Hello and welcome to another edition of Featured JAH! We're getting started on a new year with Spring 1994!
On the front cover, a cowboy prepares to lasso something - the photographer, maybe? On the back cover,
The Challenger gift set makes its debut. These two models were the same sculpture, but the darker model (Sombra) had special attachments on the cooling boards to alter the positions of one front leg and one hind leg so it would look a little different from Mesteno. At least, I think that's what a later JAH article said.
On the inside cover, Llanarth True Briton finally makes his official debut. Now he's mainly remembered for his terrible dropped pasterns and melty-looking muzzle, but at the time he was noteworthy for being (I think) the second Breyer mold to balance on its tail while doing an actual trot. Fun stuff! Other debuts on this page are Starlight on the Jumping Horse mold (I had one at one point!) and the Fine Porcelain Spanish Barb, who has
still not been released in plastic despite being used in resin as a Christmas ornament in the recent past.
There's a familiar face at the Editor's Desk - Stephanie Macejko has made her debut as the editor of JAH! Stephanie is of course still working for Breyer and has held a variety of roles over the years and is currently the Vice President of Marketing and Product Development. Whew, that's a long title! On the EquiNews page, we learn about Shannon Beethe, "Breyer Salutes Junior Equestrians," and the USET Photo Contest, as well as a cut-off sentence about Breyerfest 1994.
On page 6 we have an article about Breyer eyewhites by none other than the
Breyer History Diva, Andrea Gurdon! It's continued on page 19 of the magazine, but I guess I didn't scan that page. Here's the rest of the article: "model, they should be considered more of a desirable addition than an absolute necessity. For example, take the old Breyer Race Horse: just because he never came with eyewhites certainly hasn't deterred collectors from wanting him in any way!" On the opposite page is the beginning of a Newcomer's Corner article and a Who Am I? featuring the lower legs of a Man o' War of some type.
On page 10 we have the conclusion of an article about team penning that was reprinted (with permission) from another magazine, and on page 11 is Dear JAH! I scanned this because it contains some valuable information about Breyer's steel injection molds - Stablemates injection molds can actually contain two cavities in the mold, so models can be molded two at a time (Stablemates are solid-cast).
On the last page we have the Vintage Point article about the Western Horse. I cropped out the other page because there was a survey in this issue and the other side of the page was left blank. The young reader who originally received this magazine filled out the survey but never sent it in.
Things not covered in this issue: Western Adventure: The Western Packing Saddle by Melody D. Snow, most of Team Penning by Pat Feuerstein, The A Lazy H Ranch by Joe Haas, and of course the Horse Trader classifieds. Oops - I forgot to talk about the rest of the Breyerfest 1994 announcement. 1994 was the year a third day was added to the event scheduled for July 29-31, 1994. Still amazes me that it was held that late, but it looks like they wanted to run the event at the same time as the Kentucky Horse Fair and the BLM Wild Horse & Burro Adoption Program - so basically a precursor to the event we have now. Interestingly, there were two host hotels in 1994 - the Clarion, formerly known as the HIN, and also the Ramada Inn Lexington, which we (much later) stayed at for our first two years of attending Breyerfest.
That's it for this week - check back next week for Summer I 1994!
