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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