Lögberg-Heimskringla - 14.06.1991, Side 2

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Nancy Schmalz selected
to represent U.S. in World
Championship for lcelandic Horses
Nancy Schmalz, a resident of San
Luis Obispo, Califomia, has been se-
lected to represent the United States in
the World Championships for Icelan-
dic Horses in Uppsala, Sweden, in Au-
gust. Also qualified was Betsy Covert of
Santa Ynez.
The World Championships, held
every other year, is rotated between
host countries. Seven riders are selected
from each country.
Schmalz, who rode her horse
Hamingja, placed first at the Western
United States qualifications show held
in Santa Ynez, California, on June 1.
Appropriately, the mare’s name means
happiness and good luck in Icelandic.
“I wish I could take her to Europe, but
she is going to have a ‘baby’ in a month, ”
Schmalz said about the horse. Instead,
she plans to borrow a horse in Europe
for the event.
Last year, Schmalz participated in a
four hundred mile trek across the Ice-
landic Highlands.
Prior to getting into Icelandic
Horses in 1988, Schmalz rode quarter
horses. When she was growing up,
she had an old bronc mustang. “He
could be mine if I could catch him
and it took me three weeks,” Schmalz
recalled.
The Icelandic Horse is the only
horse to be ridden in all five basic gaits.
The gait of töltis so smooth, that a rider
can carry a mug full of beer on an
outstretched hand without spilling a
drop. In the gait of flying pace, dubbed
“the gait of the Gods” by Icelanders,
speeds reach 30 MPH during competi-
tions.
Despite his modest size, evolu-
tionary pressure imposed on the
horse, by the rough climate and
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terrain in Iceland, has forced him to
develop amazing strength, stamina,
and surefootedness. In a country that
lacked good roads, the horse was ex-
pected to carry heavy riders and bag-
gage for long distances. The Icelandic
Horse has been purebred since settle-
ment days.
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Recently, in theAnswer column ofthe Winnipeg
Free Press, a reader asked for information about the
availability of a local German-language newspaper.
The answer given was, that The Kanada Kourier,
Canada’s largest and oldest national independent
ethnic newspaper, is available locally.
The lcelandic Weekly
Lögberg Stofnað 14. janúar 1888
Heimskringla Stofnað 9. september 1886
Upon reading this, my blood
boiled because I have been calling
Lögberg-Heimskringla Canada’s
oldest ethnic newspaper. I immedi-
ately called the Winnipeg Free Press to
correct this mistake. A few days later,
much to my delight, the following
correction was published. “Further to
. . . a German-language newspaper
in Winnipeg: Hulda Daníelsdóttir,
editor of Lögberg-Heimskringla, an
Icelandic newspaper published in
Winnipeg, says the Heimskringla
was founded in Winnipeg in Sep-
tember, 1886, and the Lögberg in
January, 1888. Daníelsdóttir says the
Heimskringla and the Lögberg
merged in 1959. Now published
almost exclusively in English with
the majority of its approximately
2,000 subscribers in Manitoba, the
newspaper has subscribers across
Canada and in the United States
and Iceland, she says. The Kanada
Kourier was founded in 1889 and
its publishers calls it Canada’s largest
and oldest national independent
ethnic newspaper.”
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