1963-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1963 January Voice - Page 7
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Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse
Heads Pleasure List
Merry Money Maker, owned by
Lowell Merrill, has won the title as
champion Pleasure Walking Horse for
1902 in the Pacific Coast Walking
Horse Assn. That’s the word from
Marjorie Myers, new publicity direc
tor for the organization. She said
Minna Hunter, owned by Joe Benes,
was reserve champion in this com
petition determined by point scores.
Final point show of the year for the
pleasure classes was the E.T.f. Corral
Number Three Show at South San
Gabriel, Calif. First five place winners
there were listed as:
First, Merry Money Maker; second,
Minna Hunter; third, Doughboy's
(e/ebcl (Bob Dipper, owner); fourth,
Courtesy’s Son of Peg (Dr. Ford,
owner); fifth, Midnight Merry Lee
(Marge Myers, owner).
Roving Reporter
(Continued from page 3)
the responsibility of reporting to the
President.
A report on these se ctional meetings
will be carried in this column so that
other associations might follow the
pattern if things work out as planned
and hoped for.
Please feel free to write me if you
have any questions about Walking
Horses or horse shows in Florida—
care of Gulf Winds Apartments, St.
Petersburg Beach, Fla.
liberately planted crab grass. The
man at the Farmers Exchange sold
Sue the kind of clover you sow in the
hay field. Get a picture of this lawn
with a sturdy crab grass base, liberally
laced with duckweed, dandelions, red
clover, white clover and a hardy stand
of wild carrots and onion. When they
cut the grass, it smells like Mulligan
stew.
Orange State Group Association
Now here we are at the end of the
Links 3 Florida Shows
second page and Bob hasn’t started
Three Florida West Coast horse
his letter yet. If you want to know the shows—all including Walking Horse
inside story, he doesn’t intend to. classes—have been announced by the
However, if I know my boy, chances new Orange State Assn., of which Mrs.
are he will call you long distance on Virginia Robinson is secretary. Five
December 24th and wish you all a other shows are members of the Sun
Merry Christmas and a Happy New shine Circuit.
Year.
Listed by the Orange State group
are: Pinellas County 16th Annual
Love,
Show in Tampa, March 7-10; and
Sue and Bob
Gainesville 21st Annual Show on
March 13-16. High score awards are
Celebration and also in the Breeder's
How Horses Show Moods
planned for all major divisions.
Assn. Futurity—showing colts sired by
Am grateful to C.B.B. of Columbus,
Merry Go Boy. and owned by various
Ohio for her letter stressing that
Entire Family Claims
individuals.
“Horses ears tell you what mood to
Twelve-Year-Old Mare
EIGHT FIRST PLACES
expect. ” Here are some excerpts and
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Hancock of Rose-
This record was most pronounced comments:
hill Farm, 4530 Cheeseman Road,
at the 1962 Celebration and the 1962
This young lady (C.B.B.) is not too Route 3, Victoria, British Columbia,
Futurity. In these two events members pleased with one of her school teach recently acquired a 12-year-old Walk
of the family showed colts to win ers. The teacher contends that all ing mare and all claim ownership.
eight first places, two seconds and one animals are actually dumb and only
“We each have our own saddle
third.
do things to be rewarded. C.B.B. owns horses but with Allens Dixie Gold we
The breakdown for this perform a Tennessee Walking Horse, and does are partners” writes Mrs. Edith Han
ances showed:
not agree. She maintains that “the cock. The Hancocks have a daughter,
Steve Beech—In the Celebration, World Book Encyclopedia says that Pauline 15, and a son, Russell, 13.
first in the yearling stallion, yearling horses are intelligent and eager to
championship and weaning champion please, they have good memories and
ship classes, and second in the wean can be easily trained to obey com
YOUR GOLDEN
ling filly class; In the Futurity, first in mands instantly. Although the horse
OPPORTUNITY
the yearling stallion and weanling cannot talk, it does seem to have a
filly classes. Three of the firsts were way of communicating with men.
To raise unbeatable livestock.
by Go Boy’s Skylark B., shown for H. Many “exhibitors talk their mount
You can now buy—
W. Brown, Columbia, Tenn. This through a performance class.” And
yearling brought a record $-1,200 at too, "the horse’s eyes tell a lot. In
auction, bought by Rob O. Locke of fact, by studying the combination of
WENONAH FARM
Ft. Wayne, Ind., at the fall Murray eyes and ears, one can generally tell
A fertile 836-Acre show place, com
Sale.
what it may be thinking and almost
pletely covered with luxurious
Bobby Beech—In the Celebration, predict what its next move might be.”
grasses and clovers.
first in the weanling filly class and
How about you readers? Are you
Many International
third in the weanling championship; in agreement? What do you think?
Champions
S. W. Beech, Jr.—In the Celebration,
first in the yearling filly and second
were raised here. Owner retiring
(reserve) in the yearling champion
For what it might mean to other
pricing low. Telephone MU 4-1721
ship; in . the Futurity, first in the state walking horse associations, the
or write:
yearling filly class.
Florida Association is considering
Although 13-year-old Ray Beech is selling up sections with a trustee in
BAILEY EVANS
still not in competition, he is expected each section to conduct meetings with
422 Belmont Avenue
to start training a pony this spring members in the immediate area. In
Shelbyville, Tennessee
and evidently this young man will be this manner, items of interest can be
heard from.
discussed and the trustees will have