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Eight Challenge Trophies Offered
In Tenn. Walking Horse Classes
Ten challenge trophies are offered
at the 1963 Celebration in Shelbyville,
Sept. 1-7, in addition to the individual
trophies and prize money.
Eight of these trophies are in Walk­
ing classes.
Winners of the Walking classes
challenge trophies during the years
have been:
Grand Championship
Grand Championship
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Challenge Trophy:
1954— White Star, owned by Dr. and
Mrs. W. V. Gamier, Bastrop, La.,
Percy Moss up.
1955— Go Boy’s Shadow, owned by
Wiser & Padgett, Shelbyville and Mi­
ami, Fla., Winston Wiser up.
1956— Go Boy’s Shadow, owned by
Wiser & Padgett, Shelbyville and Mi­
ami, Fla., Winston Wiser up.
1957—Sun’s Jet Parade, owned by
G. G. Gardebled, New Orleans, La.,
Vic Thompson up.
1958— Selling Sun, owned by M. M.
Bullard, Newport, Tenn., Sam Pas­
chal up.
1959— Rodgers’ Perfection, owned
by Dr. and Mrs. Porter R. Rodgers,
Searcy, Ark., Joe Webb up.
1960— Mack K's Handshaker, owned
by Wolaver & Gibson, Pulaski, Tenn.
and Union Springs, Ala., Doug Wola­
ver up.
1961— Major Wilson, owned and
ridden by Claude Brown, Morehead,
Ky.
1962— Ebony Masterpiece, owned by
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Hale, Gallatin,
Tenn., Sam Paschal up.
Prior to 1954 the challenge trophy
in this Grand Championship event
was the J. L. Haynes Memorial
Trophy, offered after the death of Col.
Haynes of Haynes Haven, Maury
County. This memorial trophy was
retired in 1953 when Talk of the
Town, owned by Riley 8: Chemell,
Gainesville, Ga., was ridden to the
title for the third straight time by
Steve Hill of Beech Grove, Tenn.—
winner in 1951, 1952 and 1953.
Grand Championship Stake win­
ners prior to 1951 were:
1950—Old Glory’s Big Man, owned
by Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Budd, Quincy,
Fla., Carl Edwards up.
1949—Midnight Merry, owned by J.
N. McEachern, Atlanta, Ga., Steve
Hill up.
1948—Merry Go Boy, owned by C.
C. Turner, Broadway, Va., Winston
Wiser up.
1947—Merry Go Boy, owned by
Mallard, Norman and Wiser, Shelby­
ville, Winston Wiser up.
1946—Midnight Sun, owned by Har-
linsdale Farm, Fred Walker up.
1915—Midnight Sun, owned by
Harlinsdale Farm, Fred Walker up.
1914—City Girl, owned by M. J.
Meyer, Bator. Rouge, La., Urban
Small up.
19-13—Black Angel, owned by Mr.
and Mrs. R. F. Ellis, Orrville, Ala.,
Winston Wiser up.
1942—Melody Maid, owned by Mr.
and Mrs. Frank D. Rambo of Oak-
wood Stables, Fayetteville, Tenn.
1941—Haynes Peacock, owned and
ridden by Col. Jack L. Haynes, Maury
County, Tenn.
1940—Haynes Peacock, owned and
ridden by Col. jack L. Haynes, Maury
County, Tenn.
1939—Strolling Jim, owned by Col.
C. H. Bacon, Loudon, Tenn., Floyd
Carothers up.
Winners of other challenge trophies
in Walking classes have been:
Pony Championship
Walking Pony Championship Stake,
Atomic Star Challenge Trophy, do­
nated by Mrs. Virginia Jones Thomp­
son, Canton, Ga.
1962—Scat Man, owned and ridden
by Jimmy McFarlin, Murfreesboro,
Tenn.
1961— Shadow’s Jet, owned and rid­
den by Judy Wiser, Shelbyville, Tenn.
1960— Go Boy's Wonder, owned by
O. D. Carlton, Albany, Ga., Vicki
Lynn Thompson up.
1959— Go Boy’s Wonder, owned by
O. D. Carlton, Albany, Ga., Vicki
Lynn Thompson up.
Owner-Amateur Stake
Owner-Amateur Riders on Walk­
ing Horses, Championship Stake—the
Arnolt Challenge Trophy, donated
by Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Arnolt, Winona
Lake, Ind.:
1962— Tombstone, owned and rid­
den by W. T. Baynard, Baton Rouge,
La.
1961— Mister Sensation, owned and
ridden by Deedy Decker, Omaha, Neb.
1960— Major Wilson, owned and
ridden by Claude Brown, Morehead,
Ky.
1959—Golden Promenader, owned
and ridden by Dr. C. C. Chitwood, Jr.,
Lafayette.
Celebration Grounds
Events Scheduled
Schedule for the Celebration
Grounds events starting with the
Breeders’ Association National Futur­
ity Saturday, Aug. 31, as a prelude to
Celebration events follows:
Aug. 31—7:30 p.m., National Futur­
ity sponsored by Tennessee Walking
Horse Breeders’ & Exhibitors’ Assn,
with §14,000 prize money; six classes;
and music by Flatt & Scruggs and
Foggy Mountain Boys (Grand Ole
Opry stars) as added attraction. Ad­
mission free of charge. Judge E. L.
Burgess of Sherrill, Ark., to judge all
classes.
Sept. 1—8 p.m., Celebration first
night, eight classes.
Sept. 2—7:30 p.m. Celebration, nine
classes.
Sept. 3—7:30 p.m., Celebration,
eight classes.
Sept. 4—7:30 p.m., Celebration,
eight classes.
Sept. 5—7:30 p.m., Celebration, nine
classes.
Sept. 6—7:30 p.m., Celebration, nine
classes, including Junior Walking
Horse Championship Stake.
Sept. 7—7:30 p.m., Celebration,
eight classes, including Two-Year-Old
Stake, Owner-Amateur Riders Stake,
Walking Pony Stake, Five-Gaited
Stake and Grand Championship
Walking Horse Stake.
1958—Midnight Secret, owned and
ridden by Kay McFarland, Topeka,
Kan.
1957—Genius Lovely Night, owned
and ridden by Virginia K Jones, Can­
ton, Ga.
1956—Sunday Bonnet, owned and
ridden by Marcie Hopkins, Lewis-
burg, Tenn.
1955—Oklahoma Gypsy, owned by
Solitude Stock Farm, Goodlettsville,
H. L. Worrell up.
1954—Oklahoma Gypsy, owned by
Solitude Stock Farm, Goodlettsville,
H. L. Worrell up.
1953—Sun’s Night Cap, owned by
Fuller-Gay Co., Atlanta, Ga., A. W.
Gay up.
1952—Midnight Mist, owned by Mr.
and Mrs. H. V. Carter, Baton Rouge,
La. H. V. Car ter up.
1951—Hal Wilson, owned and rid­
den by M. O. Thrush, Peru, Ind.
1950—Honey Gold, owned and rid­
den by Dr. Moir S. Martin, Mt. Airy,
N. C.
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