Featured JAH - 5/11/2024, Mar/Apr 2000

 Hello and welcome to another edition of Featured JAH! This week's issue is Mar/Apr 2000, so let's get going! 

On the front cover, the handsome Pay N Go does dressage with his rider, Pam Fowler Grace. On the back cover, JAH "exclusive edition" special run Confetti is revealed! I feel like they should have used different font colors for the horse's name and order form statement - they're barely readable on the flowery background. 

In the Editor's Desk, Stephanie basically gives a preview of the whole issue, and it becomes clear that JAH is looking for a new managing editor, based on the job listing at the bottom of the page. On page 2 is the beginning of an article about Pay N Go.

On page 4-5 is the rest of the Pay N Go article. I always liked this article for its whimsical nature. You really get a good sense of Pay N Go's personality. As a footnote to the article, a quick Google shows that Pay N Go stayed with Pam for the rest of his life and died in 2014. Godspeed, hero. I had his Breyer model (naturally) but eventually sold it off with the rest of my Hanoverians. 

Now I'm kind of kicking myself for not doing a tiny bit of research on Breyer's other portrait models for the whole time I've been writing these posts! Ugh. 

On page 6-7 is the first part of a series of retrospective articles about Breyer for the 50th anniversary. 

On page 8-9 is the rest of the 1950s article and a small bio on author Nancy Young, also author of the defunct Breyer Molds and Models series of books/collecting resources.

After skipping a Breyerfest update, on page 14 is the contest for naming Leahs Fancy Chick's filly (spoiler alert: it ended up being Leahs Fancy Breyer). I can't help but note there's some confusion about apostophe usage in this article, probably compounded by the lack of apostrophes in Leahs Fancy Chick's name (it irks me to have to type it out without the apostrophe that should be there). On page 15 is a cute little poem about an Appaloosa in the Young Writer's column (or "young" in this case, not that it matters). 

After skipping an article about model horse photography, on page 18-19 we come to an article about Sherman Morgan. It's interesting that the mold was introduced in 1987, but by 1992 it had already become so damaged that it was retired. What the heck happened? Was it some kind of natural weakness in the mold, or something else? I mean, usually these molds can last 50 years or longer (given the age of some other Breyer molds). I guess at this point we aren't likely to get more details. But then by 1999 the mold was able to be repaired, apparently with no further issues to this day? I'd like to hear more about that someday. 



After skipping the centerfold (Showing the Model Appaloosa), on page 22 is a death notice for Breyer portrait horse Abdullah, and on page 23 is an article about another Breyer portrait horse, Hightower.

On page 24-25 is the rest of the Hightower article. As a footnote, another quick Google shows that Hightower died in 2008 at age 25. 

After skipping an article about live showing and Horse Trader, on page 36 we have the Caption Contest, and on page 37 is Who Am I? featuring a gold charm (or smoke?) Fighting Stallion, and two models from Breyer special events - Champagne Toast (whose name would later be reused for Breyerfest 2014) and Atlas. 

On page 38 is a Blast From the Past featuring the palomino Family Arabian Foal, and also a Just About...Breyer Animals! featuring...not a random animal, but more horses. Huh. Well, anyway, it's the Stablemate foals! I can't remember if this was the first time they were announced, but at some point we got new Stablemate foals! The G1 foals finally got to have some friends! Huzzah! And on page 39 is the first page of this issue's Vintage Point: the Stock Horse Foal, aka Phantom Wings! 

On page 40 is the rest of the Vintage Point article, and that brings us to the end of this week's issue! Check back next week for May/June 2000!