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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1936)
raf Winsf Place In Sun - i Palomino Is Only Breed Of Horses Developed In Western Section Of United States By Alan Case THE famoui golden Palomino, the one breed of horse that the West can claim as her own, has at last been given its rightful place among the other aristocrats of the equine world. An association of breeders of this spectacular animal have just started a stud hook in which the names and pedigrees of all full-blood Palo minos are registered. Of course you know that a stud hook is to the animal kindom what Burke's Peerage, the Almanarh de Goth", and the Social Register are to humans. Tf your name, number and heritage is duly published therein you're an aristocrat If not, you just don't be long. Up until this year the Palomino hasn't offi cially "belonged", chiefly because it is a breed that originated and developed right here on the Pacific coast where we are notoriously careless about ancstr". If it had been an Eastern or English animal it would have been duly recorded 100 years ago. No one knows exactly where the Palomino originated but there are two legends, one gives the honor to California and the other to Ari zona and Mexico. According to the story current among the Spanish speaking paisanoa of Cali fornia there' was, about 1800, a cattle foreman at the Mission Santa Barbara who longed for the distinction of riding the most beautiful horse In the country. Of course, he had the pick of the great herds belonging to the Mission but there wasn't a horse among them that satisfied his ambition. He was always on the lookout and he told the Indians, who herded the brood mares . far back in the hills, that there would be a big reward in brandy and hard money for the man who would bring him the most likely colt. FINALLY one summer, when the mares were brought down to the Mission to tread out the grain on the huge earthen threshing floors, ' an old one-eyed Indian came into the compound leading a gangling, long-legged colt such as had never before been seen in those parts. The little fellow was all covered with chaff and dust from the threshing floor and at first Don Estaban, the cattle foreman, looked at him with disgust. "Que Palomino!" Palomino ts a word in barn yard Spanish that isn't at all complementary. But when the Indian rubbed his hand over the colt's soft coat, each hair shone like a thread of gold and when the chaff was brushed from Its mane and tail, they were the color of rich milk. Furthermore, the youngster was gentle, graceful and swift, and showed in its small head, t "KsvCa CTORN THe'aR.CtIc aviLDERJESS . CAN THEN BRACE V WpLANE MO-PSO TMROOOH THE INKY .NFMHO ThST 4 AMr i 4&F?zZ?jtS ; FOR. THE CRASH J OC THS STOP.M-TOWAP.0 THE P.NNAO.K OP MCK ICS. JCHkmXMJ rtf' ?dA BEEN CLAWING STRAIGHT INTO THE ' "45L. Ti TZV. ?f.?J?J?L rAoVftf i? S0NR.S6 THE NEXT DAY WE FOUND OUP-SELVES I JS. A HOWL.NO BUZZARD ) Slj! U'' MsTu MM A iAHl IILUIffl"'' I TUCKIMYOOH. BELT. I 1 I I ANOTHER. LEAD. JUST FHOZEN I I ' AvA J I YJT JtAtfki' lllll lSlF i.ii- rn.r--fr iif'i ni l r- - I iy 1-1(1 f T A 1f ONLY PEMMICAN AND DRY BISCUIT. RUT A FFW rAMEI S MAKE IT TASTE GOOD AND FEEL GOOD INSIDE ' WU UlVlr I CU nCLrkCk1 ruiv -3 lniji PHI I mv rv ' ' - Uf m "nisi LEADS TO FREEZE FOR. OUR LON& TREK OVER THE ICE. WE COULD CARRY ONLY BARELY ENOUGH FOOD TO SUPPORT LIFE. AT LAST THE TEMPERATURE FELL TO SO BELOW ZERO T(G tHif lff,2!x,S5Ki W Frf?b Uest-andgcod T wi u jji ifr ' &MJfj 1FOOPONCEMOR-6- fZr(cjZ-JrlM&tT J THI TOUCHER THE J J:"' f V NJL 3 GOING, THE MORE I APPRECIATE jt Sff sLr (S fSLl THEIR CHEERY 'LIFT'y r-" Tarzan, Palomino who stars with Ken Maynard in western pictures. A remarkably intelligent animal, he obeys direction either by voice or signal and is as camera-wise as any veteran actor. fine neck, slender legs and deep chest that it was descended from the famous Spanish Barbs, which are closely akin to the Arabian horses. This wasn't surprising because many Barbs had been brought to California from Spain by the way of Mexico, for gentlemen and land owners disdained to -ride any other breed. However, the colt's color was as new as it was startlingly beautiful and Don Estaban knew he had found the horse of his dreams! In California all true Palominos are descended from that colt. In Arizona the story goes that some raiding redskins from Gila county rode down into Sonora, Mexico, and stole a famous tl ( A ITIIIC. Cft TUC ADCkl UfiTCB $ THERMS "sMOKE L i r 1 v 1. 1 . white stallion from a rich hacienda. The next year they raided the same ranch and took a buckskin mare and the year following that the mare returned to her home leading a golden colt with a milk-white mane and tail. This occurred before the Spanish made their first settlements in California according to the story, and Cali fornia can only claim the breed by adoption. At any rate, the Palomino became a very much prized horse in California when the Spanish and Mexican flags flew over the Golden State. Palo minos were always rather scarce and expensive and for that reason all the more sought after by wealthy ranchers. A caballero bound for a WE HAD HOPED TO WALK. ACTUALLY WE HAD TO CRAWL PAINFULLY OYER THE UP-EMDEO ICE BLOCKS WADE WAIST DEEP THROUGH DRIFT SNOW FOOT iiaTiiiki TO MY AN EXPLORER NEEDS GOOD DIGESTION. I RND THAT CAMELS ADD GUSTO TO MY MEALS AND 'V BRING FEELING OF WELL-BEING. AND CAMELS NEVER GET ON MY NERVES SikuiTZ Jot bifCdtioTtZScJbe -Smo&e (& Rfl (g 0 g "I RtMfl". with h nn. f . , " " lyiaiiin ui ruiomUlOS OWnCQ OV ItlC Wrigley Esute. Eight Palominos are pampered pets of the Sultan of Johore. "Anywhere west of the Rockies, a pretty girl on a Palomino horse u usually the leader of any parade." wedding or a fiesta, all garbed in plush and satin, didn't consider himself really dressed for the occasion unless he had a Palomino horse . under his silver-plated saddle. And, quite natur ally, as the native Californians were among the world's best horsemen, they bred the Palomino with an eye to speed and endurance as well as beauty. IN Spanish times the Palomino horses were not known by that name except among vaqueroa and stable hands. Designations such as "Los Dorados", "the Golden Ones", or "Cremoloa" and "Canelos" meaning cream-colored and cinnamon colored were used in more polite conversation for this favorite mount of the dons, and "Los dos Canelos" were the names of the two young Palominos ridden by an American army officer who in 1846 made the seven hundred mile round trip from Monterey to Los Angeles in seven days. That is a record that has yet to be dupli cated. After the American conquest of California, the Palomino breed spread east through Ari zona and New Mexico into Texas and from Cali fornia up into Washington and Oregon, but in most localities the breed deteriorated rapidly BY FOOT I EASED OVER THE SPONGY ICE. - --niit: ca cvn f Titot,rrr fr uiAte COMPANION TWtM THt IC1 MW1 WAY1 1 n 1 1 1 they au say :"CAM ELS SET YOU RIGHT! LIKISIR HUBIRT WILKINS, FRANK BUCK, mlNt tARAIEN, CO L.ROSCOI TURNER, IIU TILDEN, AN MILLIONS OF OTHERS -YOU, TOO, Will PINO THAT CAMELS IN JOV THEM OFTIN...AT ME A GREAT THEIR AID TO DKXST10N ALKALINITY... AT AU. TIMES CHEERY "LI PTJ THEIR FLAVOR AND MILDNESS (AMHS ! MOI fOM U'lWVI TMACCOt'TuaKUH : THAN SNT0THII FOFULA lR PVFVLRR RRND.I I .:f..l n-i . . through crossing with wild mustangs that were common throughout the West at this period. I, is claimed that most of the buckskin ponies in Oregon and Idaho have proud Palomino blood. About 30 or 40 years ago the Palomino breed began to be revivified from a few horses of the pure strain that were discovered in the back country of California and today they are bred on a dozen ranches in California, Oregon, Ari zona and Nevada. While they make excellent cow horses and good polo ponies, their spectacu lar beauty makes them very popular for parades and fiestas throughout the West. From British Columbia to Mexico, anywhere west of the Rockies, a pretty girl on a Palomino horse is usually the leader of any parade. Today we have many nationally and interna tionally known Palominos, such as "Tarzan" who stars with Ken Maynard in western pic tures, "El Rey" and "La Reina," two superb animals belonging to the Wrigley estate, not to mention eight Palominos that are the pampered pets of the Sultan of johore. And since the breed is duly recognized and registered it will un- -doubtedly experience an increasing popularity among horse lovers. y I SANK UNDER THE ICE SHELF. BUT SOMEHOW MANAGED TO HOOK THE EDGE WITH MY ICE PICK. I PULLED MYSELF OUT AND ROLLED TO SAFETY SET YOU RICHT MEALTIMES FOR - INCRIASE IN FOR THEIR MATCHLESS Hf . MOM H DOMISnC IlKNO, JL MS v 'A 1 ii .1 y 1 r , m m. i
