1964-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1964 August Voice | Page 56

Bits & Spurs
BITS AND SPURS
By Sharon Terry
Feel the suspense and excitement
in the air! Celebration time is just
around the corner and everyone is
getting ready for the big event. I
have just returned from a trip to
Middle Tennessee, and while in
Shelbyville, I visited the Celebra­
tion grounds. Work on the barns is
already underway and the biggest
improvement is the moving of the
light poles behind the grandstand.
One of the first places I went to
in Tennessee was Vic Thompson’s.
Not only did I watch many top
horses work, but I crossed the road
to the stallion barn to have a look
at the great syndicated stallions.
MAMA’S BLACK SOUTHERN
AIRE worked good, and I had the
privilege of riding him. I highly
recommend a tour of the Vic
Thompson Stables during the Cele­
bration.
My next stop was at Preach
Fleming’s, also in Shelbyville.
Preach was working a mighty nice
SUN DUST two year old that had
quite a resemblance to MR. SEN­
SATION. He also has SHADOW’S
GAY LADY, one of the best mares
out.
While cooling off in the air con­
ditioned tack room of the Toby
Green-Buddy Hugh Stables, I had a
nice chat with Buddy. A very good
prospect to win the junior stake
this year is GUNSMOKE’S SON,
the black stallion owned by Bark­
ley Brock of Clinton, Missouri.
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SON has really made some out­
standing shows so far, and his blues
include the Shelbyville P T A,
Clarksville, Tenn., and Chapel Hill.
Dr. Nathan Thomas and J. B.
Alexander, both of Shelbyville,
own a fine bay two year old stal­
lion named SHADOW’S MOTION
MAN, who has never placed lower
than second. Mrs. Madeline Lee
has been winning ladies classes all
summer on her great mare, SPUR’S
SUMMER DREAM. Toby won the
stake in Clarksville on JET’S
ROCKET STAR for J. H. Bowman
and Son of Shelbyville. Buddy
worked CHIMNEY SWEEP for me,
and she is one of the best two year
old fillies I’ve seen all season.
Mabrun Magnusson has all his
horses at the Celebration grounds
now. DARK JET OF MIDNIGHT,
his good aged black stallion, was
second in Guntersville. Maburn
says one of his most promising
horses is his three year old stal­
lion. PERFECTION’S SHIEK. Ma-
brun’s striking junior mare, PIN
UP’S JEWEL, has won several
blues this year, one of them La­
fayette. Everyone plan now to at­
tend Mabrun’s big dispersal sale
to be held the first Monday of the
Celebration.
I spent a very profitable after­
noon at S. W. Beech’s admiring all
the colts. The one and only MERRY
GO BOY was just as beautiful as
ever, and looked young enough to
be a seven year old! Steve is very
proud of his lovely GO BOY wean­
ling filly. I don’t blame him. She
sure is pretty. I’d like to steal her!
Mr. W. R. Mitchell of Mobile, Ala­
bama, had just purchased a gorge­
ous black yearling stallion called
GO BOY’S BLACK GOLD. Mr.
Mitchell is the owner of the wide­
ly acclaimed GO BOY’S SCOOT­
ER, who has been doing real well
this year.
In Shelbyville, I ran into some
good friends from Searcy, Ark­
ansas, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reid,
who had brought their pony to
Vic’s to get him ready for the Cele­
bration. This pony, MR. TALK OF
THE TOWN, won the Sparta pony
class with Bill Reid in the saddle,
and also won the open class at
Batesville, Miss. The Reids proudly
own the speedy GO BOY’S RED
ROOSTER, aged chestnut stallion.
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