1964-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1964 April Voice | Page 34

TARHEEL REVIEW
by Elaine and Harold Thacker
Rt. 5, Winston-Salem, N. C.
With Spring here you see every­
body getting ready for the Show
Season. On March 28th the gates
opened to the rings at many shows
around the state.
I had the pleasure of attending
the Pilot Lions Club Horse Show.
This was the first money show
given by the Pilot Lions Club.
The Honorable Billy Bunn of York,
South Carolinia, did the honor of
judging this fine show and a fine
job he did. Here are some of the
Blue Ribbon winners of the Walk­
ing Horses Classes judged by Mr.
Bunn.
The Three-Year-Old Walking
Horse Class was won by TOUCH­
DOWN, Sam Cecil, Jr. up for Cle­
ment Stables, Hickory, North
Carolina. TOUCHDOWN is an out­
standing example of the many fine
horses stabled at Clement Stables.
Winner of Two-Year-Old Walking
Horses, MIDNIGHT BLACK
LADY, is owned by Brenda Smith
of Lexington, N. C. MIDNIGHT
BLACK LADY is stabled at Rolling
Acres Farm of Thomasville, N.C.,
and was trained and ridden by
Charlie Bobo. Mr. Bobo also won
the Walking Stallion and Gelding
Class on SUN’S RETURN. This
horse is owned by Carl Lippart of
Charlotte, N.C.
The Walking Mare, MONTANA,
won two important classes. These
two classes were Walking Mares
and The Walking Horse Champion­
ship. Frank Fulcher, owner of Jubi­
lee Stables in Winston-Salem, owns
this outstanding mare, but she was
ridden by C. A. Bobo.
During the show TRIPLE
THREAT, Reserve Grand Cham­
pion Walking Horse of the World
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was exhibited by Mr. Sam Cecil
Jr. of Clement Stables, Hickory,
N.C. This moment was anxiously
awaited by both fans and exhibi­
tors. From the inside cover of the
Catawba Valley Benefit Horse
Show Program comes this salute
to TRIPLE THREAT:
“Just about everybody who
knows anything about Tennessee
Walking Horses and who has had
the opportunity to see him too,
calls TRIPLE THREAT ‘one of the
greatest horses the show ring has
ever seen.’ Praise like this comes
from friend and foe alike so even
those who haven’t seen him work
are ready to concede that TRIPLE
THREAT is great. The owners,
Mr. C. E. Clement, Mr. Clyde Aber­
nathy and Mr. J. B. Sherrill and
trainer Sam L. Cecil, Jr., can be
justly proud of this handsome stal­
lion. He has become a ‘national sen­
sation.’
Several things made him
great, and set him apart from
the good horses. He’s fine for a
stallion, yet strong as nails, and
he looks the part of a show horse.
His conformation cannot be faulted.
He has as much motion, and may­
be even more, than the best gaited
horse, yet he walks, every step with
natural motion . . . and without
any help whatsoever. He’s so per­
fect, and so natural. . . has so much
speed and stride . . . that many vets
and trainers around the country
have said ‘he could be the answer
to the problem of breeding horses
that can do the