“Doc” Molthan seemed to be a fan of diversity, based on her comments: “There is plenty of room for all of the subtypes of the Connemara. The three-day horse, the show champion, the gentle kid’s pony, the endurance horse, the intermediate-level rider’s pleasure hack or the field hunter. Let us get our lovely ponies out where people see them and want one.” Doc also appears to have been the first to openly criticize the ACPS’ ban on blue-eyed creams.

Keough, the trainer of stallion Custusha’s Cashel Rock. had just won the championship class in conformation at the Region 1 Connemara show when he collapsed.

The ACPS secretary told members: ‘My incoming mail shows increases in interest and in demand for Connemaras, but it does not show increases in new registrations.’

The photo gallery for this post includes an image of an A-rated Connemara Regular Working Hunter Class in 1979 at the St. Louis National Charity Horse Show that drew 21 competitors from nine states, spanning from Washington state to Maine.

Also, this issue said the ACPS was temporarily suspending the requirement for Connemara stallions to be blood-typed while it found a lab to do the tests.

Spring Ledge Bridgette was selected as the first recipient of the ACPS Camlin Trophy, donated by longtime Irish breeder Garnet Irwin for an outstanding performance Connemara in America.

The ACPS president reported that she had prepared a letter for regional chairs on how she wanted them to bring together Connemara owners in their area.

This issue also covered Blue Ridge Farm representing the breed at the 1976 Washington International Horse Show’s Bicentennial Pageant.

A story provided coverage of Dr. Marian Molthan’s adventure on The Great American Horse Race, riding Dorothy Lyons’ dun mare, Spring Ledge Bridgette, and ponying her own gray mare, OH Heather Buck’s Roan. Bridgette finished ninth, receiving part of the cash prize.

This ACPS newsletter included the letter that Ann Gascoyne submitted to James H. Blackwell, executive secretary of the AHSA, as the ACPS requested that the Connemara be a recognized breed.

The longtime Connemara official addressed ACPS members as her term on the board of governors ended, offering her words of wisdom on what should guide the society.

The issue included a tribute to imported stallion *Camlin Cinco, who was put down after a pasture accident and a great effort to save him by Cornell veterinarians.

Our goal with this section of the website is to summarize the content of the American Connemara Pony Society News in the 1970s. This letter-size newsletter, the official publication of the ACPS, consisted of eight to 12 pages, mostly text, with black and white photos. The cover had a green folio that included the ACPS logo.