TEVIS FORUM 2021 - 1 www.teviscup.org W estern S tates T rail F oundation Officers wstf Jeff Herten, President Jenni Smith, Vice President Kathie Perry, Vice President Carrie Ellinwood, Corporate Secretary Crysta Turnage, Treasurer WSTF President Jeff Herten WSTF TEVIS FORUM Co-Editors: Marisa Dardi & Barbara Jacinto Print layout and design: Barbara Jacinto Advertising sales: Marisa Dardi, Jerry Wittenauer, Sési Catalano & Abigail Madden Sponsorships: Denise Fissel Contributors: Kathie Perry, Barbara White & Kate Riordan, Printed by APi Marketing Next Ride Date July 16, 2022 Drucilla Barner (1914-1979) Richard Barsaleau, DVM (1925-2012) Nan Benzie (1911-1999) Charles Barieau (1916-2005) Al Beaupre (1929-2009) Tom Christofk (1951-2020) Hank Cook, DVM (1923-2017) JC “Bud” Dardi (1934-2017) Heather Davis (1939-2002) Ralph Dever (1925-2016) Bernard Dobbas (1912-1996) Joan Dowis (1935-2018) Paula Fatjo (1920-1993) Pat Fitzgerald (1933-2015) Pat Fox (?-2003) Larry Goss, DVM* (1952-2017) Eldon Hall (1915-1994) Frank Herald (1937-2016) Jim Humphrey (1934-2017) Marilyn Hunter (1937-2013) David Jay (1918-1999) Smokey Killen (1916-1995) ©2021 Western States Trail Foundation © 2014 150 Gum Lane, Suite 103 • Auburn, California 95603 Phone: (530) 823-7282 • FAX: (530) 823-7901 E-mail:
[email protected] • www.TevisCup.org LeRoy Krusi (1894-1983) Jim Larimer (1948-2013) Nick Mansfield (1906-1999) Maynard Munger (1932-2006) Todd Nelson, DVM (1939-2017) Virl Norton (1916-1995) Jesper Peterson (1914-2004) Mervin Pyorre (1942-2015) Clint Ritchie (1938-2009) Wendell Robie (1895-1984) Albert Shumate, MD (1904-1998) Matthew Mackay-Smith* (1932-2018) Robert “Bob” Suhr (1918-2010) Bill Pieper (1936-2014) Walter Tibbitts (1923-2016) Went Tellington (1917-2000) Marc VanZuuk (1956-2017) Betty Veal (1927-2004) Jack Veal (1929-2014) Paul “Thurman” Yeagley (1959-2003) Bradley Weston (1954-2020) WSTF Honors Pam Bailie Tony Benedetti Sési Catalano Kassandra DiMaggio Marisa Dardi Carrie Ellinwood Meliss a Fo rmica Nanci Gabri Linda Glazier Jaya Mae Gregory Shellie Hatfield Jeff Herten Jean Hixon Luanne Holmsen Greg King Debby Lyon Abigail Madden Jeanette “Jay” Mero, DVM Kathie Perry Mike Pickett Lynn Seeley Jenni Smith Chuck Stalley Lori Stewart Lucy Trumbull Crysta Turnage Holly Ulyate Nicole Chappell-Wertz Barbara White Jerry Wittenauer Board of GOVERNoRS Rho Bailey Bob Davis Larry Deakyne Chuck Gabri Phil Gardner Hank Gibbons Roxanne Greene Henry Griffin Hal Hall Joanne Hoeffler Marvin Jacinto Bill Johnson Joe Larkin DIRECTORS Emeritus Mo Livermore Bob Marx Chuck Mather John McCullough Dick Nogleberg Kate Riordan Jerry Scribner Bob Stevens Larry Suddjian Julie Suhr Judy Suter Roger Yohe (continued on page 72) OFFICERS WST Endowment Fund Crysta Turnage, Chairwoman Kathie Perry, Vice Chairwoman Mike Pickett, Treasurer Abigail Madden, Secretary MEMBERS Tony Benedetti, Roxanne Greene, Jeff Herten, Bob Marx, Jenni Smith THE SHOW MUST GO ON As I sit inmy study, it is dark outside. Somewhere, out there in the darkness, there is a trail. It’s not just any trail. It’s a trail with over a century and a half of history. There are the muffled hooves of pack mules carrying people and equipment to the Comstock Lode from the gold fields of Auburn. In the opposite direction, it carried settlers from Squaw Valley to the promised land, the rich farm country of the San Joaquin Val- ley. Tortuous though it was, it was the most direct route, the Placer Immigrant Road, and for decades it was heavily traveled. Then, as less arduous roads de- veloped, it slowly disappeared. All that remained were the blazes hacked in the bark of trees along the way. It remained that way for fifty years, until a curious Sher- iff from Tahoe City discovered some blazes and began to piece it back together. He built a rock monument on the Sierra Crest that bears his name. We owe a debt of gratitude to his love of riding, and his curi- osity. Robert Watson showed us the way. Watson must have told Wendell Robie about it. He and some friends rode it over four days in the thirties and made a home movie that sat in an attic for over fifty years. That ride planted the seed for what would become the most famous and arguably the most challenging ride in the world. That trail spawned an internationally famous ride, The Western States Trail Ride, affectionately known as the Tevis Cup. For six decades it has been the ulti- mate goal for horse persons who want to test themselves and their horses against that famous trail. I was bitten by the Tevis bug after I had successfully completed the Western States Run in 1984, and had been introduced to Ride and Tie by my best friend, Jim Hurley. Chuck Stalley is guilty of aiding and abetting by finding Deb and me two capable horses, Shekh Isa, and Firetrek. Fast forward twenty-five years and I find myself the president of the hardest working, most committed group of Tevis addicts anywhere, the Board of Governors.