a couple of years. After much inquiring I fin­ factions and listening only to