Show Ld M 1 i t 1 J ti f jr 1 Ii fl 1 yR 1 er err f r t r if s r Ii ft r f t f t W tJ An l i tR i r j lW v f I If i. i r 11 Io J. fJ J Jl tJ l' l 7 r J r n it k 1 7 t Of 41 W dl f 11 r. r MJ t d J 1 U l i. i JI Ii i if 4 d tr Yi 11 t 1 JI i r Yot i t 7 J j 1 f l 14 ir 1 r 4 b Rt R IJ t- t r gj i i 1 CJ of 01 t lf I RIDE ONE TODAY Own one tomorrow is the motto adopted by the Tennessee Walking Horse Association Introducing them to the Uintah Basin is Leland Williams Hyrum Slough and Gary McLean Leland is astride Suns Sun's Midnight Chance Tennessee Tenness e walking horse introduced The Sleepy Hollow Walking Horse Ranch in Dry Fork w will ll be the future home of the fabulous breed of horse horseflesh horseflesh horseflesh flesh known as the Tennessee Walker At th the present i. i Leland l and Gwen ii Williams owners owners are re located at E so DavisIn DavisIn Davis DavisIn In full stride a Walker oversteps by 48 inches and has been clocked walking at al 22 miles per hour They are used extensively on the vast ranches in South America because they can cover twenty miles more than the average horse in the same amount of working time disclosed Lee A few years ago agoa a wealthy man gave 30 to the police department in NYC and in two months they bought 80 more According to the World Book Encyclopedia Encyclopedia En cyclopedia th the Tennessee Walker is the most mild mannered of all breeds and Leland says saS that in his three years of handling them he has found them to be tractable Originating in the South where the vast plantations required a horse that could cover ground with the least effort effort ef fort was a must Used in the breeding was the Pacer Indian pacing horse Morgan thoroughbred and American can Saddler Those original bloodlines are still one of the kept best-kept secrets in the South The breed did not become registered until 1950 The smoothness of their walk is attributed to the beginning of water glass races in inthe inthe inthe the southern states Leland and Gary McLean are co co- owners of Suns Sun's Midnight Chance a year seven I steel teel blue stallion with four stockings and a full blaze His grandsire was Midnight Sun who in 1924 1 became the top walking horse in inthe inthe inthe the world Although the Walker is born with the famous stride training and dressing the show horses is something else The tail must be dressed and the animal shod with witti extra h heavy extra s shoes oes during training the ankles are greased and loose chains applied to attain the extremely ex extremely extremely ex- ex high step common to Walkers and the American Saddler Hyrum Gwen's father is a partner with Lee and oversees the foaling Right now he has three miniature Tennessee Walkers for public inspection at his home in Davis Even at two weeks the sliding walk with the back feet can be noted The Williams family including Don 17 Jeff 16 15 IS Wendy 6 and Jason 3 were introduced into the walking horse business three years ago Leland loved to ride Gwen didn't like bouncy riding So he bought her Blackjack a Tennessee Walker The problem then was Lee couldn't keep up with her so he had to buy one for himself They purchased Mac K April Alert from Isaacson Farms in Leland has since become director of the Tennessee Walking Horse Association of Utah Weve decided they're such a fantastic family horse related Lee that were we're going to breed and sell them and introduce them to the Uintah Basin Our stallion is also standing at stud To I see ee them loose in a corral they move as any other horse but your reporter took a horseback ride just to see what they were like It was a I do moving and mean moving moving- experience Their famous motto is Hide One Today Own One Tomorrow w d i r F i- i Ti-lb Ti TENNESSEE WALKER has nas been clocked at 22 mph overstepping as high as 48 inches Lee Williams demonstrates the smoothness of the gait |