1962-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1962 May Voice | Page 9

Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse 7 Sun Dust A Major Stallion At 14 Is Result Of A. E. Sisco's 'Faith' One of die great Tennessee Walk­ The Voice Editor heard elsewhere ing Horse stories about a “man’s faith last season that Mr. Sisco turned down in a horse” was written in the 1961 from one of the country’s best known show season, will be continued this Tennessee Walking Plorse breeders year and doubtless will run for many a record bid for Sun Dust. If this horse had been sold he would have more years. brought the highest reported cash The man is E. A. Sisco, a Mt. money price we ever heard of for a Pleasant, Tenn. “phosphate miner,” horse of this breed. Thus is the value horse breeder and native son of placed on Sun Dust by his owner. Maury County who looks to be in his On the record of the 1961 Celebra­ “fifties.” tion—where alltime records were set The horse is 14-year-old Chestnut- for horse entries and competition sur­ colored Sun Dust—proving to be one passing any previous show—Sun Dust of the truely superior breeding stal­ appears to be approaching his prime lions of his current generation. And in performance of his get as well as in the “faith" angle is this—Sun Dust production of new progeny. was foundered as a two-year-old and 1961 Celebration Ribbons never showed in the ring after that Among the Sun Dust products in age. the 1961 Celebration were: Thus Sun Dust, tentatively sold for Golden Sundust, a spectacular geld­ one of the top two-year-old prices in ing, ridden to third place in the Tennessee Walking Horse records— World Championship Stake, and to came back home 12 years ago with the championship for geldings, 4 years little show record on which to base a old and older—with Wink Groover in the saddle for Miss Brenda Howell of career as a stud horse. “I had faith in Sun Dust and I Athens, Ala.; Dust Storm, champion 3-year-old knew he would be a great breeder,” said Mr. Sisco on Saturday, April 28, gelding with Jack Warren up for E. M. and J. M. Adcox, Hohenwald, as the Voice Editor sat in his living Tenn.; and eighth in the Junior room at Mt. Pleasant. Championship Stake for 3-year-olds; Sun Down S, sixth in the owner- Line-Bred Wilson Allen “He is a line-bred Wilson's Allen amateur walking stallions class with horse and this means he has a great owner Joe Bales of Thomasville, N. C. producing bloodline. His grand-daddy riding; Sun Dust Rambler, eighth in the 2- on his dam’s side was Billie Wilson, the greatest ‘model horse' that ever year-old walking gelding class with lived in the opinion of many people Bud Dunn up for Pine Tree Stables, Florence, Ala.; who know a lot about Tennessee Sun Dust Sensation, tenth in die Walking Horses. And his sire was 2-year-old stallion class with Bud Midnight Sun, whom everyone know’s Dunn up for Pine Tree Stables; about as a sire. Sun Dust Defender, ninth in juve­ “Some people who have seen Sun niles riding Walking horses, riders 13- Dust ridden lately tell me that I 18 years with Joe Bales, Jr. up. ought to try him in the show ring The secret of Sun Dust’s prepotency now—his gaits are so good. But it is as a production sire is seen in his far better to stand him as a sire now, pedigree on both the top side and and enjoy seeing what his sons and down side. daughters do in the shows. I rode His sire is Midnight Sun, this Sundown S to the two-year-old and amazingly effective bloodline is well three-year-old championships here in known to everyone, featuring Wilson’s the Spring Jubilee before I sold that Allen. horse. Dixie Wilson, His Dam “Last year we had Sun Dust here Of the lower side, however, Sun at our stables but this season he is with Harold Wise at the Murray Dust gets a similar prepotent factor Farm at Letvisburg . . . and I am in­ through his dam, Dixie Wilson. She was the daughter of Billie formed he is certain to have the largest court of mares in his life this year,” Wilson, mated to Panda. Mr. Sisco added. Billie Wilson was sired by Wilson’s Allen out of Queen of the Valley. Queen of the Valley was also sired by Wilson's Allen out of Molly Queen. Thus Wilson’s Allen is not only the sire of Billie Wilson but also through his dam’s side he is also the grand- sire of Billie. Sun Dust is therefore a triple grandson of Wilson’s Allen. Through his Panda heritage, Sun Dust’s pedigree reads like this: Panda by Trixie Allen, by Under­ wood Allen out of Trixie Delk; Panda’s dam, Black Pansy by an unidentified sire out of The Black Mane. Thus Sun Dust carries the pre­ potent Wilson’s Allen bloodline in a definite way that makes him espe­ cially effective when crossed with mares carrying the Merry Boy blood­ line that is entirely missing in the Sun Dust heritage. He is said by Mr. Sisco to be one of the few proven sires standing today with such a defi­ nite Wilson's Allen strain. Yes, horses are showing and win­ ning today—in many parts of the land—because of the Mt. Pleasant man who had faith in the foundered two- year-old, foaled April 9, 1948, first owned—by J. M. Adcox, Hohenwald, and bred by B. C. Lynch of Farmers’ Exchange, Tenn. General Wilder (Continued from Page 6) gold. “In Major Brown’s correspondence I find many unique references to great achievements by the sons and daughters of Traveler. Among them is a letter from Mr. T. B. Bond of Nashville, who carried away the prize at Columbia in 1867 with his gray Traveler mare. He says the ring in­ cluded 43 entries 27 of which were by McMeen’s Traveler. Judges Decided On Speed “The judges finally agreed to eliminate all but his gray mare and a chestnut mare belonging to Capt. George Campbell. Not being able to decide between these two they agreed to clear the ring and let speed award the prize. The winning of this mare was all the more remarkable on ac­ count of her age. She had produced the renowned warhorse, Comet, and in 1862 had given us a good sire Whirl­ wind, a natural pace by the Thor- (Concluded on Page 8)