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Day: October 11, 2008

Two Texas Horses Test Positive for EEE;

News Release Texas Animal Health Commission Box l2966 * Austin, Texas 78711 * (800) 550-8242 * FAX (512) 719-0719 Bob Hillman, DVM * Executive Director For info, contact Carla Everett, information officer, at 1-800-550-8242, ext. 710, or ceverett@tahc.state.tx.us   October 9, 2008                                                       Horses Need Protection Against Mosquito-Borne Diseases     Texas has joined at least five other states this year in reporting cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis infection in horses. In Houston County, in the southeast corner of the state, a horse with clinical illness has tested positive for the disease, and in the north central Texas,

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Cowboys of Color Hall of Fame inducts pioneering Paint roper

FORT WORTH, TEXAS—Cornelious “Paul” Cleveland, 73, of Houston, Texas, is among the newest inductees into the Cowboys of Color Hall of Fame. The trainer has been turning out top roping horses that excel in rodeo and horse show competition for decades, including several Paint Horses. One of Cleveland’s first successes with Paints came with Allen Star Dust, a brown tobiano stallion owned by Napoleon Allen of Houston, Texas. The horse was foaled in 1962—the year that the American Paint Horse Association’s (APHA) predecessor—the American Paint Stock Horse Association—was formed. According to Cleveland, he trained and rode “Stardust”

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