the indomitable Snowman

the true rags-to-riches story of a plowhorse

On a winter afternoon Harry de Leyer returned from an auction with a big gray horse that his children promptly named Snowman. He was a good riding horse, but when a neighbor offered Harry twice what he'd paid for him, he agreed. Right away he regretted his decision; so apparently did Snowman. And that's when his hidden talent showed up- along with the horse himself! The neighbor's fences were high, but Snowman repeatedly scaled them to be with the master and the family he loved. One day Harry made the reunion permanent by buying back the horse- and the rest is history. Snowman kept winning championships and shows until the the ultimate dream, The National at Madison Square Garden, where he was named "Horse of the Year" two years running (1958-1959). But not because he ran; Snowman was a jumper. And nobody would have ever known had it not been for the fences that separated the grateful animal from his loving master. And the horse had every reason to be grateful, because Harry had arrived late at the auction that say after the best horses had been sold. The big grey gelding that became the indomitable Snowman was rescued from the only other bidder... a man who intended him for the glue factory. The Psalmist said, "The Lord...redeems your life from destruction." When others write you off, He sees what you can become.