6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 7, 1962
COCALICO CREEK CHIEF, the herd sire is a
perfectly-marked blanket rump Appaloosa horse He
fits the description of “like a blanket of snow on the
croup” which is one of the patterns acceptable in the
Appaloosa horse registry At the halter is Charles J.
Risser, Ephrata R 2 L. F. Photo.
• Appalooso
(Continued fiom Page 1)
After they had the mare
they looked tor a gentle how*
for their sou and lound a
epotted gelding winch suited
their needs hen friends le
ported there -was a spotted
stallion tor sale in Oe'awaie,
the Risser fannh was olf to
inspect him “out ol otinosiU ’
“I actn. lly felt sorry tor
him” Risser said i e mniscinsr
about the present herd sue
Cocalico Creek Chief "He was
18 months old and was so thin
he staggered when he walked ”
The colt had beeh shipped
from Wyoming and was not
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old enough to fend for him
self in the conditions he was
forced into
Risser bought the colt ‘out
of pity’ m 1050 and brought
him home wheie he has taken
the position ot held sue foi
the Risset string of males in
addition to standing at stud
to Appaloosa maies from as
far away as the Pittsbuigh
a i ea
Chiet as he is ncknaiued,
is what is known as a blanket
inmp Appaloosa That is, he is
a dark coloi on his forepaits
and underline with a W'hite
patch resembling a blanket ot
snow, o\ er his hind quaiters
and rump.
L. H. Brubaker
Lit It/, P.i.
Quarrjville, P,i,
New Holland. Pa.
The original mare the that they bought her dam a a small group of men, re
one that got the Risser family few years ago and added her cognizing the qualities of en
mto the business in the first to the string. They now have a durance, docility and sura
place —is a leopard-spotted three-generation string of footcdness of the breed, band-
Appaloosa Hei mam bod> col- mares with Northern Breeze, ed together to preserve the
or is light withbaik red spots Cocalico Cieek Monkee and spotted horse and register as
over her entiie bodv She has Cocalico Cieek Valentine Val- many of the lu mg - remanent
brought moie trophies to the entine is the filly foaled two as possible.
In nil than any other horse m jears ago on St. Valentine’s The load hack for the “Pa
the stable Showing nndei the day louse’ horse (named for the
name Cocaine Creek Monkee w j ly aro Appaloosas so Calouse River m Oregon) was
she has taken grand pi ize in rdre -> j ust that, they are lare sl °" ,lnd a g° nl ' !in S °'> e with
two Appaloosa hoise shows in As late as I*l3B they vveie a lnan y other types and breeds
addition to rosettes in many scatteied remanent of a once- clanmn B the right to he re
westein shows and classes pnoud herd ot mdian horses S isteied ln the & tud book.
In fact, Charles and Dons So few were left that the> loans, grejs, and painted
Risser liked ‘‘Monkee’ so well were nearing extinction when (Continued on page 7)
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