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Ian Allomes

Ian Allomes

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The duke, these shots were taken west of Sydney back in the 70s. I believe the only TV commercial that he ever made in his career.
I hired the horses out to them for the commercial.

The commercial was for a shoe company; “Hush Puppies” the guys in the harnesses were left hanging for about three hours. I think their breeding careers were finished after that day.

He was one of the most genuine gentlemen I have ever met.

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I remember him carrying a good looking folder, might have been an early Busse.:D
There might have always been a folder. :D :D
 
That’s me hiding behind the horse; he was one of my cattle horses and had just put on a buckjumping display, his first time with a western saddle. I was asked to stand there just in case the horse went berko again. :D
I’m 5ft 10, so gives an indication of how big the Duke was.
After the buck jump display, fortunately I was on the horse at the time and not John Wayne, his comments were, if you’re going to stay in this business, you would need steadier horses. I had three horses there, and the brown was the quietest.

There was a time in the 70s where I got into hiring horses and doing horse stunts, fall offs, that kind of thing. I figured I’d been doing it all my life for free, so why not get paid for it.:D :D

Got a bit hectic for me so I headed back to my beloved bush in the outback.:D
 
Originally posted by Ian Allomes
That’s me hiding behind the horse; he was one of my cattle horses and had just put on a buckjumping display, his first time with a western saddle. I was asked to stand there just in case the horse went berko again. :D
I’m 5ft 10, so gives an indication of how big the Duke was.
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Or that you guys measure size differently than we do:D :D :D

Good picks. Thanks. The duke was the man, not like most of the panzies we have in pictures these days
 
Ian,

Those pics a friggin' awesome!!! Thanks for posting them. John Wayne rocks! Sounds like you've done a lot of interesting things throughout the years.

Jennifer just got a horse so you may be getting some unusual email from me in the future! :eek:


Jerry









I went in and edited your posts so that your pics would show up. If you hit "Edit" you can see how I did it. If you need any help with this, just email me and I'll help you out with it.
 
Ian.....Those picts are so coool!! John Wayne was the MAN!!!(Sorry Jerry.....The Duke was Da'MAN before you came along)
 
Ian,

Man, thanks for sharing those pics. I love the Duke, just ask my wife. I still wonder what this country would be like if the Duke was still around. God bless him.
 
Ian,
Great pics. Thanks for sharing them. :D:D



But you know the most amazing thing about this thread is that Jerry was able to edit your post and that he appears to have done it right ;):p:eek:

:D:D
 
Thanks,
I’m glad you liked them, I don’t know why he was in Australia at the time, maybe to promote a movie??
One thing is for sure it wasn’t just to do a TV commercial. He was interviewed on telly about that.:D
The money paid for the commercial would have been pocket silver to him.
It was not a long after his visit that he died.
Anyway he was a great man, and was my movie hero and inspiration as well.

btw, Jerry I think I have worked out the
 
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