FORT WORTH \u2014 In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the American Paint Horse Association recently announced its first class of inductees for the APHA Hall of Fame. A total of 50 influential members of the Paint Horse community\u201425 horses and 25 people\u2014will be honored at the induction ceremony October 5 in Fort Worth, Texas.<\/p>\n
Given the Paint Horse breed\u2019s colorful history, naming the first Hall of Fame class required much contemplation. A five-member Hall of Fame Selection Committee was charged with developing induction criteria, reviewing the association\u2019s long list of history-makers, and narrowing the field of candidates to 50 inaugural inductees.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith APHA currently celebrating its 50-year anniversary, it is more than fitting that recognition be accorded to those colorful individuals\u2014two- and four-legged\u2014who were in it from the very beginning,\u201d Hall of Fame Selection Committee Member Frank Holmes said. \u201cIt was with this thought in mind that the inaugural class of APHA Hall of Fame inductees was chosen. Each pioneer person and foundation horse being inducted this year helped in some way to lay the foundation for what has grown from a plot hatched around a North Texas coffee table to a major breed association with tentacles in every corner of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
The first APHA Hall of Fame class includes the following influential horses and horsemen:<\/p>\n
Horses
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\nAdios Amigos #1525 (1962)
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\nBabette #1050 (1944)
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\nCalamity Jane #21 (1949)
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\nCherokee Maiden #23 (1960)
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\nCrystal Eye #2022 (1960)
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\nDelta #2120 (1963)
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\nDual Image #555 (1961)
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\nHank-A-Chief #14149 (1969)
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\nMister J. Bar #1044 (1961)
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\nNylon #360 (1961)
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\nPainted Breeze Bar (1962)
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\nPainted Joe #50000 (1939)
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\nPainted Lasan #2300 (1963)
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\nPainted Robin #800 (1960)
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\nPowder Charge #4400 (1965)
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\nQ Ton Eagle #345 (1960)
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\nSabru Indio #1200 (1962)
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\nSkip Hi #8 (1959)
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\nSkippa Rope #12012 (1968)
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\nSkippa Streak #3818 (1964)
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\nSnip Bar #7389 (1966)
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\nTinky\u2019s Spook #5165 (1965)
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\nUvalde Doll #5065 (1960)
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\nWahoo King #31 (1957)
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\nYellow Mount #3300 (1964)<\/p>\n
People
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\nFred & Marian Adam
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\nJo-an (Soso) Barnett
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\nRalph & Barbara Brunner
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\nA.J. \u201cJack\u201d Campbell
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\nBud & Betty Crump
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\nAlfonso Gonzalez
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\nPaul Harber
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\nBernard \u201cPunk\u201d Hoban
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\nJ.D. Hooter
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\nClaude Howard
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\nJunior Hudspeth
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\nBill James
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\nRebecca Tyler Lockhart
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\nDale Lukens
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\nW.L. \u201cLowell\u201d Miller
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\nBuster & Marion Naegle
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\nBill Neel
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\nJunior Robertson
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\nRalph & Dorothy Russell
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\nJay & Nancy Simons
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\nSam Ed & Marge Spence
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\nL.N. Sykes
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\nH.J. \u201cHank\u201d Wiescamp
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\nStanley & Jodie Williamson
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\nLyle & Butch Wonderlich<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an amazing start to what will become a first-class Hall of Fame,\u201d APHA Executive Director Billy Smith said. \u201cI can\u2019t think of a more challenging job than picking the inaugural class to the APHA Hall of Fame. The committee worked tirelessly and struggled to make sure they had done the best job they could do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Biographies of each APHA Hall of Fame inductee will be featured in the October 2012 Paint Horse Journal.<\/p>\n
The Hall of Fame induction ceremony coincides with the APHA Convention in Fort Worth, Texas, and takes place October 5 at the Hilton Fort Worth from 6 to 10 p.m. About the American Paint Horse Association FORT WORTH \u2014 In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the American Paint Horse Association recently announced its first class of inductees for the APHA Hall of Fame. A total of 50 influential members of the Paint Horse community\u201425 horses and 25 people\u2014will be honored at the induction ceremony October 5 in Fort Worth, Texas. Given […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apha","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5715"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5716,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5715\/revisions\/5716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTickets are $60 if paid by September 9 or $70 if paid after. For more information, contact Theresa Brown at (817) 834-2742, ext. 403, or email her at tbrown@apha.com. Information can also be found at my.apha.com\/events\/convention<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nThe American Paint Horse Association (APHA), the international breed registry for the American Paint Horse headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2012. In fulfillment of its mission to collect, record and preserve pedigrees of the breed, APHA recognizes and supports 111 regional and international clubs, produces championship shows, sponsors trail rides and creates and maintains programs that increase the value of American Paint Horses and enriches members’ experiences with their horses. APHA has registered more than a million horses in 59 nations and territories since it was founded, and now serves over 64,000 active youth and adult members around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"