-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 23,1981
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Two of the Tennessee Walking horses that
will be used for beach patrol in New Hamp
shire are prepared for their trip to the New
England coastal resort of Hampton Beach.
Holding the horses are Lester Weber, left,
Police to use Lancaster horses
REINHOLDS If you happen to
vacation in the coastal resort of
Hampton, New Hampshire, this
summer, take special notice of the
horses being used by the police for
beach patrol. .
They come from Lancaster
County.
Four horses from the Tennessee
Walker operation of Lester C.
Weber, R 1 Remholds, traveled this
week from the county to New
Hampshire to begin their training
for police beach patrol and crowd
control.
The experimental horse patrol
program, which is being sponsored
by community donations, is ex
pected to officially begin along
Hampton Beach on July 4.
The horses were selected by
John Margotta, of Hingham,
Mass., who is trainer and advisor
to the Hampton Police Department
for preparing the mounts and
riders for their new duties.
Margotta, who has trained
horses previously for working with
bird dogs in hunting trials, said he
selected the Tennesse Walkers for
a number of reasons.
“The primary reason for using
them is their easy gait,” he said.
“After spending eight hours in
the saddle, particularly when they
haven’t ridden much, the officers
are going to appreciate the ease of
the Walker gait.
“These horses have the right
disposition for this type of work.
They are very adaptable and will
meet the various requirements for
patrol and crowd control.
“In addition, the breed has the
stamina to work an eight-hour
shift."
Margotta selected those horses
m the Weber string that had the
size and appearance for the police
work. A 16-hand horse is desired
for police work.
“I’ve picked tall, stout and
strong horses to meet the demands
of the work, but fine enough to be
good looking,” he explained
The nature of the town of
Hampton and Hampton Beach
gives an idea of what will be
required of the horse patrol
Hampton is a resort area,
complete with night clubs, motels,
carnival attractions, five miles of
public beach and several more
miles of dunes, where four-wheel
vehicles are driven
On a holiday weekend, like July
4, the beach population can swell to
some 50,000, with the correspon
ding vehicular traffic jam Patrol
cars are useless in such traffic
in N.H. beach patrol
“The mounted officers will be
able to maneuver along the
crowded beaches,” Margotta
explained.
“On the horses, the police will be
able to maintain a visible profile
and be in a better position to watch
activities around them.”
Up to June 26, Margotta will
work just with the horses, training
them for the variety of conditions
they will encounter and building up
their stamina for the eight-hour
shifts.
Training will include becoming
accustomed to the firing of guns,
work around fireworks and sirens,
maneuvering through heavy
traffic, ground tiemg with dropped
reins, stepping sideways for crowd
control and any other special
requirements of police horses.
“The training is quite similar to
that given horses which work with
dogs,” he explained.
“Such things as becoming ac
customed to firearms and working
in crowds are the same for both
types of horses ”
The experience training,
becoming accustomed to the
various situations the mounts will
encounter, will cover about two
hours a day. The horses will also be
ridden in increasing amounts to
build up their stamina.
N.J. produce firm’s
PACA license revoked
PATERSON, N.J. - Alexander
Bros. Produce, Inc., Paterson,
N.J., has had its produce trading
license revoked for failing to pay in
full for more than million worth
of fruits and vegetables the firm
purchased.
USDA's Agricultural Marketing
Service, which licenses produce
firms under the Perishable
Agricultural Commodities Act,
had charged the firm with failing
to pay the agreed price totaling
$597,766 for 317 lots of produce
purchased from October, 1979,
through June, 1980.
Charles Brader, marekting
official with AMS, said the firm
had an opportunity to answer
USDA’s charges, but did not.
USDA’s Administrative Law
Judge Victor W. Palmer ruled that
the firm had committed willful,
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breeder of the Tennessee Walkers at R 1
Reinholds, and John Margotta, who is serving
as advisor and trainer for the Hampton police
program.
“We’ll start with a couple of
experience items at first while
their minds are still clear,”
Margotta said.
“In a couple of weeks, we’ll have
them doing everything they expect
to encounter on a daily basis.”
The training will be done in a
beach atmosphere to acquaint the
horses with the rigors and nature
of working in sand and handling in
water, in the event rescue or
special uses of the horses in the
surf will be required.
After the horses go through their
initial training, Margotta will work
with both the mounts and their
riders.
The trainer and Hampton police
learned of Weber’s Tennessee
Walkers through one of his horses
that had moved from Bemville,
Berks County, to the owner of a
tack shop in New Hampshire
Weber, one of largest Tennesse
Walker breeders in the Northeast,
will be keeping an eye on the
progress of the police mounts
“This is the first time we’ve had
some of our Walkers go into police
work,” he said.
“They will be well suited for the
beach patrol and crowd control
and should fit into the police
program quite readily.”
flagrant, and repeated violations
of the PAG Act.
Under Palmer’s order, the firm
may not conduct business subject
to the act until March 25,1983. The
firm’s officer, director, and major
stockholders, Medalme Deiena and
JajrScott, may not be employed by
or affiliated with any PACA
licensee until March 25,1982, and
then only if the employer posts a
surety bond and USDA approves.
Under the PAG Act, all interstate
traders in fresh and frozen fruits
and vegetables must be licensed by
USDA. USDA is authorized to
suspend or revoke a trader’s
license for violating the act.
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