Comments on: Snowman (repost) http://www.woodka.com/2009/10/14/snowman/ “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” Alan Watts Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:56:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Carol http://www.woodka.com/2009/10/14/snowman/comment-page-2/#comment-172647 Carol Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:10:09 +0000 http://www.woodka.com/2006/04/19/snowman/#comment-172647 I rode at Highland Stables in Delaware. Not long after reading the 1962 story of Snowman, the proprietor of our stable, with his daughter and I begging him to do so, rescued a gray mare about to be loaded on a rendering truck at the New Holland Auction. It was not the school horse he'd intended to buy, but for $125.00 this 14.2 pony was worth her weight in gold! She looked like Snowman and also loved to jump and we enjoyed traveling many horse shows together and once placed ahead of Devon Champion Prim 'N Proper! An exciting time--love this blog and the stories! I rode at Highland Stables in Delaware. Not long after reading the 1962 story of Snowman, the proprietor of our stable, with his daughter and I begging him to do so, rescued a gray mare about to be loaded on a rendering truck at the New Holland Auction. It was not the school horse he’d intended to buy, but for $125.00 this 14.2 pony was worth her weight in gold! She looked like Snowman and also loved to jump and we enjoyed traveling many horse shows together and once placed ahead of Devon Champion Prim ‘N Proper! An exciting time–love this blog and the stories!

]]> By: Carole from Canada http://www.woodka.com/2009/10/14/snowman/comment-page-2/#comment-172417 Carole from Canada Sun, 25 Dec 2011 15:45:58 +0000 http://www.woodka.com/2006/04/19/snowman/#comment-172417 Just finished reading The Eighty Dollar Champion: Snowman the Horse that Inspired a Nation and loved it! Thank you for having published it. Just finished reading The Eighty Dollar Champion: Snowman the Horse that Inspired a Nation and loved it! Thank you for having published it.

]]> By: Pattie from South Carolina http://www.woodka.com/2009/10/14/snowman/comment-page-2/#comment-172314 Pattie from South Carolina Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:15:14 +0000 http://www.woodka.com/2006/04/19/snowman/#comment-172314 I just finished reading, The Eighty Dollar Champion: Snowman the Horse that Inspired a Nation, and I absolutely LOVED the story. I pray Walt Disney will make this book into a movie. We so desperately need a movie that inspires us, like Harry de Leyer and Snowman. Thank You, Elizabeth Letts for writing this Heart Warming story. I just finished reading, The Eighty Dollar Champion: Snowman the Horse that Inspired a Nation, and I absolutely LOVED the story. I pray Walt Disney will make this book into a movie. We so desperately need a movie that inspires us, like Harry de Leyer and Snowman. Thank You, Elizabeth Letts for writing this Heart Warming story.

]]> By: Carolyn Mosier http://www.woodka.com/2009/10/14/snowman/comment-page-2/#comment-167040 Carolyn Mosier Wed, 18 May 2011 23:19:01 +0000 http://www.woodka.com/2006/04/19/snowman/#comment-167040 Linda Willcutt, If you would contact me I know a movie production company that has been interested in producing this story that is why I have been seeking info. I started researching 3 years ago and then got sidetracked by illness and other family responsibilities. For those of you looking for the book. I having been looking and haven't found one but I did find it in our local library so I could read it. Only time I was ever tempted not to give it back. But my conscience won. So still no book but if your library does not have it you can try the library exchange system. I enjoyed all your comments very much. Thanks Linda Willcutt,
If you would contact me I know a movie production company that has been interested in producing this story that is why I have been seeking info. I started researching 3 years ago and then got sidetracked by illness and other family responsibilities. For those of you looking for the book. I having been looking and haven’t found one but I did find it in our local library so I could read it. Only time I was ever tempted not to give it back. But my conscience won. So still no book but if your library does not have it you can try the library exchange system. I enjoyed all your comments very much. Thanks

]]> By: Carolyn Mosier http://www.woodka.com/2009/10/14/snowman/comment-page-2/#comment-167039 Carolyn Mosier Wed, 18 May 2011 23:12:28 +0000 http://www.woodka.com/2006/04/19/snowman/#comment-167039 I am not sure if my comments went through so I am re-posting. Would anyone having personal stories about Snowman and Harry DeMeyer please contact me personally at belagllery@gmail.com Thanks I am not sure if my comments went through so I am re-posting. Would anyone having personal stories about Snowman and Harry DeMeyer please contact me personally at belagllery@gmail.com
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]]> By: Kristin Hermann http://www.woodka.com/2009/10/14/snowman/comment-page-2/#comment-166771 Kristin Hermann Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:18:53 +0000 http://www.woodka.com/2006/04/19/snowman/#comment-166771 hello, i have a horse that was bought from harry de lewyer's farm in virginia. she is a chestnut mare, her stable name while there was buttercup. i was told she was half thoroughbred and dutch warmblood. i am trying to locate her breeding. is there anyone who remembers her? she showed hunters and was bought by bargee farm in western, Pa. my email is blythedale@comcast.net. I would love to know her breeding. thank you all, kristin hello, i have a horse that was bought from harry de lewyer’s farm in virginia. she is a chestnut mare, her stable name while there was buttercup. i was told she was half thoroughbred and dutch warmblood. i am trying to locate her breeding. is there anyone who remembers her? she showed hunters and was bought by bargee farm in western, Pa. my email is blythedale@comcast.net. I would love to know her breeding. thank you all, kristin

]]> By: Emily Updike Layton http://www.woodka.com/2009/10/14/snowman/comment-page-1/#comment-163107 Emily Updike Layton Sun, 08 Aug 2010 02:25:01 +0000 http://www.woodka.com/2006/04/19/snowman/#comment-163107 Just wanted to say that I rode with Harry in the 90's as a teen . I went to Blue Ridge Summer School in Virginia where he was the instructor for their riding program. I was 12 years old and I got to jump 4'6 oxers. It was awsome! and I was awe stuck by Harry, there was just something so special about him and his horses. He has like a Dutch twinkle or something. He and his wife Joan housed me for two summers after that. I have always remembered how they opened their home to me. I showed with Harry and bought one of my greatest horses, Dutch Oliver son of Dutch Crown. We had an amazing 4 years of show jumping together. I have never owned a braver horse. I have been out of horses for a while but Harry has always stuck with me and I will never forget him. Someone even came to get the story to do a movie back when I was staying with him ...they were from Hollywood but then I never did hear anything else. I hope he is doing well and thanks for all these stories. That experience has been one of my best. I am getting back into riding after a 10 year. Just wanted to say that I rode with Harry in the 90′s as a teen . I went to Blue Ridge Summer School in Virginia where he was the instructor for their riding program. I was 12 years old and I got to jump 4’6 oxers. It was awsome! and I was awe stuck by Harry, there was just something so special about him and his horses. He has like a Dutch twinkle or something. He and his wife Joan housed me for two summers after that. I have always remembered how they opened their home to me. I showed with Harry and bought one of my greatest horses, Dutch Oliver son of Dutch Crown. We had an amazing 4 years of show jumping together. I have never owned a braver horse. I have been out of horses for a while but Harry has always stuck with me and I will never forget him. Someone even came to get the story to do a movie back when I was staying with him …they were from Hollywood but then I never did hear anything else. I hope he is doing well and thanks for all these stories. That experience has been one of my best. I am getting back into riding after a 10 year.

]]> By: Darlene http://www.woodka.com/2009/10/14/snowman/comment-page-1/#comment-162200 Darlene Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:53:35 +0000 http://www.woodka.com/2006/04/19/snowman/#comment-162200 Although my mother was a horsewoman I was content to just ride for my own pleasure. Competition or jumping were not part of my scenario. I know very little about Dressage, but found this story to be hauntingly beautiful. Thank you. Although my mother was a horsewoman I was content to just ride for my own pleasure. Competition or jumping were not part of my scenario. I know very little about Dressage, but found this story to be hauntingly beautiful. Thank you.

]]> By: Elizabeth Letts http://www.woodka.com/2009/10/14/snowman/comment-page-1/#comment-162197 Elizabeth Letts Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:44:56 +0000 http://www.woodka.com/2006/04/19/snowman/#comment-162197 I am so pleased and excited to see all of these posts about Snowman and Harry de Leyer. I am currently working on a new full-length book about Snowman and Harry-- it is such an inspirational story that I hope a whole new generation will learn about this wonderful tale. The book is currently titled THE CINDERELLA HORSE and it is coming from Random House in 2011. It is a love affair with Snowman, with horse stories, and with the wonderful world of show jumping in the 1950s and the old National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden... I would LOVE to hear from anyone who has personal memories of Snowman, including anyone who remembers watching him compete. Please contact me at ElizabethLetts@gmail.com I am so pleased and excited to see all of these posts about Snowman and Harry de Leyer.

I am currently working on a new full-length book about Snowman and Harry– it is such an inspirational story that I hope a whole new generation will learn about this wonderful tale. The book is currently titled THE CINDERELLA HORSE and it is coming from Random House in 2011. It is a love affair with Snowman, with horse stories, and with the wonderful world of show jumping in the 1950s and the old National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden…

I would LOVE to hear from anyone who has personal memories of Snowman, including anyone who remembers watching him compete.

Please contact me at ElizabethLetts@gmail.com

]]> By: pua http://www.woodka.com/2009/10/14/snowman/comment-page-1/#comment-162163 pua Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:59:17 +0000 http://www.woodka.com/2006/04/19/snowman/#comment-162163 What a terrific treat to come across this thread. Like a few people before me, I was also a Knox/deLeyer student. Today, I will submit a long overdue apology to one of Harry's boarders. The name escapes me but if you were the one who kept the pink Canada wintergreen mints in a treat bucket near your stall. Yes, they were being misappropriated and shared with Snowman and a teen with a sweet tooth on a regular basis in the late '60s. I am now healed ;) What a terrific treat to come across this thread. Like a few people before me, I was also a Knox/deLeyer student. Today, I will submit a long overdue apology to one of Harry’s boarders. The name escapes me but if you were the one who kept the pink Canada wintergreen mints in a treat bucket near your stall. Yes, they were being misappropriated and shared with Snowman and a teen with a sweet tooth on a regular basis in the late ’60s. I am now healed ;)

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