Tennessee Walking Horses - Horse Shows 1949 South Carolina

Bob Jenkins and Neil Fischer, Sr. of Savannah, Georgia can be seen competing in this film shot in 1949. Robert "Bob" and Edith Jenkins of Savannah, Georgia were friends with Neil Fischer whom they met because Neil's Aunt Florence Gildea had a horse stable in Savannah at the time. The Jenkins also knew the family of Mary Saraf and her daughter Mary Ann. The Jenkins introduced the two, and Neil married Mary Ann in 1951. Neil's on the grey horse and Bob is on the dark brown horse. They are in the same shot at about 5:50 into the film.

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Sports

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• Tennessee Walking Horses
• Neil Fischer
• Bob and Edith Jenkins

[kimmariefischer]

I have no idea. 

[Bumble1994]

Great to see this! My first 5-gaited horse was showing in 1949, although it was late 1958 before I got him. :) Amazing to see how fox-trotty the "real" running walk was! In Alabama it was more pacy by the mid-to-late '50's. Do you know if this is the same Bob Jenkins who was showing road horses from the Atlanta area in the 60's with his father, Carl?

[kimmariefischer]

This Bob Jenkins would have been about 50 in 1960. He was a tall man with dark hair and a large moustache. His wife's name was Edith.

[ReichardsTWHs]

That is amazing how did you get old film like that on here?! That video gave me cold chills how awesome thank you for sharing that film!

[kimmariefischer]

My father is Neil Fischer and he's riding the gray horse. We had some family movies transferred to VHS years ago and recently transferred them to digital. My Dad died on April 15 of this year and I decided to put the video on YouTube just in case some other folks still alive might have competed long ago. My Dad never rode horses when we were little, so it's amazing to realize that he was an accomplished horseman.

[Omskanielar]

This is a wonderful video, they walk like a horse whould walk, it looks so much better than the poor things do nowadays, and these horses here don't have the painful and paniked look on their faces.. The world needs more of these vids to show the real goal of how TWHs and other gaited horses should walk and look like...

Sry for my bad English btw ;)

[Omskanielar]

@mmb421

But this is the way THWs were meant to walk like by nature, not touched so much by those filthy human hands who sore them and do eveything for the ugly awful walk/pace they have these days...

[katphoti]

THANK YOU for posting this! I wish we could go back to the natural look--not the horribly tortured horses and spider-crawling freaks of today. But, this is a wonderful way to see how the NATURAL TWH has evolved. Thanks!

[mmb421]

Excuse me, the walking horses in THIS video were more racking. Just wanted to clear up my last comment.

[mmb421]

The walking horses in the video were extremely pacey. Deffinatly like the new age walking horses better. They were more racking than walking. Great video though.

[ptalley100]

This is a awesome Video! I have wished so many times that I had some back when my Daddy (Hershel Talley) started training and showing. Thank you so much for sharing that with us! Priscilla Talley

[fetch33]

Thanks for posting this. I showed gaited American Saddlebreds in the 70's and 80's. Boy things have really changed with the ASB and Walkers since then.

[Malda63]

Thanks for sharing this! It sadly shows how much walkers have changed over the years due to breeding for the big lick. None of those horses is pacy, they can all canter, and have strong, square, natural gaits.

[doyle47446]

do you know the roan horse? He reminds me alot of my old stud that was born in 62