Tonto's horse breed
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Lone Ranger
Fictional character
This article is about the fictional American hero of the Old West. For other uses, see Lone Ranger (disambiguation).
Comics character
The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend Tonto. The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture.[7]
He first appeared in 1933 in a radio show on WXYZ (Detroit), conceived either by station owner George W. Trendle[3][4][5] or by Fran Striker,[8] the show's writer.[9][10] Test episodes aired earlier on radio station WEBR in Buffalo. The radio series proved to be a hit, and spawned a series of books (largely written by Striker), an equally popular television show that ran from 1949 to 1957, comic books, and several films.
The title character was played on the radio show by Earle Graser for some 1,300 episodes, but two others preceded him, according to The New York Times: "a man named Deeds, who lasted only a few weeks; a George S
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Aficionados of old-time radio and television know that the Lone Ranger’s faithful Indian companion is Tonto and that Tonto’s horse is Scout.
In real-life, TV’s Tonto was the late Jay Silverheels. And his horse is Hi Ho Silverheels, a standardbred named in memory of the actor by a close friend, trainer Milan Smith.
Acquired for only $1,800 at the Los Alamitos yearling sale and unraced as a 2-year-old, Hi Ho Silverheels has developed into one of America’s finest 3-year-old pacers.
In quest of his 15th victory in 20 starts, Smith has taken Hi Ho Silverheels to Maywood Park for Friday night’s $350,000 Windy City Pace.
The only time Hi Ho Silverheels has failed to finish in the mutuel money was in last weekend’s Windy City eliminations when he barely managed to qualify for Friday’s main event by finishing fourth.
Significantly, Jack Moiseyev, driver of victorious even-money favorite Pacific Rocket, asked in the winner’s circle: “Did Hi Ho Silverheels make it?”
Moiseyev had reason to hope not. Twice earlier this year Hi H
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(Above arcade cards courtesy of Don Swinford)
Arcade cards were prevalent back in the 'old days' and pictures of western film stars and sidekicks were commonplace. The above arcade cards are about 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches in size, and are from a series on the Lone Ranger, and I think the abbreviation M. B. S. stands for the Mutual Broadcasting System (radio network). Is that Brace Beemer on the horse (he took over when Earle Graser was killed and was the voice of the LR for most of the program's run)? One other tidbit relative to these cards --- see the 'Hi Ho Silver' on the horse card. The generally accepted call by the LR to his trusty steed was 'Hi Yo Silver'. My guess is that the 'Ho' was an error by the person who drafted/printed these.
(From Old Corral collection)
Above, heroine Lynn Roberts (aka Mary Hart in earlier screen activity in Roy Rogers films, and later as Lynne Roberts) points the way for Victor Daniels (Tonto) and Lee Powell (the Lone Ranger) in Republic Pictures' 1938 serial THE LONE RA
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