Voice o ( the Tennessee Walking Horse 17 fflrida Walking Horse Assn . Makes History At St . Pete
Voice o ( the Tennessee Walking Horse 17 fflrida Walking Horse Assn . Makes History At St . Pete
The fledgling Tennessee Walking Horse Assn , of Florida took wings at its second annual meeting March 29 in St . Petersburg ; chose officers for a new year ; then climaxed its first year by spearheading the First Annual Jaycee Horse Show that drew a fine crowd and witnessed history-making performances by Walking Horses .
Charles R . Goldswig , retiring president , served as coordinator for the horse show and everything clicked in fine style .
Newly elected officers are ; Henry Boswell , St . Petersburg , president ; Dr . . Marvin Silver , Bradenton , vice-president ; Miss Mary Frances ( Bootsie ) Boswell , secretary ; trustees , Waller Pierce , Miami ; Frank Roper , Winter Garden ; O . R . Witter , Sarasota ; Walter Peterson , Jacksonville ( absent due to an emergency operation ): Charles R . Goldswig , St . Petersburg and Dayton , O .
' Fhe association approved new bylaws , adopted a policy of having only amateurs as active members , and prepared all details for filing of incorporation papers as a public welfare , nonprofit association .
Two Walking Horse classes were features of the horse show judged by Frank Meyers , Miami .
Mrs . Paul Randolph of Clearwater look the Walking Horse Stake on her sorrell mare , May Madness . Second went to Bobby Brown , 15-year-old Murfreesboro , Tenn . student at Admiral Farragutt Academy , riding Charlie Goldwig ’ s Hughes Midnight Sun . Third went to Bootsie Boswell on Lucky Lady and fourth to O . Robert Witter , Sarasota , on 21-year-old Blue Eagle ( believed to be the oldest stallion of the breed to perform in a horse show within recent years ).
Earlier in the Walking Horse Open class Brown took first on Hughes Midnight Sun with a steady ride ; second went to Paul Randolph on Midnight Snip ; third to Bootsie Boswell on Lucky Lady ; and fourth to Blue Eagle
with Witter in the saddle .
The association dinner program included a screening of “ Free and Easy ,” the Breeder ’ s Association motion picture film ; Dr . Kenneth Mc Farland ’ s famous “ Horse Sense ” recording with its rollicking humor , its timely information ; and its invigorating inspiration .
Voice Editor Ben A . Green , a member of the assocation and a onetime St . Petersburg newspaperman , spoke briefly and predicted association member ship would rise to 200 within the
Your Rovin
Tampa Show Sets Records
Great horsemen on great horses made the Tampa Horse Show on March 8-9 one of the record-breaking events for Tennessee Walking Show Horses in Florida history .
The enduring Steve Hill — veteran of -10 years in the saddle as boy and man — took the stake on 8-year-olcI Little Mystery , the World Champion Mare of 1962 who has taken only one ribbon lower than blue in her competitive life except for a filth place in the Grand Championship Stake at the 1961 National Celebration at Shelbyville . Harold Kennedy rode Triple Threat to reserve honors in the Tampa stake , alter winning the stake events at all other shows in which the horse had competed in the Florida Circuit .
Little Mystery also took a first place with Owner C ». C . Maclnnes up in two amateur events . Kennedy won the mare class with Shadow ’ s Gay Lady , the only entry , and carried Triple Threat to the blue in the Walking Stallion-Gelding event . Hill rode his own Hill ’ s Perfection to reserve in the Stallion-Gelding class ; and won the Junior Walking Horse event for 3-year-olds on Mysterious Shadow for Mrs . Betty Baugh of Franklin , Tenn .
Go Boy ’ s Revenue took the Novice Walking Horse blue ribbon with Owner Floyd Purcell of Orlando , Fla . riding . Bob Burris , veteran trainer of Franklin , Tenn ., served as Walking Horse judge .
A feature of the show was the debut of Tennessee-born Bobby Brown of Murfreesboro ridng for the first time in competition . He substituted for Charles R . Goldswig on Hughes Midnight Sun and took fourth in the Amateur Walking Horse Slake when Goldswig was unable to ride due to back trouble .
( Incidentally , Charlie says his back is OK again .)
Shelbyville ’ s Jimmie Richardson presided at the show organ — as he iiad been doing throughout Florida and winning new friends for himself and for the Tennessee Walking Horse .
Others From Tennessee The Tennessee delegation at the
Tampa show included Executive next year — if it maintains the rate of gain experienced during the past year .
Reporter
CHARLES R . GOLDSWIG
Committee Chairman John H . Amos , of Franklin , and Executive Secretary H . Tom Fulton of College Grove , both officials in the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeder ’ s & Exhibitor ’ s Assn , ( based at Lewisburg ).
Former Governor Buford Ellington , Nashville ; Mrs . Paul Norman , Lewisburg ; Photographer Leon Sargent , Memphis ; Harilcl Sherrill and Royce Cates , Knoxville ; Justine Getten and Alice Davis of Oak Ridge .
Mr . and Mrs . John Diehl of Sunny Acres Stables , Jonesboro , were also on hand and guests in the Goldswig box . The Diehls were on a vacation in Florida . Diehl reported that feeding his horses gelatin has evidently helped reduce quartercracks .
Subscribers New & Old
As Good-Will Ambassador at large for the Voice , I received a renewal from Helen Roush of Ohio , a new subscriber in Walter Alley of Grand Rapids , Mich , and enjoyed the presence of Dr . and Mrs . Lee Meis of Sioux City , Iowa ( original Voice subscribers ). The Walking Horse fraternity is greatly benefitted by the likes of Dr . and Mrs . Meis . They are hightype folks .