4 August , 1963
VOICE
Ben A . Green ........................................................................... Publisher-Editor
Mrs . Ben A . Green ................................................................................................ Secretary
( This monthly magazine is dedicated to the welfare of the Tennessee Walking Horse breed for show and pleasure .) OUR AIM — To maintain a permanent publication that will merit the full support of all who love the Tennessee Walking Horse .
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Silver Anniversary Celebration Greatest Ever
Thai truly wondrous horse show — the Silver Anniversary Tennessee Walking Horse Celebration — will be more wondrous than ever before this year — due to size alone if that were the determining factor .
Everything about the Celebration facilities has been expanded .
Box seats were added to the tune of 1 , G98 seals — there being six chairs to each box and 283 new boxes located at the north end of the enclosure . These boxes were adtled without sacrificing any other seats , as the displaced rows were transferred to the east side stands .
Attendance for the seven nights of the Celebration itself is sure to establish a record — on the basis of nationwide demand for tickets .
Reserved seats are sold in the west stands only , this leaving the entire east stands available for non-reserved tickets .
The Shelbyvillc & Bedford County Chamber of Commerce has reported unprecedented demand for housing — and a large number of residential properties arc being evacuated by their regular tenants to be made available to the visitors .
Rooms are also available in private homes .
The Celebration of today is indeed a far cry from the idea conceived back in 1939 . The plan was advanced in May , but the first Celebration took place Sept . 7 , 8 , 9 , 1939 .
In addition to the horse show itself — there was a mammoth parade — and that is one of the reasons lor the Celebration getting its name .
The late William J . McGill apparently suggested the name , being chairman of the subcommittee with this responsibility . The word “ national ” was included because it was the intention of these founders to make the Celebration a “ national ” show in every particular .
This recalls to some extent the derivation of the word Tennessee Walking Horse to identify the breed that was familiarly known as the " Southern Plantation Horse .”
According to the late W . Henry Davis of Wartrace — known as “ The Father of the Celebration ”— the breed received its name from Northerners who came South and said : " I want to see some of these Tennessee Walking Horses .”
That ’ s the way the Walking Horse gained his official name — later certified by the U . S . Dept , of Agriculture — and il thus became the only horse breed in the nation with the name of a slate officially attached thereto .
The greatest marvel of the Celebration — however — is the fact that the magnificient facility of today — seating approximately 20,000 people ; housing some 1,000 horses simultaneously ; occupying some 50 acres : and attracting such enormous prestige as the place where World Champions Are Crowned-lias been built without a government dollar , be it Federal , state , county or city . And the slate funds contributed have gone into premium money to serve as prizes .
The Celebration Grounds have been a boot-strap operation ; launched when a number of dedicated Tennessee Walking Horse friends in various states and counties bought 10-year boxes for S500 each . That ’ s how the Celebration Grounds got its rock-bottom start . And on the firm principle of “ pay as you grow " it has continued to expand .
EIGHT CHALLENGE
TROPHIES OFFERED ( Continued from Page 3 )
Two-Year Championship
Two-Year-Old Walking Horse Championship Stake — winners of Ben Howell Challenge Trophy donated by Ben Howell & Son Saddlery , Memphis , Tenn :
1962 — Perfection ’ s Carbon Copy , owned by Binns 8 ; Rodgers , Little Rock and Searcy , Ark ., Joe Webb up .
1961 — Cotton Queen ’ s Go Boy , owned by Myron and Doug Wolaver , Pulaski , Doug Wolaver up .
1960 — Go Shadow Boy , owned by Mr . and Mrs . Frank Parnell , Newbern , Jimmy Waddell up .
1959 — Lu ’ s Lu Lu , owned by Mr . and Mrs . Joe Bales , Tomasville , N . C ., C . A . Bobo up .
1955 — Ebony Masterpiece , owned by Clay Simpson , Bowling Green , Ky . Bud Seaton up .
1957 — Go Boy ’ s Invasion , owned by Dr . and Mrs . Pal Hamm , Huntsville , Ala ., George Witt up .
1956 — Dark Glory , owned by Willow Oak Acres , Prescott , Ark ., Jimmy Waddell up .
1955 — Big Man ’ s Vamp , owned by Florida Queen Cigars , Quincy , Fla ., Carl Edwards up .
1951 — Selling Sun , owned by Hackett & Woodward , Carthage , Tenn ., Gid Hackett up .
Junior Championship Stake
Junior Walking Horse Championship Stake — winners of W . J . Eaton Memorial Challenge Trophy donated by Mrs . Gene Eaton Moore , Phoenix , Ariz .
1962 — Cotton Queen ’ s Go Boy , owned by Wolaver Stables and Bob Guinn , Pulaski and Savannah , Tenn ., Doug Wolaver up .
1961 — Sun ’ s Go Boy Again , owned by Pat Kimbro , Atlanta , Ga ., Donald Paschal up .
1960 — Spur ’ s Merry Man , owned by Dr . and Mrs . G . J . Meshew , Mounds , 111 ., Jimmy Waddell up .
1959 — Fair Warning , owned by Mr . and Mrs . Joe Bales , Thomasville , N . C ., C . A . Bobo up .
1958 — Go Boy ' s Invasion , Owned by Dr . and Mrs . Pat Hamm , Huntsville , Ala ., George Wilt up .
1957 — Dark Glory , owned by Moulin , Gamier Sc Crawford , Jennings , Bastrop , La . and Marion , Ala ., Percy Moss up .
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