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the horse was televised on Ed Sullivan’ s“ Toast of the Town” show. This money went for charity and was quite an event to remember. After Uncle Bob Cunningham died the stables in Celenople were closed and the Rowland family moved back to Lewisburg. Tennessee.
Albert Lee decided to venture out of the horse business and went to school with the St. Louis Feeding Research Co. for Purina Feed and later graduated as a feeding advisor. After selling his feed store in Lewisburg he went to the oil drilling fields for Gulf Shore in the Gulf of Mexico for two years.
He still had his desire to work with horses and returned to Middle Tennessee. In the next few years he helped with the Harlindale Dispersal Sale, trained and taught equitation at Rollins College in Orlando, Florida, and back in Lewisburg, rode and showed MAN OF DESTI NOTION, NIGHT OF NIGHTS, bought and trained GO BOY’ S BIG TALK and GO BOY’ S SUCCESSOR, the horse that is making a good record on the West Coast these days. He then began training for Senator J. T. Kelley, Columbia, Tennessee, where Joe Kelley, under his guidance, showed LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE 19 times to win 17 blues and 2 reds. He also won the two year old gelding class at the Celebration during that year with WHITE SILVER SUN. Albert Lee stated,“ that in his estimation Joe Kelley is one of the finest young riders in the business today”. Shortly after this, Albert Lee made the California circuit with the Ray Rhodes Stables in Los Angeles. Here he took care of MERRY SOU VENIR and SUN’ S CELEBRA TION for Mr. and Mrs. Dwain Clark that Steve Hill and Vic Thompson rode to honors at the Celebration, anybody.”
Albert Lee then opened the Haynes Haven Stables, which is one of the show places of the nation. This is the home of the famous HAY NES PEACOCK and BILLY DIRECT. While at Haynes Haven, he acted as agent for Mr. Pat Kimbrough in buying SUN DUST, who is now standing at Stallion Stables in Shelbyville.
After this long and varied career the Rowland family is now in Boaz, Alabama with Dr. W. L. Cooley, who has owned some top stock over the past few years. At present they
are working MIGHTY GO BOY, a black stallion who has been undefeated this year and will be a top
contender for the big stake at the Celebration. Another undefeated contender this year is an aged mare SETTING SUN’ S SUPREME. They are also working several outside horses at the Cooley Stables, two outstanding ones being for the Sharon Terry Stables, a top aged gelding, SUN’ S BLACK DEMON and a top two year old stallion by SHADOW’ S REPLICA.
While they are in Boaz their son Randall, 20 years old, is attending Sneed Junior College and Mike, age 13 and Renita. age 10 are in grammar school in Boaz. It was indeed a pleasant experience talking with Albert Lee and Oneida, who has a sparkle in her eye when she recalls some of the extraordinary experiences that they have enjoyed over the past years.
EDITORS COLUMN( Cont ' d.) consideration in the ring; and give everyone a chance to make a good show. If you are a winner, be a gracious one. If a loser, be a graceful one. Don’ t forget... judges are human too and it’ s one of the hardest jobs of officiating I know of. Congratulate the winner in a genuine way and go home to do a better job of training and riding, knowing you were a winner too— because you showed character and sportsmanship. I sincerely hope that we all practice what I have preached and make this year the sportsmanship year for the Capital City Horsemen Association.
EDITORS NOTE: Regarding“ Sportsmanship... we have seen more outward signs of good sportsmanship in the show ring this year than ever before. In our impression, this bears out what we hear from time to time regarding the“ fine people in the Walking Horse business.” I would like to say that, all things considered, we feel that one of the big attractions of the Tennessee Walking Horse is the people with whom we come in contact. They are good people... honest people... and folks who love the breed and the overall activity involving the breed.
As we head into the“ final stretch” of the 1964 show season, with the“ big, big shows” coming up... we need to take stock of the season, of what we, as a group, have accomplished thus far this year. I feel that the breed is in better standing than ever before. Through the efforts of almost everyone involved, we have overcome some of our joint problems and have made great strides toward up-grading the Tennessee Walking Horse in all parts of the country. Regardless of what particular phase of Walking Horse business you are personally involved, whether it be pleasure horses, brood mares, show horses or what have you... you can all be extremely proud of the Tennessee Walking Horse.
TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE CLUB NEWS by Mrs. J. Wade Titus R. 1 Galesburg, Michigan
One of the“ fun shows” of the Southwestern Michigan Exhibitors Association was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paige Emmons, Fort Custer Drive, Galesburg, the afternoon of July 4, 1964. This was the first of these Walking Horse shows, but we are sure it will not be the last! It was more fun than most shows, as it was all Walking Horse classes, and was planned to give the most fun for the exhibitor with the least amount of work and preparation.
The next show will be hosted by Mr. and Mrs. James Kissinger of Galesburg, and Mr. and Mrs. Mel Norman of Battle Creek, the Kal- Val Show grounds will be used for this occasion.
Dr. John Sackett of Kalamazoo, assisted Mr. and Mrs. Emmons, with their 4th of July show and Mrs. Rita Sackett was one of the three judges. Mrs. Dale Rice and Mrs. George Prifold were the other judges.
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