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    LETTERS

    Aug 27, 2019 3 minutes

    Memories of a great one

    I read and re-read “Sons of the Great Ones” (Conformation Insights, EQUUS 497) by Deb Bennett, PhD. What an amazing piece of work.

    I was interested in the complete article but particularly the part about Hard Twist, Cowboy P-12 and Mame Taylor. My grandfather, Lou Kirk, owned several good Quarter Horse mares, but Mame Taylor (by Jack Dempsey) was the best producer.

    During the second world war, my grandparents moved with their broodmares to my parent’s Springstead Trading

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