4 September, 1962
Celebration Story
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— this being the same number judged in the Yearling Filly event. Blue ribbon went to Go Boy’ s Skylark N. B., bred by YV. H. Brown of Columbia and shown by Steve Beech, age 19, of of Belfast. Second was Gun Smoke’ s Muse, owned by Edgar Poe. Tullahoma, Term.
Twenty-seven brilliantly attired juveniles— 18 years and under— with girls predominating about 3 to 1, staged a stirring class in Walking Seat Equitation. Melissa Jones of Cenetrville, Tenn., placed first with Cathey Bailey of Jackson, Miss, second. Judging was based upon riding only.
Yearling Fillies with 57 entries circled half of the Celebration’ s 300- foot long oval track. Go Boy ' s Angel, newly purchased by Bob Guinn of Savannah, Tenn., took the blue ribbon with S. YV. Beech, Jr., showing her. This colt was recently bought iby Guinn from Connell Baggarly of Murfreesboro and Dr. F. L. Rogers Voice subscriber) of Cadiz, O. Second went to Shadow’ s Judy Cross, owned by Brantley & Cross, YY’ artrace & Knoxville.
The three remaining classes of the Open Foal Show took place Monday wiLh the following first place and second place results:
Weanling Fillies, 19G2 Foal— First Go Boy’ s Lou, owned by Stanley Mc- Nabb of Murfeesboro; second, Go Boy’ s Little Flirt, owned by S. YV. Beech, Jr., of Belfast, Tenn.
Weanling Horse Colts of 1962 Foal- First, Shadow’ s Cavalier, owned by Dr. T. K. Young of Columbia, Tenn.; second Driftwood Go Boy owned by Dan Arnold, War trace.
Mare and Foal Class: First Midnight Lady Ann and Go Boy’ s Lady Ann, owned by Dr. and Mrs. G. E. Lesile, St. Louis, Mo.; second, Midnight Lou Mac and Go Boy ' s Lou, owned by Stanley McNabb, Murfreesboro.
MONDAY NIGHT
History’ s“ greatest crop of two-yearold horse colts” ever achieved by the 101-year-old T ennessee YValking Horse breed faces the“ showdown of the season” tonight at the Celebration Grounds in a 97-horse class— split into A and B divisions. This event— an early anti-climax of the world ' s greatest show for the breed— follows a stirring Monday night exhibition that drew 7,346 paid spectators and featured fillies, age two and three, declared the best for their size ever seen anywhere.
Attendance broke last year’ s previous Monday record( 5,561) under perfect weather conditions. Sharing program space tonight are four-yearold YValking Mares in the 7:30 p. m. opener, the always intense Owner- Amateur class for Walking Stallions of any age and the Championship YValking Yearling exhibition. Lady Riders on Road Horses— introduced last year as one of the most spectacular events on any card— will end tonight’ s schedule which includes Fine Harness Horses with Amateur Drivers, Three-Gaited Mares or Geldings and Five-Gaited Mares, any age.
Two Blues for Waddell
Two smashing double victories by 30-year-old Trainer Jimmy YVaddell of Brownsville, Tenn., Monday night took Shadow’ s Dancer to the twoyear-old YValking Filly Championship of the YVorld for Chester C. Coon, Oakland, Calif.; and Go Boy’ s Shadow Rocket to the three-year-old YValking Mare world’ s championship for Capt. and Mrs. David Stephens of Cairo, 111., and their Diana Stephens’ Stables— formerly officially owned by their nine-year-old daughter who died June 16 as the result of injuries in the Germantown Horse Show, Memphis, Tenn.
Capt. and Mrs. Stephens were in the stands and they later in the night saw Trainer Max Parkinson of Cairo drive their YVild Fire to the open Roadster to Bike blue ribbon in a thrilling“ horse race” that had spectators standing and howling.
In, a letter published in the August issue of the‘ Voice of the Tennessee YValking Horse”( monthly breed magazine), Mrs. Stephens said the family will continue with the stables, would compete in the Celebration, their 20- year-old son will sho \ v this week, and that she herself is learning to drive Vicky Emerald— the three-gaited horse which fatally crushed her daughter in the“ freak accident” at Germantown.“ J have never before had courage to learn,” Diana’ s mother wrote. The girl competed in the Celebration of 1961 in YValking Horse, three-gaited and five-gaited classes.
Susie Beasley’ s 2nd For Trophy
Monday night’ s showing found Susie Beasley taking ihe brilliant Owner-Amateur Lady Riders event on Romeo’ s Merry Queen, owned by her father, Jim Beasley, of Athens, Ala. This proved a repeat of Susie’ s 1960 victory in this event and gave her a“ second leg” on the Mrs. E. L. Burgess Challenge Trophy, donated by E. L. Burgess of Sherrill, Ark. This trophy will be retired to permanent possession after one rider wins the blue ribbon in this event three times. Judy Knowles of Mobile rode Mr. Spur to second place. Judy won this event in 1959. Deedy Decker, 1961 winner on Mr. Sensation, did not compete as her six-time world’ s champion gelding died several weeks ago at Omaha, Neb.
Shelbyville Trainer Y; ic Thompson swept the first place ribbon for threeyear-old Geldings with the world’ s championship in this age bracket for Sun Dust Imperial, owned by Mrs. Florence Bishop of Midway City, Calif.
YVink Groover of Athens, Ala., took the two-year-old YValking Gelding world’ s title to his home state on Jet’ s Blue Sun for Frank Riggs, also a resident of Athens and gave this Alabama town two championships for the night.
Sires of YValking winners last night found Go Boy’ s Shadow a double victor as he sired Shadow’ s Dancer out of Roan Allen Again’ s Hon, the Dancer being bred here in Shelbyville by the late Winston Wiser; and he also sired Go Boy’ s Shadow Rocket out of Society’ s Dame( by Society Man). Romeo’ s Mary Queen was sired by Romeo Allen and two-yearold Jet’ s Blue Sun was sired by Sun’ s Jet Parade here at Y^ic Thompson’ s barn.
In all YValking Horse classes either the left or right boot on the front leet was dropped for inspection by the three judges during conformation judging. The YValking Horse judges are Roy Davis, Rome, Ga.; Richard Mary, Baton Rouge, La.; and Claude Shaw, Selma, Ala.; Arthur Simmons of Mexico, Mo., is judging saddle, fine harness and roadster classes; and Mrs. Baxter Key, Jr., Carthage, Tenn., is handling equitation.
Gov., and Mrs. Buford Ellington attended Monday night ' s show after missing the National Futurity Saturday night and the Sunday night opener of the 24th annual Tennessee YValking Horse National Celebration. Their two-year-old mare, Sun ' s Queen Cathy, won third place in her class last night with Bob Burris of Franklin, Term., up. This horse took first in its Futurity class on Saturday night with 9 entries.
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