click on the fish  to translate this page into Chinese, Dutch, French,German, Greek, Italian,Japanese, Korean,Portuguese,Spanish, or Russian  Beauty's Sage King This is a story about the life of Beauty's Sage King but it is also a tribute to all stallions and mares that do not have "famous" names decorating their papers. These horses have provided a wealth of breeding stock from which most of our horses originate. These horses, although they did not live the pampered show life were horses wthat provided pleasure, transportation, and in days gone by were a necessary part of life. BEAUTY'S SAGE KING, a chestnut stallion, was the first of five foals from the breedings of the sorrel stallion HEY JOE and the black mare SAGO (BLACK BEAUTY II). Pearl Tompkins owned BEAUTY at this time. SAGE KING was foaled on April 25, 1960 on the Bar 7T Ranch at Elmo, Montana. SAGE KING got his name from one of the famous horses in a Zane Grey novel that Pearl had read at that time. SAGE KING was with his mother in the summer of 1960 when an accident occurred. In the pasture with the herd was an abandoned old homestead barn. Pearl feels the colt hurt his near eye in this barn but no one knows for sure. Pearl noticed the injured eye and SAGE KING was subsequently taken to the veterinarian. The doctor felt the eye could be saved but in spite of the care SAGE KING received, the eye could not be saved and SAGE KING was to remain blind in that eye for the rest of his long life. SAGE KING remained at the Bar 7T for his first seven years. IN this seven years he sired many foals of fine quality. In October of 1967 SAGE KING was to venture across the Canadian border to Roberts Creek, B.C. on the Sechelt Peninsula. He was now siring foals for Doreen Stanley-Clarke. Doreen had many mares that she acquired over the next few years and there are many horses in southern British Columbia that are direct descendents of SAGE KING. Doreen Stanley-Clarke moved to Gundy, Alberta in 1973. With Doreen came SAGE KING and four mares from his harem. It was at this time that our first walking horse was foaled. He was BIT 'O SAGE, (Beauty's Sage King x Little Toot Wilson) a bay gelding that converted us to the famous "Glide Ride". Sage King continued siring colts and at this time Alberta's good stallion KING'S STORMY MIST (Beauty's Sage King x Doll 'O The Mist) was foaled. In March of 1978 Ms. Stanley-Clarke decided to disperse her herd and McDonald Farms became the owners of Beauty's Sage King. SAGE KING was eighteen years old at that time and not in the best of health. We weree not sure we would have him very long. SAGE KING recovered and went on to sire many foals for us. He usually sired more fillies than stud colts and had the ability to refine coarse mares. Some of our most eye catching foals were sired by the old 'King'. He did a natural running walk and because of his eye injury was ever broken to ride, so we know his walk was natural. In the spring he was like a much young stallion walking up and down the fence his head nodding in time. SAGE KING became unable to breed in 1990 due to the infirmities of old age but remained in excellent health. On September 13, 1992 SAGE KING passed on to a better pasture. he died quietly and with dignity. If you find the name BEAUTY'S SAGE KING on the papers of your horse, take pride in the fast that you have a decendent of one genuine old time walking horse. I would like to thank Pearl Tompkins very much for her assistance in getting much of SAGE KING'S early history. Over the years Pearl has provided many, many horses from which the foundation of this breed, in Canada, has sprung. A big salute goes out to Pearl Tompkins and her BEAUTY'S SAGE KING. Jo-Anne McDonald McDonald Farms. |
