The Hank Wiescamp Story: The Authorized Biography of the Legendary Colorado Horseman

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The name Hank Wiescamp is easily one of the most recognized in the horse world. Beginning as an auctioneer and a dealer in cavalry and polo horses in the mid-1920s, he built an empire around a family of horses so singular in type and coloring that they came to be known simply as "Wiescamp horses." Wiescamp's positive impact on all four of the major western horse registries - Quarter Horse, Appaloosa, Palomino, and Paint - is indisputable. He is the only man inducted into three breed association halls of fame: American Quarter Horse Association, Appaloosa Horse Club, and Palomino Horse Breeds of America.Here for the first time is Wiescamp's authorized biography - complete with the stories,...

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Overview

The name Hank Wiescamp is easily one of the most recognized in the horse world. Beginning as an auctioneer and a dealer in cavalry and polo horses in the mid-1920s, he built an empire around a family of horses so singular in type and coloring that they came to be known simply as "Wiescamp horses." Wiescamp's positive impact on all four of the major western horse registries - Quarter Horse, Appaloosa, Palomino, and Paint - is indisputable. He is the only man inducted into three breed association halls of fame: American Quarter Horse Association, Appaloosa Horse Club, and Palomino Horse Breeds of America.Here for the first time is Wiescamp's authorized biography - complete with the stories, the pedigrees, the show and race records, and the photographs that chronicle 70 years of horse breeding, showing, and selling activity.The Hank Wiescamp Story is the most comprehensive account ever written about one of the most storied horse breeders of all time. (

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  • ISBN-13: 9780911647389
  • Publisher: Western Horseman, Incorporated, The
  • Publication date: 7/1/1996
  • Pages: 208
  • Sales rank: 701,771
  • Product dimensions: 8.18 (w) x 10.98 (h) x 0.48 (d)

Meet the Author

Frank Holmes has been penning horse-related feature articles and historical books for more than 35 years.  His interests have always been centered on the historical aspects of the western horse breeds, and his broad-based knowledge of the origins of the Quarter Horse, Paint, Appaloosa and Palomino registries have established him as one of the pre-eminent equine historians of all time.

 

As a former staff writer for Western Horseman magazine, Frank co-authored volumes 2 through 5 of the immensely popular Legends book series.

Table of Contents

The Childhood 10
Career and Family 16
Buckin' Broncs and Quarter Sales 24
Early Horse Influences 32
The Coke Roberds Connection 44
The Philmont and Ghost Ranch Mares 54
Nick Shoemaker 64
Skipper W 76
The Other Sires 86
Nick W and Spanish Nick 96
Two of a Kind 108
The Sons Who Were Sold 120
The Show Horses 136
The Quest for Speed 148
The Appaloosas 162
The Paints 176
The Modern Sires 190
Epilogue 202
Profile 204
Wiescamp Honor Roll 205
Horse Photo Index 206
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