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SIRE of Champions
Interestingly enough, three of HUNTER'S ALLEN'S most prominent
offspring are not in the list of winners of Walking Horse
classes in the years from 1912 to 1938. These are BROWN ALLEN,
LAST CHANCE and WALKER'S ALLEN. LAST CHANCE was an
exceptionally good two year-old but did not do well thereafter.
MERRY LEGS was bred to HUNTER'S ALLEN on at least three occasions.
Two of the foals died as yearlings. The one that lived was LAST
CHANCE.
For
several years it appeared as if LAST CHANCE would carry the family
of HUNTER'S ALLEN forward in the male line. 'TROUBLE, son of LAST CHANCE, won the
Stallion Class at the 1940 Celebration, while LAST CHANCE'S
daughter, NANCY ANN HENDRIXSON, won the two year-old filly class at
the 1947 Celebration. TROUBLE sired the dam of World Grand Champion
MACK K'S HANDSHAKER, but, in the
final analysis, the sons of HUNTER'S ALLEN were forced to surrender
the male line of Walking Horse pedigrees to the sons of ROAN ALLEN.
Nevertheless, the sons of HUNTER'S ALLEN provided the breed with
valuable broodmares.
LAST
CHANCE sired LADY CHANCE, the dam of MERRY WILSON, five times the
World Champion Mare. He also sired GYPSY TUCK, dam of ATOMIC LADY,
ATOMIC GENTLEMAN, SURPRISE ALLEN, and MARTHA WILSON. BROWN ALLEN
mares were considered among the finest in the breed.
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(Submitted by
Grace
Larson)
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Last
Chance #350034 was sired by Hunter's Allen F-10 ; his dam was
Merry Legs F-4. Last Chance was foaled in 1931 and
died in 1956. When Mr. Dement died, in 1940, a
tribute to his achievements was presented at the Columbia
horse show. Last Chance was lead around the arena,
saddle empty, as friends and associates circled the ring
behind the classic stallion, moving slowly while the announcer
listed Dement's many contributions to the breed he helped
create.
Last Chance sired, John A's Chance , the palomino stallion
that Vance Paschal said was " the greatest yellow
breeding stallion of all time. " |
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This was taken
from an article written by Harold Dean Givens on The Palomino
Tennessee Walking Horses; he had interviewed Vance
Paschal when Paschal was 84 years of age; Mr. Paschal was a
life long breeder and dealer of yellow walking horses,
and the breeder of two Celebration ribbon winners.
Givens states that John A's Chance sired more yellow show
horses than any other sire. His ancestors , close
relatives , and descendants exhibit outstanding show records ;
these records give weight to Vance Paschal's statement.
For more information on Last Chance, click
here. |
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