PARADE OF THE WALKING HORSE
Shelbyville, Tennessee, recently held a three-day carniyal in honour of the “walking horse.” What is a walking horse? Here is the official explanation of the carnival director: — “The walking horse is almost exactly what the n’ame implies. Do not get the impression, however, that all the horse can do is walk. “All walking horses have at least three gaits—the walk, running walk •and canter —and some have more than that. “One might say he is called walking horse because any one of his standard gaits is as smooth as a and tires neither the rider nor the horse.” Development of the walking horse s and plantation horse —there is little difference between the two—began before the American Civil War, but was then interrupted for almost half a century. Features of the Shelbyville celebration included a parade of Tennessee walking horses ridden by 500 beautiful girls.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 12915, 9 December 1939, Page 6
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