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TWO HORSE TRADERS. Olin Moore
(left) aad Bud Heard with Heard's
stallion Vic.
“Yep, I believe the gaited
horse is coming back,’’ Bud
Heard, one of Lathem Town’s
big horse traders had spoken.
Heard who has been trading hor
ses for over 20 years knows
the ins and outs of the horse
trading business like the inside
of his hand. He sells more quar
ter horses than any other kind,
but now the tide is beginning
to turn and the horse fanciers
are looking with renewed inter
est at the gaited American
Saddle Horse
This time of year horse tr
ading is almost at a standstill
according to Heard. “We trade
among ourselves,” he jokingly
acknowledged, nodding toward
Olin Moore. “Mr. Moore just
bought some of my horses and
he’s in the market for more,”
said Heard. Moore says he will
buy any kind of horse. He lives
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Heard says he had a little
flurry of horse trading during
Christmas—people buyingpon
ies for presents and a few
pleasure horses, too. * ‘The sea
son goes into full swing around
early May. People get ready to
buy when winter is over.” he
commented contentedly.
He says most people don’t
want to keep a horse during the
winter months and have to feed
it. They sell their animals then
and buy again in the spring.
MULE TOWN
Lathem town has another well
known horse trader named Quay
Lathem. His father was Robert
Lathem, one of the early set
tlers at Lathem Town. Origina
lly there were four horse and
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Roy Holtzclaw
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Horse Traders Reminsce ,
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mule barns at Lathem Town.
Three of them were owned by
Lathem, Sam Turner and W.A.
Lathem. During the early thi
rites large herds of mules were
brought into Canton by train and
run down the road to Lathem
Town. People thought nothing of
seeing 50 to 60 mules driven
along at one time. The roads
were dirt then and seldom tra
veled.
Then, Heard’s barn was
owned by his father J.A. Heard
who came to Lathem Town from
Coal Mountain. He bought out
Jim Holcombe in 1935. Heard
used to sell from 30 to 40 mu
les a week. People used mules
mostly then and everybody had
one or two. The only horses
in demand were the Morgan or
Belguim breeds, used strictly
for work horses.
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iness these horse traders would
saddle up and drive a herd
of 50 to 75 mules down to At
lanta. They were probably some
of the first and only Georgia
Cowboys.
Bud Heard began to ride when
he was only 10 years old. He
says, tongue in cheek, that some
horses are better off if a few
riders never get on them.
An animal which is w ell gaited
and neck reined should be rid
den by someone who knows how
to ride, he maintains. “Every
body who gets on ahorse should
teach him something. But a
horse should be at least two
years old before he is trained.
Up to that age he can’t remem
ber.”
HORSE SALES
Horses are brought to sales
today mostly by truck some
times from as far away as Texas
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and Louisiana. Often they are
delivered in a pretty banged up
condition and go into the sale
oarns that way. Sometimes a
good horse can be picked up at
a bargain price because he
appears scrawney and ill as a
result of the long trip.
The horse and cattle barn
which was open on Mondays
in Atlanta for so many years
has finally been closed but there
are others still around. Heard
says if you are interested in
going to a sale these are av
ailable: Tommy Breedlove at
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A PAIR OF CUSTOMERS. Wallis Brooks and son Michael give
blond quarter horse a good going over. Its for sale at Heard’s
barn at Lathem Town.
Covington, Georgia, on the se
cond and fourth Saturday nights;
moting and assisting in the
clinics.”
Guest lecturers, selected
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Chattanooga, Tennessee sale on
Thursdays; Friday sale day at
Anson, Tennessee; and Monday
night at Lithonia Georgia just off
1-20 at Fowler and Sewell’s
barn. He says there are rumors
that there will be horse sales
in Gainesville after the first
of the year.
If you want to know anything
about horse lore, go to Lathem
town. HeaidorQuay Lathem will
tell you the treatment for any
horse ill and throw in a bit
sage advice, too. And when
spring begins to stir the blood,
you might drop back in and if
you do, you will witness some
of the smartest horse trading
that ever took place in this part
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A GOOD GUIDE PAYS OFF
It’s always difficult to admit
that someone else may know
more about fishing than you
do, but quite often that’s the
case. This is especially true
around the large reservoirs
where much of our good fish
ing takes place today.
And the person who prob
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fishing in any particular lake
is the guy who makes his liv
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catch fish ... a guide. This
man who lives on the lake
knows more about the sport
than most of the fishermen he
comes in contact with.
This is only natural, say the
angling experts at Mercury
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guide probably grew up in the
area and uses his knowledge
of the lake and his native in
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He knows where fish have
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as well as very recently. He
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habits and knows where to
find fish at almost any time
of day. If the lake is man
made, he will know the under
water topography like he
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How much is this informa
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Plenty, if he wants to catch
fish. Since most transient fish
ermen haven’t time to search
out this information for them
selves, it is to their advan
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There are plenty of guides
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