Hutcheson has bred the Primavera lines of old Morgan stock horse blood since 1998 concentrating the lines of old government, Brunk and working western to produce foundation horses of type, conformation, substance and tractable disposition who relish a job and love to work cattle or go in the back country of the western states. Hutch trains in the Californio way prefering the hackamore and working
to develop horses that learn to work inside the hackamore and develop the Spanish head set through time and patience. He occassionally does a clinic on the hackamore. Service in Korea, Alaska, Panama, Honduras, and Germany. Grew up with guns, dogs, and horses. A teenage exercise rider in an operation with several hundred sale horses. Commissioned from North Georgia College in 1969. “Hutch,” as known by friends, retired from the Regular Army with near 30 years active service. Favorite unit was 3d Brigade/101st Airborne. Commanded 6-502 Infantry on the Berlin Wall. Served as the senior Infantry Observer/Controller at the National Training Center. Was last on jump status at 46 yrs of age as Chief of Staff, Joint Readiness Training Center.Has hunted solo on multiple trips above the Arctic Circle. Has been a breeder since 1998, of the traditional/foundation Morgan Horse at his Gab Creek Farm in Georgia. Is a practitioner of the old vaquero training methods. His epic month-long horse packing trips into the mountain west have been chronicled in The Morgan Horse. Has had 13 service related, orthopedic general surgeries.
2019
Nearing 75 yrs I will observe that the environment shapes the man as does the stuff he is made of, "What you are is where you were when" (Dr. Massey) My oldest memory is being in a cotton field, the only white person in the field, age 4 and hearing "don't lets that whites baby gets burnt" (translation: keep the white baby under the wagon so he doesn't get sunburned), raised by the veterans of WWII with guns, dogs and horses, received weapons instruction in the public school in the 5th grade, served 30 years as a professional soldier, 20 years as a horse breeder, a life time hunter, bird dog trainer, horse trainer. I am grateful for my three score and ten. Sadly, most folks living like lemmings on top of each other in urban areas with wireless, smart phones, security alarms, direct tv, credit cards, personal trainers, massage therapists, manicurists, car wash memberships and frequent flyer miles, etc, etc ....and driving much too fast ....and completely disconnected from the soil and animal husbandry ....are being shaped by a different environment than the one I was so fortunate to know. But there is still courage, love and patriotism.
