1963-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1963 May Voice

5 Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse How Would You Answer This Letter From A 14-Year-Old? (Editor’s Note—Read this heart- wrencher from a 14-year-old boy or girl, then see what we managed to tell him or her. BAG). R. 5, Box 712-A Battle Creek, Michigan Dear Ben A. Green I am a 14-year-old and love horses very, very, very much. My Mother don’t like me to spend money on them so. I weigh 100 pounds. I am about 5’1”. I dream of horses every night. I’m reading your book Biography of the Tennessee Walking Horse. I like it very much. Is White Star still alive? If she is, how old is she? The same with them all; Rodgers’ Perfection, Mack K’s Handshaker, Setting Sun, Go Boy's Shadow, Talk of the Town, Old Glory’s Big Man, Midnight Mary, Merry Go Boy, and Midnight Sun. Do they still sell Tennessee Walk ing Horse Magazine? If they do, how much does it cost? And if they can still get the Tennessee Walking Horse Celebration’s Blue Ribbon can I get it? If they do, how much does it cost? I will like to learn more about these champion Walkers and the Allans and the Tom Hals. I know I am tak ing up your time, about the Times— Gazette and the same as the other ones; If they are free—that I get out of your book. And how can I start getting? I think Sun’s Jet Parade is one of the pretty ones, don’t you? (Editor’s Note—I seem to have lost the last page so I cannot give this young man’s name. I think the writer was a boy. I have replied to him. My reply was substantially as follows: “When I was your age I dreamed ever)' night of having a bicycle. I gloated over the outlook in Sears-Roe- buck catalogues. I envied the other kids who had bicycles. But I believe my Mother thought I might get hurt if I had a bicycle and rode in traffic. Mothers were more scared of traffic then than now. Mothers then rarely —if ever—drove automobiles. Got Bicycle In College So I did not get a bicycle until I was in college—working my way with a typewriter—and then I paid $5 for a second hand cycle (it may have been |2.50). I took copy to the printer in town for the college newspaper (at the University of Alabama). It did not hurt me—really—not to have a bicycle earlier. It was just a youthful yearning—and my life was not blighted. My younger brother wanted our Father to get him a bear; nagged my Father about this wholly impractical yearning; and I believe he ran off from school a time or two—maybe looking for bears. So you, at age 14, are just having yearnings other kids have in one way or another. And 999,999 times out of a million Mamma’s Right at your age. All the horses you mention by name are living except: White Star, who died in December, 1962, and Dr. W. V. Gamier of Bastrop, La. is erecting a wonderful marble statue of her at his farm; Old Glory’s Big Man, who died at the Bucld Cigar Co. stables of Quincy, Fla. during the 1961 Celebration; Sun’s Jet Parade, who died at Vic Thompson’s Stables near Shelbyville last October while Vic was in Kansas City at a show; and Midnight Merry, who I understand is dead but I do not know particulars. If you trill read the Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse you will know where all the others have been, are and apparently will continue to be. I am sending you a booklet— What On Earth Is A Tennessee Walk ing Horse—that will answer some more questions that you have not ask ed me. Love and Luck, Pal, be you a boy or a girl. BAG. . . . P.S. That Biography book tells you that the old Tennessee Walking Horse Magazine was discontinued after seven years—and it started in 1944. The Celebration Blue Ribbon is free to all folks who write for it— care of the Celebration, Inc., P. O. Box 192, Shelbyville, Tenn. NEW SHOW IN TRENTON, TENN. Trenton’s Elks Club has calendared its first annual horse show for June 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Gibson County Fairgrounds. Five Walking Horse classes are booked with Fred Fowler, Somerville, Tenn., judging. A free fish fry for owners and riders will follow the show, says Robert S. Phelan, horse show chairman, 224 Lombardy, Tren ton, Tenn. Robert A. Shelton, Cham ber of Commerce president, says the 144 members of that organization will help in every way. He is writing to all prospective exhibitors. Celebration Facts Silver Anniversary (25th annual) show scheduled Sept. 1-7. For ticket information write directly to Ticket Chairman John P. Castleberry, Celebration, Inc., P. O. Box 192, Shelby ville, Tenn. For room or house rentals write to Shelbyville Chamber of Commerce, Shelbyville, Tenn. For entry information—after July 1— write to Celebration Office, P. 0. Box 192, Shelbyville, Tenn. (Do not write to the Voice Editor for any of the above. We try to answer all questions but cannot buy tickets, enter horses, or provide housing accomoda tions.) The Celebration Vacation Brochure— a great 4-color production — is being mailed to all on the Celebration Blue Ribbon list, and also placed at points where they will be appreciated. Write Celebration, Inc., P. O. Box 192, to get on the Blue Ribbon List. Batesville, Miss. Plans 2-Night Show, May 23-24 Six Tennessee Walking Horse clas ses are listed for May 24 at 7:30 p.m. to conclude th e 2-day Batesville, Miss. Lions Club Third Annual Horse Show. O’Neill Howell is master of ceremonies with Ed Stalcup judging everything. One class for Open Pleas ure horses is eligible for Walking Horses on May 23 at 7:30 p.m. The Walker classes on the final night include 2-year-olds, Juvenile Riders 18 and under, Men’s Amateur, Ladies to Ride, Walking Mares 4 years old, Walking Stallion and Geld ing. All classes net S25 plus trophies and ribbons for first place. Earl Pear son of The Panolian, Batesville, Miss., gets the mail about this show. VISIT INDIANA'S NEWEST WALKING HORSE STABLE ARNOLD HABIG STABLES P. O. Box 173 Sales Jasper, Indiana Boarding Training Finished Horses & Prospects For Sale AT STUD GOLD SHADOW 571544 Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Habig, Owners Harold Hayes, Manager-Trainer Phones Stables: 1119-K Night: 1270-K

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