Devon Horse Show
(Continued from Page E 8) classes, barrel racing, and car
also part of what drew compet- ria 8 e racing were a part of the
itors and spectators alike to the Devon experience.
event. Additionally breeding Devon also featured vaulting,
Seated in the wagon is Robert Weaver of Weaver Ente
prises, four-time champion of prior coaching competi
tions at Devon and 26-year veteran of the Devon show
ring. Weaver, from Peoria, Illinois, brought seven Gelder
lander geldings to compete. The breed, from Holland,
combines power and common sense, according to one of
Weaver’s aides, Marie Martiz.
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Sept. 7th - RRTeam Roping 11:00 A.M. Eve D ry ., F J? W Starting in May,
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Oct. sth - NBHA Barrel Race 11:00 A.M. Team Roping Practice
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the sport of gymnastics on a
moving horses. The sport began
in as a training technique so that
soldiers could fight from any di
rection on the horse.
The Friendship Vaulting Team
U.S.A. performed several times
during the 10 days of the show.
The routines feature compulsory
moves and freestyle routines per
formed to music.
The coaching competitions
drew competitors with shiny an
tique coaches and teams of high
stepping horses. As a mode of
transportation the coach faded in
England in the 1830 s, when it
was replaced by the railroad,
according to Harvey Waller.
Several antique coaches, how
ever, have been restored to their
original beauty and competed in
several classes.
Waller’s own coach, made in
England and raced in 1888, was a
“subscription coach,” where pas
sengers paid by the trip. A clock
to time the trip is still affixed to
the coach.
Outside of the ring, blacksmith
Joe Alfano works behind the
scenes to make sure the equine
Quarter Horse Auction Goes ‘Live’
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those offered for sale. Visitors
were able to see the exceptional
quarter horse stallion, Image of
Shadow, recently donated to
Penn State’s breeding program
by Scott and Marybeth Gordon.
“The breeding program at
Penn State has been carefully
crafted around its herd of quali
ty broodmares and selection for
athletic horses that can succeed
in the show ring and also do
well as all-around pleasure and
recreational mounts,” said
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Morris Kerr, Shelbyville,
Kentucky, shines up har
nesses for the evening’s
coaching event. Kerr is a
trainer at Walnut Way
Farm, which brought six
Friesan geldings to the
show. Kerr was readying
for the “appointment class,
so everything has to be
spotless,” said Kerr. The
coach must also have extra
halters, harness parts, or a
tool kit extras that a
working carriage may have
needed on the road,
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