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Fan Fair Special Wed Sept Horses always major part of Fair Light horses harness horses draft horses and Inbetween all are part of the fall fair scene and have been a major port of Acton Fair since incep tion In 1913 Stan Matthews remembers 50 years of Acton Fair horees and has exhibited ponies for years or more He seen the pony classes progress from very few entries to one of the best pony there is We re referring now to the classic harness hackney Shetland and Welsh ponies shown on Fair features the line and In harness rather than the compara lively recent hunter pony show for youthful jum Stan s fathorlrlaw showed road horses for many years These Roadsters arc usually but t always purebred in the old days The horse was judged on his ability to cover ground well at a spanking trot He was definitely not allowed lo break Into a canter or gallop Roadsters were the horses which took the family totown pulling the buggy or pulled the doc lor on his rounds It grand to see Roadsters still a large part of the fall fair and it exciting lo sec them on the road gate as they flash round the track with legs loo fast to count With better classes and more and more ponies in the light horse classes over on the track spec la tor bleachers arc always full Hackney horse and ponies with tails as high as Ihctr knees Hack with shining ness fancy fine harness bearing little resemblance lo the shaggy Shetland child riding pony all these make the crowds cheer But mast of all the audience loves the big horses the gentle giants whose place Is at fair displays now Fori space or time in the 50 sand it looked as if the big horse was becoming obsolete and fall fiirs had difficulty filling classes suddenly Ihe draft horse became the in thing for big companies to as advertising gimmicks and a resurgence of draft hone breeding occurred WesternEnglish horse shows Four years ago the Western Horse Show came Into being at Acton Fair following innovative changes in the regular saddle show which fca lured mainly English type classes Just seven or eight years ago the saddle horse show had classes called Road Hack in two categories and Palomino Parade Horse Very few road hacks were lo be seen in Acton and Palomino Parade Horse usually meant one or two such horses or perhaps one palomino in a western saddle Jumps were not too high and badly spaced so riders from afar were not a I Ir acted to However changes were In the air The growing horse population and increased interest Parade brings out thousands caused organizers consider changing the old classes to more appro priate ones Today one of the best attended English Hunter shows is the result In addition to Ihis fine show with professional sturdy jumps Is a very popular Western show with well filled classes to suit tastes from halter performance and trail classes to action packed games drawing excited cheers from ihe crowd But this all Three years ago a Pony Hunter show was initiated to fill Saturday morning Youngsters come from many miles away lo compete In after noon gymkhana games always a feature at the fair provide laughs and enjoyment for kids and parents alike With a full Saturday and both English and Western shows on Sun day afternoon Irian world is very well represented at the fair The draft horse classes at are better than ever although few local people exhibit Roland Height com mcnls on regulars who come from Slayner and Paisley to show Brothers and Russell Tecple and closer lo home Lloyd Stokes of Last year wo huge six horse teams vercd along the narrow track Sometimes are three teams 18 ton Clydes Perch or Belgians thundering briskly around their tight figure- turns Space is a problem on Ihe track and although officials have tried to solve the problem for years there just no answer The peninsular shaped park grounds arc packed to scam splitting now and as Roland Height says We find another spot or we fill in the pond Draft horses fine sight A high stepper along the track HOME PROTECTION INSURANCE the coopeiators LARGEST CANADIAN OWNED INSURANCE GROUP 81 MILL ST EAST ACTON 8530220 LIFE and AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE Hilton CONCRETE CONTRACTORS 8534933 Lakeview Centre 126 MAIN ST NORTH ACTON YOURLOCA FOR HUISMAN HOLLAND SHOP MILL ST EAST ACTON 8S3OS60 Best of luck to all the competitors in the ACTON FALL FAIR Robertsons MILL ST ACTON 8S33720 HORNBY BOX and PALLET ACTON LTD 285 MAIN ST NORTH ACTON