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Bill Maute was born and raised in New Jersey. He married a
Bermuda girl (Martha) at the age of 21, then moved to Bermuda at 26,
where he spent the next eight years raising his two sons, Kirk and Bill
Jr.
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Bill's grandkids riding. His
daughter in law, Cindy Maute is on
Chief
Jane's Pride.
All the kids belong to Cindy and Kirk. Tucker is riding
June
Summer's Gold, the sorral mare.
Jackson is riding
Limestone Susie Q., the
brown and white mare. Sophie is riding Cowboy, my old Quarter Horse
gelding. They sure had a great time.
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Next Bill journeyed to Fort Myers, Florida where he started a
restoration business that still flourishes under the direction of
Bill Jr.
Bill, with his fiddle, holding
Poco
Goldust Trigger. He was playing cowboy.
When Bill bought Mountainview Walking Horse Ranch in 1997,
there were only pig corrals and raw land. We sure have come a long
way from that.
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Jackson, riding
Limestone Susie Q. |
Tucker On
June
Summer's Gold and Sophie
on Cowboy |
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On his arrival to the ranch, he started raising
buffalo as a
business. At the time he had around 80 head. In 1999, the
buffalo
industry took a turn for the worse and he decided
to disperse the majority of his herd. Today, he only owns 18
head which he will be reducing further .
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Bill's first horse was a pony in Bermuda
that he purchased for the kids. The pony was named Dapples, as
he was a dappled gray. He lived with the Maute family for five
years.
Bill didn't get his second horse until he
arrive in Clark, where he purchased two Quarterhorses, Mack and
Morgan. They were
sold a few years down the road to a friend.
Next came Bills true love,
Summere',
his very first Tennessee Walker. After he purchased
Summere',
he contacted some Bermuda friends that lived in Shelbyville,
TN. He was hooked. |
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| From then on, he decided to raise Tennessee Walking Horses.
His first idea was to raise palomino walkers. Bill bred
Summere'
to Gold Dust Royal Trigger, but never achieved his goal.
Summere'
only threw sorrels by this stallion. |
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Bill's next Tennessee Walking
horse was
Leslie Jane's Pride, a bay mare he bought from Earl Jones in
Powell, Wy. She became a permanent broodmare and has been
producing wonderful foals. Bill did get a palomino stud colt from
this mare, but he died.
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| On August 25, 2002, Bill went to the Wiser
Farm Sale in Tennessee, and purchased the 3 year old stallion,
Pride's Thrill-Ah-Gee.
"Thriller" is a black and white tobiano Tennessee
Walking Horse, who has since become the herd sire at
Mountainview Walking Horse Ranch. |
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Bill now owns fifteen gaited horses. His
new goal is to raise black and white Tennessee Walking Horses with
great conformation, a smooth gait, and a wonderful disposition. He
is on the right track.
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Bill with clients, Jan and Gary Hoar. |
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