Go Boy ' s Shqdow ' s Price Rqises Vqlues Of Breed
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Voice of the Tennessee Wolking Horse
Go Boy ' s Shqdow ' s Price Rqises Vqlues Of Breed
Jivery Tennessee \\-alking Horse in America " gained in stature," and
" inched uprrards in financial value " when Go Bo-v ' s Shaclorv soid for an all-time recorcl price on \ or '. 28 at Shelbl ' r ' ille, Tenn. Tire exact figure was not announced but it is authoritatively knou-n to have exceeded $ 55,-
000. But the basis of values was raised by the nel ' higher price.
That 555,0011 has been the announced lecord price paid by C. C.
Turnel ot Broadrvay, Va. in 1948 for Shaclorr " s sire-the noted Merry Go
Bor '-then a Champion of the Worlcl at age four-due to repeat in the 1948
\ ational Celebration. \ ote the Merry Go Boy price was lor a " performing show horse." The price for Shadow was for a horse itanding only at service as a sire.
H. C. Bailey, Jackson, Miss. financier and real estate man, immediately took Shadow to his Bailey Stables at
Jackson and announced he would stand there during the 1962 season. Later Eddie Wiser, son of the late trainer, \\ Iinston \ 4 / iser, joined the Baileys on Feb. I and took over supervision of Shadorv. He also took along LBJ ' s Black Shadow-the Tennessee
Walking yearling given at the 196l
Celebration to I ' Irs. Lyndon B. Johnson, wife of the Vice President of the
United States. Eddie has been breaking the colt ancl will train him for l, ady Bird.
The Baileys are relatively new in the Tennessee Walking Horse business- " getting ir-rto it two years ago because of their three children." They already have a sizable collection of mounts and young horses in training.
Although still regarded as a young sire, Shadow has achieved a startling
record as a father of champion horses. Among his progeny are:
Shadow ' s H eadman, 3-year-old rt ' orld ' s champion in lg60; Red Ace;
IIy ' NIerry Shadorv; Shadorv ' s Blaze; Go Shadon Bol '; Shaclorr " s Celebration; Shado. rr- ' s Dreamboat; Shadow ' s Blueprint; Shadorr ' s Trouper; and three 196l Celebration title winners-Shadow ' s Jet, a walking pony;
Go Boy ' s Shadow Rocket; Shadow ' s Untouchable.
Shadow himself swept the Celebration World ' s Championship Stake in 1955 as a 3-year-old and repeated
in 1956, then retired to stud.
He was foaled on Dr. Porter Rodgers ' famous farm at Searcy, Ark.,
$' here two other rvorld ' s champions were born. His dam was N { erry Walker, mother of Rodgers ' Perfection,
1959 world ' s champion, and the only mare to foal two world ' s title winners. Wiser bought the horse from Dr.
Rodgers as a 4-month-old colt and soon sold a half-interest to L. H. Padgett of \, Varrace and Miami, Fla. In 1960 Wiser bought out the Padgett interest.
The Baileys bought the stud from the Wiser estate with Mrs. Katherine \ Viser and children, Eddie, Bobbie
and.| udy Wiser, the sellers. Go Boy Shadow ' s complete pedigree follows: Sire: N { erry Go Boy, by Merry Boy, by Roan Allen F-38, by Allan F-l out
of Birdie N { essick F-84; Merry Boy ' s dam Nlerry Legs by Allan F-l out of
Nell Dement F-4:. Merry Go Boy ' s dam Wiser ' s Dimples by Giovannia, by Dandy Jim( ASR) out of Francesa( ASR); Wiser ' s Dimples ' dam Wisers '
Minnie by Allan F-l out of Wiser ' s Molly.
Dam: Merry Walker by Merry Boy by Roan Allen F-38, by Allan F-l;
Merry Boy ' s pedigree as above; Merry \ Valker ' s dam Earthman ' s Queen Mary by Directum J. F-71, by Chambertin out of Argot Belle; Earthman
Queen ' s dam Romina Heir by Minot
Heir( A. T. R.) out of Gleaves Gentry.
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( Continued lrom Page 3)( Fiditor ' s Note-Cecil, I hope to havc a training book out rvithin eight rnonths. You rvill say it is just what you wanted. You ' rvill hear more about that soon. BAG.)
W. L. Perkinson, 264 Roebuck Dr., Birmingham 15, Ala., mailed in subscriptions for himself and friends and added: " I am looking every day for
196l Celebration Brochure to add to my book, and also to the time when the magazine goes to press.
" I am a nati \-e Tennessean. I keep a small stable of pieasure ancl blood 1r1ares. ancl " placecl " nro ri-eanling fillies in the Futuritl ' last September.
I wish you much success in this much needed ventule.( Editor ' s Note-I notice your Let Me Go
Girl placed seventh and Angel ' s Dawn was renth in the Futurity ' s Weanling Filly Class. That is fine. The Futurity in 196l set all kind of records for numbers and calibre of competition. It is a far more important event than most folks give it credit for being. Your participation shows me vou know your Tennessee Walking Horse.
I used to live in Birmingham on Milner( Continued on Page Il)
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( Continued from Page 5) of them with the plan ro produce some " pleasure horse ";
If you have any horses available
now for this " vast pleasure horse market," offer them for sale; advertise them every way vou can; a good way is through an inexpensive classified ad in the Voice; we will give you a pipeline directly to the people in this
Pleasure Horse Market;
Join any Tennessee Walking llorse
Association that is geographically close enough to you to furnish any
encouragement at all; these associations are all good and they are growing; the Voice wants to print a regisuy of them in every issue as a news item; officials are asked to give us names of their associations, president ' s name, secretary ' s name, and both addresses;
Nlake sure you will get this Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse and keep a file of the copies in a binder; you will want every copy; every issue will have a wealth of material that will make you enjoy your horses more; urake you understand more about the breed; and incidentally they will make you money;
If you do not have ready access to the Biography of the Tennessee Walking Horse, write to the Voice Editor and get one for $ 7. 50; make sure your public library has one( a book will bc
mailed to any public library at a special rate of g5 for library use);
You must know about this breed to answer questions about the Tcnnessee Walking Horse; people want to know what makes this breed tick; they want
to know why we claim it is the World ' s Greatest Pleasure Horse; that book has the ansnreLs.
But, I { r ' Fliends, the book, the bleed, the Pleasure Horse Market-all lvill amount to little unless YOU do something about it. Nobody alse is going to Do Your Work in this great fight for the Market, fight for recognition, fight for the hearts of potential Horse People in this country. Moneywise, it can be your Gold Mine In The Sky. But you must reach for it.
Nothing can be done for)/ ou-except to tell you these things. You must do the rest. God speed you to the task.
Thanks for reading.