{"id":7964,"date":"2011-08-22T13:13:34","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T18:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=7964"},"modified":"2011-08-23T16:30:06","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T21:30:06","slug":"dr-w-h-dub-worrell-1920-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=7964","title":{"rendered":"Dr. W.H. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dub\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Worrell, 1920-2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"W<\/a>Dr. W.H. Worrell, 91, of Brenham, Texas passed away this morning. Dr. Worrell served as president of the National Cutting Horse Association in 1955, and was inducted into the NCHA Members Hall of Fame in 2008.<\/p>\n

During his term as president, NCHA held its first Convention, and introduced judging clinics and training films. He appointed the association’s first finance and judging committees.<\/p>\n

“When I was just starting out, I became very fascinated with cutting horses,” Dr. Worrell told me in 1996. “I’d always keep one Open horse and a young one that I was riding. And I’d get Matlock (Rose) and some of the top cutters of the day to help me.<\/p>\n

“We used to fight and argue and fuss and bet. They loved to get me because I was a dentist. They’d tell me I didn’t know anything (about cutting) and I really didn’t. I just picked their brains.”<\/p>\n

As president, Dr. Worrell asked secretary-treasurer Doug Mitchell how much NCHA had in the bank, and was told “Nothing.”<\/p>\n

“So I went and got some businessmen and I put them on the financial committee to look at the books.<\/p>\n

“Then I put all of the cutters together on the Rule Book. After two days, none of them were speaking to each other. I said, ‘you all stay in this room.’<\/p>\n

“Back then, if you lost a cow, the judge might deduct two points or one or four. I said we had to have some kind of continuity. Can you imagine getting all of them to decide? It went\u00c2\u00a0 on for days and people weren’t speaking, but we re-wrote the rules and most of them are still standing.”<\/p>\n

Visitation will be Wednesday, August 24, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Memorial Oaks Chapel<\/a>, 1306 W. Main Street, Brenham, Texas. (979) 836-4564. A memorial service will be August 25 at 10: a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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