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Vintage Photos Hawaii 1970’s LEEHAC HORSESHOWS & MORE |
nas barber's point
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Photo taken just prior to November 1973 for Paniolo
Press advertisement. |
From left to right: Pam Kingery & Tootie, Lisa Benton & Nani, Lisa Walker & No Dice, Valerie Grabowski & Buckskin, Jil Simpson & Quimbo, Sandy Walker & Eleiu, Max
Roushman & Tex, Susan Allen & Bobbie Tee Miss, Renee Rousseau & Loaa, Sarah Allen & Sudden
Tammi. (Carol Roushman & Haole Boy
may be the rider and horse labeled as Jil Simpson & Quimbo -- sorry!) :) |
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This information is fairly complete at we boarded
at Barbers Point.
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← June
2, 1972 -- the first day that we officially owned Buckskin
-- my favorite Cowboy, Keoki, gave us a warm
welcome.
Most old timers will
remember Keoki and his horses → he's shown riding 'Kauai' during the Barbers Point Jackpot Rodeo - Jan 19, 1974. |
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According to my 1973 & 1974 4-H Record Books: 1973
Monthly Board at Barbers Point: $23 Shoeing
all the way around: $8.50 Vet: Dr. Patrick
Callahan Farrier: The Gonzales Family 1 Bale of Alfalfa Hay: $3.50 80 lb bag of Albers Feed: $6.00 Fees
to enter LEEHAC Horse Shows in 1973 $1.00
per class in Waianae $1.50 per class
at Tongg Ranch $1.75 per class at Barbers
Point $2.00 per class at Wheeler In 1974 fees were bumped up $1.00 a class |
I took lessons, boarded my horse, and was a 4-H member at Barbers Point Stables.
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If I remember correctly... Barbers Point Stables had been in existance, as a boarding facility
prior to the 70's. Things kicked
up a notch during the Spring of 1972 when Kaneohe closed their stables and
their trail horses and lesson programs were
moved to Barbers Point. An MP at one
of the gates handed my mom
a flyer announcing the Grand Reopening
of the Stables! ←Taken Sept 24, 1972, the pipe pens hadn't received their first coat of paint yet. |
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We did a little bit of everything in the '70's. These two photos provide a good visual. ↔ Both were taken at Barbers Point on the same day with
the same horse (Buckskin) and rider (me).
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September 24, 1972: The first schooling show at Barbers
Point. Entries included Barbers Point Students on lesson horses as well as boarders on privately owned horses. The
place was packed and events ranged from Pleasure Classes to an Egg and Spoon Race.
According to my 4-H notes, the smaller second arena hadn't been built yet and the pipe fencing
on this arena will soon be painted red.
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← That's
my mom in the portable concession stand used during shows and rodeos. Behind her, the red stalls you see housed the lesson horses. Notice the white covered round pen in the distance. Pony rides were occasionally held in the same location. → FYI:
This is just under the big tree that currently (as of 2009) has a big blue and white judges stand under it. The cinder
block fixture under the tree (which was still there in 2009) was the water trough for the hack horses. A few of us received
a dunking or two in it!! |
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← Dubbed
the '4-H Arena' the second arena was built in time for the Barbers Point Horse Show on April 15, 1973. It
was a schooling show for boarders and students in the lesson programs. → Once again, the concession is being put
to good use. This view shows the new arena in the background. Originally pipe, it was painted red. At the far end, near
the road, a sign read "Razorbacks 4-H Club".
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From my 4-H Record Book:
"Our 4-H Club has done a lot of work on the 4-H arena. First we wanted
it to be a grass arena, so we pulled weeds for quite some time. Then we decided to make it a sand arena, so now it is. We
picked up big rocks out of the sand. We painted the fence red for our horse show."
↑ Taken
between 1972 and 1975 these photos provide a fairly good view of the Quonset Hut.
The big tree in the background (no longer there) acted as a hub
for the hack horses.
The tree was located
in the center of a square shaped hitching post.
All
four sides of the square afforded shade to the horses tied there while waiting to be ridden.
The bleachers in the top center photo were sometimes covered, other times
not.
Top left is Pam riding Tootie and
top right is Sherry riding Joy Forever.
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Inside, the Quonset Hut set the stage for
our socializing. Our group was very
active; there always seemed to
be a pig in the ground. ↔ These photos are from the 1973 wedding celebration of
two of my favorite people! |
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January 19 & 20, 1974 Barbers
Point Jackpot Rodeo! The old runway (Ewa Field), across the street from the stables, was used as a parking lot for the
1,500 spectators+ each day. The
far end of the 4-H arena is also in this shot.
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People were everywhere -- as is evident by the crowd at the concession stand! In the 70's the Leeward side was not populated
like today. 1,500 spectators each day was
HUGE! |
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  There
was always something going on! The
shows and rodeos were good size and the classes were full.
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Unfortunately, I don't have any photos
of the extensive network of trails that we had. We didn't ride down the roads. Our trails started to the right of the old hay barn
(currently used for storing jumps) and
took us thru the woods and over to the old quarry. Way back in those woods, Jeanne Allen built some really nice fences for us and we had a blast jumping them! She was also responsible
for heading up the committee that built impressive jumps for our horse shows.
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I learned the Spirit
of Aloha from the best! While the old timers in Waianae, Maili, Ewa, and Ewa Beach fostered my love of
horses, they really laid the foundation
for so much more!! |
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In April 1975 my family left Hawaii
when my dad was reassigned to a Navy Base in Virginia.
Buckskin was moved to one of the newly built paddocks at Tongg Ranch Stables
after being sold to a family with a daughter
about my age.
In the early 80's, I visited Barbers
Point and approached the pen that had previously housed the shetland
ponies.
I let out a
small gasp -- there standing in front of me was Buckskin. It was fairytale-ish -- at least for me.
Now 18 and renamed
Eleo, he was back at Barbers Point and his current owner
allowed me to spend some time with him and even take him for a ride.
It was very gracious of her and much appreciated by me.
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Please let me know if you have photos from this timeframe
that you would like share!!
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