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Show KAXtU: MUSTANG J 1 MS REAL HOME IN HONOLULU Rockville, Nov. 1. Dixie fruit, Dixie molasses and Dixie climate ; have for some years been quite fam- otis but until this fall the wild horses hors-es of the Dixie mountains have not attracted a great deal of attention. Some five years ago among the horses used in tourist transportation in Zion park was a little mustang which had been caught on the open range. The horse was sold to W. W. Wylie of the park camps by Ilyrum Justit of Springdale and for two or three years the horse was not considered consid-ered to be of any great value. In 1923 David Dennett was made official guide at the park and during his work among strangers of varied riding ability he noticed the little mustang had a gait particularly appealing ap-pealing to the lady rider and at once began boosting "Smoky" as a perfect mount for the lady rider. Among the visitors to the park in the summer of 1923 came Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Castle of Honolulu and "Smoky" once more showed his native na-tive charm, captivating the wife of the wealthy sugar magnate. Many changes were made in Zion park last fall and the horses were sold by the railroad company to Mr. Dennett who in turn sold them to others. This summer Mr. and Mrs. Castle made plans to make a return trip to Zion and requested that Smoky and Mr. Dennett be on hand to welcome them back to Zion. Money made it possible to rescue Smoky from a strenous life on the sheep range and place him once more in the park to await the coming of his benefactress, and an old acquaintance acquaint-ance ripened into a real friendship. When the Castle family left the park Smoky left too in the care of Mr. Dennett. For four months "Smokey" remained re-mained in Rockville with nothing to do but eat and sleep until a month ago when Mr. Dennett left on the trip to deliver the horse to its final destination. des-tination. To tell of the red tape connected with the shipping of the horse, the expense involved, etc., would be monotonous but "Smoky," Zion park's pet mustang, finally reached his destination, no longer a mere mustang but a read personage and was placed in a stable among a group of polo ponies noted for their blue blood and is now a much pampered horse famous chiefly because of his Dixie birthplace and Dixie blood. |