B—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, May 3.1969
• John Glide
(Continued from Page 1)
After the bosal bridle, you go
to a shafTel bit and later to a
longer shafted bit. But John says
you never need a ie.il long-shaft
ed bit if you bring the horse up
right In fact, the only horse in
the Rocking G Stable that uses
a long bit is Kilioy He needs
it because they race him
"1 look for a horse with a
nice small ear. nice jaw. flat
head and long muscling in the
leg fore arm." John said “This
t>pe of horse will weigh 1100 to
1200 pounds and stand about
14 3 to 16 hands tall (A hand is
four inches) I like a good look
ing horse that is not to large or
to small This makes for a good
all-around familv horse for plea
sure, cattle roping, trail riding,
barrel racing or anything you
want to use him for. If your
horse is small, you over-load him
quicklj and if he is to large the
children can’t handle him ”
Disposition in a horse is also
important but Click thinks if you
buy a good-bloodline horse the
good disposition will have usual
ly been bred into him “A lot de
pends on how a horse is brought
up,” he said. “You can take an
JIMMY CLICK (left) looks to see if his charge. Bar
Money’s Lass, has her ears up for the camera. Brother
Randy also joins in the Lancaster Farming Photo. The
boys and the three-year-old home-bred quarter horse mare
belong to Mr. and Mrs. John Click, Bareville.
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John Click advises youth on
horsemanship.
out-law horse and school him
light and cure his problem ” The
Leola trainer suggested you play
with •> horse a little before you
buy him and you will soon be
able to tell about his disposition
John thinks parents should
take more interest in then chil
dien “We have 4-H shows here
and many times the parents
SHOWING EXCELLENT FORM is Best is registered in both the Palomino
John Glick’s stud horse Bandera’s Best. and the Quarter Horse Associations.
bring them, let them off and go dinners, Mr. Pay Day and Gold: your legs “He is s: I a haid
home,” he said. “The poor chil- en Show Girl now belong 16 the horse to handle, but handy,’*
dren don’t know how to handle boys. . John says,
their horse They need help I when John' bought Mr. Pay And Randy looks snail in the
think parents should get togeth- p a y, he had too many buttons saddle of his Mr. Pa' Day, but
er and start working with their (pressure spots) on him. When he knows the button,; and, as
children as a family.” you pushed his button he would many competing horsemen know.
For joim guck ana his family, go right into the barrel in a race, usually takes home a 'an full of
horses have provided a common And he had no rein on himt So, ribbons from the adul r classes of
interes* and many ®how trophies John reschooled the tall palo- major shows around the country,
and ribbons to cover the walls mmo into an exceptional horse. Jimmy is just getting stalled
and table tops of their recrea- It took a year until he reached in 4-H Club work this year But
tion room in the loit of the horse perfection but now you can han- he already handies hts Golden
barn. Two of their most noted die the horse with one finger and (Continued on Page 9)
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