1963-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1963 March Voice | Page 3

Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse
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H. L Worrell Launches ‘New Life’ At Age 71
son—who looks like his daddy— is 3
years old, and should last, for 20. He
3 Great Stallions — Black-Sorrel-Palomino — Start will be standing at stud and showing
this year—and horselovers should
watch for him. He bears a matchless
TWH History's Finest Breeding Operation
name—Son’s Successor. His dam, the
beautiful, gentle Helen McGregor,
The Voice nominates for the the Tennessee Walking Horse and all also bore a full brother of Son's Suc­
"Bravest Person in the Tennessee its human attributes of strength, cour­ cessor—a striking 4-year-old sorrel
Walking Horse World" a 71-year-old age, wisdom and understanding—will named Son’s Worthy Boy who is
man who lives in Goodlettsville, Ten­ tip his hat and wave her hand to neighing distance away from Suc­
nessee named H. L. Worrell. Read H. L. Worrell and wish him well in cessor.
what lias happened to him within the the course he has undertaken. On the
And yet further up the hall in an­
cover page of this Voice he predicts other stall is one of the great Palomino
last two months:
he
will
live
to
see
Son’s
Sucessor
be­
He is board chairman for a multi-
Tennessee Walking Horse stallions of
million-dollar cemetery firm that come the father of a World’s Grand all time—beginning to prove himself
Champion.
As
we
write
this
we
found its cash dwindled to §25,000
through progeny where the great sires
and was engaged in a legal fight for breathe a prayer that his wish may are confirmed. He is My Palomino Pal,
come
true.
Or
the
sire
may
be
Son’s
control; He won it easily.
who will also be shown and also
standing at stud.
He is chairman for a §1,500,000 Worthy Boy.
You
too
can
join
personally
in
this
East Nashville hospital fund cam­
paign that is aimed at topping its tribute to something that is precious
Three Will Be In Shows
goal by Palm Sunday with some §200, and lastingly dear to those who love
These
three horses will be seen in
Tennessee
Walking
Horse
apprecia­
000 yet to be reached; He led a plan
numerous shows—in three separate
to borrow' a million and to start work tion.
age classes—each with a different
immediately on a §3,500,000 institu­
color. This trio, with some other
You Can Visit Here
tion;
stallions on the premises will give
You can visit the Solitude Stock Solitude Stock Farm certainly the
On Lincoln’s Birthday
Farm which today has the noblest en­ youngest—probably the most potent—
And on Lincoln's Birthday, Feb. trance we have heard of — anywhere— and certainly the most performing-
12, 1963, the 1962 champion Ten­ to this showplace farm that Mr. battalion of stallions in the history ol
nessee Walking Horse sire in this Worr ell has painstakingly developed the Tennessee Walking Horse Breed.
world died of colic in a stall at Mr. from eroded hillside on the South­
We invite comparison: a 71-year-old
Worrell’s wondrous Solitude Stock western outskirts of Goodlettsville.
man who made Stanley Products a
Farm while the owner was attending
Last July in the Voice we told how household word in every county of
a meeting concerned with one of the Mr. Worrell paid a young man §1,000 the Southeast (Stanley Products Com­
two projects mentioned above.
for a Tennessee Walking mare to pany’s president is a subscriber to
For two nights Mr. Worrell lay help the boy go to college—and how the Voice) ; a 3-year-old black stal­
awake pondering “what shall I do the mare was boarded with a trainer lion, and a 4-year-old sorrel stallion,
about Son of Midnight and my Ten­ but Mr. Worrell fell in love with the both grandsons of the peerless Mid­
nessee Walking Horses?"
mare so much he began to train her night Sun of Harlindale Farm 40
Should he quit the business, sell himself—and that called for acreage miles way; and a 6-year-old Palomino
out, give up the joy of having horses Mr. Worrell's mother told him about son of John A’s Chance; standing at
on his great farm where they grace the property for sale and suggested he buy public service; ready to perpetuate
it. That took place in 1948. Solitude the breed.
hills so well?
He didn’t need horses, really. He Stock Farm resulted. All because of
It's a noble picture for the present
didn’t need the hospital, and he one Tennessee Walking Horse, and a day, it’s a lasting promise for the
mare
at
that.
Her
grave
should
be
didn’t need the cemetery business.
future.
But this man, who rode Oklahoma marked as one of the greatest mares
How many men—this day and time—
Gypsy in 1954 to every amateur in all time.
would tackle that obligation; would
How did Mr. Worrell “press on.” complete that beautiful entrance
championship of any importance in
First he buried Son of Midnight, built so more folks could come see
the Tennessee Walking Horse show
field, made his decision; it was, Keep sire of Ebony Masterpiece and Son’s Son of Midnight—now dead? Out­
On, Keep On until a successor to the Shadow and many other fine progeny guess is there is not one in a million
Son of Midnight sires another World's —with tears in his eyes.
who would be ready, willing and able
Grand Champion who bears on his
to face this challenge.
The Transfer Is Made
hide the indelible but figurative
And still with him in his new life
stamp “Bred at Solitude Stock Farm.”
Then he ordered Trainer Floyd is a long proved friend, Asst. Manager
King (back with him after years Fred Brake, whose wife is dedicating
All Who Love Will Join
absence) to transfer to the Son of her time to teaching mentally re­
Certainly every person who loves Midnight stall a stalwart coal black tarded children.