Rancher, horse breeder, and journalist.
Roy began riding, ranching, and breeding horses at an early age. His first ride was given to him by his mother at two weeks of age. As a boy, he helped his father ranch cattle and horses on the "divide" in Sterling County. Among their adventures was an almost 400 mile long trail drive to bring the family's remaining horses back from the Estancia valley of New Mexico, where the horses had been taken in 1917 to weather the devastating drought in west Texas. Roy turned 13 the summer that he helped his father round up the horses and bring them back.
Together with his father, he was an early breeder of Palomino horses as a focused line. He was instrumental in forming the Texas Palomino Association in 1938. He also played a part in the formation of the American Quarter Horse Association.
Roy began his professional journalism career when he launched a monthly magazine named "Back In The Saddle" while operating a ranch near Cisco, Texas, where he had moved in 1947. He later sold the magazine to his assistant editor and went on to work for other magazines: the Texas Livestock Journal, Western Horseman, and the Quarter Horse Journal. In 1959 he became the editor of the Quarter Horse Journal, where he stayed until his retirement in 1972. He continued to breed Quarter horses until his death in 1974.
Roy began riding, ranching, and breeding horses at an early age. His first ride was given to him by his mother at two weeks of age. As a boy, he helped his father ranch cattle and horses on the "divide" in Sterling County. Among their adventures was an almost 400 mile long trail drive to bring the family's remaining horses back from the Estancia valley of New Mexico, where the horses had been taken in 1917 to weather the devastating drought in west Texas. Roy turned 13 the summer that he helped his father round up the horses and bring them back.
Together with his father, he was an early breeder of Palomino horses as a focused line. He was instrumental in forming the Texas Palomino Association in 1938. He also played a part in the formation of the American Quarter Horse Association.
Roy began his professional journalism career when he launched a monthly magazine named "Back In The Saddle" while operating a ranch near Cisco, Texas, where he had moved in 1947. He later sold the magazine to his assistant editor and went on to work for other magazines: the Texas Livestock Journal, Western Horseman, and the Quarter Horse Journal. In 1959 he became the editor of the Quarter Horse Journal, where he stayed until his retirement in 1972. He continued to breed Quarter horses until his death in 1974.
Rancher, horse breeder, and journalist.
Roy began riding, ranching, and breeding horses at an early age. His first ride was given to him by his mother at two weeks of age. As a boy, he helped his father ranch cattle and horses on the "divide" in Sterling County. Among their adventures was an almost 400 mile long trail drive to bring the family's remaining horses back from the Estancia valley of New Mexico, where the horses had been taken in 1917 to weather the devastating drought in west Texas. Roy turned 13 the summer that he helped his father round up the horses and bring them back.
Together with his father, he was an early breeder of Palomino horses as a focused line. He was instrumental in forming the Texas Palomino Association in 1938. He also played a part in the formation of the American Quarter Horse Association.
Roy began his professional journalism career when he launched a monthly magazine named "Back In The Saddle" while operating a ranch near Cisco, Texas, where he had moved in 1947. He later sold the magazine to his assistant editor and went on to work for other magazines: the Texas Livestock Journal, Western Horseman, and the Quarter Horse Journal. In 1959 he became the editor of the Quarter Horse Journal, where he stayed until his retirement in 1972. He continued to breed Quarter horses until his death in 1974.
Roy began riding, ranching, and breeding horses at an early age. His first ride was given to him by his mother at two weeks of age. As a boy, he helped his father ranch cattle and horses on the "divide" in Sterling County. Among their adventures was an almost 400 mile long trail drive to bring the family's remaining horses back from the Estancia valley of New Mexico, where the horses had been taken in 1917 to weather the devastating drought in west Texas. Roy turned 13 the summer that he helped his father round up the horses and bring them back.
Together with his father, he was an early breeder of Palomino horses as a focused line. He was instrumental in forming the Texas Palomino Association in 1938. He also played a part in the formation of the American Quarter Horse Association.
Roy began his professional journalism career when he launched a monthly magazine named "Back In The Saddle" while operating a ranch near Cisco, Texas, where he had moved in 1947. He later sold the magazine to his assistant editor and went on to work for other magazines: the Texas Livestock Journal, Western Horseman, and the Quarter Horse Journal. In 1959 he became the editor of the Quarter Horse Journal, where he stayed until his retirement in 1972. He continued to breed Quarter horses until his death in 1974.
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