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10 March , 1963
Merry Go Boy Syndicate Completed ; All Three Syndicate Operations In Full Swing
All steps for syndicate breeding of the famous twice-champion Merry Go Boy at S . W . Beech , Jr ., Stables at Belfast , Tenn ., were finalized on March 8 , according to a joint announcement by Don Decker of the Merry Go Boy Syndicate and Beech . The horse will remain at Beech ' s Stables and Beech will conduct the breeding opera [ ions although ownership of the horse is vested in live syndicate composed of Decker , Omaha capitalist and contractor , and Jack Corn , Brentwood , Tenn . real estate operator who has extensive enterprises .
Decker and Corn are also in the Midnight Mack K Syndicate and the Sun-Dust Syndicate with Trainer Vic Thompson . There two famous producing stallions are stationed at Thompson ' s new 300-foot bam on U . S . Highway 41 -A eight miles north of Shelbyville , Tenn .
Thompson told the Voice Editor that he would immediately employ one of the most capable men in the Tennessee Walking Horse industry to supervise breeding of the twro stallions at his barn . Thompson said he plans to travel the Southwest Horse Show Ciruit for the 20th year , and to show at Meridian and elsewhere as the season progresses . He says he has promising new : horses that will give anybody hot competition .
In discussing completion of the syndicate arrangement , Thompson
Girl , 8 , Shares Savings And Grief IVith Owner Who Lost Horses In Fire
Horselovers of the nation recently enjoyed a press report from Louisville , Ky ., telling of a 8-year-old Bedford , Indiana girl ’ s gift to a multimillionaire Louisville hotelman who lost several yearlings in a fire at Churchill Downs .
The letter from Susanna Matthews to J . Graham Brown of Louisville read : " Dear Mr . Brown : " My name is Susanna Lynn Matthews and I am eight years old . I read about the bad fire you had in your stables and felt very badly about it . ” 1 love horses very much . “ All my color books , story books pointed out that last year the three stallions in the Decker-Corn setup had last year registered hundreds of colts in their names — whereby through syndicate operations the turnout would be greatly limited and mares given service will all be of superior quality .
His viewpoint is echoed from Florida to California — where people who know about the Walking Horse business express the general conclusion “ the syndicate is good for the breed and especially helpful to the little man who has a stallion who needs some exercise .”
Elsewhere in this Voice is an exclusive photograph taken by the Voice Editor showing Midnight Mack K and Sun-Dust within 30 feet of each other at Thompson ’ s Stables . “ These stallions are so jealous of each other that it would have been dangerous to bring them closer together ,” Vic told Editor Green . The shaky Editor agreed .
Shares in the syndicate are being offered to interested parties who should communicate with Decker in Omaha , Corn in Brentwood , and Thompson in Shelbyville . The Merry Go Boy operation at Beech ’ s Stables is also fully underway . It is understood that owners of shares in the great stallions are offering to sell “ seasons ” for 1963 as the first syndicate breeding plan in the history of the Tennessee Walking Horse breed gets under way with full force .
and books I read at the library are about horses . I ride my cousin ’ s horse a lot . His name is Scout . I have $ 56 saved on a horse . I went to Calumet Farm on our vacation one summer . 1 pelted a colt through a fence until his or her mother came . We stopped at Churchill Downs but it was closed .
“ I know how you feel about it , so I ' m sending 50 cents out of my Christmas money to help you with your new barn .
“ When I heard about the fire I was very sad about it and 1 know you were loo . I hope you have good luck with your race horses , and maybe some day I can come and see you race some of
Tape Recordings Link Horse Talk Of Two Nations
A lively correspondence via tape recordings has developed between an English family which loves horses — and residents of Columbia , Tenn ., where the Tennessee Walking Horse Spring Jubilee is an annual feature .
The correspondence began when William A . Orman of Columbia read a magazine ad signed by David A . Wiseman of Acton , London , England . Orman began sending tapes recorded at his photo shop and Wiseman replied in kind , telling of his experience with a cavalry unit — the “ Queen ' s Royal Life Guard ,” how he cared for his horse , and also served with another unit in Korea .
The tape correspondence developed considerable exchange of horse information .
Marshall Ledbetter , Sr ., a leader in Tennessee Walking Horse activities in Columbia , has taken a prominent part in the tape correspondence . At his invitation Tennessee Governor Buford Ellington ( then in office ) and other state officials joined in the correspondence with messages to the Wiseman family , including daughter , Sandy . Friends of the Wisemans in England also began to talk to their American friends by tape . More than 150 Columbia friends have joined in the exchange .
Mr . Orman told the Wisemans “ Tennessee is noted for its famous Walking Horses and its beautiful women ,” and the Wisemans expressed the hope of visiting the state some day and seeing the ’ Walking Horses .
The friendship developed by the tape correspondence has attracted wide interest — and the Columbia Rotary Club members at a weekly meeting called the Wisemans by trans-Atlantic telephone to express their interest . Lt . Col . Wiseman replied with a letter to the Columbia Daily Herald that added more fuel to the friendship fire — as the unusual club program was reported in several London newspapers .
them . “ Good luck always . Susanna ." Owner Brown called the letter “ a very touching thing ” and prepared to invite Susanna to the Churchill Downs races as his guest .