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Show Page 1¢—THE HERALD,Prov, Utah Sunday, July 25, 1971 Nixon’s Arabian Horses Win Honors By MIKE TWITTY A childhond interest in Arabian horses has blossomed into a full-time hobby and then some for Jim Nixon of Provo. The Nixons — Jim and Lorraine, 4209 N. Scenic Drive — have had as much success as any Arabian horse owners in the state of Utah. Their homeis full of trophies, plaques and ribbons which symbolize the horse shows they have dominated in the last three years. Nixon's interett in horses began as a small boy in Castle Dale with horses passed down from his grandfather to his father. At *he age of six the family borgnt a half-Arabian horse end that sparked his interest in the Arabian breed. His wife also has been fascinated with horses since an stea¢y winners during the last three years at shows from Billings, Mont. to Scottsdale, Ariz.His potential to place in the national showis better this year than ever but his first try at some national trophies may have to wait. day afler Nixon bought the horse he won what was to be thefirst of man, ies. aee named E] Nar2yik which is combination of the mother and father’s name, neverfinished lower than second in competitionit was entered in. It is with El Nerayik’s The sleeping sickness on the offspring that the Nixons are picking up so manyfirst places in shows this year. Five of the horses have qualified for the National Arabian Horse Show in Oklahoma City Texas gulf coast has horse owners across the country alarmed andif it spreads any further north the national show is likely to be cancelled. So far a decision about the show hasn't been made but Arabian owners won’t take aay chances atall of their valuable stock contacting the disease, known as Venezuzlan equine encephalomyelities. Even if they can't make the Aug. 30 - Sept. 3. Among them are Ibn El Narayik, a bay stallion, and Arabia Victrix, a hay mare. Ibn enjoyment they find in having the horses and being able to show. The Nixons point with pride to the fact that Utahis fifth in the country in the ratio of horses to people and 11th in the number of Arabian horses. They are also quick to explain the statistics which show that more people in the U.S. attend horse events each year than attend any other major sports event. Horse racing outdraws college and professional football by 32.3 million people, and both major and minor league baseball together by more than 33.7 million, of our lives.” No Leisure Time “We keep very busy. We've done all the original ourselves. Certainly all our leisure timeis spent doing things whith and for the horses.” The Nixons havea 10-acre site adjacentto their homeincluding a riding ring where the training and exercising takes place. While at the sho s the horses are under the supervision of John H. (Buck) Field of Salt Lake City. The trophies earned by the Nixon-Field team bring some prize money but the winnings seldom equal the expenses. However, the costs of feed, equipment, transportation and entry fees all seem worthwhile whenone of the horses captures a first place. There are a few monetary returns in the operation, The Nixons will have five horses to Of course, the Arabian Horse has been the top all-around Shows attract only a small Arabian horse in the percentage of the total but Intermountain for two yearsina according to the Nixons lotof row and Arabia is close second Oklahoma trip the Nixons will people are passing up something in number of trophies won very worthwhile. compete in Boise next month The Nixons also have a threeearly age. According to her and at the Utah State Fair Sept parents she used to watch year-old Arabian from Poland 10-18. Thefair will end the show eagerly for the milkman who whose grandfather was sold in season which began in Arizona 1969 for $150,000 and an “uncle” in February sell next year anc theybring in camein a horse-drawn cart. was sold earlier this year for Timely Purchase ‘The pastsix months have been $250 for a stud fee. $100,000, Lots of Enjoyment busy ones for Nixon who is an ‘Their current sucevss is the Steady Winners attorney in Provo but who says However, the gains or losses result of the purchase of a pure CLEMMONS, N.C. (UPI)— Nixon’s horses have been “the horses take up a good part are outweighed by the Top-seeded Cliff Richey faces bred Arabian horse in 1953. The Harold Sclomon, the Number Two U.S. Juniors player, and Jaime Fox of Chile meets Fierre Barthes of France in quarterfinal singles today at the Tanglewood International Tennis Classic. In quarterfinal play Thursday Zelkjo Franulovic of Yugoslavia ousted 20-year-old Erik Van Dillen5-7,6-1, 6-3, and Canada’s Mike Belkin cefeated Number One U.S. Junior player Jim Connors 6-1, 6-2. Doubles competition saw Trinity College teammates Bryan Gottfied and Paul Garken continue a string of upsets by kmockirg off Barthes and George Goven, also of France, Richey Faces beautiful head, with its large eyes, set lower TKAINER JOHN FIELD rides Ibn El Narayik who has dominated Arabian Horse Junior Star and with greater breadth than is true with Showsin the Intermountain Westfor the last three years. The Arabian is famed for his other horses. Cougars Rank FourthIn Overall Athletic Program Based on results of NCAA competition and nationalratings for the 1970-71 schoo! year, the surveyrated the schools on their all-around performance in nine main sports. The Trojans from USC clearly held a commanding leadin points awardedon 1-to-20 point scale. They placed high in all sports except wrestling. University of Tennessee, BYU BYU and USC werethe only was listed fourth in the country. Southern California, UCLA and schools to garnerpoints in seven Stanford were ranked in that or more of the intercollegiate order ahead of the Cougars. sports, Jim McManus and Jim Arizona State was ranked 10th The Cougars received mostof Osborne defeated Fred McNair on thelist which was dominated their pcints in three sports; and Dick Dell 6-3, 7-5. by schoois in the western half of track (17), golf (14), and the nation. baseball (14). Romaniavs.India PROVOAN JIM NIXONand his son Joh, 6, join son Jim,9, area’s top Arabian horses. The Nixons are hoping to enter the National Arabian Horse Show next month unless the current sleeping sickness epidemic cancels the competition. in looking over someof the awards the Nixon family kas received for the outstanding recent showings of someof the e Brigham Yourig University’s athletic teams, having enjoyed one of the finest years in the school’s history, have been ranked fourth in the nation in overall performance among the country’s top schools. In a sports survey conducted by the campus newspaper at The ranking of the top ten schools in the nation, based or all-around performance in nine sports, was asfollows: Southern California (112), UCLA (78), Stanford (57), Brigham Young (54%), Ohio State (50), Tennessee (46), Texas (42), Oklahoma State (36), Washington (3544), Arizona State (3432). 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