1963-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1963 September Voice | Page 6

September, 1963
have this year, we bought him from
Mr. Dean and brought him here for
Mr. Paschal to finish his training and
begin showing him. Exactly nine
months later, to the day, SUN’S
DELIGHT was the World’s Grand
Champion. I don’t think you can beat
that record.”
Mr. Escue emphasized that he and
Sam Paschal set out with the definite
objective of obtaining the horse that
would enable them to win the World’s
Grand Championship this year. The
proud owner affirmed, “It was strictly
the good judgement of Mr. Sam Pas­
chal that led us to buy SUN’S DE­
LIGHT, and I am sure that it was his
hard work and his expert handling of
the horse that made this judgment
work out right last night. When many
people asked Sam Thursday night,
whether his horse could make another
great show on Saturday night, he re­
plied ‘Well, of course, I don’t know.
But he makes six good shows a week
about 4:30 every morning, and so I
don’t see why he can’t make a good
one again Saturday night.’ ”
Sun’s Delight As Sire
Since it had already been announced
that SUN’S DELIGHT would be re­
tired from competition in the show
ring, Mr. Paschal was asked to com­
ment upon SUN’S DELIGHT’S quali­
fications as a sire: “I think he will be
the greatest breeding horse of all time,
because he is such a nice Walking
Horse. He is natural; everything he
does is natural, and he was born with
it. In training him we have separated
his gaits and kept him in good shape.
Not only is he a splendid individual,
but he is also the result of a forty-
five-year breeding program which Mr.
A. S. Dean has carried on. He has
worked through a four-generation
cross to produce SUN’S DELIGHT,
and this horse now has the greatest
blood lines in the world. When they
arc bred right, they will walk right.
SUN’S DELIGHT has proved that he
can walk, and his blood lines indicate
that he will sire colts that will walk.”
Escue’s Tribute to Paschal
Having listened to this discussion of
the greatness of his horse, Fray Escue
entered the conversation to pay a most
remarkable tribute to Sam Paschal:
“We all know that it takes a com­
bination of several things to make a
World’s Grand Champion. Of course,
it takes a horse of the quality that
Sam has been describing. Then, it takes
a trainer like Sam Paschal, one who
has worked with the horse every morn­
ing throughout the nine months that
he has had him. SUN’S DELIGHT
has received his expert care and at­
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tention ever)' day. But besides being
a great trainer, Sam P