Horizon Distributors, Inc.

Horizon (1871), a play by Augustin Daly. [Olympic Theatre, 65 perf.] Alleyn Van Dorp (Hart Conway), a recent West Point graduate, is dispatched to the Far West on his first commission. He employs his spare time seeking the lost daughter and husband of his foster mother. He soon learns that Med (Agnes Ethel), whom the Indians call “the White Flower of the Plains,” and her drunkard father, Wolf (J. B. Studley), are the very persons he seeks. After Wolf is murdered, the notorious criminal John Loder (J. K. Mortimer), who is known as “Panther Loder” or “the White Panther,” takes Med under his protection. He loves her and treats her well, but she is kidnapped by the Indian chief, Wannamucka (Charles Wheatleigh). Van Dorp rescues her, and Loder kills Wannamucka. For all his cruelty and dishonesty, Loder cares enough about Med to recognize she will fare better with Van Dorp, so he relinquishes her to the soldier. Critics praised the play for its reasonably accurate picture of the contemporary West and for its willingness to see virtue in villains and faults in heroes and heroines. One of Daly's great rivals, A. M. Palmer, later said not only was it Daly's best play but the finest American play he had ever seen. Despite critical and professional admiration for the work, the public's acceptance of the John A. Duff offering was minimal.

Type: Subsidiary
On the web: http://www.horizononline.com

Horizon doesn't worry about the rain clouds. The company, operating through about 60 locations in 11 mostly western US states, offers products for landscapers and other professionals in the landscaping industry. The company markets fertilizer, landscape lighting, turf and irrigation equipment, and other related products including mowers, pruners, blowers, and chainsaws. It specializes in helping golf course groundskeepers keep the greens green and the roughs soft with products like Rain Bird Golf nozzles and rotors, Seed Research forage and grass seeds, and Lasco Fittings swing joints. Pool supply company Pool Corporation (formerly SCP Pool) owns Horizon.

Officers:
President: James (Jim) Ross
VP of Operations: Scott Kirk
VP of Finance and Administration: Terry Speth

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