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From Here to the Bugle

By Frank Jennings
Illustrations ~ Milton Menasco

 

 

This second edition printing was published in 1986 by Staci and Arthur Hancock III with Host Communications in Lexington, Kentucky.   When first edition books, originally published in 1949, were no longer available, Arthur III stepped up to keep his family history alive. “From Here to the Bugle” chronicles the history of the “Hancock men”, from Captain Richard Johnson Hancock to his son Arthur Boyd Hancock, Sr., to his son Arthur B. Hancock Jr., from Limestone County Alabama, to Bossier Parrish, Louisiana to Charlottesville, Virginia and ultimately to Paris, Kentucky.  In this multi-generational story, a young Arthur B. Hancock III is introduced.

 

 

“Arthur…..how was it that groom put it when he was having trouble with a fractious mare that he started to lead to the breeding shed? I forget the mare’s name…..You know, he said something about it being a long time until the bugle.”

“Why, she was misbehaving and he said something like, ‘You ain’t getting ready for no big running race, so just calm yourself down. It’s a long way from here to the bugle for anything that will come out of this business of yours today.”

The big man grinned. “There’s a lot of truth in it.”

“Yes sir, there is.”

 

"I am very happy to have been requested to write a few lines about my close and trusted friend, Arthur Boyd Hancock. I have known him for over thirty years, and from our earliest meeting I have felt that he was the kind of man one wanted to know and be associated with. Over these many years we have had a relationship of intimacy and friendship, with complete understanding of one another. He is a man who could have made a success in any walk of life … in the field of education, banking, industrialism, law, or any other business … but he chose farming and breeding of Thoroughbred horses, which was his heritage, and it is hardly necessary to refer to the great success which he has had along those lines, bringing him to the top rung of the ladder. He has been a model husband and father; faithful to his friends; considerate of his employees, and an active and loyal citizen. He can be judged by his accomplishments, and I pay him this tribute with a great deal of pleasure."
- William Woodward
"The information that forms the basis for this book is as nearly accurate as could be ascertained by the writer’s research. However, for the sake of style, presentation and continuity, free use has been made of so-called “literary license.” Much of the dialogue and a portion of the scenes used as vehicles of expression have been improvised and reconstructed, but effort has been made to adhere as closely as possible to what actually happened; or, at least, to the meaning of the incident thereto. It is the author’s desire to thank William Woodward, Norman W. Church, Col Phil T. Chinn, Warren Wright, E.E. Dale Shaffer, Olin Gentry, Clem McCarthy, John D. Hertz, Neil S. McCarthy and the late Edward S. Moore; as well as the entire staff of Claiborne Stud, including Mrs. Alice Santen, J.W. Payne, Harris Robertson, and David Peel; and all the many others who so kindly assisted with, and contributed to, the preparation of this work."
- Frank Jennings

Frank Jennings at the Thoroughbred Record with William S. (Bud) Wallace, Haden Kirkpatrick and Neville Dunn at the publishing of From Here to the Bugle in 1949.
From Here to the Bugle

From Here to the Bugle

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