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F A H R TIDIN GS OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FOUNDATION APPALOOSA HORSE REGISTRY, INC.

VOLUME 8 NO. 3 JULY/AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2005

“ THE WAR PARTY”

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FAHR OFFICERS PRESIDENT Craig Wells 2275 E 600 S Wolcottville, IN 46795 260/854-2025 craig@skyenet.net VICE-PRESIDENT (Pro Tem) Ken Haskins 11517 Hubbard Line Road Menahga, MN 56464 218/564-4908 flowers@unitelc.com DEPARTMENT HEADS: TREASURER & DIRECTOR Marilyn Yeomans 8405 E. 112th Street Howard City, MI 49329 616/636-5796 briteapp@hotmail.com FINANCIAL SECRETARY & DIRECTOR Vicki Grant 5928 E. 169th Street Noblesville, IN 46060 317/773-7159 VGr55@aol.com

SECRETARY (Pro Tem) Ginger Karns 6496 W. Bracken Road Huntington, IN 46750 260/344-1397 redhawk@onlyinternet.net

REGISTRAR & DIRECTOR Kathy Conklin 836 S. Warner Fremont, MI 49412 231/924-6456 gconklin@wmis.net EDITOR & DIRECTOR Edna Street 4415 183rd Avenue SW Rochester, WA 98579 360/273-9355 estreet@connectcorp.net

DIRECTORS Arita Harwood (Pro Tem) 96845 N. Big Creek Lane Lakeside, OR 97449-9605 541/759-3231 bigcreek@presys.com Bernard “Joe” Yeomans 8405 E. 112th Street Howard City, MI 49329 616/636-5796 briteapp@cmedic.com

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FROM THE EDITOR .. ...................................……… 3 FROM THE REGISTRAR …………………………………. 3 FROM A DIRECTOR …………………………………….. 4 FINANCIAL STATEMENT ………………………………… 5 ANNUAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT & AGENDA …… 6-7 LETTERS /MEMBER INPUT………………………………. 8 DISTANCE PROGRAM INFO ………………………… 18-22 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS …………………………… 23 NEWS BEAT ………………......................…………. 24 SADDLE LOG & MERIT PROGRAMS ………………….. 25 BREEDER’S DIRECTORY .............................…… 26-30 ADVERTISEMENTS ..................................……… 31-33 ADVERTISING RATES .....................................…... 34 FEE SCHEDU LE ............................................…… 34 REGISTRY UPDATE ………………………………… 35-36 FAHR BULLETIN BOARD ………………………………. 37 DID YOU KNOW? ..........................................…… 38 ARTICLES: PERSERVING THE STARBUCK HERITAGE …………. 9-11 PEDIGREE RESEARCH ………………………………… 11 GREEN STABLES, HOME OF THE BLUE ROANS ….. 12-13 A BONNIE LASS …………………………...………. 14-16 RED EAGLE’S GUILD OF THE 1001 SUCCUMBS ……. 16 TYEE KI—FIRST OHIO GEAR CHAMPION ……………. 17

O N THE C OVER

The war ponies are alert as this Sioux war party nears their home camp. The Appaloosa stallion is a highly valued prize of a successful raid. The different costumes represent the different socie-ties in the Sioux Tribe. The curved sticks are coup sticks, used to touch the enemy in battle, a greater victory than killing him.

This fine oil painting by DAN DEUTER is displayed at

Wall Drug’s Western Art Gallery Dining Room Wall, South Dakota

A special thank you to Mr. Teddy Hustead of Wall, South Dakota, co-owner of Wall Drug

DEFINITION OF A FOUNDATION APPALOOSA

A FOUNDATION APPALOOSA IS AN

APPALOOSA THAT CARRIES 75% OR GREATER APPALOOSA BLOOD OR

AN APPALOOSA THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO CREATE SUCH AN

APPALOOSA.

This issue of FAHR TIDINGS may not be reproduced in whole or part without written permission of the Editor. Articles and photographs are welcome and should be sent to FAHR, Inc., P.O. Box 31, Westfield, IN 46074 in C/O the Editor.

They will printed if space permits. Opinions expressed in FAHR TIDINGS are of the writer and are not necessarily the opinions of the FOUNDATION APPALOOSA HORSE REGISTRY, INC.

http://www.foundationapp.org

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FFROMROM THETHE EDITOREDITOR FFROMROM THETHE REGISTRARREGISTRAR Hello All,

It has been quite a summer here in Michigan. With al-most draught conditions the hay crop has not been that great, about ! a crop actually. We finally did start to get some rain, and the third cutting will save us.

The foals here are growing just fine and they are really a pleasure to watch. I am sure all of you with the new colt crop get as much enjoyment as I do just watch-ing them frolic in the pasture, and thinking about next years to come.

Registrations have been down a bit the last couple of months, but I am expecting to start seeing those colt/fillies papers start to come in soon.

The 20th stud book will be going out soon, one even went to France!

With the cooler weather of fall arriving I hope you get to enjoy those colors on your horses, that is going to be one of my goals as soon as the 3rd cutting is in.

I hope to see you at the annual meeting in October.

As always, if you need to get in touch with me please feel free to call me at 231-934-6456 or e-mail me at gconklin@wmis.net.

My best to you all.

Kathy Conklin

As summer winds down and we prepare for fall and winter, I find myself reflecting on this years foaling sea-son. Did I achieve the goals I had set a year or more ago when I bred these mares and did my breeding pro-gram progress or stagnate? As I set the marker forward on the next goal line, I wonder about the goals and di-rection FAHR has taken and ask myself the same ques-tion. Did we progress or have we stagnated?

As FAHR approaches it’s 8th birthday we have regis-tered nearly 700 horses, all 75% Appaloosa blooded and some reaching the 6th generation. Amazing when you take into consideration that statistics from 1994 al-lowed that there were only 1400 blood Appaloosas left.

FAHR has printed it’s first Stud Book of Registry horses 1 through 500, with photos.

FAHR has implemented a Saddle Log Program, and Distance Program from which the first FAHR Champions will emerge.

The Merit Program for breed promotion and devel-opment is open to all FAHR horses and horses that can create a FAHR horse, to commend and applaud Foun-dation breeders.

FAHR has worked hard to create and refine Show rules that showcase the horse, not the handler, for fu-ture shows.

There are many areas to improve and goals that FAHR has left to obtain. The one key ingredient most needed by FAHR is member participation!

When your breeding programs achieve a goal you have set, enter that foal in the “Foal of the Year” con-test. Cost . . . 37 cents for a stamp and 29 cents for the picture.

If you’ve gamed or shown or just gone on a family outing on your Foundation Appaloosa, send a short paragraph and a snapshot of the event to thetid-ings@reachone.com or mail to 4415, 183rd Ave. S.W., Rochester, Wa., 98579.

Volunteer to help on one of FAHR’s committees. I’ve posted a list of them in Newsbeat.

Lastly, as we near the Annual FAHR meeting, if at all possible, plan to attend. FAHR welcomes input from all it’s members.

Eddie Street

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Communication is important in any organization, and especially so in one such as FAHR, whose members are widely scattered throughout our nation; or per-haps I should say the world, since we even have members in other countries! The Tidings and the FAHR Message Board have both been invaluable in keeping members informed and in contact with each other. And although you might not think of it as such, the Stud Book is also a means of communication; it lets others know about the horses you are breeding and what bloodlines you favor. But more member participation is needed for FAHR to succeed in its goal of protecting and preserving the Foundation Appaloosa. People often join organiza-tions not just because they agree with its goal, but also because they want a social network made up of like-minded people. Let’s face it; as Foundation Appa-loosa fanciers, we are a minority within the horse world. The more moral support we can offer each other, the stronger our organization will become. A registry should, first and foremost, be about the in-tegrity of the breed. But the truth is that an organiza-tion such as FAHR must also consider the human fac-tor. When considering what breed of horse to buy, many people want to know what kind of activities the registering organization offers, how many other own-ers of the same breed will be around for them to share activities with, and so on. I believe that FAHR has succeeded in breeding excel-lent all-around horses, and has made a start at get-ting these horses trained and in front of the public. And with the introduction of the Saddle Log Program, we have given folks something “official” to do with their horses. However, if FAHR breeders want to in-crease the market for those horses, they need to be willing to be active in the organization, themselves. Let’s put it this way; nobody wants to be the first out on the dance floor! Most recently, FAHR secretary Ginger Karns hosted a trail ride at Salamonie State Forest here in Indiana. Total of FAHR attendees: two. Ginger and myself. What an impression a few hitch rails full of Founda-tion Appaloosas would have made! We could have shouted a statement, but, thanks to member apathy, it didn’t happen. And so we missed a golden opport u-nity to promote a wonderful breed. Sincerely, Vicki Grant Director and Financial Secretary

FFROMROM A DA DIRECTORIRECTOR Our Colt

by Donna L. Phillips

Early on a bright spring day You can see our colt at play.

He walks along, nice as can be. Then off he runs—How nice

to be free. He wanders along the stream

at dawn, Listening to the frog’s

deep song. Then, comes the noonday sun

And he must rest from all his fun.

Up he jumps and off he goes See how very fast he grows.

His coat is black and oh, so shiny

With a big white blanket and hoofs so tiny.

He’s the best—I’ll guarantee An Appaloosa—They’re for me.

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Income/Expense Statement

1/1/05 through 6/30/05

Account Balances

As of 6/30/05

Bank Accounts FAHR Inc. $ 242.98 Frank Scripter Memorial Fund 416.75 Independent Bank 1,740.75 Union Federal 2,503.28 Total Bank Accounts $ 4,903.76

Category Description INCOME: Advertising-Tidings Clothing Sales Decal Sales Donations Horse Registrations Memberships Other Income Outside Advertising Postage for Tidings Saddle Log Program Stud Book Transfers TOTAL INCOME EXPENSES: Advertising (outside) Business Supplies Decals Dues and Subscriptions Overpayment Postage and Delivery Printing and Reproduction Refund Website TOTAL EXPENSES OVERALL TOTAL

1/1/05-3/31/05

150.00 58.75 44.00 56.25

130.00 840.00

50.00 570.00

20.00 00.00 00.00 35.00

1,954.00

00.00 89.59

327.00 75.00 5.00

214.60 796.52

45.00 00.00

1,552.71

401.29

4/1/05-6/30/05

170.00 00.00 20.00 10.00

160.00 470.00

00.00 00.00 60.00 60.00

425.00 20.00

1,395.00

616.25 57.42 00.00 00.00 00.00

413.48 00.00 10.00

271.25

1,368.40

26.60

7/1/05-9/30/05

10/1/05-12/31/05

OVERALL TOTAL

320.00 58.75 64.00 66.25

290.00 1,310.00

50.00 570.00

80.00 60.00

425.00 55.00

3,349.00

616.25 147.01 327.00

75.00 5.00

628.08 796.52

55.00 271.25

2,921.11

427.89

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You are cordially invited to attend the

Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry, Inc. 7th Annual Membership Meeting

October 15, 2005 1:00 pm to ?

Westfield Lions Club 120 Jersey Street

Westfield, IN 46074

(Located approximately a half mile east of the intersection of U.S. 31 and State Road 32)

Kindly R.S.V.P. no later than October 10, 2005

FAHR, Inc. P.O. Box 31

Westfield, IN 46074 260/485-4051

FAHRINC@aol.com Motel Accommodations:

BEST WESTERN 17650 U.S. 31 North Westfield, IN 46074

(317)867-5678; Fax (317) 867-4385 for reservations call

1-800-528-1234

(Located at northwest corner of SR 32 & US-31)

If you wish to propose something of importance to be discussed, please send it to Ginger Karns at one of the following addresses to be added to the Agenda:

6496 West Bracken Road

Huntington, IN 46750 Phone: 260-344-1397

Email: redhawk@onlyinternet.net

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AGENDA FOR THE SEVENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

BOARD MEETING TO FOLLOW

1:00 pm: Craig Wells will call the meeting to order. Roll call will be taken of board members. Minutes will be read of last years meeting. Treasurer’s report will be given with a written report for each quarter provided. President’s Report Vice President’s Report Committee Reports

PROPOSALS FOR DISCUSSION

1. Accepting the revised by-laws rewritten to reflect various changes previously voted in by the board and/or mem-bers, and changes that are corrections of previous items either written inaccurately, erroneously, or in conflict with Indiana Code.

2. Change the Saddle Log Program to allow FAHR horses driven in harness to accumulate hours. A driving har-ness does have a saddle, and as such should qualify for this program.

3. To have an annual Trail Ride in different parts of the country for FAHR members, friends, and family. The rides will be open to non members and all breeds at this time.

4. Proposal: FAHR, Inc. require only the seller signature on the Transfer of Ownership form, making the owner/seller responsible for transferring ownership of their FAHR registered horse, to the new owner/buyer. Impact: This proposal constitutes a policy change, in no way affecting the FAHR by-laws. It will help to establish a more complete record of ownership, for our horses.

5. Development of "the FAHR Stallion Barn". A development program for generating income, through donated stallion services, to offset FAHR's operation and expansion costs. Thereby averting a need for increasing of fees. Impact: Cost to the organization and membership for implementation of this program is negligible. Ex-pense would consist of a few pages and text appearing in the Tidings, and possible materials and postage use, for participating members without on-line service to download forms. Its application would not change FAHR Bylaws, membership rights, privileges, policies, or procedures. Proceeds derived from the program would be administered by the Board of Directors, in keeping with Article II of the FAHR, Inc. Articles of Incorporation, and Article I of our FAHR Bylaws.

(Additional items may be added either before or during the meeting.)

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LETTERS & INPUT from M embers & Supporters

FAHR First Edition Stud Book is a Big Hit!

The following messages taken from FMB are more examples of how much the members are enjoying this first Stud Book: Thank you to all the hard working FAHR members who put together the 2005 stud book. I received my copy this weekend, and it was quite an undertaking, and very well-done. It is wonderful to actually see all the horses who have been registered. I am very grateful to all the people who have registered their horses with FAHR, and who have taken on the task of saving the breed that this work represents. Good Job, FAHR. Bonnie Newitt~ Posted July 31, 2005

*************************************** I just recently received mine also, and it is great! What an invaluable resource for those coming after us and researching bloodlines. It would be so great if everyone with FAHR eligible horses had them registered so as to be included in future Studbooks with color pictures and pedigree to be preserved and handed down through the years. Phyllis ~ Posted August 1, 2005 (Editor’s note: Any one interested in downloading a form from the home page can find it under the mer-chandise ordering forms button. Please be advised that these books will be printed as they are ordered as we do not have a stock pile of them built up, so expect a 4-6 week delay from the time you order until you receive your copy. ENJOY!)

Condolences and best wishes for a speedy recov-ery go out to our newest board member, Bill Wick-lund. Bill had the misfortune of breaking his right fore-arm in several places and underwent surgery in a hospital in Texas on August 23rd to repair the damage and “plate” the bones. While talking with him a few days before surgery my impression was that he is suffering from the pain of not being able to ride as well. Our thoughts are with you.

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Received 7-31-05 Tried to not renew my membership since I don’t have a FAHR anymore . . . but couldn’t . . . plus Bill’s plea for votes—ha! Love the last issue (The Tidings) with all the personal stories, made it very interesting. And all about Pratt Toby IV’s qualifying rides. Thanks, Mabel Anders Alturas, California (Editor’s note: Thank you, Mabel, for your kind words and continued support of FAHR!)

Bill Wicklund & Pratts Toby IV with the Bronze Medallion in Endurance

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LEOPARD S. T-4936 x Daylight x Starbuck Leopard Taken at age 19, in 1957 with George Rasmussen and Mrs. Joseph E. Stransky, Pic-ture courtesy George Rasmussen, webster City Iowa.

RASSMUSSEN’S THUNDERBIRD, F2774, AGE 14, Note similarity to picture of Sundance 500. Picture courtesy owner, Clyde R. Alvarez Jr ., Jacksonville, Florida.

It was with great interest that we read Mary P. Hare’s article con-cerning the Starbuck Leopard (Appaloosa News, June 1969), as we are the fortunate owners of a horse believed to be the most closely-bred Starbuck Leopard stud now living. From the pictures shown here, it will be clear how the Star-buck conformation and color con-tinue through the generations. After reading the article, I tele-phoned “Doc” Edwards in Colorado and talked with him a long while about our stud’s relationship to him. I also called Mrs. Joseph E. Stransky, Evergreen, Colorado, whose husband and daughter bred the horse, and our good “telephone friend,” George Rasmussen of Webster City, Iowa, who raised and trained him. Mr. Rasmussen con-tributed the picture of Leopard S., as well as the one of our stallion at the age of 5, a picture taken at the 1960 Denver National Western Livestock Show. He and Mrs. Stransky together gave me the story of Joseph Stransky’s Starbuck horses. Our stud, Rasmussen’s Thun-derbird, F-2774, is by Leopard S., x Daylight x Starbuck Leopard. The dam of Leopard S., Black Sheba, was by Chico, a descendant, as far as we can determine, of Starbuck Leopard. Black Sheba was out of Princess x Glen Edleman’s “Old Stormy” x Starbuck Leopard. Leopard S. was bred to a halo spotted leopard mare, who though unregistered, was at least a grand-daughter of Starbuck Leopard. This cross produced Thunderbird, and made him a great-grandson of Star-buck Leopard through both his sire and his dam, and at least 5th and 6th generation also, through his sire. Mr. Rasmussen and “Doc” Ed-

wards agreed with our researches from stud books that no other living leopard stud carries this concentra-tion of close-up Starbuck blood. And Thunderbird is only fourteen! Thunderbird has a great number of registered colts, all well colored. Among them are such notables as Money Creek’s Thunderbird (out of a Rainy Moon mare) who was the high-selling stallion at the 1966 Money Creek sale; and the well known Midwestern horses Rasmus-sen’s Zip, a great performance horse and sire, the stud Missouri Dude, Archie Lalor’s Thega Wazhi, still being shown, T-Bird, Black-burn’s Red Cloud, and halter mares Chantilly Lace, Marvel’s Cricket, Rasmussen’s Frosty Fawn, Thun-derbird Sue, and Rasmussen’s Brown Squaw. The majority of his colts are permanent, and many are foundation. One of his best colts, Thunder-bird II, was sold to Earl Boyles, but the young stallion at loading time broke through a fence and ran a 2x4 through his heart. Shortly there-after, Mr. Boyles purchased the great Chief of Fourmile and a num-ber of Thunderbird’s daughters, in-cluding Brown Squaw, for his breeding program. Grand-get include colts by Chief of Fourmile, the Rasmussen’s great Inkpaduta, Arapaho Warrior, Pok-kadott Special, Warrior Leopard, Zebra Dun, Pache Thunder, Coo Espada, and many others, and are spread throughout the country from New York and Pennsylvania to Cali-fornia and Texas. Among the out-standing grand-get that Mr. Ras-mussen has recently sold have been Rasmussen’s Chief, a black blanket stud, Rasmussen’s Red Ea-gle, red leopard and a 1969 blanket foal. Following is Thunderbird’s his-tory, as told by George Rasmussen and Mrs. Stransky:

Preserving

the Starbuck Heritage by Mike Alvarez Appaloosa News ~ November 1969

RASMUSSEN, S THUNDERBIRD F-2774 X Leop-ard S., out of Starbuck Leopard Mare. Taken at age 5, at 1960 Denver National Western Live-stock Show. Picture courtesy George Rasmus-sen, Webster City, Iowa.

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MONEY CREEK’S THUNDERHEAD x RASMUSSEN’S THUNDERBIRD, owned by Richard Rowe, Albany, GA. Picture courtesy VIEWMOST APPALOOSAS, Lithonia, GA.

Everyone by now is familiar with how Mr. Starbuck acquired Leop-ard. He kept the horse for some 18 years, and raised many Appaloosas from him. He bred several range mares to him at one time, but they were all stolen and never recov-ered, a tragedy that occurred again around 1932. This time it was about 20 head of Thoroughbred mares in foal to Starbuck Leopard. This would leave hardly a doubt as to the origin of many “unknown” leop-ard horses scattered across the country. In 1932 or ‘33, Mr. Starbuck sold Leopard to Mr. Cummings, who died about two years later. Upon his death, the Cummings ranch was sold to Joseph Stransky, along with the horses, including Starbuck Leopard himself, now nearing the age of 30, his son Daylight, and many line-bred Starbuck mares. Daylight, the sire of Leopard S. and Sundance 500, as well as May’s Surprise, was killed by a hunter one deer season. Mrs. Stransky, now an active and beautiful 86, has prom-ised me a picture of Daylight which I will send to the Appaloosa News upon receipt as it seems many peo-ple have tried to trace news of this horse. The Stransky’s kept Leopard, Daylight and Leopard S. until all three great stallions died, and a huge picture of Leopard hangs in Mrs. Stransky’s real estate office. From him and from Daylight and Leopard S. they raised many Appa-loosas, including Black Sheba and the dam of our Thunderbird. Mr. Stransky did not register any of his Appaloosas until George Rasmus-sen persuaded him to register Leopard S., but his entire life, ac-cording to Mrs. Stransky was cen-tered around his Starbuck horses, and he and their daughter Lucille kept accurate records of the breed-ing on their Appaloosas who were all line-bred Starbuck Leopards. In January of 1957, George Ras-mussen and his wife journeyed to Evergreen, Colorado, and pur-chased several of the get of Leop-ard S., among them the colt who would be known as Rasmussen’s Thunderbird. George is a well-known and seri-

ous breeder of Appaloosas in Iowa, and has maintained an excellent broodmare band, with several de-scendants of Leopard S., most of them by Thunderbird, in his breed-ing program. At the present time he owns a grandson of Leopard S., sired by a son of Double Six Dom-ino, a cross which produced this magnificent black blanketed colt that George has campaigned to Iowa high point yearling colt. Thanks to the Rasmussen’s ef-forts, the Thunderbird/Starbuck blood has been well promoted throughout the Midwest and spread across the nation. We owe much to the hard work George Rasmussen had to go through to bring that leopard colt back to Iowa in 1957. Because it was deep winter (the middle of January!) in the Colorado mountains when George first saw the 15 month old Thunderbird, still at his mother’s side, there was no way to get a truck to them, so George brought in the sire, Leopard S., and headed up into the moun-tain pastures, where he built a pole corral and spent a week coaxing the mare and colt in with hay.

Once in the corral, he used Leopard S. to rope the horses and haul them down the mountain to be loaded. He immediately trimmed and cleaned the colt and began successfully showing him. He also coaxed Mrs. Stransky into showing Leopard S., even though Mr. Stransky felt the stallion was for ranch work not for showing. They entered him at Denver, where in his range condition he did not place well at halter, but did very well at what he was meant for . . . .performance. Mrs. Rasmussen had looked the colt over and noted a peculiar for-mation of spots on his knee that clustered together, forming the ex-act shape of the Indian thunderbird symbol, from which they took the name for the handsome colt. During the period that George owned and stood Thunderbird, op-portunities for the horse to be shown at Appaloosa shows were few and far between for the Ras-mussen’s, but when he was shown, he always stood in the top three of his classes, even against such horses as WM’s Copper Dollar and Carey’s Little Chief, and at such im-portant shows as the Denver Na-tional Western Stock Show.

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Shown at halter only, Thunder-bird was standing for the Rasmus-sen’s to Arab, Quarter and Thor-oughbred mares, as well as Appa-loosas. He never failed to throw good, well built, colored colts, a large percentage of them leopards, even from solid mares. A breeder in Missouri who had many times admired Thunderbird finally persuaded George to sell. George states that he has many times regretted this sale and has always felt that Thunderbird was one of the best and most consistent producing studs he has ever had. As stated above, he has kept many daughters and granddaughters of Thunderbird in his broodmare band, with whom he will not part. One of them has never pro-duced less than top quality foal. “So why should I sell, when they’ll do more for me by keeping them right here?” queries George. Thunderbird had not yet been afforded the publicity he deserves, but he and his get have contributed a rich and consistently good quality Starbuck heritage to the Appaloosa families throughout the nation. We have many people to thank for the fact that we now have Thun-derbird with us . . . George Ras-mussen of course, and of all the others, we must thank Pat and Jenny Harmon of Jacksonville who sold us our first Appaloosa, and Jay Daniel also of Jacksonville, who made it possible for us to acquire Thunderbird. Our daughter and I ride Thun-derbird here at home and I local pa-rades. He is quick, responsive, and completely trustworthy . . . In fact, his disposition is so constantly gen-tle and calm he seems “better than human,” a trait he hands on to his colts. We show him occasionally. Realizing that the success of any serious breeding program de-pends on the quality of its colts, and that their quality depends not only on an outstanding sire, such as Thunderbird, but also on top-notch dams, we have bred Thunderbird this year only to our own selected mares. As beginning breeders, we are faced with the common problem of balancing a limited purse against

unlimited dreams, but we have made the biggest of all deci-sions . . . Alvarez Appaloosas is to be a serious breeding operation . . . not merely buyers and sellers. Thunderbird’s foals must have the same excellence of breeding from their mothers as they inherit from their father, be the mares Ap-paloosa, Quarter or Thoroughbred. We have the outline of our own pro-gram set up, a program which, cen-tered around Thunderbird, will com-mence next spring when the first Thunderbird foals hit the ground. What we are eventually aiming for is a band of mares with a high concentration of Starbuck, Rainy Moon and Black Leopard/Sundance blood; and a double bred Black Leopard junior sire, if we are unable to find a young stud by Black Leop-ard out of one of Thunderbird’s daughters. A junior stud who must, of course, be true leopard. At the moment these plans are governed, and thwarted, by that limited purse, but it will come. Right now, our top mare is Sunbeau’s Chase, (name

change from Sunbow’s Luwanna), a halter mare bred by Arlo Edwards, Atwood, Kansas, and purchased from Fred McClendon of Eagle Nest Ranch. Chase’s foal by Thunderbird will go at least five times close up to Starbuck Leopard, since she is by Sunbeau 1493 x Black Leopard x Sundance. We are dedicated to the “old-line” Appaloosa, and feel that (for us, at least) the time has come to strengthen this rich heritage and breed ALL Appaloosa. Thunderbird is one of the last of the line-bred TRUE Starbuck Leopards, and our own and any outside breeding will be done to produce the quality in-herent in the Starbuck line, a quality which, as shown in Mary Hare’s June, 1969 article appears even when crossed on non-leopard lines. Our breeding will be done for the enrichment, preservation and pro-motion of this heritage. What more could any breeder ask for than a chance to contribute at least this much to the Appaloosa world?

GERONIMOS MISS FROSTY T49318

Appaloosas are versatile is proven by the 1968 show record of Geronimos Miss Frosty, a 4 year old mare owned by Rita and Gene Purlee of Salem, Indi-ana. “Frosty” received her certificate of excellence and in addition competed in open shows in 20 different types of classes, winning 1st place awards in 10 of the events: Appaloosa halter, open

PEDIGREE RESEARCH

halter, women’s western pleasure, Ap-paloosa western pleasure, Appaloosa western horsemanship, driving, trail, western show horse, costume and egg race. She placed in the first 5 in the other events. “Frosty” started 1969 by winning the High Point trophy in an open show at Paoli, Indiana, in January, by placing 1st in 4 classes. “Frosty” is pictured with Pat Wall who recently be-gan showing her in youth classes.

Appaloosa News ~ July 1969

Geronimos Miss Frosty—Sire: Jagady’s Geronimo T11852 Dam: Sorrel Jagady’s Geronimo—Sire: Jagady F-3431 Dam: Appaloosa Jagady—Sire: Red Leopard T-541 Dam: Dilly A T542 Red Leopard—Sire: Abdull F849 Dilly A—Sire: Stardust F50 Dam: Kimethel Stardust—Sire: Sundance Dam: Cheeko “Frosty” produced only 4 foals, all sired by Appaloosas: F’s Sun B Patch #247606, 1976 F’s Whitelightning #25902, 1977 F’s Artoo - Detoo #283523, 1978 F’s Skoshi Red #353291, 1981

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CHIEF WHITE EAGLE of Green Stables

Green Stables . . . Home of the Blue Roans

by Carl Harris

Carl and Anita Harris—owners of Green Stables, Route 1, Box 155, Kennewick, Washington had a long program of breeding with a purpose. In the Thirties, a Mr. Jess Heffel, Kendrick, Idaho was raising spotted

horses, later he and Dr. D.A. Chris-tensen, of Kendrick worked to-gether to improve the breed. Since the First National Shows were held in Lewiston, Idaho, Nez

Perce County, the home of the Nez Perce Indians. I attended and be-came interested in the Appaloosa. My first Appaloosa was a yearling filly that I traded four mules for from Mr. Heffel. That was the start of our seventeen years of breeding Appa-loosas. Mr. Heffel later brought Chief Eagle No. 228 down for me to keep and after much dickering I finally purchased him. It was the talk of the community that Harris would go broke and lose a furniture store paying such a price for an Indian Horse. Chief Eagle was foaled as a red roan but at an early age began to change to a blue roan, a Nez Perce preferred color, and has continued to change all his life. That started us to thinking why not try to raise a strain of blue roans. After a couple of years we sold down to two blue roan mares—Cherokee Lass T155, now 1783, and Twinkle Star, our first pur-chase, and started all over again. We were always trying to find something that would improve the strain, conformation and color, but to get all the qualities we looked for in our horses made for a slow proc-ess. If we got the color and many other things it turned out to be a stallion etc. In 1955, we sold down again but still kept the two blue roans and started to build up again and were making progress with the home place and leased pastures. But we couldn’t get our lease renewed. Soon we held our second auction (first in 1952) of our top blue roans fillies in November 22, 1959. Then it was a case of looking for more pasture and more horses that would fit into the picture. We were talking to one of the National directors, who stated that when we could get all the colts to look like so many peas in a pod we would have achieved consistent breeding. After the 1959 sale, all we had left to start over with was 5 Appa-loosas and 4 Arabs, and a Thor-oughbred. Two mares were black and two were bay. Crosses with Chief Eagle were real good. We lost

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one of the mares during foaling time. When we leased our ranch and bought another furniture store, we sold down to about five head and leased them out. Still all the time we were looking for something to add to our herd to make it more what we wanted. We started adding one here and one there, and finally decided on a pattern to follow and that was to go back to something that made Chief Eagle colts so col-orful. His dam was a chestnut; Trudy F286—his sire; Toby III—black and white, so we decided to look for a chestnut stallion to cross on blue roans. After over 5000 miles and two years of looking we purchased Star

Red Snow going back to the blood-lines of Okla. Star P6, Red Dog P55 and Snow Cloud No. 78. His colts have been more than we had hoped for. Our 1966 colt crop nine out of ten were dark—one chestnut white blanket. Our prob-lem was to keep from going from blue roans to all black. This is why we are using chestnuts. They color up by the time they are yearlings. We still have one of those origi-nal Blue Roan mares Cherokee Lass No. 1793—Old No. T155. She is still holding her color at 19 years of age, and she has foaled over $19,000 worth of colts. We still have one of her finest left, Snow Drop of Green Stables, and she has a fine dark filly foal by Star Red

Snow — at her side. In the last few years we have added three mares to our band, one a black Tinky Poo mare. First we bred her to Chief Eagle and she foaled a black stud colt who is now getting plenty of spots over hip and loin. And next we bred her to Star Red Snow, with a fine head and conformation—a real dark chestnut, one other mare is a chestnut and the other a grulla. I am sure that the great potential lies ahead for the younger breeder today for we are just on the thresh-old of vast improvement in the horse from genetics, rations, care and training.

CHIEF EAGLE No. 288, herd sire at 13. Chief Smoky Cimmeron Filly out of Cloud Red Snowdrop of Green Stables, a full sister of Chief White Eagle.

TOBY III No. F-248 3 years

Sire: Toby II F-113 Dam: Arrow

Appaloosa News ~ January, 1968

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Chief White Eagle of Green Stables, F-2734, owned by Fuller Farms, Twin Falls, Idaho

Snowcap of Green Stables, owned by Ken Blevin, Corbett, Oregon

Mighty Cimmeron, F-1798, owned by Norman Cryer, White Rock, B.C., Canada

Cherokee Lass and her last foal, 3-R’s Cherokee Lad, owned by Bob and Margaret Taufen, Uniontown, Washington

by Maxine Kramer This is one of those stories that surely should start with——— ONCE UPON A TIME . . . Once upon a time Carl Harris bought a three year old Appaloosa filly at a sale in Lewiston, Idaho for $52.50 and little did he know that she was destined to become some-thing unique in the Appaloosa busi-ness. He bred her to Chief Eagle F-288 and when the first foal arrived he knew he had something special going for him, and for the next 17 years Cherokee Lass F-1793 was bred to this same stallion. These colts were in much demand and over the years Carl sold well over $20,000 of them and they are scat-tered over much of the United States and Canada. Cherokee Lass was shown many times at regional, open and National shows and to quote Carl, “She has never been out of the rib-bons.” He bought and sold mares over the years but never gave a second thought of letting Cherokee Lass go until his dispersal sale 1967, Kennewick, Washington. She was bought by Margaret and Bob Taufen, Uniontown, Washington. Now the story comes full cycle. A neighbor who lives five miles

away passed the ranch one day and spotted Cherokee Lass and her last foal, 3-R’s Cherokee Lad, running around the corral. He recognized her and stopped to look her over and then he told the rest of the story: She was foaled sometime in 1948 out of a white mare with black spots over loin and hips. This mare was caught in the rough country above Asotin, Washington (the country Chief Joseph crossed on his long flight to chaos in 1877 and the home of the Nez Perce). This mare was bred to a stallion owned by Dole Fer-guson who ranched on the Snake River below Lewiston, Idaho. The re-sulting foal was blue roan with black spots on her hips and was for the first three years owned by Stout Brothers, Uniontown, Washington. She was broke out to ride at three and then she decided to rebel against man and nature and no cowboy could stay aboard. She unloaded them as fast as they could mount. Now these Stout boys had a ranch to run and had no time for bucking horses so they unloaded her at the Lewiston sale. Either Carl didn’t know this or chose to ignore it. She still has that unique gait that is neither walk or trot and can hold it mile after mile never tiring. So after 17 years, Cherokee Lass has come home to Uniontown, a bare

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five miles from where she started. For the first 20 years her ancestry was unknown-unknown and only after changing hand and a neigh-bor’s trip to town by the ranch has her story been completed. She is still fat and looks no more than seven or eight years old and she kicks up her heels on frosty mornings and acts like a two-year-old. Few mares have been bred to the same stallion so many years and produced such outstanding foals. This year she will be bred to STAR RED SNOW T-44919 owned by Bob and Margaret Taufen. Star is well on his way to becoming a cutting and roping horse and was entered at Las Vegas in 1968. This combination should go very well and the Taufens are planning a whole new career for a grand old mare, Cherokee Lass. Some of the foals are as follows. MIGHTY CIMMARON F-1798 owned by Norman Cryer, White Rock, B.C. (deceased). CHIEF WHITE EAGLE OF

Chief Smokey GREEN STABLES, owned by Fuller Farms, Twin Falls, Idaho. SNOWCAP OF GREEN STA-BLES, owned by Ken Bliven, Cor-bett, Oregon #65,964 SANDCLOUD OF GREEN STA-BLES, #37,847. SNOWDROP OF GREEN STA-BLES, #37,848. BLUE MIDNIGHT F -1794, owned by Ted Chemodurow, Boze-man, Montana. NEZ PERCE MANY RAIN-DROPS F-2025. Mrs. Weldon Rogers, Arlington, Washington. SMOKEY BLUE OF GREEN STABLES #64,082. A P A C H E MOON R IVER #64,052, owned by Howard Brown, Salt Lake City. 3-R’s CHEROKEE LADD #99,115 recently sold to a doctor, Vallejo, Calif. SNOWCAP OF GREEN STA-BLES #65,964—–by Ken Blevin. “My Mare Simcoe’s Nekoosa is about ready and I’m kind of anxious as this will be SNOW CAPS first foal to hit the ground. I wouldn’t stand him until he was broke. Lots of stallions are ruined like that. I’m

not that hungry. “His show record in 1966 had him out of the ribbons once. He was shown five times in 1967 with a 4th at Oliver International (open show) and 2nd at Lynden, Washington. Never out of the ribbons in 1968. He didn’t come out on top but it seemed like an entry fee meant a ribbon and that was at least consis-tent, and each time with a different rider.” CHIEF WHITE EAGLE OF GREEN STABLE F-2734— by Donna Fuller. This is not a very good picture of Chief as he is still in winter condition but he did manage to lift his head from eating long enough to take this picture. Chief was gelded prior to our purchase of him last summer. MIGHTY CIMMERON F-1798—by Marilyn Cryer. I believe Dad bought him from Joe Warren, North Surrey, B.C. in 1957. He must have been about three then and was 15 or 15.1 hands high. He did sire sev-eral spotted colts and Dad felt it necessary to geld him in 1963 at which time he contacted lock jaw and he had to be put away in No-vember, 1963. CHIEF SMOKEY F-1808 by Billy Johnson. Chief Smokey F-1808 has since 1955 and continues to the present to be a champion Appaloosa in many performance fields. Why? Maybe because a champion dog, horse, human, or whatever has to have something very, very special. Even at that there are degrees of champions. Some give for only a short period while others continue to go on giving for life. In 1954 in Deer Lodge, Mon-tana, at the National Appaloosa Horse Show, Smokey did not at first impress me even though he was a beautifully marked yearling Appa-loosa stallion with a blue blooded sire by the name of Chief Eagle F-288 and a wonderful dam Cherokee Lass F-1793. But, somehow, it seemed that when he looked at me with his gentle eyes there was something special.

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There was something special; to list only a few below: 1. He was the winner of 26 con-secutive stake races, mostly in open competition. A record that we know of no other horse of any breed equaling. 2. Reserve All-Around Perform-ance Horse of Texas in 1961. 3. New Orleans Invitational Stake Racing Champion 1961. 4. In 1961 at the National Appa-loosa Horse Show he was entered in 5 classes, placed in all 5 with over 70 in some classes and won 3 places, 3rd or above. Incidentally, I won the National Sportsmanship Award on him in that show. 5. At the last open horse show at Bosqueville, before he was taken off the show circuit he won 5 tro-phies. 6. He has been reining, pole bending, trail class, barrel racing, pleasure, and all-around perform-ance champion of so many shows it is impossible to mention them all. From 1957-1962 the Appaloosa

was fighting an uphill battle for rec-ognition. The Appaloosa horses who led the battle were champions. In fact, few Appaloosas did well in judged classes in open competition under bulldog minded judges. So, the only thing left was the timed events. At first, when Smokey walked into an arena it seemed there were many snickers, and even though he performed with precision, he rarely placed well in an open judged event; but, boy, did he like those timed events. Soon, whenever my Appaloosa walked into the arena, there was not quite so much snick-ering. Smokey won again, and again and again. He won in Na-tional Shows and he raced other great horses like Quanah and Chief of Four Mile and, of course he sometimes lost; but, many times he won! Smokey was retired from the show circuit in 1962; but, ever so often he gets a chance to see some action at one of our local Texas shows. We began to jumping some

Appaloosas in the summer of ‘68; and guess what? At the age of 15 Smokey began to jump also. Three shows later, as a beginner in open jumping events he had won two tro-phies and a reserve all-around per-formance. Incidentally, he jumped out of the stall and won 4th in the 1968 State Pole Bending Champi-onship. While Smokey is at home he continues to work because he teaches riding to youngsters. And boy do they love to get a chance to ride him. His gentle disposition is worth more than all his hundreds of trophies, plaques, saddles and rib-bons he has won. In summation, Smokey is a ve r-satile show horse, a proud sire, a trusty ranch hand, a understanding riding teacher, a recent winning jumper, a close friend, a dear, dear part of our family and an Appaloosa with a heart. Chief Smokey has the enduring heart of a Champion.

Appaloosa News ~ July, 1969

Red Eagle’s Guild Succumbs

Red Eagle’s Guild Of The 1001, well-known son of Red Eagle F-209, passed away in mid-May, 1977 of a twisted intestine. Red Eagle’s Guild Of The 1001 stood at John L. Baker’s Vitriak Hy-daway, Hickory, Pennsylvania, since 1972. He was an outstanding stallion in looks as well as in ability to sire consistent halter and per-formance champions including Red Eagle’s Easter Ghaith, #31,908, Bonnie’s Valentine, #79,568 and Red Eagles Guild Edge, #44,387. Guild’s highly successful show ring career proved his versatility; ribbons and trophies in halter, pleasure and reining attest to his

abilities. In 1963, he retired to stud following a spectacular win over 74 other stallions, capturing grand champion stallion honors at the Ap-paloosa Breeders’ Association show in Pomona, California. His winning form appeared on the cover of Horse Lover’s magazine and is also pictured as representative of

RED EAGLE’S GUILD OF THE 1001

the Appaloosa breed in the book Horseman’s Bible. The Red Eagle line is a branch of the Old Painter strain upon which Claude J. Thompson founded the Appaloosa Horse Club in 1938. Red Eagle’s Guild Of The 1001 was named for his likeness to his fa-m o u s s i r e . G u i l d m e a n s “association” or “likeness.” Red Ea-gle’s Guild Of The 1001 was not only a look-alike but a progenitor of his sire’s attributes as well. The Red Eagle Breeders’ Asso-ciation promoted the desirable char-acteristics of the Red Eagle blood-line. Though the association is no longer active, the bloodline flour-ishes in sons and daughters of Red Eagle’s Guild Of The 1001 and other Red Eagle get. Appaloosa News ~ November 1977

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of Tyee Ki throughout the 1970 show season. Tyee Ki must be ad-mired for being such a great repre-sentative of the Appaloosa breed. As a halter horse he is hard to fault and as a performance horse he is hard to beat.

Tyee Ki was foaled in southern Utah in 1966, and brought east by the Ferrimans in the fall of the same year. He was trained by John Cratty and ridden during his third year by Terry Parsons. A strikingly marked bay with a white blanket, Tyee Ki catches the spectator’s eye and the judge’s attention from the moment he enters the ring. He is definitely a “personality plus” horse both in the ring and out and has won the re-spect of a great many horse show exhibitors and spectators.

Besides his GEAR Champion-ship, Tyee Ki received the following year end awards from the area clubs: Ohio Appaloosa Assoc.-Champion Trail, Jr. Pleasure, Bare-back and Indian Costume and Re-serve High Point Performance Horse; WRAHC-Champion, 1966 &

On October 10th, at the COSCA Fall Round-up the first Ohio owned Gear Champion was presented his Championship Certificate.

GEAR Championships are awarded to a horse after it has won a total of 30 or more points in com-petition in official shows provided the points have been won in two or more shows and under three or more judges. At least 12 points must be won at halter and 12 in performance; the balance may be accumulated in either halter or per-formance. To achieve a GEAR Champion-ship represents many miles on the road, many hours of training and tremendous combined effort and ability on the part of owner, trainer and horse.

Mr. Elmer Ferriman and daugh-ter Susan Piatt of Marion, Ohio, can be proud of their four year old stal-lion Tyee Ki for becoming Ohio’s first GEAR Champion. Chuck McWhirter is to be commended for his capable handling and showing

TYEE KI - FIRST OHIO GEAR CHAMPION by Ruth Studer

Tyee Ki —First Ohio GEAR Champion Tyee Ki with trainer Chuck McWhirter up.

Older Stallions, Bareback and In-dian Costume, Reserve High Point, Jr. Pleasure Trail, also Hi Point Per-formance Horse. He was judged Grand Champion Stallion at the Ohio State Fair, Indiana State Fair and Pennsylvania Livestock Exposi-tion.

Tyee Ki has certainly earned the right to be called a “do anything” horse.

Appaloosa News ~ October 1971 ( Editor’s note: This Stallion’s show record inspired me to run his pedi-gree. He is Tyee Ki #T62347. His bloodlines run back to Foundation greats such as Chief Malhuer, But-tons B., Hands Up.)

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To all FAHR members now planning to campaign their FAHR registered horses in AERC or an NATRC, GLDRA, UMECTRA, ApDRA, ECTRA, SEDRA, or other sanctioned ride pro-gram:

Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry now offers a Distance Program for both Endurance and Competitive Trail.

Find the Application form and program particulars on the following pages of the Tidings or download it from the FAHR web-site, at: www.foundationapp.org

FAHR DISTANCE PROGRAM PATCH

Each participant in Endurance or the Com-petitive Trail divisions and to each Saddle Log participant upon submission of at least 100 hours, will receive the FAHR Distance Program Patch featured on the left.

Chevrons will be presented upon comple-tion of each mileage or Saddle hour level.

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Please complete ALL items requested below. Please print clearly. Has this horse previously participated in the FAHR Distance Program? Horse Information: Horse’s Name ___________________________________________________ FAHR Reg. No. _________ (as registered) Owner Information: (First Listed) Owner Name ____________________________________________ FAHR Membership No. ________ Address__________________________________________ Daytime Phone No. ( ) ______________ City _____________________________________ State ___________ Zip __________________ Rider Name _______________________________________ Daytime Phone No. ( ) ________________ Rider Address ______________________________________________ City _________________________________________ State ___________ Zip _________________ Membership Information: The first listed owner, of the above horse enrolling in the FAHR Distance Program, must be an active FAHR member for the qualifying year. Fees: An annual $15.00 program filing fee is required for each horse enrolling in the FAHR Distance Program Enclosed is my check payable to FAHR in the amount of $ ____________ During the year, I will be working toward earning the following award(s): Please note that credit for mileage will not be given nor will records of miles completed be kept on any eligible horse until that horse has been enrolled in the distance program and all program qualifications have been met. Please return to: FAHR, Inc. c/o Distance Coordinator P.O. Box 31 Westfield, IN 46074

Phone: 231/924-6456 (Kathy Conklin—Distance Coordinator)

Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry, Inc. Distance Program Application

YES

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F AHR DISTANCE PROGRAM

1) Credit for mileage will not be given nor will records of miles completed be kept on any eligible horse

until it is enrolled in the distance program. To enroll a horse, a program

application must be completed and returned to F AHR along with the annual filing fee of $15.

Your FAHR membership fees must also be paid for the qualifying year. No mileage earned prior

to the date of enrollment will count. 2) All Appaloosas must be F AHR registered and must be a minimum of five years old. There is no

limit on rider's age or that of owners and breeders. 3) All horses competing must be owned by an active member of FAHR for the qualifying year. (If

owned by more than one person, one owner must be an active F AHR member.) 4) Breeders need not be active F AHR members unless the owner and breeder are the same person or

persons. 5) Ride results must be recorded on official forms provided by and available from FAHR. 6) In the competitive and endurance division the riders and/or owners are responsible for making

sure these official forms are provided to the ride secretaries. Ride results received directly from

ride secretaries and ride organizations will be the only results recorded. Riders must also keep

their own results recorded in the F AHR log to be turned into F AHR at the end of their ride

season. Logs will be double-checked against official ride results for accuracy. It is the riders

and/or owners sole responsibility to provide official results. 7) All ride results and F AHR logs showing the required number of miles must be accompanied by a

photo of the horse, a copy of the horse's FAHR registration papers and must be received by

FAHR on or before December 15 for mileage completed in the same year. . 8) Rides sanctioned by the American Endurance Ride Conference (AERC), North American-Trail

Ride Conference (NATRC), Great Lakes Distance Riding Assn. (GLDRA), Upper Midwest-

Endurance and Competitive Ride Assn.(UMECRA), Appaloosa Distance Riders Association

(ApDRA), Eastern Competitive Trail Rider Assoc.(ECTRA), Southeastern Distance Riders

Assoc. (SEDRA),are approved by FAHR. FAHR also reserves the right to approve any other

distance ride it deems suitable.

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Distance Program continued . . . Awards:

A) Nez Perce Horse Distance award is awarded annually to horses completing 400 miles in open

divisions in competitive rides and 400 miles in the open division in endurance rides within one year,

beginning December 1 and ending November 30. Endurance rides of 50 miles or more will

count; novice rides of less than 50 will not count. Competitive rides of 25 total miles in the open

division will count; any ride less than 25 total miles will not count. "Best Condition" and

"Sweepstakes" winners should be noted, as double mileage is given for these special awards.

Although a horse may compete in both endurance and competitive rides, mileage from one

cannot be added to the other for the required total. This award can only be won once per horse.

B) Buffalo Runner Horse 1,000 Mile Award - This award is for the endurance or competitive

Appaloosa. It is awarded after completing 1,000 miles to horses completing their mileage in

approved endurance or competitive rides. Mileage from one category does not count toward the

other. This award was designed to encourage the serious, conscientious rider, and to recognize

those Appaloosas able to reach a high level of performance in the distance field. Mileage is

carried over from year-to-year for total mileage accrued.

The same rides approved for a "Nez Perce Horse" will also count for 1,000 mile and 2,500 mile

credit. Mileage accrued during a novice ride will not count, and no double mileage will be

given.

C) War Horse 2,500 Mile Award - This award is for the endurance or competitive Appaloosa. It is

awarded after completing 2,500 miles to horses completing their mileage in approved endurance

or competitive rides. Mileage from one category does not count toward the other. This award

was designed to encourage the serious, conscientious rider, and to recognize those Appaloosas

able to reach a high level of performance in the distance field. Mileage is carried over from

year-to-year for total mileage accrued.

The same rides approved for a "Nez Perce Horse" and "Buffalo Runner Horse" will also count

for 2,500 mile credit. Mileage accrued during a novice ride will not count, and no double

mileage will be given.

Note: FAHR Distance Program awards may vary from year to year. Owners and breeders must notify FAHR, within a year of qualification, if an earned award was not received.

For further information regarding the above program, please contact:

FAHR - Distance Coordinator

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Question: Just once and for all I would like you to set the record straight, in print if possible. What is a leopard. I know that it is an Appaloosa that is white and has black, red, brown or whatever color spots all over its body. But what I mean is, when it just hit the ground, what does it look like? From everything that I have read, and all the horses and photographs I have seen, I keep trying to tell people that a true leopard is born that color and pattern. I get a little uptight when the guy down the road has a black foal that sheds as a yearling to a dark grey with black spots on its rump, and then as a 2-year-old this same foal is pure white with pale grey spots on it’s rump, and he sells it for a leopard! Someone else comes along and looks at my solid color foal and says, “Well maybe it’ll turn leopard.” I keep saying that a leopard is born, not developed. Is a horse that was foaled a dark color and matures to be white with pale spots on its rump a true leop-ard? When a man advertises he has a leopard stud, I expect to see an Appaloosa with spots all over, and I further expect this stud to carry little or no greying factor. I expect that his stud was born white with those dark spots all over. Answer: The term ”leopard” is used considerably in re-ferring to Appaloosas, although the Appaloosa Horse Club does not use the term to any extent. We have in the past published articles in Appaloosa News on strains of horses that are white with spots over the en-tire body. In the pamphlet “Appaloosa Horses, Color Patterns, Breed Characteristics & Descriptions” the horses in fig-

ure 2 would be considered by most people to be a leop-ard pattern, although we describe the horses as being white with black spots over entire body. The Appaloosa Horse Club does not have an official definition for the word leopard since we do not use it widely in describing Appaloosas. I believe a majority of people who do use this term apply it to Appaloosas which are foaled white with dark spots over the entire body. Some leopard strains produce individuals which occa-sionally have dark areas on the neck and forequarters in addition to the dark spots. On some Appaloosas the dark spots will be much thicker about the head and neck than on the body and hips. Occasionally they will be thick enough to give an almost solid colored appear-ance. Some Appaloosas have roaning which causes areas other than the spots to gradually become lighter, and some Appaloosas have greying. An Appaloosa with greying will produce or sire 50 percent of it’s foals with greying regardless of the pattern or markings. Appaloo-sas with greying undergo a replacement of all pig-mented hair with white hair and eventually become pure white. Since greying does cause a rapid loss of contrast, if at all possible it should be avoided in breeding Appaloo-sas.

(The above question and answer was taken from the Appaloosa News ~ December, 1973)

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N E W S B E A T

BACK ISSUES

Have you lost an issue of the FAHR Tidings? Did you just join and like to have the entire series from the very beginning? If so, here is your chance. Individual issues will cost $2.50. Please send check or money order to:

Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry, Inc. P.O. Box 15314

Fort Wayne, IN 46885-5314

FAHR WELCOMES NEW BOARD MEMBER

Bill Wicklund of Soper, Oklahoma is FAHR’s newest Board Member. Under the current circumstances there was no need to hold an election as Bill submitted the only autobiography for the six available positions. We sincerely welcome Bill and thank him in advance for vol-unteering his time. The directorship will become effective at the annual Board of Directors meeting to be held October 15, 2005. Your current FAHR Directors are Craig Wells (Pro-tem), Arita Harwood (Pro-tem), Vicki Grant, Bernard “Joe” Yeomans, Edna “Eddie” Street, Ken Haskins, Kathy Conklin, and Marilyn Yeomans.

ANOTHER WAY TO SUPPORT FAHR

Director, Ken Haskins, has set up an account with Country Supply to donate 5% of all purchases (excluding de-wormer and shipping and handling) to FAHR. Your order must be placed online and needs to include the “care code” which is simply, FAHR. Ken has dealt with Country Supply for many years and states “they have great values and excellent quality with very quick delivery”. Why not try this out the next time you need to order horse supplies? This is another method in which you, as a member, can help support FAHR financially and still get great deals and quality on your horse related needs.

http://www.countrysupply.com

FAHR AWARDS FIRST SADDLE LOG PATCH

FAHR’s first recipient of the 100 hour Saddle Log Patch is Skenno Pierman, of Centerville, Tennessee. Mr. Pierman accrued his time aboard two FAHR horses, Patchy Cinder Spitzer, #550, and Red Eagle’s Jessie, #527. Rumor has it that Mr. Pierman is rapidly closing in on the 250 hour mark. Congratulations, Skenno, and thank you for supporting FAHR’s Saddle Log Program.

FAHR NEEDS YOU!

If you are interested in volunteering your time to help support FAHR here is a list of the Committees at this time: Audit Awards Breeders Advisory Constitution, Bylaws, Procedural Election Finance Historical Planning Promotion Show Trail Contact one of the FAHR Board members for more in-formation on what the committee functions entail.

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The Saddle Log Program is a great way for you to earn awards for any time you spend in the saddle on a FAHR registered Appaloosa. We have a program for adults and a program for youth.

This program recognizes the need for personal achievement for the individual who daily or weekly enjoys the benefits gained from riding. Whether you ride out on the trail, train and compete in shows, ride in parades, perform ranch work, or whatever your pleasure, those hours will count towards earning great awards.

Qualifications for the Saddle Log Program: 1. Credit for saddle log hours will not be given nor will records

of hours completed be kept on any eligible person until he or she is enrolled in the saddle log program. To enroll, a program application must be completed and returned to FAHR along with the annual filing fee of $15 for adults and a one time filing fee of $20 for youth. Your FAHR mem-bership fees must also be paid for each qualifying year.

2. There is no deadline for application in the saddle log pro-gram. For adults, your eligibility is for one year following the time FAHR receives your application. If you sign up on July 23, 2005, your eligibility continues until July 22, 2006. For youth, your eligibility begins the time FAHR receives your application until you are the age of 18 as of January 1.

3. All Appaloosas used must be registered with FAHR. Horses used need not be owned by the rider logging the hours.

4. Logged hours must be recorded on official forms provided by and available from FAHR.

5. Inactive records will only be kept for maximum of five years. After such time records will be deactivated.

Awards in the Saddle Log Program: 1. Riders will receive an official FAHR Saddle Log Patch and

Chevron Bar for completion of the first 100 hours of riding.

2. Official Chevron Bars will be awarded upon completion of 100, 250, 500, 1000, 1500, 2000, and 2500 hours of riding.

For more information regarding this program, please contact:

FAHR, INC. Saddle Log Coordinator P.O. Box 31 Westfield, IN 47074 231-924-6456 E-mail: gconklin@wmis.net (Kathy Conklin) (Forms are available for download from the FAHR website)

FAHR SADDLE LOG PROGRAM

FAHR MERIT PROGRAM Certificate awarded to any Stallion with 10 FAHR regis-tered get or Mare with 3 FAHR registered foals. For more information contact Eddie Street, estreet@cco.net or 360/273-9355.

Attention - Stallion Owners:

For those with F A H R r e g ist e r e d s t a l l ions and members using st a l l ions c r e a t in g F A H R e l i g i b l e fo a ls , stallion reports are now being accepted by the registrar. FAHR Annual Stallion Breeding Report Forms are available upon request or can be downloaded from the FAHR web-site as well. There is no current deadline, penalty or fee, for the filing of these reports. FAHR is now accepting: All annual breeding reports from 1999 and prior, for stallions under this category. Currently FAHR will still allow a stallion owner to submit a copy of their ApHC Breeding reports in lieu of filing the FAHR breeding report form.

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B R E E D E R’S DIR E C T O RY

HELSELS’ HOBBY HORSE HILLS 1833 W. Water Tower Road

Salem, IN 47167 812/883-3336

Fax 812/883-2026 e-mail: Helsels@Blueriver.net

http://www.blueriver.net/~helsels

We have used Toby bred horses as the foundation

of our breeding program for over 30 years.

Crosses with Patchy 416, Red Eagle, Apache 730 and Quanah

make up our broodmare band.

Reducing our activity, we are selling some of these mares to breeders who understand and appreciate

Foundation bloodlines and will perpetuate the Appaloosa.

Please contact us for further information.

WILLOWIND APPALOOSAS Craig & Teresa Wells

2275 E 600 S Wolcottville, IN 46795

260-854-2025 e-mail: craig@skyenet.net

STANDING:

MIAMIS LEOPARD BEAR, FAHR 113, ApHC 564617 Tri-colored Leopard 15.3 hh

Sire: GA’s Sundance Image, ApHC 229444 Dam: Blue Bear Grand Gal, FAHR 8, ApHC 348679

SPECIALTY: Foundation Appaloosas with great dis-positions and conformation along with athletic ability, color and pedigree.

Mares of linebred Toby with Red Eagle

Occasionally foals for sale

See FAHR website for more information on bloodlines

STANDING:

Messers Kid Diamond, FAHR 577 ApHC 606575, SBC 1344F

Blue Roan Leopard, 97% FPD, 15.3h, Indian Shuffler Sire: Apache’s Kid Galahad, FAHR 66, ApHC 522313

Dam: Jungle’s Mistery, ApHC 511776

SPECIALTY: Our stallion and broodmares’ bloodlines include: Sundance, the Ghost Wind Stallion, Toby I, Red Eagle, Apache, Patchy, Money Creeks Rockledge, and the Scripter and Ulrich line. We are dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the horse so prized by the Nez Perce Nation, the Appaloosa. LOCATION: 26 miles east of San Diego in Dehesa Valley (El Cajon, California).

Foundation foals for sale.

CARTER APPALOOSAS Tom & Jen Carter 4767 Dehesa Road El Cajon, CA 92019 619-440-1463 e-mail: vecarter@netzero.net

STANDING:

Shadow of Toby K, FAHR 219, is a 1995 blue roan stallion with loud peacock spots. One of the very few foundation bred Appaloosas with no quarter horse in his pedigree. Up close Toby I with Red Eagle and Patchy F416. Passing on Intelligence, Disposition, Color, Athleticism, Versatility, and Conformation! SPECIALTY: We are committed to promoting and pre-serving the Appaloosa horse as a breed, and very thankful to own these rare and beautiful horses. LOCATION: Just minutes from the 80/90 Toll Road in north central Indiana

Ephesians 5:20 Giving Thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ:

INDIAN PRAIRIE APPALOOSAS

Rob & Dawn Bates 5120 N 1100 W

Middlebury, IN 46540 Home: 574-825-1475 Cell: 574-536-1468

e-mail: ipkennels@yahoo.com

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KIT’S CANYON RANCH

Ramon & Judy Laurie 407 W. 15th

Russell, KS 67665 785/483-3590

e-mail: kitscanyon@russellks.net www.kitscanyon.com

Kit’s Canyon Ranch is promoting and breeding only

Appaloosa X Appaloosa horses. Our horses represent a mixing of many foundation lines

and breeding programs concentrated back into a high percentage Appaloosa gene package.

Our foal crop is 90% FPD or higher.

Toby ~ Navaho Britches ~ Missoula Medicine Man ~ Joker B

Pratt ~ Simcoe ~ Thompson ~ The Ghostwind Stallions ~

Sam Fisher ~ Dun Roven Chelsea’s Image

Going back through our different horses pedigrees reads like a “who’s who” of the Appaloosa world.

We have horses for sale most of the time.

INQUIRIES ALWAYS WELCOME

BOLD-N-BRITE APPALOOSAS

Joe, Marilyn & Bob Yeomans 8405 E. 112th Street

Howard City, MI 49329 616/636-5796

e-mail: briteapp@cmedic.com

Standing 3 beautiful Stallions:

Miamis Topatchy Sun, FAHR 188 Blue Roan Few Spot His extended pedigree carries over 80 Foundation Numbered Appaloosas Shadows Polar Bear, FAHR 389 Beautiful Black and White Out of Blue Bear Shadow and Polar Birdsong Apache Knight Hawk, FAHR 476 A Jet Black beauty Last son of Apache Polar Star And out of our Rustler Bill Mare

LOCATION: 35 miles north of Grand Rapids off Highway 131 North

STANDING: WOODLAND’S SALSA, FAHR 135

ApHC 567345 Chestnut Snowcap

Woodland’s Salsa is 93% ApHC

Foundation Pedigree Designation. He has 4 solid generations of

Appaloosa breeding and in the fifth generation only 2 are not.

Woodland’s Salsa carries the bloodline of Toby I F-203,

Mansfield Comanche F-3096, Red Eagle Jr. #4294,

Snow Cloud F-78, Bambi E F-2497 and

many more foundation lines.

DORSEY CREEK FARM

Dan, Beth, Kristi & Katie Virta P.O. Box 38

Rumely, MI 49826 906/439-5250

e-mail: virta@tds.net

STANDING:

Broken Arrow GHR, FAHR 620 ApHC

“Arrow” is a few spot leopard by Howling Wind GHR

out of April Wind S with direct Ghost Wind Stallion bloodlines

from Don Lalonde’s herd

LOCATION: Highway M94 25 miles SE of Marquette in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

HORSES FOR SALE

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DREAM MAKERS APPALOOSAS

Robin Sothman

7182 165th Street Milaca, MN 56353

320/556-3486 612/877-1974 cell

trigger@ecenet.com

STANDING:

DREAM MAKERS RIO 1999 Black and White Leopard

ApHC 587382 / FAHR 424 Dam: Neemeepooscougarpaws

Sire: Pratt Toby Secret

2003 Breeding Fee: $500.00

“Rio” has a wonderful personality and is very intelligent.

His mild manner allows children to share his stall at shows.

Rio has a gentle yet proud presence.

CONTINUING THE MINNESOTA LEGACY 11518 Hubbard Line Road

Menahga, MN 56464 218/564-4908

e-mail: flowers@unitelc.com Foundation Bloodlines: Toby Topatchy Mansfield’s Comanche Navajo Britches Sundance 500 Bambi E Red Eagle Joker B Morgan’s Leopard Bear Step Arab Toswirah Alkar Pepper’s Shamrock (Desert King)

We are extremely proud to advance the bloodlines unique to the Upper Midwest . . . 7C Red Eagles Pride, Tai-Pan of AA, Joker’s

Prince II, and especially the mares such as W. W. Oatmeal, L.L. Glow, Woodland’s Sunsette and

Woodland’s Tanya. Disposition and Conformation are the heart of our breeding

program. We believe quality broodmares are the key to sustaining those goals.

SPOTTED SWAN RANCH Clif & Cheryl Palmer

1030 Bear Creek Road Bigfork, MT 59911

406/837-4419 e-mail: cpalmer@centurytel.net

www.leopardappaloosa.com

Come RIDE and GLIDE with us on an INDIAN SHUFFLER*

Leopard to Leopard Foundation Breeding

Some Gaited Foundation Stock

Prestigious Leopard family horses gifted with mellow dispos i-tions “&” a natural gait. We are a program to consistently

produce and preserve the Indian Shuffler (gaited horses).

We are committed to preserving the “Indian Shuffler”, a smooth, fast and efficient mode of travel.

It is both easy on the horse and rider.

DON’T GET LEFT BEHIND: THEY ARE GOING FAST!

*Indian Shuffler: A 4 beat diagonal (fox trot) or lateral (stepping pace), or “even” (running walk) gait, also called intermediate gait. It is a fast, ground covering, smooth moving gait to ride. Some old Foundation Appaloosa lines were found to be “gaited”.

TRUE APPALOOSAS Kenneth Kirkeby

72 Turtleback Road Califon, NJ 07830 908/879-0425 (day) 973/224-4361 (cell)

e-mail: krkirk@hotmail.com www.trueappaloosas.com

STANDING:

Warlord's Lightnin'

ApHC 486452 LFG $650 ($500 FAHR members)

MF Fancy Feather

FAHR 650 ApHC 614299 83% FPD

LFG $500 ($350 FAHR members)

SPECIALTY: Breed and start the very best foundation Appaloosas for riding pursuits such as hunter/jumper, roping, reining, cutting, polo, polocross, fox hunting, big game hunting, and ranch work - capable horses and friends for the family. LOCATION: Califon at the south edge of scenic Long Valley in Central New Jersey.

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DECKER’S RED EAGLE APPALOOSAS Milton & Mary Decker

90808 B. Street Alvadore, OR 97409

541/688-8307 Fax: 541/688-8357

e-mail: mmdecker@msn.com http://www.d-rea.com/

STANDING:

PRATT SULLY FIRE, FAHR 49 Black Leopard ApHC #495078 DREA COMANCHE BLUHAWK, FAHR 140 Black Few Spot DREA OCHOCO EAGLE 2001 Black and White snow cap WAKONS NAVAJO EAGLE Black Near Leopard SPECIALTY: Breeding leopards and loud blankets from Red Eagle F209 and other Foundation bloodlines, including up close to Mansfield Comanche LOCATION: 12 miles west of Eugene, Oregon

BIG CREEK RANCH Arlo & Arita Harwood

96845 N. Big Creek Lane Lakeside, OR 97449-9605

541/759-3231 e-mail: bigcreek@presys.com

BECAUSE YOU WANT — THE VERY BEST

Big Creek Ranch dedicates it’s effort to producing high quality, leopard line, Colorado Rangerbred, Appaloosa Breed Horses and to development of:

THE PUREBRED APPALOOSA

Through the use of some of the best of ApHC’s founding bloodlines Big Creek Ranch offers the discriminating breeder and fancier of Heritage Appaloosas, a select choice of FAHR registered, three to five generation pure stock, from known, all Appaloosa registered, pedigree.

A Few: Foals - Yearlings - Mares - Stallions

usually available

Please contact: Arita Harwood for sales list or further information

OLD SPRING FARM

APPALOOSAS Suzanne V. Pabst

7629 Charity Highway Ferrum, VA 24088

276/930-3404 www.oldspringfarm.com

STANDING:

WHATA DREAMFINDER, ApHC 520406 Hall of Famer Dreamfinder x Hall of Famer

Starza’s Pine (grandaughter of Peacock’s Miraklman)

FOR SALE

“Forbidden Dream” 2002 few spot filly 87%

Heaven’s Red Eagle x Whata Bright Dream by Whata Dreamfinder

BREEDING QUALITY RED EAGLE APPALOOSAS

SINCE 1965

HURRICANE RANCH Bill & Merry Wicklund

P.O. Box 301 Soper, OK 74759

580/345-2487 e-mail: appaloosa43@yahoo.com

FOUNDATION BRED APPALOOSA ATHLETES

WITH THE INDIAN SHUFFLE GAIT

STANDING: SMOHALLA TOBY, FAHR 13

ApHC 542279 Exceptional Athlete

HR WACIPI, FAHR 236 ApHC 552778, CRHA #5784

Chestnut Leopard — 100% Color Producer PRATTS TOBY IV

ApHC 462810, CRHA #4415 Black & Bay Leopard — FAHR Producer

2005 Stud Fee $500 Your Choice

Approved Mares Only

Horses for Sale at ALL times!!

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Breeding Program dedicated to the promotion and creation of the

Purebred Appaloosa Breed Horse

Rick and Edna “Eddie” Street 4415 183rd Ave. S.W. Rochester, WA 98579 370/273-9355 estreet@cco.net

Stallion Service Horses for Sale FAHR Registered

MEDICINE WHEEL RANCH

Gig & Cathy LeBret 270 Williams Lk. Rd.

Box 942 Kettle Falls, WA 99141

509/684-3211 e-mail: gig@theofficenet.com

STANDING:

WALKN WAPALOOSA JO

FAHR 190 ApHC 519575

5 generations of 100% ApHC Black with White Blanket & Black Spots!!!

Produces high % of Indian Shufflers

100% color producer on ApHC mares

Bloodlines of Chief of Fourmile, Apache 730, Freel’s Chico, Bambi E, Morgans Leopard,

Quinta Chief, Juaquin, Missoula Go just to name a few of the Original Blooded Horses

LOCATION: 67 miles north of Spokane, Washington on HWY. 395

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FOR SALE Toby’s Rico, FAHR 107

ApHC #482725 Sire: Dartag’non, FAHR 35

Dam: Toby’s Trouble, FAHR 104

We are getting out of the breeding business to retire and go trail riding! We wish for Rico to go to an owner who will use him to promote the FAHR horses.

We will consider a reasonable offer from an approved bidder. Woodstation Appaloosas

Dave & Fae Lyles 941 E 1100 North Road Taylorville, IL 62568 217/824-5685

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INDIAN PRAIRIE APPALOOSAS Rob & Dawn Bates

Located North Central IN Home: 574-825-1475 Cell: 574-536-1468

Email: ipkennels@yahoo.com

At this time we would like to take this opportunity and give a special thanks to all those we have acquired our horses from.

In that order are: Bill & Merry Wicklund of Hurricane Ranch, Xen & Kris Anderson of Caretaker Appaloosas, Tom & Linda Taylor of Wolfrun

Appaloosas, and Shawn & Cheryl Henderson of Glory Be Farms! We would also like to thank Jennifer Thomas of TruBlu Appaloosas for recommending that we purchase Palmer Wagner’s book, The American

Appaloosa Anthology, which has been a great help to us. And to the many others that we have met along the way, that have shown

us hospitality, and shared their knowledge of these horses with us. We thank you also!

But most of all we would like to thank the Creator of the Universe for allowing us to spend time with these great horses!

It is our goal to continue to breed towards the preservation of these horses as a breed “Which is the Foundation!”

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We are looking for good Foundation breeding homes for our remaining mares and two stallions. We are offer genuine Foundation bred Toby, Red Eagle, Patchy, Sundance, Quanah, Apache and Comanche bloodlines. We have three daughters of GA’s Sundance Image, three daughters of Miamis TomTom Toby, and two Toby bred stallions available. Contact us for further information.

WOLF RUN APPALOOSAS Tom & Linda Taylor 8167 Wheelock Road Fort Wayne, IN 46835 260/485-4051 e-mail: TTwolfrun@aol.com

C. D. Leon riding Quanah F706, many times Grand Champion of Halter, Reining, Cutting, and Sire of Champions. A reference sire of our stallion, Miamis TomTom Toby.

Miamis Eagle Queen, FAHR 258 Sire: Miamis TomTom Toby Dam: Miamis Squaw Queen

Miamis Top Squaw Sire: GA’s Sundance Image Dam: Hollywood Squaw

Miamis Sun Serenade Sire: GA’s Sundance Image Dam: Navajo Symphony

Miamis Fancy Squaw, FAHR 257 Sire: Miamis TomTom Toby Dam: Shadow Squaw

Miamis Kekionga Sha, FAHR 259 Sire: Miamis TomTom Toby Dam: Kuetan’s Ty-Sha

Miamis Mi Wacon Sire: GA’s Sundance Image Dam: Freckles 3 Bar

Miamis Polar Bear, FAHR 350 Sire: Wyakin Toby, FAHR 7 Dam: Astral Beauty, FAHR 5

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F A HR R E GIST E R E D H O RS E S 681-693 FAHR 681—DREA Daymon’s Tonya, ApHC #544428, Mare, Foaled 04/04/1995, Oregon Breeder: Ruthann M. Keith, Quincy, Washington Owner: Jodie La Rosh, Jamul, California Description: Black/roan over entire body/snip/LF-partial pastern/DNA typed Sire: Daymon, ApHC T102655 Dam: SS Tonya’s Patchy, ApHC 489684 FAHR 682—Mystic Medicine Man, ApHC N624739, Stallion, Foaled 06/12/2003, Washington Breeder: Gayle Dohrman, Ellensburg, Washington Owner: Gayle Dohrman, Ellensburg, Washington Description: Dark Bay or Brown/star/LH-partial ankle/RH-partial ankle/scar-left hind pastern Sire: Mystic Medicine, ApHC #403902 Dam: Moonshadow Babe, ApHC 410759 FAHR 683—Northstar KB, ApHC #635144, Gelding, Foaled 04/25/2003, Minnesota Breeder: Karisa Rae Larsen, Florence, Minnesota Owner: Irene Susan Sullivan, Blaine, Minnesota Description: Red Roan/white with spots over entire body/stripe and snip/no leg markings Sire: Northstar Bright Sun, ApHC #585135 Dam: Deannas Delight, ApHC #477183 FAHR 684—Hydaway Tamzorra, ApHC #515687, Mare, Foaled 05/24/91, Pennsylvania Breeder: John L. Baker, Hickory, Pennsylvania Owner: Janet M. Napotnik, New Florence, Pennsylvania Description: Blue Roan/white over entire body/star/LF-no leg markings/LH-no leg markings:RF-no leg markings/ RH-no leg markings Sire: Tammerlane, ApHC #175964 Dam: Hydaway’s Flashette, ApHC #206889 FAHR 685—WAR Shawnees Redwing, ApHC #584792, Mare, Foaled 03/24/1999, Wyoming Breeder: Caroline Weese or Raymond Weese, Greybull, Wyoming Owner: Janet M. Napotnik, New Florence, Pennsylvania Description: White over body and hips/no face markings/LF-partial half stocking/LH-partial pastern/RF-heel/ RH-half stocking/few bay spots Sire: WAR Tobys Nightwind, ApHC #538859 Dam: Ulrichs Shawnee, ApHC #458274 FAHR 686—WAR Rainys Mistydown, ApHC #586021, Mare, Foaled 06/01/1999, Wyoming Breeder: Caroline Weese or Raymond Weese, Greybull, Wyoming Owner: Janet M. Napotnik, New Florence, Pennsylvania Description: Bay Roan/white with spots over body and hips/star and stripe/LH-partial half pastern Sire: WAR Tobys Nightwind, ApHC #538859 Dam: Pratts Rainy Kemy, ApHC #483582 FAHR 687—Apache Polar Cat, ApHC#594935, Mare, Foaled 04/05/2000, Montana Breeder: Moriah Stroh, Melstone, Montana Owner: Janet M. Napotnik, New Florence, Pennsylvania Description: Bay Roan/white over entire body/star/no leg markings/white tipped ears Sire: Sham’s Polar Star, ApHC #506551 Dam: Ulrich’s Tashina, ApHC #502902 FAHR 688—Hydaway Bams Snocap, ApHC #606017, Mare, Foaled 05/04/2001, Pennsylvania Breeder Nancy R. Baker or Mark A. Baker, Mc Donald, Pennsylvania Owner: Janet M. Napotnik, New Florence, Pennsylvania Description: Bay Roan/white over body and hips/no face markings/no leg marking/few bay spots Sire: Hydaway Tamsunjon, ApHC #533374 Dam: Hydaways SSJ-Bam, ApHC #446092 FAHR 689—-WAR Beautys Willow, ApHC #576536, Mare, Foaled 05/14/1998, Wyoming Breeder: Caroline Weese or Raymond Weese, Greybull, Wyoming Owner: Janet M. Napotnik, New Florence, Pennsylvania Description: Bay Roan/white with spots over entire body/no face markings/no leg markings Sire: Pratt Toby Secret, ApHC #310323 Dam: Ulrich’s Beauty, ApHC #315819

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Current FAHR Registry Transfer Listing 6/01/05 to 8/20/05

FAHR 219- Shadow of Toby K, ApHC 557086, Foaled 05/01/95, Indiana (Transferred to Robert Bates and Dawn Bates, Middllebury, Indiana on 6/20/05) FAHR 576- HR Shikoba Tohbi, ApHC 621635, Foaled 04/29/03, Oklahoma (Transferred to Annie or Allen Waldo, Culbertson, Montana on 04/01/05) FAHR 551- Kitstoby Evening Guy, ApHC 620812, Foaled 06/02/03, Kansas (Transferred to Ramon L. Laurie, Russel, Kansas on 04/01/05)

FAHR 690—MSF Roc Climber, ApHC #594991, Foaled 03/30/2000, Pennsylvania Breeder: Janet M. Napotnik, New Florence, Pennsylvania Owner: Janet M. Napotnik, New Florence, Pennsylvania Description: Blue Roan/white over body and hips/no leg markings/white tipped ears + few black spots Sire: Tocys Shing-go-sa, ApHC #565664 Dam: CD’s Lancers Girl, ApHC T303394 FAHR 691—Sand In A Whirlwind, ApHC #624045, Mare, Foaled 05/07/2003, Michigan Breeder: Kathleen M. Conklin, Fremont, Michigan Owner: Kathleen M. Conklin, Fremont, Michigan Description: Red Roan/white with spots over back and hips/star, stripe & snip/snip on lower lip/LH-partial ankle/ RH-partial stocking Sire: Jeddobright Sundance, ApHC #552134 Dam: Sammie Comanche, ApHC #494907 FAHR #325 FAHR #457 FAHR 692—GKC Spirit Vision, ApHC #632837, Gelding, Foaled 05/30/2004, Michigan Breeder: Kathleen M. Conklin, Fremont, Michigan Owner: Kathleen M. Conklin, Fremont, Michigan Description: Dark Bay or Brown/white with spots over entire body/star/LH-lightning marks/RF-lightning marks/ RH-lightning marks/roan over entire body Sire: Jeddobright Sundance, ApHC #552134 Dam: Robinson Ninetynine, ApHC #584320 FAHR #325 FAHR #392 FAHR 693—GKC Tequilla Sunrise, ApHC # 632836, Gelding, Foaled 04/29/2004, Michigan Breeder: Kathleen M. Conklin, Fremont, Michigan Owner: Kathleen M. Conklin, Fremont, Michigan Description: Palomino/white with spots over entire body/star, stripe & snip/no leg markings/roan over entire body Sire: Jeddobright Sundance, ApHC #552134 Dam: Robinson Go Honey, ApHC #584325 FAHR #325 FAHR #326

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DID YOU KNOW?

How to measure a horse?

1. The height of a horse is the ve r-tical distance from the highest point of its withers to the ground when the animal is standing squarely on a level area. The unit of measurement used in expressing height is the “hand,” which is 4 inches. A horse measuring 62 inches is said to be 15-2 hands high (15 hands and 2 inches).

2. It is important to stand a horse on hard level ground or a wood or concrete floor when measur-ing.

3. The horse should be measured at the highest point of the with-ers to the top of its shoe, and if not shod, to the ground.

4. The head should be carried in a natural position, neither too high nor too low when being measured.

5. The horse’s feet should be properly trimmed by the owner in order to get an accurate measurement.

6. A measuring stick which has a level across the top should be used, with the level used across the highest point of the horse’s withers.

7. Care should be taken that the measuring stick is in a true ve r-tical position, as well as the marker across the withers being in a true level position. Appaloosa News

September, 1971

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