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Photos courtesy of Billy Taylor.
Paige's Echo
by Diane Sczepanski <northern_foundations@yahoo.com
 Paige's
Echo was bred by Danny and Billy Taylor's father and was
sold to J.W. Sanders in 1967. Sanders was not a horse person
but liked the big horse and kept him as a pet. Echo was
never gelded but he never served a registered walking mare.
The opportunity came for the Taylor brothers to acquire
Echo and return him to his home farm at 27 years of age. In
1993, his first registered Walking Horse foal hit the
ground. The foals of Echo were attractive horses with plenty
of natural walk and people oriented dispositions.
Paige's Echo, had eight
foundation "F" horses on his papers. These are true Heritage
Horses.
In the
early days of the Walking Horse registry, a number of
stallions were considered very good sires. After the start
of the TWHNC, sons of some of these went on to win World
Championships at the early shows. From 1945-1948,
Midnight Sun
and Merry Go Boy
became the first two stallions to win the WGC, drawing the
focus of many breeders. Many other stallions were forgotten
in the limelight accorded these two black horses. One
stallion that maintained a strong court even after the
big-lick became the status rather than just a trend was the
chestnut Wilson's Allen
son, Society Man.
A big, handsome stallion,
Society Man passed along some rare and exotic
genes from his dam, Virginia Joyce.
Society Man
was the 1943 World Champion Jr. Stallion, which in 1943 was
a three year old colt that must display a solid canter in
addition to the running walk and flat-walk. Over the years,
a number of his sons were used in the stud to perpetuate
this line. His lineage continues today through the produce
of many of his daughters, but only one grandson, a sabino
stallion named Paige's Echo, sired sons that are actively
involved in breeding programs around the country today.
During
the summer of 2003, I had some time to research
Society Man's
background. He had many pages of production records so I
started to go through them all. I was quite surprised to
find out of all the sons he produced, only ONE,
Paige's Black Boy, had sons who had sons who are still in
production today. Of the
Paige's Black Boy sons, only one
son has sons who are still in production, and that son is
Paige's Echo, the sire of my stallion. To appreciate how
rare this bloodline is when it comes to an unbroken line of
males to carry on the Society Man name, there are only six
stallions out there in production today,
Society's Duke
Allen being one of them. |
PAIGE'S ECHO
TWHBEA #659379
DOB:
5/08/1965
COLOR: CHESTNUT
MARKINGS: BOTH HIND
STOCKINGS, BOTH FORE SOCKS, BLAZE.
SEX: STALLION |
PAIGE'S BLACK BOY
TWHBEA #590115
COLOR: BLACK
MARKINGS: BOTH HIND AND NEAR FORE CORONETS,
STAR.
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SOCIETY MAN
TWHBEA #400554
COLOR: CHESTNUT
MARKINGS: STAR
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WILSON'S
ALLEN
TWHBEA #350075
COLOR: CHESTNUT
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VIRGINIA JOYCE
TWHBEA #390568
COLOR: CHESTNUT |
MERRY CO-ED
TWHBEA #443712
COLOR: BAY
MARKINGS: NEAR
HIND SOCK, BLAZE. |
MERRY BOY
TWHBEA #350189
COLOR: BLACK
SABINO
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LADY PATRICK
TWHBEA #992012
COLOR: BAY |
PINKEY LU
TWHBEA #621512
COLOR: GREY
MARKINGS: WHITE MANE & TAIL.
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WILSON'S MERRY BOY GG
TWHBEA #453571
COLOR: CHESTNUT SABINO REG AS "ROAN"
MARKINGS:
BOTH HIND AND OFF FORE STOCKINGS, NEAR FORE CORONET,
STRIP, FLAX MANE AND TAIL. |
MERRY BOY
TWHBEA #350189
COLOR: BLACK
SABINO
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WILSON'S ALLEN'S
MELLO GOLD
TWHBEA #391047
COLOR: CHESTNUT
MARKINGS: BOTH HIND SOCKS, STRIP. |
LU LU TAYLOR
TWHBEA #570334
COLOR:
CHESTNUT SABINO REG AS "ROAN"
MARKINGS: FOUR
STOCKINGS, BALD, FLAX MANE & TAIL. |
RED BOY KEITH
TWHBEA #570333
COLOR: CHESTNUT
MARKINGS: STAR |
BONNIE BOYD
TWHBEA #463624
COLOR: SABINO REG AS "ROAN"
MARKINGS: OFF HIND AND OFF FORE STOCKINGS, NEAR HIND SOCK,
NEAR FLANK, NEAR SIDE, BALD, MIXED MANE AND TAIL. |
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