4

~ blood” gives a horse. tou
and stamina y..0. oe

- The -winner ‘and two. others of
“the ‘top’ five horses in a. 2
mile endurance: ride sponsored
“by the Garden City. Horsemen’s

BY LLOYD D BAKER.

-Yowd. almost think “Arabian

Club through the’ Highlands la

Sunday boasted of having desert’

background.

Whether. it. was. the ‘Arabian
influence or just good, hard con. -
-ditioning which brought them to”

‘the- fore “has revived an. age-~

‘old argument among horsemen..
” Are Arabs the best? =
2. horses of-all’
“breeds on the ride which start- _°

There were

‘ed at West Saanich in the Pros-
~ pect Lake area and wound through

scenic ‘wilderness of the High- _

lands on. logging. roads, along

power. Hne trails and” through.”

thick brush,

Twenty-eight horses

And_ the top entry. was, that

of Mrs. Yvonne. Pink.--'a three~
quarter Arabian gelding, . Even

‘Steven, seven ‘years of age.
-seven-year~,
. old mare, Chashmere was third.

A. chalf-Arab

and a full Arab, a younger geld-
ing, was'tied for fourth. .

The horse judged second was

were”
~ checked out. Twenty- three com= Se
pleted the ride for the. judges. me

a a nine-year- ~old late s geldedc Quar-

_terhorse which. was paced for.
most of the ride by his Anglo-

Arabian siablemate, a: 15~-year=
old mare ‘by name of Tilrak,

~The other horse in the fourth-
place “tie ‘was’ a ‘big Palomino

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mre a to 20 years of age)
“which, it. might be argued,. has.

a neighing acquaintance with that
same Anglo~Arab on which the
Quarterhorse leaned to win sec-
: ond spot. .

“The Quarterhorse?. His name

_. -is. Zorah and he. was ridden by

- his*owner, the writer of
~piece, who was glad. it.

this
was

The checks were made at start
and finish-and- condition: inspec~

‘tions were also made at two out-
posts on ‘the ride, the locations:
‘of which were not.made known ©

. to the entrants beforehand.

“were used ‘in the awarding of

“to complete the course,:

; “third horse, _
was ridden by. Pat Holmes, and

of: Gail Wickens’ weary Appaloosa at the end
~ of fhe Sruelling rides;

-tion. checks,

- only. the horses’ heart. beat and:
respiration - that. -was~ checked,

Points given’ for condition at
the. various stages of. the test.

prizes as well as the time taken

“the half-Arab, -

“the two ted for: fourth were:

~ David Hillis Photo).

“the Palomino, Golden Julo, rid- ;
~and
the full Arab, Brookfield Kaban,

den ‘by. Barry Bissenden,. |

ridden by Carolyn Wheatcroft.
Few points separated the first

. eight horses and. Veterinarian,

oe Dre AJ. Le Bonnell who car--
ried out the heart-and respira-_
said the. general -

condition of -all -of the. horses
entered was good, :

“The judges’ job was difficult,
with so many good finishes”, he
said.
entered. which;:-weren’t worthy
of the competition.

“What ‘we may. have lacked in - .
organization’ was.more then made

up by the enthusiasm this - ride
gener ated, oe

eee

If anything was lacking in or~

; ganization, it “was not: apparent,’
Originally “it. was intended . ta

have two veterinarians on con=
dition checks.

” Saanich ‘horseman, |
Thoroughbred breeder andtrain- =
er, Roy. Jewell, . who also .was

ac. Tt was, the’ first, time a. ride
of! this. kind ‘has. been held on
: the’ southern end of Vancouver ©
Island, and-as a result-of the -
success of the experiment, Gar-..
--den City Horsemen's Club prob-.
: ably will make it an annual event, _

_ to at-least 50 miles, :

- placers, -Bissenden, who

“There were no horses ~

» Taking the place ® .
of the: Secorid. vet. was. veteran.

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enthusiastic. over the: perform
ances: of the horses.’

fartier, a

and possibly - will extend it, --

eee

Tt was run by a hard-work=

ing. committee headed by the -

club. president, Murray Saund-

“ers, who had the assistance of
Alf Pink and David Hillis — in

selecting the route and mark-
ing trails. Trudy. Hillis” ‘
responsible for signs) which
showed the riders the way.

Dianne Bissenden, as entry,

secretary, attended to the paper —
- work*and Nita Walt ‘bossed the:
-- cookhouse.

Coffee und doughnuts wele “SUBS.

“plied at the start, and soon after ”§
the return of the contestants, .
“Mrs, Walt’s crew served piping ©

hot “stew, pie and coffee pre-
pared. on the club’s field kit-
chen,

Fastest. time recorded for the’
25 miles of ups and downs was
three hours. and seven minutes .
turned ‘in by “one of the fourth

first out, and Arnie Gunderson,
who was: sent on-his way two
minutes later. . Slowest time was
five hours and four: : minutes.
The winner, Mrs, Pink . was.

10th to start, and her time’ was

close: to the fastest,

was ©

~The»
riders also were provided with .
a maj: of the course at the start.

to limit quantities -
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: HAPPY WINNER of :25-mile endurance. Tides i
--¥vonne - Pink, whose son’ David. waits ; to take: ‘the trophy :
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“Club entry ‘secretary Dianne’ Bissenden, centre, while . [--
“club president. Murray ‘Saunders - records: -event at’. Jeft:

_ Photo by. David Hillis), awe

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