Full Text of HR1349 95th General Assembly
HR1349 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Smith family, | 4 |
| the owners of Tempel Farms in Wadsworth/Old Mill Creek, on the | 5 |
| occasion of the 50th anniversary of the first Tempel Lipizzans' | 6 |
| arrival in the United States; and
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| WHEREAS, Lipizzans are a species of horse that are | 8 |
| officially recognized as a "rare breed"; with only about 2,000 | 9 |
| Lipizzans living in the world today; and
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| WHEREAS, After a year of sensitive negotiations with the | 11 |
| Austrian government, the late Tempel Smith, owner of Chicago's | 12 |
| Tempel Steel Company, and his wife, Esther, received clearance | 13 |
| to import the first 20 Lipizzans from the breeding farms of the | 14 |
| Spanish Riding School in August of 1958; over the past 50 | 15 |
| years, nearly 900 Lipizzan horses have been born at Tempel | 16 |
| Farms, with the current herd of 80 Lipizzans being the largest | 17 |
| privately owned herd anywhere on Earth; and
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| WHEREAS, Tempel Farms in Wadsworth/Old Mill Creek is the | 19 |
| only place in the United States where Lipizzan stallions | 20 |
| regularly perform the breathtaking leaps and ballet-like | 21 |
| precision of classical dressage in the tradition of the famed | 22 |
| Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Austria; the farm is one of |
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| only a few places in the world where beautiful white "dancing" | 2 |
| Lipizzans breed, train, and perform on the same property; every | 3 |
| summer, visitors from around the world travel to Tempel Farms | 4 |
| to enjoy Lipizzan "horse ballets," similar to those that | 5 |
| entertained European royalty during the late Renaissance; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, The Tempel Lipizzans have been a featured | 7 |
| attraction in four presidential inaugurals, the 1976 | 8 |
| Bicentennial Celebration in Washington, D.C., the Belmont | 9 |
| Stakes, and the Oklahoma Mozart Music Festival; Tempel | 10 |
| Lipizzans have pulled the casket of The Unknown Soldier of the | 11 |
| Vietnam War at Arlington National Cemetery, been ridden by | 12 |
| Ronald Reagan and Morocco's King Hassan II, and have been | 13 |
| called to a command performance for the Carter family on the | 14 |
| White House lawn; and
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| WHEREAS, Tempel Farms was recently selected as the site for | 16 |
| equestrian events in the City of Chicago's 2016 Olympics bid; | 17 |
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| WHEREAS, The Tempel Lipizzans have been highly lauded for | 19 |
| their cultural importance; in 1997, the President of Austria | 20 |
| presented Tempel Smith's daughters with the Officers Cross, | 21 |
| Grand Decoration of Honour for Service to the Republic of | 22 |
| Austria, in recognition of the Smith family's "careful | 23 |
| management of a cultural institution with such close ties to |
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| Austria"; in 2007, the Illinois Department of Tourism named The | 2 |
| Tempel Lipizzans one of the State's "Top 25 Summer Fun Ideas"; | 3 |
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| WHEREAS, The owners and staff of Tempel Farms and their | 5 |
| beautiful Tempel Lipizzans are invaluable to the rich cultural | 6 |
| history of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 9 |
| congratulate the Smith family, the owners of Tempel Farms, on | 10 |
| their milestone anniversary and wish them continued success and | 11 |
| happiness in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the Smith family as a symbol of our esteem and | 14 |
| respect.
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