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copter rides, car shows, whole family birthday dinners or papa night at the local fair. And don’t forget the DQ cakes be- cause every day was a perfect ice cream day. In the past few years Joe took up the craft of


leather-smithing. Once again his generous heart was always gifting the creations which included key


plaques, beautiful roses, dog collars and other cus- tomized pieces. Nurses, doctors, friends and fam- ily all have one of a kind personalized gifts. Joe was a resident of


Hampton for over 60 chains, leather years.


memorial donations may be made to the Bow- manville Hospital Foun- dation. The family wishes to express sincere thanks to the doctors and nurses of Lakeridge Health for their dedication, care and compassion.


In lieu of flowers


Language of Horses Continued from Page 1


learning why horses do the things they do, the care they need, and all about the subtle silent language they use. Learning our similarities and differences as prey and pred- ator species is important to


Remembering Joe Jarvis


Written by Bruce Ionson. Reprinted from The Rider, August 2021


In 1942 Lenord Herbert Jarvis came into this


world the fifth child for parents Herbert and Kath- leen. Several years later after the birth of his little brother Ralph he received a nick name that stuck (Lenord was too much for lil bro to pronounce). “Joe” Jarvis as he is known by almost everyone started his employment career at the age of 16 in the “boys club” at General Motors in Oshawa hold- ing numerous positions and very active in the union. Just shy of his 30th work anniversary he re- tired from GM one of the youngest to ever retire with 30 years. In 1962 he married, moved to Hampton and


purchased his first of many ponies. Frosty was a little black pony that provided hours of fun for everyone, including his nephews Randy and Andy. It wasn’t long before younger brother Ralph made a purchase of his own. In 1963 having not found the right horse at an auction Joe and Ralph were invited by Johnny Royal to come by his farm to look at some potential stock. Joe wasn’t sure how


they were going to get a good look as it was after midnight. Johnny Royle had the first indoor riding arena they had ever seen or even heard about. Ralph picked out a palomino stallion with a strong stock horse style build. Sundance was a yearling and over the years provided many hours of fun, he also sired a few pony foals. Joe remembers Johnny Royle well, JR had an uncanny ability to rhyme off who had purchased which horse and when. Joe’s first horse was a standardbred mare he


bought in the mid 60’s. Penny was found just a few miles from his home and as fate would have it, she was purchased at a farm that much later would later be owned by Joe’s young brother Ralph. In 1967 Joe and his wife Shirley moved to Middle Road still in the same small hamlet of Hampton. This would be the second home the couple had built with their own hands. Often family would offer a hand with pounding nails, and a fella by the name of Gord Knapp was hired for .35 cents/hour. Shortly after moving in they built a four stall cinder block barn to house the numerous horses that would soon follow. At the time this 10 acre farm was one of very few that used wood shavings to bed their horses. The local mushroom farm came by regularly to take the manure pile using it for the growth of their mushrooms. Joe remembers purchasing his first quarter


horse Kahock Bonnie, it was the last day of a GM worker strike. After agreeing to the purchase his dad drove him back to the picket line and later that evening he learned of a fire that burnt the barn in which Bonnie resided right to the ground. Luckily no horses were injured due to the fast action of good samaritans that got them safely moved to nearby pastures. The little four stall cinder block barn quickly


turned into a ten stall hip-roof with a hayloft and separate section to store loose shavings. Using some ingenuity Joe built a shoot to slide hay down from the loft and a trap door in the floor of the shavings section for quick bedding of the stalls. In those late 60’s Donnie Brooks would stop


Kayhock Bonnie, Joe's first quarter horse


by your farm clip your horse’s hair and trim up their hooves for $7.00 per animal. A fella by the name of Durwood tried to teach Joe the trade of farriering but after a few sweaty back breaking les- sons Joe decided that Donnie was well worth the seven dollars. A lifetime friendship also grew from that decision. Many friendships were formed as the barn stalls filled with boarded horses. Rick Davis, Larry Strank, Mickey Barnier, Wayne Wickett, Nancy Nicholson, Cathy Rockert, Brenda Norman, Skip Lane, and the list goes on. Travelling east to Trenton for a show for quarter horses but not AQHA sanctioned Joe remembers the judge with a certain fondness not just for the top placings he won but because Roy Ionson would become a life long friend. Jolly Roger a beautiful grey stallion with a


black spotted blanket on his hip was one of the first POA ponies in Ontario. Joe brought him up from the states and crossed a few pony mares with him. He was both an award winner and a producer of fine foals. Kim Cody, a local young girl that had a strong love for horses showed many of Joe’s horses


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as his own children were too young. Early in the 1960’s Joe joined the North Os-


hawa Western Horsemen’s Association which hosted shows each month throughout the nice weather. In the early 1960’s you might have seen Donnie Welsh, Jessie James, Danny Heard, Bob and Gayle Woodward or Jack and Gail Woodward. The show was a combination of rodeo and stock horse classes. This club had a few transformations and was a well-respected club to be a member of. Five points as it was nicknamed moved around to several locations until the club settled at Picovs Horseman Ctr in 1977. Eventually Joe became the president running the shows with assistance from Orville and Marilyn Dowie, Danny and Anne Heard and numerous other volunteers. Bill and Lorraine Cruwys had a chestnut


grade mare that caught Joe’s attention as she had the typical quarter horse build and temperament to match. Brandy could do it all, a true all-round great mare that spent much of her time in the winners circle. Jennifer Joe’s daughter showed this mare at numerous shows even winning a huge trophy for western pleasure. She also showed Jolly Roger, Dolly, Sugar and a few others before handing the reins over to her little sister Janet. In the winter of 1977-78 Dane Rogers came


into the barn with a little sorrel gelding that he was preparing for a spring auction sale. Extra Tuff was an unbroke 2-year-old that stole his Joe’s daughter Janet’s heart. The gelding never left for the auction sale and that spring while snow was still piled high in the fields (similar cowboy technique is water) Joe taught Tuffy to carry a saddle. Tuffy taught Joe to get back on when’s you’ve been bucked off. This was an endless game that Joe grew tired of. In 1980 he presented his daughter with one month of train- ing and lessons with Gord Wadds and Donna Williamson. After just a couple of months of pro- fessional guidance the team was winning classes. Over the next several years many winning combi- nation followed. Pirates Twist, Super Mac, Fritz Bar Leo, How D Sporty Man, Schreens Action, Bonanazas Big Cindy. In 1980 Joe and Ralph purchased 100 acres


and built a training, showing, breeding operation. From the ground up they built a 40 stall barn, in- door riding arena, many fences and a third house was built by Joe, family and friends. Once com- pleted they invited Gordy to manage the barn op- erations as resident trainer. In the late 70’s and early 80’s Joe could often


be found at Picovs Downs heading horses in to the starting gates for Sam Esposito SA JO SA racing. It was at the track that he met George and Gloria Egerton. Years later Joe and George would become tri chairmen of Quarterama along with Glenn Moorehouse. Joe was actively involved with Quat- erama for many years, first as co-chair of the horse palace, then adding security detail to his responsi- bility before moving on to co and then tri chairman of the show. At any gathering of horse folks you can men-


tion Quarterama and the stories could go on for days. If you get the chance ask Joe about $10,000 he fronted in the mid 80’s because the show must go on!


One of his greatest accomplishments and


highest honour was when some truly great OQHA members nomi- nated Joe Jarvis to be inducted into the hall of fame. He has been a member


1979 serving as president


since from


2003-2005. S i t t i n g


down with Joe I asked him some specific questions. Did you ever sell a horse to anyone famous? His re- sponse “Does Al- berto Bacardi or Tommy Manion


Safety course for youth. Equine Guelph thanks


its generous safety support- ers. This free youth initiative has been made possible by ESSO, Kubota Canada, On- tario Equestrian, and System Equine.


Story by: Equine Guelph. For further information, visit www.equineguelph.ca.


Joe at NOWHA show with Wrangler


count”? Tell me a favourite horse show story. I was showing Jolly Roger and winning all the classes at every show and folks started to complain after the third show. I had the opportunity to buy a little buckskin gelding, so I showed him at the next three shows and won everything with him. I ended the year tied for first with Jolly Roger and Bucky. I al- ways thought that was a novelty. Did you ever sell horses overseas? Yes I sold a few horses to Ger- many and our farm became a certified quarantine station for horses going overseas. While talking about the past Joe smiled as he


talked about the youth teams, taking a team to New Brunswick for the eastern seaboard champi- onships, to the Congress or Quarterama he always enjoyed the time spent with them. It all started with a little black pony and as


fate would have it, Joe’s equine ownership history ended with one too. Joe purchased a 3 year black pony gelding for his three grandsons. Pepper pro- vided many years of fun and memories for the boys.


Joe and Bob Woodward. NOWHA club banquet.


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