1963-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1963 February Voice | Page 4

February, 1963
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Middle Term. State College Launches
Horse Care Course; TWH Featured
S. W. Beech, Jr., Tom Fulton, Sam Paschal,
Donald Paschal, Charlie Martin, Others
In Walking Horse World Give Lectures
A College-credit course in the care
and training of horses was launched
Feb. 2, 1963 at the Middle Tennessee
State College, Murfreesboro, Tenn.,
with some special attention to the
Tennessee Walking Horse.
It is being presented by the Agri­
culture Department with Dr. Robert
Alexander, instructor in charge, and
a number of visiting lecturers includ­
ing other members of the MTSC
faculty.
Four Tennessee Walking Horse
brood mares were given to the col­
lege’s Loan, Scholarship and Devel­
opment Fund by the Tennessee Walk­
ing Breeder's 8: Exhibitor's Assn, of
America, Inc. (with headquarters in
Lewisburg, Tenn.) These animals
will be used in demonstration sessions
and in a breeding program.
Classes are held each Saturday
morning—starting at 8 o’clock. Two
hours of undergraduate credit will be
allowed to students finishing the
course satisfactorily. Non-students are
also invited to enroll.
Among guest lecturers already an­
nounced for the semester are:
Dr. Bob Womack, long an MTSC
faculty member, a historian, and
member of a Bedford County (Shelby-
ville) family prominent in the breed­
ing of Tennessee Walking Horses for
many years;
Dr. J. L. Fletcher and Dr. D. Bro-
gill, who will discuss pedigrees, gene­
tics and breeding;
H. Tom Fulton, executive secretary
of the Tennessee Walking Horse
Breeder’s & Exhibitor’s Assn., who
will speak on showmanship and judg­
ing;
Dr. Clyde Morgan, speaking on
diseases and parasites among horses;
Trainer Donald Paschal of Wood­
bury, who will discuss feeding and
training of intermediate horses in a
series of lectures starting April 20;
Trainer Sam Paschal of Murfrees-
75 Compete In Walking Horse
Classes At Winter Haven, Fla.
A Special Report From
Charles R. Goldswig
Seventy-five horses competed in the
eight Tennessee Walking Horse
classes at the Fourth Annual Imperial
Charity Horse Show in Winter
Haven, Fla. before more than 10,000
spectators. A total of 500 horses in all
breeds were entered. The exhibition
was acclaimed a great success by all.
Walking Horse class winners were:
$1,000 Walking Horse Grand
Championship Stake won by Go Boy's
Black Label, ridden by Boyd Hudgins
for Fieldstone Farm of Macon, Ga.
Walking Mare Class by Fascinating
Rhythm ridden by Jack Warren for
Dr. A. R. Dalton, St. Louis, Mo.;
Stallion-Gelding Class, by Grand
Sun ridden by Boyd Hudgins, Gaines­
ville, Ga.;
Two-Year-Old Class by Sun’s Vamp,
owned by Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Silver,
Bradenton, Fla.;
Junior Walking Class by Shadow's
Bug, ridden by Jack Warren of
Spring Hill, Tenn.;
Ladies' Class by Sun Ho, ridden by
Betty Keene Lundberg for the R. D.
Keene Stables, Orlando, Fla.;
Amateur Stake by Tombstone,
ridden by Owner William T.
Baynard, BaLon Rouge, La.;
Walking Mare Class for Amateur
Riders by Keene’s Fashion Lady,
ridden by Owner R. D. Keene,
Orlando, Fla.
Carl Edwards of Quincy, Fla.
judged the Walking Horse classes.
boro will appear for two dates in
March, lecturing and demonstrating
on showmanship and training. He
rode Setting Sun (195S) and Ebony
Masterpiece (1962) to World Grand
Championships at the Celebration.
S. W. Beech, Jr., of Belfast, Tenn.
(mail address Rt. 5, Lewisburg),
president of the Breeder’s & Exhibi­
tor’s Assn., Trainer Charlie Martin of
McFarlin Stables, Murfreesboro, and
others discussing various aspects of
training Walking Horses and ponies;
Trainer Ellis Waggoner of Brown-
view, Tenn., discussing roadster and
five-gaited classes in horse shows;
J. E. Young of the MTSC faculty
who discussed breed identification at
the opening class session.
Farriers will present demonstration
on the proper practices in the shoeing
of horses and grooms will show in
deteail step-by-step preparation in
grooming show horses for competi­
tion.
First steps in planning for Lhe
course were taken last summer by Dr.
Alexander. He received his doctor’s
degree at the University of Florida,
Gainesville, Fla., where he majored in
horse nutrition and related subjects.
He has been serving on the MTSC
Agriculture Department faculty for
several years.
Wife of Sylvan Waggoner
Dies In Iowa Of Cancer
A letter from Friend Sylvan R.
Waggoner, Rural Route 3, Ft. Dodge,
Iowa, informs us that Mrs. Waggoner
died of cancer on Jan. 21, 1963. We
are sure many lovers of the Tennessee
Walking Horse who have met the
Waggoners through