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Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse
Here's 100 Per Cent Correct Information on
How To Build A Celebration Track
A lovely blonde lady who left a hos­
pital bed last year up in Minnesota
and came just about directly to the
Shelbyville National Celebration has
asked us two questions. Her name is
Mrs. Joyce Yarian, her husband is a
doctor, and they live at Lake Elmo,
Minn.
Joyce in an entrancing tiny mite
who “looks like a little girl,” says Mary
Frances. But Joyce has three daugh­
ters old enough to ride.
She tells us she and her husband
plan to build a Celebration-sized irack
on the farm this summer—and want
dimensions. We have made an error
or two in answering such questions be­
fore, so we called Phil Scudder—the
man who laid out the original Cele­
bration Track and the present one—
and has been on the Celebration Com­
mittee 25 years. He says do this:
Place two stakes in a line 150 feet
apart. Take a cord 75 feet long and
describe a semi-circle (arc) from each
stake at opposite ends. Connect the
end of the arc with a 150-foot fence
line and you have it. The track meas­
ures 300 feet long and 150 feet wide,
including infield. With these instruc­
tions you can build your own track
anywhere there is room. But you really
need a fence around it for horses to
get accustomed to the barriers—that is
Panola, 25, In Foal For
Delivery In August
We ran into some interesting news
recently when Mr. and Mrs. Don
Evans were in Shelbyville, along with
if you plan to have a Celebration Manager Gene McCall of their Heri­
champion like the Yarians plan. The tage Cafeteria in Springfield, Mo.
running track is 37 1-2 feet wide, the
Mrs. Evans informed us that Panola,
rest is infield.
the famous 25-year-old mare, is in foal
Joyce’s other question is how can to Rodgers’ Perfection and delivery
site find an aged brood mare of the is due in August.
following specifications: Mare by Old
Also seated just six feet way in a
Wilson’s Ace out of a mare by a son local restaurant was 370-pound Jess
of Merry Legs. Joyce adds that they Payne, production manager of the
expected their first colt by Paradise Field Packing Co., Inc. of Bowling
Pride on May 15th, and that her Green, Ky. Jess is believed to be the
younger daughter needs a horse, and heaviest 56-year-old rider of a highly
the Yarians need a broodmare of the competitive Tennessee Walking Horse
specified breeding to match their sial- in the U.S.A. He has won the Ken­
Iion. She also says the horses at their tucky amateur championship several
place will have “better comfort” than times with his favorite mount—but the
do members of the family—and adds horse has been retired from competi­
“this is as it should be when they’re at tion. We lost the card on which we had
our mercy.” Joyce is an sensitive soul listed the name of this big horse who
—and her visit to our house last Cele­ carried the big Kentucky Colonel to
bration was an inspiration to us. BAG. victory.
WHAT ON EARTH
IS A
This Is A Letter
That We Appreciate
Some of our friends wonder what
kind of letter we received from the
White House after sending a letter and
a book to Caroline. Here it is:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Washington
April 22, 1963
Dear Mr. Green,
I am writing on behalf of Mrs. Ken­
nedy to thank you for your letter to
Caroline.
Mrs. Kennedy appreciates your
thoughtfulness in writing and she
wishes to thank you for sending Caro­
line a copy of Bio graphy of Lite Ten­
nessee Walking Horse. This was most
kind of you and she is indeed grateful.
With every good wish,
Sincerely
Letitia Baldridge,
Social Secretary
(Note—We have nothing to add ex­
cept to say we have written a “Thank
You" letter to Miss Baldridge. BAG.)
TENNESSEE
WALKING HORSE?
(Extracts from Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse)
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100 for $22.50 from
BEN A. GREEN, SHELBYVILLE, TENN.