Proclamation
by
Brereton C. Jones
Governor
of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky
To All To Whom These Presents Shall Come:
| Whereas, | The Horsemen of Eastern Kentucky developed a type of horse -- known as the Mountain Pleasure Horse -- to be smooth of gait, gentle of disposition, willing to work and sure-footed as necessary for mountain terrain; and |
| Whereas, | This Mountain Pleasure Horse has been carefully and closely bred for over 160 traceable years along the original Kentucky mountain blood lines; and |
| Whereas, | Blood-typing research by the University of Kentucky has shown the Mountain Pleasure Horse to be the parent stock of all the American gaited horse breeds; and |
Now, therefore, I, Brereton C. Jones, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, do hereby recognize the
Mountain Pleasure Horse
in Kentucky for 160 traceable years and registered by the Mountain Pleasure Horse Association to be the oldest gaited American breed of horse and to be the parent stock of all other American gaited horse breeds.
Done at the Capitol in the City of
Frankfort, this the 29th day of
September, in the year of Our Lord
One Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-four
and in the 203rd year of the Commonwealth.
Mountain Pleasure Horse Association
P.O. Box 79
Wellington, Kentucky 40387