1963-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1963 April Voice | Page 18

April, 1963
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FRED FRIEND HEADS TENNESSEE VALLEY WALKING HORSE ASSOCIATION
A Good Suggestion—
But How To Do It
Association Officers, Directors and Visitors from Shelbyville, Tenn.
(From The Chattanooga Free-Press)
Fred Friend of Chattanooga was
elected president of the Tennessee
Valley Walking Horse Association, a
group covering Chattanooga and near­
by cities, at a dinner meeting Thurs­
day in Morrison's Cafeteria.
The association heard a talk by Ben
A. Green of Shelbyville, editor of
Voice of the Tennessee Walking
Horse, and viewed films on the 1962
National Celebration at Shelbyville.
Interest in the association has en­
couraged its leaders. Whereas it was
hoped to enlist some 25 chat ter mem­
bers, a total of 88 has been enrolled
from this area. They are:
Mr. and Mrs. Ty Arnold, Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Bible, Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Brantley, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Bridge
[r., Miss Carol Garner, Dr. and Mrs.
C. C. Chittvood, John Cotton, Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Espy, Miss Barbara Espy,
Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Fitschens, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Friend, Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmy Fuller, Dr. and Mrs. W. R.
Harper, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Heath-
erly, Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Hege, Gene
Howard, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hund­
ley, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jackson.
Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Johnson, Jimmy,
Tod, Burrell and EuAnn Johnson,
Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Jones, Mr. and
Mrs. Tommy Kellerhais, Mr. and Mrs.
Keith Kropp Jr., Mr. and Mrs. L. H.
Lambert, Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Ledford,
Mr. and Mrs. George Lee and Michael,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lonas, W. E.
Lount, Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Mc­
Connell, Mr. and Mrs. Joe McGilvray,
Mr. and Mrs. Haynes Masters.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Miller, Mr. and
Mrs. Willard Morgan and Billy, Paul
Northern, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Page
and Bill, Mr. and Mrs. E. Cecil Phil­
lips, John Price, Dr. and Mrs. Edward
Quinton, Mr. and Mrs. William L.
Ray and Ginny, Mr. and Mrs. Grant
Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Spen­
cer, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Sullivan,
Charles Talley, Claude Wade, Miss
Laura Ware and Dr. and Mrs. Tru­
man Whitfield.
The 1963 walking horse show dates
have been announced:
April 13, Norcross, Ga.; April 26-27,
Chattanooga; May 4, open; May 11,
Dalton, Ga., and Halls, Tenn.; May
18, Harriman, Tenn.; May 25, Middle
Valley, Tenn., and Powell, Tenn.
June 1, Madisonville, Tenn.; June
8, Philadelphia, Tenn.; June 15,
Englewood and Etowah, Tenn. (com­
bined); June 22, Rossville, Ga„ and
Lenoir City, Tenn.; June 29, Rock-
wood, Tenn.; July 6, Athens, Tenn.;
July 13, Liberality, Tenn.; July-20,
Loudon, Tenn.; July 27, Cleveland,
Tenn.
Aug. 3, Mount Harmony, Tenn.,
and Chattanooga Valley, Tenn.; Aug.
10, Calhoun, Tenn.; Aug. 16-17, Mary­
ville, Tenn.; Aug. 24, Oak Ridge,
Tenn.
Sept. 1-7 Shelbyville, Tenn. (Na­
tional Celebration); Sept. 14, Sweet­
water, Tenn.
Trusty Parsons of Tall-Wood Acres,
901 Fifth Avenue, Huntington, W.
Va., comes forward with this sugges­
tion:
“Perhaps here’s an idea for you?
Why not run a picture once a month
of some well known horse of the past
such as Last Chance, Hunter’s Allen
F-10, etc.? I think it would be inter­
esting.”
(Editor’s note — Great idea, but
there is a difficulty. In an early issue
we are printing a picture of Gold
Bond—a widely known stallion in his
day. We believe he is dead. We can
use pictures of deceased, non-competi­
tive horses—but no free pictures of
stallions that are at stud or mares who
foal competitive horses. Everyone can
understand why this cannot be done.
"It is very difficult to find printable
pictures of the older horses. 1 have
never seen a picture of Merry Boy.
The three greatest foundation horses—
Allan F-l, Roan Allen F-38, Merry
Legs F-4—are not available in good
pictures. The Breeder's Assn, oil por­
traits show only an artist’s impression
—even having cut tails which were
not known of in their days. So Dear
Friend, we still do the best we can.
Jake Walker loaned us the Gold Bond
picture from which we had a copy
made that cost money—and we sent
the copy to a friend who wanted it,
and had to send a bill with the pic­
ture. Hope all will understand. B. A.
Green.)
Quiz Column
Q—"Do you know where 1 can find
a good mare for my 13-year-old daugh­
ter? (A typical question.)
A—This question is hard for us to
answer. We think the best way to find
a horse is to advertise your require­
ments, specifying if the horse is de­
sired for pleasure or to show—and sett­
ing out any other specific require­
ments, color, size, breeding line, etc.
When we get such a letter we cannot
turn it over directly to a guy who sells
horses because that would get us into
the horse business and we have to stay
out of it. This is a jealous world and
we do not intend to get mixed up in
horse dealing? .Every business person
can understand why. BAG.