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TNC PERE JAR Yh LN x LISLE A RE 5 6 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Nov. 24, 1976 " \ . Joyce Bruce: Quite a collection of trophies. ~ ets ---- ec vote I WANE Hot emi a4 in pn ew gn i a ART CATTON REGIONAL COUNCILLOR ® 5 YEARS EXPERIENCE - 4 years as a councillor 1 year as Reeve of Reach Twp. ® Scugog's Regional Representative on the Board of Governors, Community Meyorial Hospital ® Executive Member of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (Durham Region): For BOARD of EDUCATION Township of Scugog DECEMBER 6, 1976 REMEMBER: For GOOD Education Administration ot YF hho GR ARR fi ATEN 4. Y ---- Be - Talking to horses... .winning formula for J oyce' 'It may sound just a bit silly Joyce Bruce admits, but she talks to h8rses. One might tend to agree, would it not be for the dozens of trophies that line the. walls of the Seagrave area Bruce home. Fact is, whatever Joyce is doing, she's doing it right. The results prove it. Since quitting school after completing Grade 12 at Port Perry High School, this at- tractive 19-year-old has established quite a reput- ation for Herself in Amer- ican Paint Horse compet- ition circles winning every- thing from youth compet- ition class events to the prestigeous Canadian Champion title. - Perhaps the most amazing thing about her meteoric rise in the field of horseman- ship is that she became involved only after she quit school. There wasn't the childhood "love" for horses common among the very young. "Three years ago,' smiles Joyce, "I didn't know what a . horse looked like.' For the past two years, she's been training and showing horses for a Sea- grave area breeder. The job demands a lot of hard work and time, and Joyce has . recently been thinking twice about making a full-time career out of it. "It's an up and down kind "Right of thing," she said. now, I'm looking for a good job. There's not much going "on in the winter months." | ~ "But she's looking for more . than a job to take her over the winter. "I want a good job, something permanent ~ that is flexible enough - to allow enough freedom to do this (riding) in the summer." While just getting a job is a problem, Joyce's needs for a flexible job will be just that much harder. "I've got . to be realistic," she said. "The job will come first, and the horses will be second. Making a full-time thing out of this (training and showing horses) is an iffy kind of thing." It's a cut-throat, highly- .-Ting nah only provided a field in "summer, competitive field where you can't miss a trick to get anywhere, according to Miss Bruce. "Sonfe do it full- time, but mostly' in . the < United States. There's more opportunity there in this field." . But Joyce's heart is in the Training horses has hich she can prove herself, but it has provided a lot of fringe benefits as well. She's met hundigds of people. .other young people... in the field...from as far @ away as Florida. During the summer months, she travels to competitions almost every weekend. The travel and excitement has obviously expanded her outlook and understanding of herself 2a life in general, » Perhaps it'$one reason for wl the sobre thoughts of a good --- job and security first.... horses second. s But she'll be riding for as long as she cares to look in the future. As far as winn- ing trophies is concerned, she appears to have quit counting. "Dozens," she' ® said. "I don't know how ' many." For a time, Joyce had to check her own behaviour. She was starting to expect it, and when she failed, -it became a terrible dis- appointment. Now, trophies don't mean that much, "You get used to it, after a while." © oe And it's no wonder. She collected 11 trophies in two shows during a weekend last Miss Bruce doesn't neces- sarily feel she has a "way with. . animals." Instead, she's -been rather adaptive / from the best part of the methods of others. 'You have to get what works for + you," she said. 'And the- best way to do that is to try--_ all different ways. I guess I've learned by watching others and adopting what works for me. And if that means talking, coaxing the horse rather than forcing the animal, that's what she'll do. Besides look at the results. The horse must listen: area. mobilers to register now, date. snowmobile on public trails.- { ATTENTION SNOWMOBILERS r Area snowmobilers interested in taking the Ministry of ~~ Transportation and Communications Snowmobile Operator's Safety Training Course may enroll for the course according fo Charles Harper who is the registered Club Instructor in the The program is geared for young people 12 through 15 $8 years of age but all snowmobilers 16 years and older without a. » valid drivers license should take the course. signature and proof of age is required at the pre.registration. Snowmobilers may enroll for the course at the Port Perry Scout Hall, Lilfa St., on November 27 and December 4 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Mr. Charles Harper urges area snow- they can be assigned a course All students who pass the course examinations success. fully will be given a registered Certificate of Proficiency . which they may use to apply for a license to operate a The Safety Training Course is being given for a modest fee to be paid at the time of registration. $8 * For furtherinformation, Kindly phone 985.7824 or 985-3297. Parents CLUB INSTRUCTOR Charles Harper. MIDTOWN MALL OSHAWA, ONTARIO flout 3. Clair. PAINT & W. LLPAPER ly Paint & Paper People 576-2431