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Bill Baynard Launches Drive On 'Perfect Precision'
NHB001 (NS LLB117) PD-FAX New Orleans,
La Apr 29
BEN A GREEN
Shelbyville, Tenn.
Perfect Precision won amateur stallion-
Gelding stake in New Orleans made great
show against a lot of good horses—
BILL BAYNARD—
This message, received Sunday
morning, April 30, at 8 a.m. by tele­
phone from the telegraph office sig­
nalled the ‘'kickoff” on Bill Baynard's
campaign to take a virtually unknown
4-year-old stallion and make him one
of the best known within the United
States in a single season.
Anyone with knowledge of what
this business man-horseman achieved
last year with his champion mare—
Fascinating Rhythm—will entertain
few doubts that he can come very
close to achieving his newest objective
in the Tennessee Walking Horse
World.
A “Precisionist” Himself
William Tait Baynard, Jr., of 2856
Kalruah Street (Foot of Perkins Road
Overpass), Baton Rouge, La., is a
"precisionist” himself. He is certain­
ly one of his home state’s most suc­
cessful real estate operators and a
"driving man” in the saddle—proba­
bly the outstanding amateur rider of
1961 for sustained, overall perform­
ance.
Here’s what “Sir William” wrote
in a letter to the Voice Editor about
his new mount—Perfect Precision.
“Since writing to you (two weeks
previously) I have sold my World
Champion Mare, Fascinating Rhythm,
and now plan to push Precision to the
top.
"I had gone undefeated on her
(Fascinating Rhythm) in 1961—wind­
ing up with the amateur mare class
at the Celebration. I won 17 straight
blue ribbons with her in major shows.
1 feel that I had gone to the top with
her and therefore am more interested
in starting this sorrel stallion and see­
ing how tar we can go with him. I do
believe he will be an Amateur Cham­
pion at the Celebration before long.
“Have owned him for a year and
Jack Warren (of Lewisburg) has been
getting him ready for me all this time.
To me he is the greatest amateur
horse I have ever owned and I get a
great thrill out of riding him and
showing.
“Fie is a golden sorrel with a flaxen
mane and tail and has everything you
want in a horse. Three beautiful gaits
with looks. Jack Warren has him in
perfect condition for me and I do be­
lieve we will be hard to beat. I think
he will be the amateur horse to beat
at the Celebration.
“I will show him at New Orleans,
two shows around Lewisburg and then
the Spring Jubilee at Columbia the
first of June. I will be working and
riding hard to win the amateur stake
at the Columbia show. As you know
I won it last year and would love to
win it again this year. Precision has
a very powerful lick in the running
walk and does it right.
Credit To Jack Warren
“In any advertisement I run with
you always give Jack Warren credit
for training tile horse and helping me
to learn how to show the particular
horse as we spend many hours work­
ing on it, teaching me to get the very
best from the horse.”
This letter from this man reveals
a lot to tlte Voice Editor. Especially
it reveals to us his sincere apprecia­
tion of tlte work done by Jack War­
ren at Wise & Warren Stables, his
determination to get the best from
Perfect Precision, and his sort of
“humble confidence” that he and his
mount will prove worthy of a title.
The name Perfect Precision will be
new to just about everyone interested
because the stallion's registered name
is entirely different.
Flis registration reads “Glow of
Midnight—570541.”
He is by Midnight Moonglow out
of Elba—formerly owned b y James K.
Taylor of Huntsville. His dam's reg­
istration number of 492062.
Moonglow is by Midnight Sun out
of Moon. Thus the paternal grand-
sire of Precision is the masterful Wil­
son’s Allen, by Roan Allen F-38 out
of Birdie Messick F-86. And through
Ramsey's Rena, dam of Midnight Sun,
he traces to Dement’s Allen and Dena
(parents of Ramsey’s Rena).
Through Moonglow’s dam, Moon,
Precision goes directly to Merry Boy,
by Roan Allen F-38 out of Merry Legs
F-4. And through Moon’s dam, Min­
nie Bailey, he traces again to Roan
Allen F-38 and Rena Bailey, dam of
Minnie.
On the lower side of the pedigree,
through his dam, Elba, Precision’s
bloodlines lead to Merry Gay Boy, by
Merry Boy, by Roan Allen F-38, out
of Merry Legs F-4. And through Mer­
ry Gay Boy’s dam, Ada G., he leads to
Brantley’s Roan Allen, Jr. and
Scruggs' Maud.
And Precision's paternal granddam,
Wilson’s Louisiana Queen, traces to
Wilson’s Allen, by Roan Allen F-38
out of Birdie Messick F-86. His great
granddam, Dawn Allen is by Roan
Allen F-38 out of a dam whose identity
is now shown on registration records.
Intensively Bred Stallion
From this tremendous pedigree of
proved Tennessee Walking Horse pro­
ducers—it would appear that Perfect
Precision has one of the most inten­
sively bred bloodlines among modern
day Walking Horses.
He traces to incomparable Roan
Allen F-38 six times in the fourth
generation of his ancestors, And he
goes to the matchless mare, Merry
Legs F-4, four times in the same num­
ber of generations.
This pedigree will make Perfect
Precision one of the most closely
watched horses in die show business
for 1962—by the students of inherit­
ance in bloodlines.
If this horse comes up to Bill Bay-
nard’s expectations—it will tend to
reinforce a viewpoint held by many.
It is that more horses are hurt than
helped by being trained strenuously
for 2-year-old class competition in­
stead of being allowed another year
to grow. Precision is breaking in as a
newcomer at age four.
Party Line
Should I Geld?
The Voice Editor, just a newspaper­
man, ran into something new when
he received a letter from a Florida
subscriber asking “should I geld this
stallion?” The writer enclosed the
pedigree. We showed it to two of the
world’s most successful breeders and
they advised without hesitation:
“If that were my horse I would
geld him.”
They reasoned that the stallion's
colts would not be commercial, as
there was no mare or dam with a show’
record or breeding record in his sec­
ond and third generations. Farther
back there were prominent old blood­
lines. By “commercial” they mean the
colts would not sell at prices that
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