Ill I i Merrv-Go-oun- d Carries A Sad ale Of Horses Wood will replace horsehair in the refurbished steeds by Bonnie Baird Ranch S Kimball who makes the Lagoon ef the youngsters who enjoy it Jeff Warburton merry-go-roun- T ARE no limits to a little boy’s imagination about beneath spariding lights of the carousel’s canopy astride a spirited white charger He may be a cowboy after a cattle rustler Maybe he’s a sheriff closing in on an outlaw or a cowboy protecting his herd from Indians He may be winning a horse race or a knight going Into battle “Whatever he chooses he is when he rides the d And the has always been the center of the amusement park” says Ranch S Kimball president of Lagoon Corp which operates die famed Utah fun spot in Davis County as he gallop d merry-go-roun- merry-go-roun- d NOT ONLY is the of interest for the youngsters merry-go-roun- at Lagoon the center it is also the pride of the corporation’s president He alone takes care of the annual repainting of the animals and their bridles and other adornments This is usually job at least and during good weather Mr Kimball works Saturdays and Sundays to complete the ticklish job But this year there’s a special problem and it involves the tails for some 23 horses that prance around at a tireless pace the For years Mr Kimball says the old merry-go-roun-d saddles a six-wee- merry-go-roun- d one of the very few left in the country with hand carved wooden animals has had horses with real horse-hai- r But they are difficult to replace and easily tails pulled apart by the young customers Now the amusement park supply firms have just about gone out of the business of making real horse tails Mr Kimball says “So what do you do? We can’t have these beautiful hand carved horses without tails” Reasoning that most of the other animals on the d had wooden tails Mr Kimball decided to do the same for the horses But where do you order a dozen or so wooden horses tails— just like that? Used to meeting difficult situations and unusual problems Mr Kimball called on his friend and wood carving artist Gordon Newby “But this is more than just ordering a dozen horses tails Each one has to be just right for the “We have Individual horse” Mr Kimball explains You horses and cowboy ponies jumpers chargers can’t put a pony tail on a jumping horse you know” d But come next spring all of the 23 horses will have tails Mr Kimball says merry-go-roun- a turquoise lion—with a purple mane yet? Jeff Warburton left Jay Grames and Cornell Kimball think there's nothing unusual about such hues Salt Lake City December 8 1963 Ever seen merry-go-roun- 40 d years his special preserve is shown with some left grandson Cornell Kimball and Jay Grames 60 years ago Mr Kimball believes and was purchased by Lagoon from a park in Santa Monica The delicately carved animals perfect to teeth and toe nails were made by a German artist the owners about say in Lagoon history It is the third The first was operated in 1897 in what is now the Carousel Tavern on the resort grounds The original d roof of the building is still intact but the which was pulled about by a live horse has long As for the second it was a motor since disappeared driven machine with cables similar to the operation of a ferris wheel merry-go-roun- d merry-go-roun- HORSES ARE not the only animals on the Lagoon carousel of course There is a turquoise lion with a purple mane two mules two zebras two roosters two frogs two giraffes and the rest of the assortment includes dog cat goat deer bear a swan and the usual chariot tub and chair as well as a dragon and merry-go-roun- THE MUCH cherished “going around” at Lagoon for d bas been It was built tiger All are painted like what you might see In a child’ coloring book instead of the realistic colors of everyday lions and tigers “But the children like them better this way” th proud owner says Ranch S Kimball shown with his grandson d horses knotty problem with merry-go-roun- Cornell Kimball was faced with a He and an artist friend solved it 5