FAHR TIDINGSFAHR TIDINGS OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FOUNDATION APPALOOSA HORSE REGISTRY, INC.

VOLUME 13 NO. 4 OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER 2010

FAHR OFFICERS PRESIDENT John Hess 2778 E2625 Road Marseilles, IL 61341 815/795-2993 johnhess@mtco.com VICE-PRESIDENT Bill Wicklund P.O. Box 301 Soper, OK 74759 580/345-2487 Appaloosa43@hotmail.com DEPARTMENT HEADS: TREASURER /FINANCIAL SECRETARY Dawn Bates 5120 N 1100 W Middlebury, IN 46540 574/825-1475 ipkennels@yahoo.com SECRETARY Barbara Hayden 8 Chestnut Road Staunton, VA 24401 540/851-0267 brookwood01@comcast.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@cco.net DIRECTORS Arita Harwood 96845 N. Big Creek Lane Lakeside, OR 97449-9605 541/759-3231 bigcreek@presys.com Craig Wells (Pro Tem) 2275 E 600 S Wolcottville, IN 46795 260/854-2025 CTSWellSligtel.com Tom Leahy 8800 Winding Way Gilmer, Texas 75645 903/797-4723 tleahy@nalco.com Rob Bates 5120 N 1100 W Middlebury, IN 46540 574-825-14 ipkennels@yahoo.com Vicki Grant 5928 E. 169th Street Noblesville, IN 46060 317/773-7159 VGr55@aol.com75 Deanna Brown 1594 Turkey Rd. Gladewater, TX 75647 903-759-5649 Dkgoride@aol.com

TABLE OF CONTENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT ……………………...…………...3 FROM THE REGISTRAR…………………………………….4 FROM THE EDITOR………………………………………..4 PRESIDENT’S REPORT…………………………………….5 UNOFFICIAL MINUTES OF ANNUAL MEETING………….6-7 FINANCIAL STATEMENT .………………………………….8 WEBSITE REFERRAL…………………………………..9-10 FAHR MEETING………………………………………….11 PERFORMANCE POINT PROGRAM…………………..13-15 FAHR MERCHANDISE……………………………….16-20 PROMOTIONAL…………………………………………. .20 LETTERS /MEMBER INPUT ...………………………. 21-25 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS …………………………… 26 NEWSBEAT……………………………………………….31 FAHR PROGRAMS ……………………………….. 32-33 BREEDER’S DIRECTORY ..........................…….. 34-36 ADVERTISING ………………………………………..37-39 ADVERTISING RATES .....................................….. 40 REGISTRATIONS AND TRANSFERS ……………………...41 FAHR BULLETIN BOARD …..…………………………. 32 DID YOU KNOW? ..........................................…… 44 ARTICLES: TACOMA TO WASHINGTON D.C. ……………………28-29 FORMER NATIONAL CHAMPION DIES ………………….29 CHIEF JOSEPHS SURRENDER SPEECH…………………30

ON THE COVER Best wishes to all FAHR members for the New Year and truly have yourselves a wonderful and joyous holiday season!

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.

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opinions of the FOUNDATION APPALOOSA HORSE REGISTRY, INC. http://www.foundationapp.org

FFROMROM THETHE PPRESIDENTRESIDENT

Hello everyone, Fall is here, the holidays will soon be upon us and 2010 is almost over. December is the month for holidays. It is also time to send in your FAHR Stallion reports. De-cember is also the time of year to renew your 2011 memberships. FAHR memberships run from January 1 to December 31. Please renew your membership for 2011. We launched our new website but the web designer is trying to re-solve a problem on the Forum. The On Line Shopping is not acti-vated because we are working on getting our account approved. The Horse Registry has most of the horses updated. Currently working on corrections and transfers. If the information is not correct please email me and let me know. I also need good jpeg photos of your horses to put in the Horse Regis-try. The Flickr area has slots for 6 horses these images come from the Registry. When you click on a horse you have the possibility to see 3 different images and also a pedigree. Send jpeg photos to: johnhess@mtco.com The annual membership meeting was Saturday October 16 in Ship-shewana, Indiana. I stopped at Rob & Dawns around noon on Fri-day. Rob and I visited some local businesses and I did some shop-ping. We stopped at Peter Stone Horses and talked about the costs of having a production run of a Foundation type Appaloosa. I showed them a picture of one of

my leopard mares and asked about a custom hand painted one of a kind order. They showed me one they had just finished. Every spot, halo, face and leg markings was hand painted to match the horses picture. The level of detail and craftsmanship was unbeliev-able. After checking into the host hotel went back to Rob & Dawn’s for supper and a get together, social-izing around a bonfire. On Satur-day morning nine of us had break-fast at the 6 Mile Café. Then back to Shipshewana and pre meeting setup. At the meeting we went over all the agenda items. There was an interest in having a Stallion direc-tory for 2011. We discussed horses for the 2012 Mug and it was decided to do Apache F730 if we can find a good color picture if not then we will go with Bear Paw F1376. FAHR is going to place several ads and classifieds in sev-eral magazines in 2011. We are going to utilize our new website and our presence on Facebook more. We will have more news and events, sell the Featured Horse spots, classifieds, and more affili-ate marketing. We spent a lot of time discussing the new website, policies for Foals and Classified sections. To order FAHR Decals, T-shirts, mugs, jackets, belt buckles and calendars that is in the Tidings send your order and payment to FAHR Inc, P.O. Box 1134 Middle-bury, IN 46540.

FAHR is happy to be affiliated with Wearhaus Designs. Wearhaus De-signs did all the embroidery and silk screens of our Logos that you see on our T-shirts and jackets. They have They have many differ-ent options to offer you with the FAHR Logo on their apparel. Go to the FAHR website and click on the Wearhaus Design image vi ew their apparel and to place an order. They offer woven shirts, T-shirts, caps, outerwear, work wear and more. You have different options to chose with the FAHR Logo like embroidery Logo for caps, Double Appliqué, Reverse Appliqué, and etching. There are five different FAHR logos to choose from. Towards the end of the meeting we had a question and answer period and it was brought up about having more fun along with the business side of FAHR. Like having get to-gethers to just relax and visit. They could be held at different times and places during the year, maybe weekend trail rides, and suggest more opportunities to so-cialize besides just at the annual meeting. I know from the experi-ence that sitting around a campfire can make for an awesome and memorable get together. Local area businesses donated items for our silent auction and the total value of the items donated were just under $600.00. Proceeds from the meeting were as follows: Auction items $289, Merchandise $34, Membership $55 and Donations $139. After the meeting most of us went to eat at the Frontier Restaurant then to Rob & Dawns for good old fun around a bonfire. Merry Christmas and Happy Holi-days to all. John Hess

Web Master Wanted Help maintain the web site for FAHR and earn your annual membership. Be apart of preserving the Foundation Bred Ap-paloosa. Email johnhess@mtco.com Phone: 815-795-2993

Computer Wanted

FAHR is looking to buy a good used desktop computer. Must have a minimum of 1GB RAM, 80 GB Hard drive with Win-dows XP operating system.

Email: johnhess@mtco.com

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FROM THE REGISTRAR

Greetings to you all! Another FAHR annual meeting has come and gone. What a great time I had. A few new people and visiting with friends. If you have never attended a meeting you really should try. The town of Shipshewana is beautiful, espe-cially in the fall. This year I actu-ally had time to shop down town and discover shops that I didn’t even know about. I would like to take this opportu-nity to thank our President, John Hess, for his hard work on keeping this organization together. The countless hours he has spent working on our NEW website is remarkable. If you haven’t seen it yet, check it out. It is wonderful. I would also like to take this op-portunity to thank Rob and Dawn Bates for all of the hard work they do in preparation for this event, so-liciting local merchants for gifts to add to our silent auction, not to mention opening up their home to all of us to enjoy. They are also happy to show off their beautiful appaloosa’s, if fact they have a young stallion right now that is gor-geous, give Rob a call and talk to him about this fine horse, oh yes, did I mention that he is for sale? Saturday evening dinner was a de-light, homemade soup and chili, cheese and crackers brought by the Anderson’s and Kris’s home-made pumpkin fudge, to die for! It was wonderful to see Tom and Linda Taylor again. I had a won-derful visit with Xen and his wife

Kris, who by the way makes beau-tiful embroidered blankets and pil-lows with native and Appaloosa themes. This year she was work-ing on ear warmers. Xen is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to our horses. If you have never had the pleasure of visiting with him, you should! I hope that you all can mark your calendars for next years meeting and try to make it. You do have a voice and the annual meeting is the place to let it be heard. Until next time, I wish you health and happiness. Kathy Conklin FAHR Registrar

FROM THE EDITOR

As we enter the last remaining months of the year 2010 and enter into the second decade of the millennium I think it only fitting to stop and reflect on the events, changes and accomplishments for the Foundation bred FAHR Appaloosa. We are still very much a small organiza-tion and even though we are closing in on the 1000 horse registered FAHR had hoped to be further along in the growth of membership as well as horses regis-tered. The first ten years we’ve witnessed the passing of long-time respected breeders, such as Palmer Wagner, Alice Pratt, and Frank Scripter. Also the loss of Founda-tion Stallions Toby K’s Shadow, M&S Butch Cassidy a grandson of Foundation stallion Dutch Eagle, National Champion GA Sundance Image, and the last known son of Chief Chelsea, Dun Roven Chel-sea. We have been along for the ride of FAHR #280 Eagles Thunderntoby as he earned his endurance medallion under the train-ing and guidance of FAHR Vice Presi-dent Bill Wicklund. We watched and cheered him on as he went to the ApHC Championship World show in both 2007 and again in 2009. One of the highlights of this decade was watching many FAHR horses compete and place in show. FAHR #402, DREA Storm CL Patchy went to the ApHC Championship World Show as a top reining horse. The FAHR horse has developed from a third and fourth generation to many in the registry being five generation and even a handful of sixes. 2011 should see the first seventh generations. There have been memberships and horses entered into the registry from Europe in this first decade of the century. Sales of FAHR horses to Puerto Viarta, Mexico, Malaga Spain, and France. A FAHR stallion #907, CTA Kiamichi Red and mare FAHR# 516 RA Wagtails Shy-anne were sold as a pair to Sir Paul McCartney’s breeding program in Eng-land as well. FAHR has developed a Saddle log and Distance program for it’s members as well as a Performance program. Although many of us who are involved with the day to day running of FAHR had hoped to be further along it is quite re-markable what FAHR has accomplished in this first ten years.

Presidents Report

12th Annual General Membership Meeting

16th October, 2010

Good afternoon and welcome to the 2010 Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry, Inc. 12th Annual membership Meeting. It is hard to believe that another year has passed. These last 4 years that I have been President of FAHR have been both a challenging and rewarding. I want to thank you for the opportunity to serve as your President it is an experience like none other. The challenges we are witnessing are unlike any we have seen before. These chal-lenging economic times are affecting everyone in the equine industry with declining numbers of memberships, regis -trations, mares bred, and advertising revenue. We can be assured that we have plenty of challenges ahead and that each breed group is having serious conversations about what the future could and should be like. Questions are be-ing asked about programs, services, and activities that may not survive. Worldwide marketing opportunities do exist for our Foundation bred Appaloosa horses.

As was proven by the sale of several of our FAHR registered horses to Sir Paul McCartney, East Sussex, England to enhance his breeding program.

Last years annual meeting it was decided that a new website would be our #1 goal and priority for 2010. I knew the new site was going to have to be built using XHTML and CSS and was a Content Management System. The Horse Registry database was going to have to be built using PHP and MYSQL. I put the word out on several sites on the internet and received hundreds of inquires. Most I discarded. I was also looking at various horse organization web-sites for ideas and to see who built their websites. I liked the Palomino Breeders of America website design and look and saw it was built by Green Speak Media. I contacted them. We have a new website that looks awesome, has a cool and functional design. I believe this is the premier horse website out there.

Other accomplishments are the FAHR Performance Point Program which is designed to reward those who compete with their FAHR Foundation bred Appaloosas in approved or sponsored shows excelling in all breed competitions. FAHR provided brochures, literature, history, posters and pictures of F # horses to youth for school and 4H projects. We provide material and our “kit” to various Equine Fairs. FAHR also has a new director Deanna Brown. Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry can be found on Facebook. We are also in partnership with Wearhaus Designs and I am working on a partnership with Green Speak Media.

The time to provide ideas and recommendations on where we need to go is now. The synergy between this website and our social network presence on Facebook will make possible a whole new world of possibilities.

I will always be grateful to the breeders, owners, exhibitors and riders who love the Foundation bred Appaloosa as much as I do. As always I wish you health, happiness, and much success!

Thank you

Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry, Inc

Unofficial Minutes General Membership Meeting

October 16, 2010

President, John Hess, called the General Membership Meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. EST A roll call of the board showed those directors present were: Kathy Conklin, John Hess, Vicki Grant and Rob Bates. Absent: Arita Harwood, Bill Wicklund, Craig Wells, Tom Leahy, Eddie Street, and Deanna Brown. Members of the 2010 FAHR Board of Directors are: John Hess, Bill Wicklund, Kathy Conklin, Vicki Grant, Arita Har-wood, Eddie Street, Craig Wells, Tom Leahy, Rob Bates and Deanna Brown. The minutes from the 11th annual meeting October 17, 2009, were read. A motion to approve the minutes as read was made by Xen Anderson, Seconded by Kaye Phelps. The Treasurer’s report was read. A motion to accept the Treasurer’s report subject to audit was made by Dale Muy-skens, Seconded by Steve Karns. President’s report was given by John Hess. There was no Vice Presidents report. There were no Committee Reports. The following was read to the membership: If a quorum of the membership is not in attendance, those proposed Bylaw amendments which do not limit the rights of a member, will be decided by the majority vote of the Board of Directors, in accordance with Bylaw, Article XI, Section 2, C. The members in attendance will have the opportunity to discuss these issues prior to the vote of the Board. There was no quorum at this meeting. No old business. No New business: Discussed programs and events which enhance and encourage FAHR ownership, participation, and enjoyment. The Programs FAHR has are Distance, Saddle Log, Performance Point Program, Stallion Barn and Stallion Directory. Ginger Karns voiced a concern about the Performance Point Program burning horses out just for points. Discussed using Facebook effectively to introduce the younger generation to horses and to use Foundation Appa-loosa Horse Registry’s presence on Facebook effectively. Continue to supply 4-H groups and school projects with FAHR brochures and materials and to also include the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. A break was taken and the meeting continued at 3:13. The website and use to its fullest with the news and events. Policies need to be developed for the Foals & Classi-fieds. Discussed the possibility of selling Featured Horses spots in the Horse Registry. Adding Google adsense and more affiliate marketing. Talked about Tidings goals, guidelines and expectations in place. Distributation date or dates members can expect to see the Tidings. Discussed the FAHR Printer, it’s recent problems and that we have had that printer for at least 8 years. Investigate end of year model clearances and sales of commercial printers with the same or better specifications than our pre-

sent printer. Decided to use up our extra printer cartridges then sell printer on ebay. Horse Registration Proposal Guidelines for the adoption of or amendments to the rules of registrations was intro-duced by John Hess. In which a case study would have to be performed and presented to the BOD for consideration showing what the impact this would have on FAHR and horse registrations before proposal would be accepted. Question about Director eligibility requirements Article VII Section 4 A & B was brought up. “Member of FAHR in good standing and have been a member for not less than 1 year prior to the election date of May 1st of the election year. “Question a member for not less than 1 year prior to” is this time period concurrent or can it be broken up, Example member from 2000 to 2005 quit then asked in October of 2009 if became a member could fill a vacant di-rector slot. Question about Vice President being an officer and not a director could that person assume the duties of the Presi-dent if that office was vacated? Decided since the President has to be a Director than the Vice President would also have to be a Director. Discussed raising the fee of lost/replacement registrations and decided to leave the current fee ($5.00) as is. 1. John Hess presented a proposal for change to Registration Requirements Article XIII, Section 1 (A) and Section

1 (A)(1)(b)(c) too be as follows: (1) Applicant Horse will have no non-Appaloosa ancestors thru the fourth Gen-eration, and must be 75% ( contain only four [4] non-appaloosa ancestors) in the 5th generation.

(1)(b) All horses whose ApHC number contains an “F” preceding the number is considered to be a purebred Ap-paloosa. Therefore, for eligibility purposes, the purebred individual is given a numeric weight of being 100% Ap-paloosa, and its ancestors are then not counted against the number of crosses allowed, regardless of the gen-eration in which it appears. (1)(c) A horse conceived from the mating of a FAHR registered mare and a FAHR registered Stallion may be eligible for registration in FAHR as long as the registration and eligibility requirements are met.

The idea of having a Stallion Directory for 2011 was brought up. The general consensus was it was a good idea. Horse for the 2012 mug would be Apache F730 unless we do not have a good photo then the horse will be Bear Paw F1376. Advertisements in 2011 contact ApHC UK and ApHCC see if they will swap advertisements with us in there Quar-terly magazine. Also place several ads in the classifieds of several magazines. Priorities and goals for 2011 is to utilize FAHR’s social network on Facebook and the website with more news and events. Area businesses that donated items for our auction had a total value of just under $600. Results of the Raffles and Silent Auction were announced and breakdown is as follows: Auction items $289.00, Merchandise $341.00, Membership $55.00, Donations $139.00. Nominations for President and Vice president and confirmation of Financial Secretary/Treasure, Secretary and Edi-tor were made. Ginger Karns made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Xen Anderson seconded. The 12th annual membership meeting was adjourned October 16, 2010 at 3:50 p.m. EST.

Income/Expense Statement 7/1/10 through 9/30/10

Category Description INCOME: Advertising Tidings Breeders Ad Distance Program FAHR Merchandise Horse Registrations Memberships Saddle Log Program Trail Rider Share an Ad Stud Book Tidings Magazine Transfers Stallion Barn Silent Auction Misc. Reimbursement Stallion Directory Web Sponsorship Donations TOTAL INCOME INTEREST INCOME EXPENSES: NSF Check Patches Postage and Delivery Printing and Reproduction Refunds Website Repair & Maintenance Office Supplies Merchandise Bond Rent Bank Fees Taxes, License, Permits Educational Mat. TOTAL EXPENSES OVERALL TOTAL

9.00 40.00

118.12 170.00

1,380.00 30.00

$1,747.12 6.34

35.00

42.49 530.22

15.00 2,252.50

49.00

134.66

5.00

$ 3,063.57

($1,310.41)

80.00

65.08

217.87 270.00

65.00

35.00

$732.95

4.99

310.00

20.00

65.26

$395.26

$342.68

100.00

15.00

105.25 87.50

116.00

80.00

300.00 $807.55

3.80

181.59

60.00

9.92

28.00

$279.51

$528.04

Account Balances As of 09/30/2010

Bank Accounts Frank Scripter Memorial Fund $ 476.56 Interra Credit Union Account 3,994.44 Total Bank Accounts $ 4,471.30

Website Referral Program Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry

Overview This is a website referral program for Foundation Appa-loosa Horse Registry and Green Speak Media in order to give the FAHR's member a great opportunity to get a world class website built for a discount while also giving an equitable payback to the FAHR. Website Options Green Speak Media has created a program to get FAHR members a great website. Although this program is de-signed to be all inclusive to create a website from start to finish it does not include a custom website design. It is simple a popular package. It's great for sites that are very old who need to get a more modern look and brand new websites. If you require even more customization or want a completely branded/custom design, they will be quoted on a case-by-case basis. FAHR Referral Program These programs start with a set of discounts and pay-backs. Each site setup through FAHR will be given an automatic 10% discount off the whole price of the website project. In addition, every time a new website is created under this program an additional 10% will be paid by Green Speak Media back to FAHR.

to 30 pages. (This will cover most sites and if more pages are required they will be determined on a case by case basis). A world class content management system for you to quickly and eas-ily manage nearly all of the content on the website. You can manage text, photos, users, files and lots more. Each site will come with 1 hour of free training using the content management system. You'll have instant access to a large variety of add-on modules (a growing marketplace of free and for-purchase add-ons to give your website even more character and functionality). Each site will come with free E-mail Support

Website Hosting for $20/month that includes up to 5GB of storage and unlimited bandwidth. As well a regular maintenance and updates of your content management sys-tem and servers to make sure you have the best tools on a server that just works. FAHR Custom Development Re-ferral Program As with the referral program every custom website gets an automatic 10% discount as well as 10%payback to the FAHR on top. The custom design service is quoted on a case by case basis to address all your specific needs. Services in-clude, general web consulting, website design and development as well as custom programming service. No idea is too big or too complex. Maybe it's just a great looking

FAHR’S Homepage for the new web-site! What you get: Get your domain registered for 2 years. (Each additional year there-after will be billed at the going rate by the domain regis-trars). Custom Domain E-mail Setup through Google Apps Standard. (ie. chad@examplewebsite.com). This also include access to custom Google Documents, Google Calen-dar and Chat. Each site will be given an array of designs to choose from to begin the customization and branding process. Each design can have colors and content changed, rear-ranged and managed. The designs are meant as a start-ing point and each site will take on it's own look and feel as necessary and determined by our design dis-cussions. Logo Integration or a Basic Logo Design if needed. Full Website Content Build Out up

Greenspeakmedia chad@greenspeakmedia.com Prepared by: Prepared for: John Hess

custom design to really set your site apart with your specific look and feel or you need a fully custom programmed ecommerce site. Whatever you dream, we can get a game plan together to bring it to the web. Project Fees Service Item Cost FAHR Referral Program Each site is given an automatic 10% off just for being referred by FAHR. Just another perk for being a member. Additionally, a one time payback to the FAHR will be made for 10% of the total project cost. $1,850 Automatic 10% Referral Dis-count As a special thank you for setting up a website, Green Speak Media and FAHR have negotiated an automatic 10% off every website that is referred through it. All you have to do is be a member and you save!! Even better FAHR will also get an additional 10% payback based on the original website cost. Just for doing the FAHR Referral Program website, an additional $185 is do-nated to the FAHR by Green Speak Media. $-185 Project Total $1,665 Web Hosting (per month) Hosting includes backups, content management system, 5GB of stor-age, and unlimited bandwidth. All updates and maintenance of the-system and servers are maintained by Green Speak Media. This fee-does not begin until the website launches. $20 Grand Total $1,685 Fee Schedule One half of total project fee is due upon contract acceptance with re-mainder due upon project comple-tion. Terms and Conditions Once project fee is paid in full to Green Speak Media any elements of text, graphics, photos, contents, trademarks, or other artwork fur-

nished to Client for inclusion in website are owned by Client. Green Speak Media assumes Cli-ent has permission from the rightful owner to use any images or design elements that are provided by Foundation Appaloosa Horse Reg-istry for inclusion in the website, and will hold harmless, protect, and defend Green Speak Media from any claim or suit arising from the use of such elements. Green Speak Media retains the right to display graphics and other Web content elements as exam-ples of their work in their portfolio and as content features in other projects. Green Speak Media also retains the right to place a text link on the bottom of every page. This agreement becomes effective only when signed by agents of Cli-ent and Green Speak Media. Re-gardless of the place of signing of this agreement, Client agrees that for purposes of venue, this contract was entered into in Oklahoma and any dispute will be litigated or arbi-trated in Oklahoma. The agreement contained in this contract constitutes the sole agree-ment between Client and the Green Speak Media regarding all items included in this agreement.

Bonfire hosted by Rob and Dawn Bates. Pictured from L-R Dawn Bates and Kathy Conklin.

Dinner after the membership meeting.

Pictured: Kathy Conklin, Pat Muy-skens, Kaye Phelps and Vicki Grant.

Items donated for the silent auction.

FAHR ANNUAL MEETING 2010

It was a glorious fall weekend in northern Indiana, and a perfect setting for the 2010 annual FAHR meeting! Besides the meeting it-self, which was both informative and interesting, there were plenty of other opportunities to socialize with other FAHR members. Friday night, those of us who had come to Shipshewana a day early, went to the home of Rob and Dawn Bates for dinner and some good conversation around a bonfire.

Saturday morning, many of us gathered at a local restaurant for breakfast. Tom and Linda Taylor joined us, and it was a delight to have them present for the day! Af-ter breakfast, we had some free time before heading to the conven-tion center at noon, where we got to see all the great things that were donated for the silent auc-tion. The new FAHR mugs and calendars also were available for purchase. The FAHR meeting began promptly at one o'clock. A good many topics were discussed.

President John Hess talked about the new FAHR website, and the things we would be able to do with it, once it is complete. We all

thanked him for the huge effort he put forth to get this up and run-ning. I am certain it will educate people and will attract new mem-bers. The main details of the meet-ing will appear in the minutes, but I'd like to say here that several members had very good ideas for promoting our breed, and I came away from the session with a lot to think about. ~ We headed to the Frontier Steak

House for dinner after the meeting, and enjoyed an excellent meat. What I will always remember, though, is the long line of Amish buggies parked at the hitch rail! There were at least 15 of them. It just seemed so unreal, like being on another planet! Rob and Dawn invited everyone over for another bonfire, but I was tired and opted to go back to the hotel. I'm sure more good conversations were had around the fire that night! Before heading for home on Sun-day, I again visited Rob and Dawn. Many thanks to them for their hos-

Beautiful hand-crafted blanket made and donated by Kris Ander-son. pitality and for the hard work they put forth in getting ready for this meeting! For those of you who couldn't come this year, I hope to see you in 2011! Vicki Grant

Founders Tom and Linda Taylor Pictured Left, FAHR Merchandise.

Director/Registrar, Kathy Conklin

IF YOU LIVE TO RIDE

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your FAHR Registered Horse? 100 HOURS, 250 HOURS, 500 Hours. How many miles will you travel in 2010 with your FAHR registered horse? 100 miles, 250 miles, 500 miles. How many of you will compete in Open and Breed shows in 2010 with your FAHR regis-tered horse?

Enroll in FAHR’s three programs, the Saddle Log, Distance and Per-formance Point Program. Start Riding today and earn awards, recogni-tion and personal satisfaction.

Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry P.O. Box 1134 Middlebury, IN. 46540 www.foundationapp.org

Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry

PERFORMANCE POINT PROGRAM

Do you enjoy promoting your Foundation bred Appaloosa in open competition or ApHC or ApHCC approved/sanctioned shows and all-breed events including competitions hosted by national organizations? Do you compete in local open shows hosted by local clubs, saddle clubs, other breed organizations? If so the Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry would like to present to you and the FAHR registered horse you compete with the opportunity to receive recognition and awards for excelling in competi-tions against Appaloosas and all horse breeds. The FAHR- Performance Point Program will accept most types of activities as long as the competition is sponsored by an organization or club that keeps official records for at least one year on the perform-ance of all horses entered in the event and have a show manager at the event who will sign a verification form presented by the exhibitor/competitor. Eligibility - All applicant horses must be registered with the Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry. Owner(s) must be a current active FAHR member in good standing. Fees and Entry - An enrollment form must be completed annually for each horse competing in this program. The annual enroll-ment fee is $15.00 per horse. Point year runs from January 1st thru December 31. Awards and Recognition - Any open, ApHC or ApHCC approved/sanctioned show or all-breed events hosted by a national organization is eligible to earn recognition and awards based on the number of points they accumulated during the point year. Approved Categories - Category 2 (Games) limited to one-person events, team events are not included. If the owner competes in an event not included in one of these categories, you may request that your event be added by writing to the Foundation Ap-paloosa Horse Registry. If your request is approved the event will not be added until the following year. Category 1: pleasure, equitation (English & Western), hunter, trail, reining, jumping, driving & buckboard Category 2: barrels, pole bending, stumps, stakes race, flag picking, ring race, keyhole and mounted cowboy shooting. Team events not included. Category 3: Roping, cutting, steer daubing, team penning, sorting etc. How to report your success - Complete and have signed your Exhibitor’s Report Form, Attach copy of show bill and return the report form to the Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry within 30 days of the event. The FAHR Horse in each category with the most points will be named the High Point Versatility. The FAHR Horse who has accumulated the most number of points overall will be named the Performance Supreme Champion. Point Tabulation # of Horses in class 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 1-2 1/2 3-6 1 1/2 7-10 2 1 1/2 11-16 3 2 1 1/2 17-21 4 3 2 1 1/2 22+ 5 4 3 2 1 1/2 Any member, non-member, owner or exhibitor who gives false information to the Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry may be subject to disciplinary action and/or be denied the right to any and all awards/recognition earned in the FAHR Performance Point Program. The Foundation Appaloosa Horse registry reserves the right to final approval of all events and/or classes.

FOUNDATION APPALOOSA HORSE REGISTRY, INC.

Please complete ALL items requested below. Please print clearly. Has this horse previously participated in the FAHR Performance Point Program? YES NO Horse Information: 1 Horse’s Name ________________________________________________FAHR Reg. No.__________ 2 Horse’s Name ________________________________________________FAHR Reg. No.__________ 3 Horse’s Name ________________________________________________FAHR Reg. No.__________ 4 Horse’s Name ________________________________________________FAHR Reg. No.__________ 5 Horse’s Name ________________________________________________FAHR Reg. No.__________ Owner Information: Your Name _____________________________________ Year Applying _______ FAHR Membership # ________ Address ________________________________________________________ City __________________________________ State ___________ Zip _______________ E-Mail: __________________________________ Daytime Phone No. ( ) ________________ Membership Information: The listed owner, of the above horse(s) enrolling in the FAHR Performance Point 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 Performance Point Program. Enclosed is my check payable to FAHR in the amount of $______________ “I understand and agree to the rules and requirements of the FAHR Performance Point Program. Owner’s signature________________________________________ Date____________________ Notice: FAHR Performance Point Program enrollment is valid for one calendar year from January 1 through December 31. Any member, non-member or exhibitor who gives false information to FAHR may be subject to disciplinary action and may be denied privileges of the program and/or the Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry. Please return to: FAHR, Inc c/o Barbara Hayden P.O. Box 1134 Middlebury, IN 46540 Phone: 1 540-292-4818 Barbara Hayden – Performance Coordinator

F O U N D A T I O N A P P A L O O S A H O R S E R E G I S T R Y P e r f o r m a n c e P o i n t P r o g r a m

E X H I B I T O R S R E P O R T

O n l y O n e H o r s e , o r O n e Y o u t h f o r O n e S h o w . Mai l comple ted form to : B a r b a r a H a y d e n , 8 Ches tnut Road , S taunton , VA 24401

Rider/Horse Information Please Print Clearly Name of Horse:

Reg # Name of Rider Membership #

Name of Owner:

Membership # Parent Name if Rider is a Youth Membership #

Show Information Please Print Clearly

Name of Show:

Show Date(s)

Show location:

Show Manager/Secretary:

Show Judge #1

Show Judge #2

Show Judge #3

Show Judge #4

Attach a copy of the Show Bill to This Form

Name of Class

Total Entries in Class

Placing in Class

4H

Performance Category 1

Games Category 2

Cattle Category 3

We the undersigned, hereby certify the horse, rider or youth listed on this report did enter and place in the classes as stated in this report. Exhibitor’s Signature: _______________________________________________Date:______________ Parent’s Signature if Exhibitor a Youth _________________________________ Date: ______________ Show Manager or Secretary Signature: _________________________________ Date: ______________

FAHR HAS NEW TFAHR HAS NEW T--SHIRTS SHIRTS The FAHR is happy to offer to it’s members new FAHR shirts and for the first time FAHR is now offering a FAHR Jacket. Show your support for FAHR and the Foundation Appaloosa Breed Horse by purchasing a T-Shirt or

FAHR Jacket Harriton Fleece-Lined Nylon Jacket 100% nylon taslon shell jacket with anti-pill micro fleece lining. Wind & water resistant. Nylon/polyester raglon sleeve lining. Outside zip pockets. Inside zip guard full front zip. Sizes: MM, LG, XL -$48.00 Size” XXL - $53.00

S/H add $10.70 priority mail

2009 Meeting T-shirt Gildan Ultra 50/50 short sleeve (white) Sizes: SM, MM, LG, XL, XXL Price: $10.00

S/H: add $5.00

Jacker. The shirts are medium weight, 100% cotton. They are available in size small, medium, large, X-large, and XX-large (Cotton has a ten-dency to shrink during the first wash, so it is recommended that

purchaser buy one size larger than normal.) Please be sure to specify which logo you prefer when ordering, as well as back or front view. Order Form can be found in the back of this issue.

F A H R L o n g S l e e v e T - shir t J e r z e e Z B l e n d 5 0 / 5 0 L o n g S l e e v e T . ( N a v y ) S i z e s : S M , M M , L G , X L , X X L P r i c e : $ 2 0 . 0 0 S / H a d d $ 5 . 0 0

Introducing the new FAHR Commemorative Buckle. Beautifully designed in sil-ver & gold by Gist Silver-smiths. FAHR Commemorative $145.00 USD S/H additional buckle width 4.25”

The Appaloosa is easily recognizable by its colorful coat. This classic buckle showcases the FAHR Logo and the Appaloosa horse. FAHR Classic Buckle $135.00 USD S/H additional Buckle width 4.25”

FAHR BELT BUCKLES

FAHR is proud to offer to it’s membership the opportunity to purchase these beautiful belt buckles representing the Foundation Appaloosa and the people whose passion it is to support this horse. These buckles are beautifully crafted in silver and gold by Gist Silvesmiths. There is a limited supply of the Commerative 2009 buckles so make sure you order yours before the supply runs out! Help promote FAHR, the horse you ride, and sport this beautiful buckle all at the same time!

Promotions, Promotions, Promotions

ANOTHER WAY TO SUPPORT FAHR

FAHR member, Ken Haskins,

has set up an account with Country Supply to donate 5% of all pur-chases (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 sup-plies? 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.horse.com

FAHR PROMOTIONAL KIT! 2011 Horse Events

If any FAHR members are

planning on attending any Equine Fair, clinic or horse function and would like to help support FAHR, a small promotional kit has been created to help facilitate their effort.

The kit includes FAHR bro-chures, membership applications, a few issues of past Tidings as well as information on the programs the FAHR offers.

If you would like to use these items at your next horse function con tac t : Edd ie S t ree t a t estreet@cco.net or phone 360-273-9355.

FAHR DECALS A great way to show your FAHR support and highlight the Founda-tion Appaloosa is to purchase sev-eral of these FAHR Logo Decals for your car/truck/trailer windows, etc. These decals are 4 inch squares and stick to the inside of most win-dows. These are priced at $4.00 each to include postage. Pictured below is the FAHR logo as it is printed on the decal.

FOUNDATION APPALOOSA HORSE REGISTRY

STUDBOOK

First Edition 2006

————————————————–- Order forms can be downloaded from FAHR Webpage

FAHR 2011 CALENDAR

Production on the FAHR Founda-tion Calendar for the year 2011 has started and the Calendar will be available for purchase October 15, 2010. This calendar features pictures of the foundation stallions and mares that make up this great breed and is printed on high gloss photo pa-per and come in a comb binding. The calendar once again will be offered for the low price of $10.00 to include shipping. Order your calendar today and start your collection of Foundation Appaloosa pictures.

LOLO F-462

One of the featured horses in the 2011 Foundation Calendar. Pur-chase your calendar today and see what other Foundation greats are represented!

Calendars from the years 2008-2010 are still available for sale for those who may have missed a year or are just now starting their collection.

FAHR MERCHANDISE

FAHR COMMEMORATIVE MUGS

COLLECTOR’S SERIES

FAHR is excited to offer to members the chance to start their collection of the FAHR commemorative mugs with the purchase of a Collector’s Set of mugs: the Original FAHR mug, 2007 Toby II, 2008 Patchy, 2009 Red Eagle and the new 2010 Chief of Fourmile mug. The cost would be $50.00 for the series of 5, plus exact shipping. Don’t miss this opportunity to start your collection of these fine mugs.

These sets will be offered on a first come first served basis. Send for your collection today, they will go quickly! Too find out shipping costs e-mail estreet@cco.net before placing order.

2007 Toby II, F-113

2008 Patchy F-416

Original FAHR

FAHR 2010

COMMEMORATIVE MUG

The sixth in a series of Com-memorative FAHR Collector mugs we be available for purchase Oc-tober 16, 2011 through the FAHR Office. Each year a new Founda-tion horse will be presented on a heavy 11 oz. coffee mug with the year the mug was produced. The purchase price of the mug for this year is $14.00 to include shipping and handling. This year the Breeder’s Advisory Committee chose the Foundation mare Lolo F-462. The picture de-picted on the mug is shown below.

LOLO F-462 A limited number of mugs have been produced and they will be sold on a first come first serve ba-sis. If you are just starting on your se-ries of mugs the FAHR is offering a special on the purchase of all six mugs.

2009 Red Eagle F-209

2010 Chief of Fourmile

F-2219

LETTERS & INPUT from Members & Supporters

WELCOME NEW FAHR MEMBERS!

FAHR would like to take this op-portunity to welcome new mem-bers Cynthia Campbell-Gillies Woodland, Wa 98674 Mathilda & Roy Musgrove Conroe, TX 77303 Gail Praharenka Ryley, Alberta Canada T0B 4A0 FAHR appreciates your support in our effort to preserve, protect, and promote the Foundation Appaloosa Breed Horse. ********************************* French Member creates a

FAHR Wikipedia page Received via e-mail from France FAHR member Eric Carminati

Hello,

Excuse me, I have trouble seeing I made a page to talk about FAHR o n W i k i p e d i a F r a n c e I translated because people do not know what it means to FAHR in France nobody knows, well, not-many people:

h t t p : / / f r . w i k i p e d i a . o r g / w i k i /Foundation Appaloosa Horse Reg-istry

Alain Le Lagedac helped me to make the text. What do you think?Éric

ATTENTION FAHR STALLION

OWNERS FAHR 2010 stallion reports are now being accepted by the Regis-trar. There is no fee for this report at this time. If you have not al-ready filed your stallion report for this year please take a few min-utes to send it to:

Kathy Conklin 836 S. Warner

Fremont, MI 49412

Hi Eric, I want you to know that I think you did an excellent job creating that page to talk about FAHR in French on wikipedia France with help from Alain with the text. I am impressed. You should be proud of your ac-complishment and the promoting of FAHR in France. Thanks and great job. John Hess FAHR President ****************************************

Stallion Inquiry Received via e-mail October 22, 2010 From FAHR Director Deanna Brown Hi Eddie, I received this email and thought I would pass it on since our mem-bership is sending horses over-seas. CONGRATULATIONS for those FAHR Breeders! I can't vouch for the person who sent it to me, so be careful. Deanna Brown From:martinweinstein@hotmail.com To:dkgoride@aol.com Sent: 10/17/2010 6:30:25 P.M. C e n t r a l D a y l i g h t T i m e Subj: FW: Appaloosa Stallion Dear Sir/Madam, I am looking for an outstanding Stallion to import to Chile. I breed Quarter Horses and recently bought some Appaloosas Mare´s and want to start breeding this awesome horses. The Stallion should have Cham-pion Characteristics/Show Quality and give great foals and color.

Must have bloodlines from the best Appaloosas horses known and hopefully the least Quarter horse crosses. I was also thinking of the possi-bility of buying a package: - A stallion (ready to breed) - A colt (future prospect. mostly a p p . b l o o d - n o t r e l a t e d ) - A filly or mare (young-none re-lated) Hopefully one (Stallion or Colt) must be homozygous for color.. Must be also characteristics de-scribed above. If you have some-thing to make this package please let me know. It´s really important for me to make the right choice because my coun-try is very far from you. I would be very glad if you could give me information and recom-mendations. I look forward to hearing from you Yours sincerely, Martin Weinstein ****************************************

By Bill Wicklund

On the morning of August

30th, 2010, I got up about 6 AM. I fed the dogs, let the chickens out, fed the cats. I fed the goats. Fi-nally, I fed the horses. The truck and trailer were packed. I had gassed up the truck the night be-fore. After I finished the chores, I had breakfast, bacon, eggs, and toast. I checked my emails. Thun-der’s leg wraps weren’t rolled yet. I hadn’t packed and loaded the peo-ple food. Eagle’s ThunderNToby’s, feed, hay, and water were all packed Thursday evening.

But, my stomach felt queasy and unsettled, so I went into the bedroom to lie down, rest and get well. This was at 8 o’clock.

At 10:00, I felt better, got up and rolled Thunder’s wraps, filled my 2 coolers and loaded them. With the leg wraps ready, I filled 3 hay bags and tied them in the trailer, with one up front so Thunder would have something to keep him busy on the trip.

Then I went out to his lot and got Thunder. As I was wrap-ping his legs the flies were bother-ing him. I sprayed him with fly spray and he hopped in when I asked him. We left for Stillwater, OK and the Hotter Than Hell En-durance Ride a little after 11.

After an uneventful trip, we rolled into Lake Carl Blackwell Park shortly after 3:15 PM. I drove

into a nice shady spot and unloaded Thunder. I put out his water bucket, a hay bag, fed him his beet pulp, oats and electrolytes and tied him to the trailer. I unwrapped his legs while he was eating, and unhooked the truck.

With Thunder taken care of, I went to check in. I checked us in with the number 1, The ride manager, Gail Kimory, a 30 year friend, as-sured me that her main goal was to see that I finished the ride.

The initial vet check began about 5 PM. Dr. Becky, one of the top veterinarians in Oklahoma was the ride vet. She is VERY GOOD. Nothing gets past Dr. Becky.

Thunder checked in with all

A’s on his card, as usual. I took him back to the trailer and hung him there with 2 hay bags, one on each side and fixed me a ham and swiss sandwich. I drank water and Gator-ade, fueling up for the ride the next day. Ride meeting was held about 8 PM. Gail went over the trail minutely

for the riders, told us Dr. Becky’s metabolic parameters, 64 beats per minute for heart rate, and 56 per minute for respiration. In En-durance riding, respiration is rou-tinely ignored, but Dr. Becky felt that the extreme heat and high hu-midity expected required tighter controls.

We were to ride the same loop 3 times for a total of 50 miles. After the first loop, you have to check in with the timer, then the horse has 30 minutes to recover to the vet’s criterion, in this case, 64 and 56. Once the horse reaches criterion, the mandatory hold be-gins, 45 minutes after the first loop and one hour after the second loop. As soon as your horse comes to criterion, he must pass the vet check, including mucus mem-branes, capillary refill, jugular refill, skin tenting, gut sounds, anal tone, muscle tone, back and withers, tack galls, wounds, gait, impulsion, attitude, and overall vet impres-sion. And after each vet check the horse has to be ‘fit to continue’.

Gail told us we would start at 4 AM to avoid as much of the really oppressive heat as possible. She had marked the entire trail with white paper pie plates and we had a full moon to start.

I left the meeting and fed Thunder again, beet pulp, oats, and electrolytes, which he would get after each loop, with alfalfa cubes added the day of the ride. I braided his yellow ribbon into his tail, required because he is an 11 year old stallion. All stallions need yellow ribbon in their tail, as well as one on their halter.

I set up my cot and pillow, alarm clock set for 3, took a spit bath with cool water, and went to sleep, after making sure I had 8 or 9 water bottles on ice in my 2 cool-ers. Bed about 10. The night was short. Three o’clock came all too early.

First things first, hop up and feed Thunder, adding his Diamond M electrolytes to his feed. I set up my fluids, one bottle with ½ Gator-

Thunder’s initial Vet Check at the be-fore the ride.

ade, ½ water, one bottle of water to put on Thunder as we move, to keep him cool. Also, one water bottle in my fanny pack and a flashlight to use till it got light, also, 5 packets of GU Energy, hu-man electrolyte, in the fanny pack for me. As I readied us for the ride, I sat my sponge, tied to a 6-foot leather shoestring, on the pickup bed rail with my fanny pack and the 2 water bottles. I brushed Thunder and saddled him in the moonlight. His bright pink #1 showed up very well on his white blanket. I put on his splint boots. Then finished dressing myself, fanny pack, tie the sponge to my belt, duck into my water bottle, then Thunder’s and last my per-suader, a one foot long strip of leather, used to remind Thunder that I have it, and to kill horse flies that make the fatal mistake of landing on him where I can see them. On goes my helmet. Last, I drink a bottle of 5 hour energy, and suck out one packet of GU Energy, with half of a water bottle, not one I am wearing. Time to start the ball rolling, about 10 to 4. I bridle Thunder, unhook his lead, check the cinch, and lead him up beside my chair, from which I can step into the stirrup. We have 10 minutes to check in our number with the timer, and warm up Thunder. Thunder is an old hand at this and knows what is coming. We walk and trot around till the timer announces ‘the trail is open.’ We watch the hot shoes leave, then the main body, and then Thunder and I leave. As usual, when we are about a quarter of a mile down the trail, 2 ladies on gray Arabs pass us on the left. Another quarter mile along, and the trail takes a u-turn and comes around to the right. For the next 4 miles the trail skirts several large meadows, making a large semi-circle to the left. Thunder is feeling good, and we follow Susan and friend with about an eighth of a mile spacing. This first 4 miles Thunder pops up into a canter

from time to time and we rock along. At the 4 mile mark, there is a good watering place on the lake. I take advantage of it, using my sponge to cool Thunder. I have been us-ing my flashlight quite often to be sure we stay on the trail. The white pie plates make it easy. We are off at a trot again. As we leave the lake water hole, we come up over a small hill and over a ridge down to the common trail, making a loop to the right, then back to common trail and on to the right, following a trail into a set of tanks. This is the Las Vegas intersection, complete with a sign and arrow saying that Las Vegas is 2000 miles West. It is still dark here, but time for another GU Energy, which I take with some of my wa-ter. Here we start south on a trail that parallels a gravel road on our right. A couple of more miles or 3 and we come to the new wooden bridge, about 10 feet wide by 8 feet long. Just before the bridge, is a straight stretch, through the trees and a little downhill. We trot on the level and walk downhill till we get to the bridge. Thunder walks right across. Then less than a quarter mile further, we come to a creek crossing with about 8-12 inches of cool water. I sponge Thunder, but he is not thirsty yet, just taking a couple of sips. We trot on. The trail has turned east at the wooden bridge and we are paralleling Highway 51 for the next couple of miles. About half-way through this section we come to the dirt bridge we have been told about at the briefing. Thunder jogs right over it, no problem. As we wind through the trees in this more convoluted part of the trail, it is still dark and we walk much of this section. As we reach the turn to the North, now parallel to the road into the park, I know that there are water tanks a short distance along this trail. We have passed the halfway mark on the loop. Thunder is not thirsty at the tanks, and we walk

on downhill here. As we loop around to the left and head back to the creek crossing, Thunder picks up the trot on his own. It is starting to get light. When we reach the creek cross-ing again, Thunder is not thirsty yet but hesitates while I sponge him from the saddle. Then we are off again, across the wooden bridge and about 3 and ½ miles from camp. We soon pass the 2 miles to camp sign. And trot on. When we reach the end of the trail, we cross the blacktop care-fully and walk on into camp. I ride up to the timer, announce ‘number one is in’, and dismount to cool Thunder. Instantly there are 2 or 3 people helping me sponge. Bruce Burton is there, (his wife and daughter are riding), Gail is there, asking how I feel. I feel pretty good, it’s 6:34, and we have main-tained 6 mph for the first loop. I am psyched! Thunder is down to criterion in less than 5 minutes. We head for

our vet check, still last on the trail. As we enter Dr. Becky’s area, I call for young legs, for someone younger than my 67 years, to trot out Thunder for the vet. While Dr. Becky is checking Thunder, Gail, (both nurse and attorney), is ask-ing what I need. The thing I need most is a crew. Approaching the 15 or 20 vet students from Okla-homa State University, here top learn, Gail asks who has exten-sive knowledge of horses and would not be afraid of working with a stallion. Eight or ten hands went up. Gail pointed to 3 of them

Bill and Thunder heading in after first loop.

and said, ‘You 3 are this man’s crew. You will do whatever he needs done when he is here in camp.’ Looking at me, she ut-tered, ‘now you have a crew,’ and proceeded to pull me to her camper to push a couple of ba-nanas on me and some trail mix. Thunder passed his vet check with all A’s, as usual, and I led my new crew to the trailer. As I rested, my crew fed Thunder, filled his water bucket, made me a sandwich, refilled my fanny pack, refilled my Gatorade bottle and Thunder’s water bottle. The major and largest benefit of having a crew is that the rider can rest and refuel while someone takes care of his horse. I make sure to re-plenish my GU Energy packets and eat my sandwich and Gail’s banana. Checking the time, see-ing that Thunder has his splint boots back on, I tighten the cinch, put on his bridle, climb on my chair, step into the stirrup, and we leave camp on the second loop at

7:24. I was rested. I felt good. Thunder felt good. We settled into his working trot and my cowboy 2-point position and rolled into the water stop at 4 miles out. Thunder was thirsty, but was leery of the waves coming in off the lake. He did drink, though not as much as I would have liked. I cooled him pretty good with the sponge and we boogied on. When we came to the tanks at the Las Vegas crossroads, 3 men were there putting covers on the tanks to keep the water cooler for the horses. Nice guys, one of them refilled Thunder’s water bot-tle for me, so that I didn’t have to

dismount and remount. I continued sucking down my GU Energy each hour and kept pouring more water and Gatorade down my throat. I was also keeping Thunder as wet as I could. When we reached the creek we were still on schedule for 6 mph. Here we saw John Nowell, the ride photographer. John really likes Thunder. He took our picture and provided good conversation for the couple of minutes we took to sponge and cool the both of us. Now that it was light, we could move faster through the more technical trail on this section. As we came up to the entrance road to the park, I saw a car drive up and stop at these tanks. It was John again, stopping to turn back the covers on these tanks, so Thunder could drink, and John take his picture again. Then he stayed and covered the tanks to save me from another dismount. What a GREAT GUY! We headed back North to loop around to the left and return to the creek. Thunder kept up a good pace, not needing much direction from me. When he stopped, it was for a potty break or to have me kill some of the dozen or so horse flies harassing him. When we got to Blue Creek again, we soaked up the cool water. I was so glad to see Thunder thirsty. He drank and drank and I sponged and sponged. At this sec-ond creek crossing I knew we had around 4 miles to go to camp. As soon as Thunder was ready, he started up the bank and we were back into his working trot. We soon passed the 2 miles to camp sign and continued on into camp. As we walked the last quarter mile to the timer, I saw my crew coming to meet us. We arrived at 9:49, still on schedule for 6 mph. Thunder was kind of wondering where all the peo-ple came from. With Bruce Burton and 3 college girls cooling him, he was down to criterion at 9:54, his usual short recovery. I went with the crew to the vet check. Thunder was good, all A’s. Now back to the trailer for rest and refreshment. This sec-ond hold was an hour. It is starting

to get hotter. I need to get Thun-der cared for, eat a sandwich, a banana, refill all my bottles, and my fanny pack. WOW! This is all so much easier with a crew. These girls are good. I get an hour’s rest while Thunder gets fed and brushed again. While he is not used to all these people roam-ing around, cooling and brushing, he takes it all in stride. We leave for the third loop about 5 till 11. While Thunder is still willing, I am beginning to tire. I still keep up with the GU Energy packets and drink lots of water and Gatorade. Thunder drinks more at the lake water stop while I sponge. When we come to the Las Vegas tanks, we meet a couple of pleasure riders on quarter horses. Thunder drinks good and we zip on South. As hot as it is, we are both very grateful to reach Blue Creek. Thunder sighs as I sponge and he drinks. I soak him and them soak me. The heat is clamp-ing down harder. Coming out of the creek, I meet Susan Young, who is about an hour ahead of me. I ask her to tell the crew in camp that I have slowed a bit, but still plan to finish. She assures me that she will. Thunder and I travel on. On this technical part of the trail, Thunder walks more, but picks up his working trot on the straight stretches. As we make this big loop and come back to Blue Creek, we run out of water. My 2 water bottles in the fanny pack and my Gatorade bottle are empty. Thunder’s bottle is empty. We stop in the creek to cool. I sponge Thunder copiously and then soak me pretty good. We are

Starting out on the second loop.

Heading for the Vet Check.

now on the last few miles of the last loop. We continue to zip along, but I can tell Thunder is tir-ing, his black coat is a solar col-lector. When we get to the last mile, I let Thunder pick the pace for that last mile. He wants to walk, so we walk. When we pass the finish line, a quarter mile from camp, I check my watch, 1:55. This might be a personal best for us. We continue walking on into camp. No one was at the finish line, so I inform them of my finish-ing time. Janine is still there. All the other vet students have left, but Janine was on each of my crews at the end of each loop and has stayed to crew for me once more.

I dismount and sit down. Gail’s husband, Rob, is right there with ice water and cold Gatorade for me. Two or three people are cooling Thunder while I recover. Thunder meets criterion at 2:09. Janine and I take him to the final vet check. She has bonded well enough with him that he trots out pretty good for her. Gail comes over to ask how I am. I’m good. I feel pretty good. Thunder is sound and has just finished a 50 miler in good time with his ears up and feeling good. Janine stays and leads Thunder to the trailer and cares for him. She even unsaddles him while I sit, relax, and recover. Thunder gets more feed, his water bucket filled. Janine even carries my chair up to the pavilion for the

awards ceremony. Rob hands me another cold bottle of water. Of 16 starters in this very hot endurance ride, 12 have fi n-ished. Thunder and I win the turtle award for being last on the trail. Having a crew was what kept us going. Thunder and I benefited because I could rest and refuel at the mandatory stops while some-one else cared for my horse. Hav-ing a crew made all the difference. Thunder and I finished this endur-ance ride in terribly oppressive heat, thanks to my crew. Thanks to Gail, Rob, and all my friends that gathered round and encour-aged us after each loop. About 4 I started to pack up, wrapped Thunder’s legs, and loaded up to drive home. After a hot but uneventful trip home, we arrived about 9:15 or so, just after dark. I unwrapped Thunder’s legs, turned him out into his lot with an-other feed of beet pulp and oats and his feeder full of hay. When I went into the house, all I wanted was a shower, a sandwich, and a bed. My day had started at 3 AM and the week-end at 6 the morning before. Now I could relax and get well from that upset stomach of Friday morning. Thunder and I had gone to Stillwa-ter and conquered the trail, con-quered the heat, and with a LOT of help from our friends come home winners, ‘To Finish Is To Win’.

Dedicated crew member, Janine, trots Thunder out on the last leg of the ride.

Thunder getting his last Vet check upon completion of the ride.

Pictures courtesy of John Nowell Photography. Copyright Remuda Photography, 2010

A MESSAGE FROM THE SADDLE LOG CO-ORDINATOR

Saddle Log Ends November 30th. Don't forget to join and get riding time credit for the 2011 year that begins December 1st!

I am afraid I may have the least hours this year due to working six days a week the first nine months of the year, and then having foot surgery and being laid up until De-cember. One of the following participants will be leading the pack for 2010: Jean Adelson on Pratt May Beauty. Dawn Bates & Rachel Bates on I P A C h i e f W a h a b e m e m e (Beemor), Maconaquahsshadow (Shady), and Indian Prairies Lucy. Vicki Grant on Miami's Warsong, Norstaaprilbreeze, and Shadow's Titania. Ginger Karns on Miami's To-patchy Terra. Nell Weber on DREA Sarces Chi-quita. Bill Wicklund on Eagles Thun-derNToby (Saddle log and Dis-tance).

“ That oughta be enough Hints for santa claus!”

Q: I recently bought a mare who has five generations of Appaloosa to Appaloosa breeding. She is not eligible for FAHR because she has a blue chip in one eye. I was told by the registrar that she was not eligible even though both sire and dam are registered and one full sibling is registered but that as long as her foals showed no blue eye they would be eligible The rea-son being given was that a blue chip/eye is indicative of paint breeding. If that is the case then why does her sibling and pare nts get to keep their papers if paint breeding is suspected? A: Your mare more than qualified by Pedigree for the FAHR, however the FAHR also has guidelines of accept-able characteristics. Although blue eyes/blue chip can be a paint char-acteristic it is not the only genetic marker for this anomaly. Blue eyes are often a trait of splash, which can cause big white blazes that often appear wider in the middle of the face, can cause white faces and sometimes appear to slide off the side of the face on one side. Splash can cause degrees of blue-ness in the eye (a partially blue eye, or flecks of blue in an otherwise brown eye) just as it causes different degrees of white markings. Splash white has many levels of ex-

pression, can be as maximum as a bald face, white legs and white tail, or as minimal as a blue chip in the eye. Equine geneticist and coat -color specialist D. Phillip Sponenberg, DVM, PhD, a professor of pathol-ogy and genetics at the Virginia-Maryland Regional School of Vet-erinary Medicine in Blacksburg, Va., sums up what little is under-stood about blue eye inheritance in horses this way: "You expect to see them on cremellos and per-linos. Sometimes they occur with white spotting (coat color), and sometimes they occur on dark-colored horses." Blue eyes are created by pigmen-tation, or more correctly, lack of pigmentation. The color reflected from the iris, or plural irides, comes from pigmentation, specifically the patterning of melanin. Pigment, by definition, is a material that reflects certain wavelengths of light and thereby shows color. Melanin is a brown or dark pigment that creates color in skin and eyes. "If the pig-ment is only on the back of the eye, then the light scatters and the eye is blue rather than dark," Spo-nenberg explains. The more mela-nin in the front of the eye, the darker the eye appears. More specifically, blue eyes are seen in horses with distinct overo

patterning or combinations of the dif-ferent overo markings. "The splashes, frames, and sometimes even sabinos will have blue eyes," Sponenberg says. "The white is usually on the lower part of the body," says Sponenberg. The blaze is often bottom-heavy, starting wide and circling around the muzzle and lips and narrowing to-ward the forehead. Or the splash blaze can cover the face and eyes, resulting in what's described as a bald or apron face with blue eyes. the frame and splash genes that cause blue eyes are also known for causing white body markings at their higher expressions that make a horse eligible (depending on blood-lines of course) for full registry with the Paint and/or Pinto registries. But splash and frame can and do exist in primarily 'solid' breeds as well-- mostly at minimal expressions of face and leg white, sometimes a blue eye or 2 --- nothing that would be enough to call that horse as a pinto/paint. Occasionally when these apparent 'horses' are bred, a fully pinto marked of fspr ing wi l l result (especially possible if both parents show clues of having minimally ex-pressed splash and/or frame). This doesn't mean that the horse has Pinto or Paint ancestry--as in, ances-try that has full body spotting, or that

is registered with either Pinto or Paint registries— It just means that the genes to make those potential markings ex-isted in their ancestry and hap-pened to combine with each other/just the right modifiers/etc. to have white patterning that is more highly expressed in that particular individ-ual than it was in the parents and possibly any other known ancestor prior. **************************************** Q: The FAHR rule Article XIII, Section 2, clause F states no pony allowed. Why then does FAHR allow POA’s to be in-cluded in the registry? A: When the FAHR was first in-cepted there was an exclusion rule to all ponies in the registry guide-lines that included the POA, that is correct. Around 2004-2005 the rule was modified to include some POA registered horses to be registered also with the FAHR. The original POA was under 14 hands tall. When the guidelines for the ApHC changed to include horses as small as 14 hands and the guidelines for the POA changed to include horses as large as 14 hands it opened a door for owners and breeders to dual regis-ter their horses. So although FAHR does include some dual registered POA’s into the registry they must first and foremost hold legitimate papers with the ApHC. Although we have many FAHR horses that reach in height from 15 to 16+ hands there are just as many that are 14 to 14’2 hands. This lends to the possibility that some FAHR horses may also be registered with the POA association, which is the owner/breeders perogative.

2010 FAHR FOAL SHOWCASE

This seven 2010 foals are beautiful representative of DECKER RED EAGLE APPALOOSAS

Sire: Eagles Toby Sundance FAHR #757 Dam: Tobys Scarlet Flare Breeder: Dreamcatcher Appaloosas Owner: Gold Mountain Appaloosas - Vicente & Linda San Agustin

Decker Red Eagle Appaloosas

A quartet at the White House: Cecil Cary (left), President Harry S. Truman, Appaloosa mare, and Ned Kennedy.

APPALOOSA MARE MEETS PRESIDENT TRUMAN A Great Endurance Ride Tacoma WA. To Washington, D.C.

By Freeman Green On a day in late summer of

1946 while I was at a little country store at Lake Kegona, near Stoughton, Wisconsin, I was amazed to see three cow-boys with their horses and pack horses, led by an Appaloosa mare, coming down busy U. S. highway 51. The inscription on the saddle read "Tacoma, Washington, to Washington, D. C."

I made their acquaintance and the owner of the Appa-loosa mare, Ned Kennedy of Tacoma, said a friend of his bet him $500 that his horse coul d-n't make the trip cross country from Tacoma to D. C., and he was out to' prove it.

Accompanied by two friends and their horses, they started out in the spring of 1946 on their long journey.

While going through the

mountains one of the pack-horses was frightened by a bear, and fell down the moun-tainside and was killed. Mr. Kennedy bought a mule to re-place it.

When they arrived in Stough-ton, Wis., they turned off the highway on to a road along the river, where they spent several days giving their horses and themselves a much needed rest.

“TRAIL’S END” White House, Washington, D.C. February 11th, 1947

Enroute, they stopped at schools along the way and gave talks to the children, tel l-ing them about their experi-ences.

Two of Mr. Kennedy's men left him in Chicago, where 'One of them was married.

Cecil Cary of Tacoma joined Mr. Kennedy then, and the two of them made the trip to Wash-ington, D. C., as you can see by the enclosed pictures, arriving an Feb. 11, 1947.

They had quite a time getting through the gates at the White House, but the picture shows them being greeted by Presi-dent Truman 'On the White House steps. So an Appaloosa mare made an historic trip in fine style.

After their meeting with Pres-ident Truman, Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Cary went to a hotel seek-ing accommodations for a few days, but were turned down be-cause of their cowboy attire. So they went to another hotel and when the management heard about their trip they were given a royal welcome, and were guests at many functions and

made several radio appear-ances during their stay in Was hington.

This was at a time when cars were hard to get so they went on the radio, appealing for a car and trailer so they could make the trip home.

Their appeal was answered, and they purchased a station wagon and trailer, and the Ap-paloosa mare and her compan-ion horse rode home in style.

They spent a night at our house on their return trip home, and we enjoyed hearing about their many experiences on their trip.

Appaloosa News~July, 1962

FORMER NATIONAL CHAMPION DIES

By Ysabel Fet terman

Mister Blue, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gerhardt, Riverside, Calif., and former Co-World Cham-pion Appaloosa Performance Horse (1963), died Sept. 22, 1972, of a ruptured stomach.

Mister Blue was the son of Ameri can Eagle and Litt le Dutchess. In his youth he won many halter classes and he and his sister May Day Jay and full brot h-ers Dutch Eagle, Blue Admiral and Blue Chip won many get of sire and produce of dam classes on "home ground" as well as at na-tional shows.

With Phil Wright in the saddle, Blue became a performance horse to beat. In 1962, at the 15th Na-tional Appaloosa Show in Spring-field, Ill., he won the hackamore class. At the 16th National in Boise, Idaho, he was first in Eng-lish pleasure and second in West-ern pleasure. That same year he became Co-World Champion Ap-paloosa Performance Horse, hol d-ing the title jointly with Tok -A-Run. Blue took first in trail and first in Western pleasure.

At the time of his death he was retired, taking an occasional trail ride and standing at the Riverside, Calif., Gerhardt home. He was truly a credit to the breed and to the Red Eagle foundation stock from whence he came.

National Champion “Mr. Blue’

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By Dr. Francis Haines, Club Historian

On October 5, 1877, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce was surrounded with the remnants of his people in the open prairie about six miles north of the Bear Paw Mountains. Knowing his position to be hopeless, he called his people together in a final council during a short truce period. He gave his speech in his own language to his own people. At the council was Cap-tain John, a Nez Perce inter-preter for General O. O. How-ard, who then went back to the army officers and delivered his version of the speech, trans-lated into English. This is the only version of the surrender speech now in print, which can be considered authentic.

By this time the snow had stopped falling, the sun had come out, and the wet snow was melting rapidly. The follow-ing is quoted from an eye wit-ness.

"Then old Captain John brought this reply (and his l ips quivered and his eyes fi l led with tears as he de -livered the words of his chief):

" 'Tel l General Howard I know his heart . What he told me before I have in my heart . I am t ired of f ighting. Our chiefs are ki l led. Looking Glass is dead. Toohoolhoolzote is dead. The old men are all dead. It is the young men who say yes and no. He who led on the young men is dead. It is cold and we have no blankets. The little

children are freezing to death. My people, some of them, have run away to the hills and have no blankets, no food; no one knows where they are - perhaps freezing to death. I want to have time to look for my children and see how many I can find. Maybe I sh all f ind them among the dead. Hear me, my chiefs. I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever."

No person has any right to say he is quoting this speech, and then give his own revised version of it. Surely we should allow the words of this fine Nez Perce leader to stand as he gave them that tragic day so long ago.

Appaloosa New s~July, 1962

Hin-ma-toe Ya-lu-kiht, aka Chief Joseph

In June of 2010 during the ApHC Nationals it was dis-covered by many members of the Appaloosa Commu-nity that the ApHC registered colt “You Can’t Be Serious” was the offspring of a regis-tered APHA stallion. First thing that comes to mind is how did this weanling hap-pen to be accepted for regis-tration in the ApHC when rule 205.B reads; No horse shall be registered with the ApHC that has draft, pony, pinto or paint breeding. According to the information available it seems the foal was the result of incorrectly shipped semen. It was dis-covered after the foal was born that the parentage was questionable due to the foals coloring (Palomino) and a DNA was ordered with the subsequent corrected stallion report being filed with the APHA/AQHA registered stal-lion “Seriously Secure" listed as sire. Now whether or not the breeder was unaware of

the fact that an APHA stallion was not an approved cross by Appaloosa rules, the infor-mation regarding his APHA dual registration was not stated at the time of the filing for the stallion report nor was this information forthcoming during registration of this colt. The reason being cited was that the current ApHC stallion report and registra-tion forms do not ask if the horse is dual registered. The fact of the matter is although this stallion is in fact regis-tered with the AQHA which is an approved cross, his ini-tial registration was with the APHA and the dual registra-tion came into play two years later after the AQHA revised the mis-placed white ruling. Upon contacting my ApHC Director I was informed that there are several of the BOD who are concerned about this colt’s registration and that they are working on this issue at this time and it is on

the agenda for the March 2011 meeting. “You Can’t Be Serious” was shown in the Nationals where he became an ApHC weanling Champion. He was shown at the ApHC World show also, this after he was discovered to be sired by an APHA stallion. With this in mind it is a very real possibil-ity that the ApHC will allow this colt to hold his papers as is with full breeding and showing rights as any legally and correctly registered Ap-paloosa. If you find this to be outra-geous please contact every member of the ApHC BOD and voice your concerns. To allow this horse to remain in the registry is an insult to all Appaloosa breeders past and present who have abided by the rules set in place.

NEWS BEAT

ApHC National Champion Halter Weanling Is Sired By An APHA Stallion.

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 program:

Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry now offers a Dis-tance Program for both Endurance and Competitive Trail.

Write to FAHR, Inc., P.O. Box 1134, Middlebury, IN 46540 for the application or download it from the FAHR web-site, at: www.foundationapp.org There are also application forms available from past issues of FAHR Tidings.

FAHR DISTANCE PROGRAM PATCH

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

Chevrons will be presented upon completion of each mileage or Saddle hour level.

The Saddle Log Program is a great way for you to earn awards for any time you spend in the saddle on an 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. For adults, saddle log eligibility is for one year, with each riding season starting on December 1st (preceding year) and running through November 30th of that ride year. For youth, eligibility begins with the riding year in which FAHR receives your application and runs until you are over the age of 18 as of December 1st of the up coming ride season.

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 Program 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 Deanna Brown 1594 Turkey Rd. Gladewater, TX 75647 903-759-5649 cell ph# 903-220-3576 E-mail: dkgoride@aol.com (Deanna Brown) (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 / 360-273-9355

Attention—Stallion Owners

For those with FAHR registered stallions and members using stallions creating FAHR eligible foals, 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.

BREEDER’S DIRECTORY

White Post Ranch is dedicated to the promotion, preservation, and breeding

of Fourth and Fifth generation Appaloosa Foundation stock

towards purebred.

SPECIALTY: Bloodlines include Toby, Apache, Patchy, and Mansfield Comanche LOCATION: 37 miles west of Joliet off I-80 in North Central Illinois

WHITE POST RANCH APPALOOSAS John & Phyllis Hess 2778 E 2625 Road Marseilles, IL 61341 815-795-2993 e-mail: johnhess@mtco.com

HELSELS’ HOBBY HORSE HILLS

1833 W. Water Tower Road Salem, IN 47167

812-883-3336 Fax 812-883-2026

e-mail: helsels@wildblue.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 sell ing some of these mares to breeders who understand and appreciate

Foundation bloodlines and will perpetuate the Appaloosa.

Please contact us for further information.

DORSEY CREEK FARM

Breeding Foundation Appaloosas Of Quality, Color, and Versatility

STANDING:

Broken Arrow GHR, FAHR 620

ApHC/CRHA “Arrow” is a few spot leopard

With Siri Sheik Bloodlines

Daniel & Monica Virta

Kristi Charlebois & Katie Wares P.O. Box 38

Rumely, MI 49826 906-439-5250

e-mail: virta@tds.net

HORSES FOR SALE

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.

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.

HURRICANE RANCH Bill & Merry Wicklund

P.O. Box 301 Soper, OK 74759

580-345-2487 e-mail: appaloosa43@hotmail.

com www.hurricaneranch.net

FOUNDATION BRED

APPALOOSA ATHLETES

Shipped Semen available.

PRATTS TOBY IV ApHC 462810, CRHA #4415

Black & Bay Leopard — FAHR Producer Bronze Medallion winner in Distance Riding!

Stud Fee $400

Approved Mares Only

Horses for Sale at ALL times!!

DECKER’S RED EAGLE APPALOOSAS

Milton & Mary Decker 90808 B. Street

Alvadore, OR 97409 541-688-8307

Fax: 541-688-8357 e-mail: mmdecker@comcast.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 DREA BLUWATER CELILO Black Near Leopard ApHC #630418 SPECIALTY: Breeding leopards and loud blankets from Red Eagle F209 and other Foundation bloodlines, including up close to Mansfield Comanche

DREA EAGLE STUD-SUNDAY

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 development of:

THE PUREBRED APPALOOSA

Through 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 ApHC registered, pedigree.

A Few: Foals - Yearlings - Mares - Stallions

usually available

Please contact: Arita Harwood for further information

or sale list

This six generation filly carries The blood of Red Eagle. Her re-markable pedigree runs to the great foundation sire 20 times.

“Gracie”

We are dedicated to the creation and promotion of the purebred Appaloosa!

Bloodlines in our breeding program include, Toby, Red Eagle, Patchy 416, with the leopard lines of Sundance 500, Morgan’s Leopards, Chief Chelsea. Rick & Edna Street Stallion Service 4415 183rd Ave. S.W. Horses for Sale Rochester, WA 98579 360/273-9355 estreet@cco.net

EAGLES THUNDERNTOBY

FAHR 280 ApHC 587226

Sundance 500,ICAA,AIHR,CRHA

Sire: Pratts Eagle Spot, FAHR 192, ApHC #340654 Dam: Woody’s Midnite, FAHR 193, ApHC #493874

A Proven Foundation Appaloosa Athlete!

2006 Bronze Medallion in Distance 2007-2009 World Championship Shows, Ft. Worth TX 2008 Silver Medallion–First in the Nation in Steer Daubing Several ROMs Breeding Fee $750.00 Collection Costs included on Frozen Semen

Contact Deanna K. Brown

1594 Turkey Rd. Gladewater, TX 75647 (903) 759-5649 or 220-3576

www.thunderNtobyranch.com e-mail: dkgoride@aol.com

Paul Tierney, Rider Photos by Ben Leonard

Kit's Canyon Ranch Ramon and Judy Laurie

407 W 15th Russell, Ks 67665

785-483-3590

A breed oriented program producing colorful foals with fantastic bodies and minds. Horses for sale year round.

www.kitscanyonranch.com kitscanyon@russellks.net

Wakons Toby Snow

Chief Sully Storm

VKS OSIRIS 2002 FEW-SPOT LEOPARD STALLION

ApHC #615818, FAHR #653, TIGRE #TG67

GET COLORED FOALS! 100% COLOR GUARANTEED!

FEATURING THE BLOODLINES OF RED EAGLES PEACOCK, TOBY II. AND MONEYCREEKS ROCKLEDGE. OSIRIS IS BROKE TO RIDE, AND SINGLEFOOTS (INDIAN SHUFFLER GAIT). IF YOU ARE SERIOUS ABOUT BREEDING COLORED, GOOD LOOKING APPALOOSA HORSES, VKS OSIRIS IS THE STALLION TO CHOOSE!

$7000.00 VIDEO 8/5-GENERATION PEDIGREE AVAILABLE STUD FEE: $ 300.00

STANDING UNTIL SOLD CONTACT: MARE CARE: $ 4 .OO A DAY VICKIE RIZZO 718 W. VILLARET BLVD. SAN ANTONIO, TX 78224 PH: 210- 924- 5235

WWH APPALOOSA RANCH

Appaloosa Ranch

Raising foundation-bred Appaloosas 29550 PAINT MINE ROAD, CALHAN, CO. 90805, (719) 347-2463

Standing at Stud “Heart of Dixie” Stud Fee $ 500.00 Frozen Semen available

93% Foundation Sire: Prince for Sure Dam: Dixie Freeze Grand Sire: Sure Skip Go Grand Sire: Missouri Hobo Grand Dam: Plaudits 4 Sure Grand Dam: Plaudits Wave Two Foals Finished Top Ten in the Nation in Foundation Class in ApHC in 2010!

wwhappaloosaranch.com

Eagles ThunderNToby

2006

2008

2010

Bronze Medallion in Endurance

Silver Medallion in Steer Daubing

Reserve Champion in ApHC Natl Ch Endurance Ride and Best Condition. The only living Appaloosa stallion to finish 2 National Championship Endurance Rides

STANDING AT STUD AT

P.O. Box 301,Soper, OK 74759 Phone: (580) 345-2487 email: appaloosa43@hotmail.com

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FREE “HORSE WANTED” ADS FAHR offers free horse wanted ads to members & non-members, so if you know of someone who is looking for that certain mount and you are unable to supply their needs, maybe another FAHR

member would have just the right horse for them. Pass the word about our free horse wanted ads.

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FAHR REGISTERED HORSES 914-917

FAHR #914-HR Choctaw Rain, ApHC #652909, Mare, Foaled 6/27/07, OK Breeder: Bill Wicklund or Meredith Ann Wicklund, Soper, OK Owner: Bill Wicklund or Meredith Ann Wicklund, Soper, OK Color: Bay Few Spot Description: White over entire body/star/no leg markings/few bay spots Sire: Pratts Toby IV, ApHC #462810 Dam: Pratt Field Miss, ApHC #496484 FAHR #915-Dream Makers Gabriel, ApHc #664432, Stallion, Foaled, 3/24/2010, MN Breeder: Robin R. Sothman, Milaca, MN Owner: Robin R. Sothman, Milaca, MN Color: Leopard Description: White with black spots over entire body/star Sire: Dream Makers Rio, ApHC# 587382 Dam: Eclat Jewel, ApHC #506552 FAHR #424 FAHR #64 FAHR #916-Dream Makers Phoenix, ApHC #N664450, Stallion, Foaled 4/14/2010, MN Breeder: Robin R. Sothman, Milaca, MN Owner: Robin R. Sothman, Milaca, MN Color: Buckskin Description: Star and snip/LF-partial pastern/LH-partial ankle Sire: Dream Makers Rio, ApHC# 587382 Dam: Strawmaiden Fleet, ApHC #564775 FAHR #424 FAHR #426

FAHR #917-Savannah Frye, ApHC #574201, Mare, Foaled 5/21/1998, OR Breeder: Linda R. Westbrook, Albany, OR Owner: Cynthia J. Campbell-Gillies, Woodland, WA Color: Chestnut Description: White over back and hips/blazr/snip on lower lip/LH-partial pastern Sire: Toby’s Nootka, ApHC# 367422 Dam: Bears Sissy Cat, ApHC T321469

FAHR #880- Arrows Bambi, ApHC #616381, Mare, Foaled 05/26/2002, Transferred to Nell Weber, Adkins, TX on 8/21/10 FAHR #771- GKC An American Star, ApHC #N645942, Mare, Foaled 4-28-06 Transferred to Mert Tinkham, Fremont, MI on 8-1-10

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Deadline to submit arti-cles, make changes to your Breeder Directory Ad, or Advertising for the next issue of the Tidings is January 19, 2011.

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ATTENTION FAHR MEMBERS

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DID YOU KNOW?

Crow, circa 1889

Blackfoot, circa 1917

There has been several discussions over the years on whether or not the Leopard pattern Appaloosa was a part of the Nez Perce tribe. One of the reasonings behind the thought that the leopard pattern came in at a later date is the fact the western artist Charles M Russell never depicted a leopard Appaloosa in his paintings. These pictures were taken during the years that C.M. Russell was painting. Clearly the leopard pattern Appaloosa existed during that time period. What are your thoughts on this?

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