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Hunter's Allen
from
the
TWH Heritage Society
Hunter's Allen was
foaled in 1909 and was owned by J.N. Black of Beech Grove,
Tennessee. He was the man who had also bred the famous Maude
Gray. Hunter's Allen was a golden sorrel horse with a star and snip,
long mane that was always wavy in appearance. His long tail touched
the ground.
Hunter's Allen's influence on the Walking Horse
breed became buried in the female line of registration papers. He
was sired by Allan F-1 and his dam was Allis, by Pat.
Allis was owned by Dr. J.E. Childress who lived in Coffee County.
Dr. Childress used Allis to make the rounds of his medical
practice in that county. Many of the homes he serviced were
inaccessible except by horseback. Allis was unusually tall at 16
hands, and was described as being "well made, strong and good
looking."
Hunter's Allen had several names, and the first
of these was Little Allen. He was used as a buggy horse when he was
old enough to work. He was driven alongside a pony and used to
deliver groceries. he was sold in 1917 to the Hunter family
who renamed him Hunter's Allen. He remained the Hunter's horse
until he died in 1932.
Hunter's Allen began his show career with county
fairs in Middle Tennessee. He was shown in 1912 at the Tennessee
State Fair and won first place. The following year, he returned to
the State Fair again and won first place, defeating
Roan Allen. A lot of old-timers
spent time debating which of these two horses was the better horse
but there was one aspect of them that proves interesting down
to this day: At the time these two horses were alive, crooked
or "sickle hocks", a trait that is often seen in modern day Walking Horses, were
frowned upon. Hunter's Allen was believed to be the better
horse for the simple reason that he did not have crooked legs.
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