Tally Ho to Texas

One of the fun projects for AHP members every year is choosing a name for the annual seminar. This year, AHP members submitted 73 names for the 2015 San Antonio seminar. Then the AHP Board narrowed the field to five finalists that were voted on by AHP members to select a winner.

And the winner is...Tally-Ho at the Alamo submitted by Fran Jurga.

Fran explained how she came up with the name.

“I connect Tally Ho! with Teddy Roosevelt, for some reason; he and his Rough Riders are, of course, connected to the bar in the hotel where the conference will be held, and The Alamo is next door, so I have no doubt that TR might have realized that "Tally Ho!" and "Alamo" fit together and may have shouted this out when he rode his horse into the bar and whatever else the bartenders are likely to tell us he (supposedly) did there.”

Having been to the Menger Bar several times, I can visualize Teddy and his horse stepping into the bar from the door that accesses the street. There is not a lot of space in that bar. Matter of fact, Teddy and his horse would probably be the only ones in the bar. The sole bartender might be hiding on the other side of the bar. Anyone sitting at the bar would have headed rather hastily into the hotel lobby.

All speculation aside, it's a spirited name that embodies the horse world and Texas history.

For some history on Teddy and his visits to San Antonio, read Texas History 101 published in Texas Monthly. http://www.texasmonthly.com/content/texas-history-101-54

 

To all of you, I say, “Let’s belly up to the Menger Bar and toast Teddy and his Rough Riders in June!”