1964-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1964 August Voice | Page 63

BITS & SPURS (Cont'd.)
My black gelding, SUN’S DARK
DEMON, and I won the ladies class
in Cornersville, Tennessee.
It’s hard to believe that the Cele­
bration is so close. As usual, the
big question rises again — who’s
going to win the Championship?
September 5 will tell the tale. See
you at the Celebration!
barn .
sfornjinS
BELFAST. TENNESSEE
ANNUAL HORSE SHOW
BIG SUCCESS
As usual, the management of the
Belfast, Tennessee Horse Show put
on one of the finest Middle Ten­
nessee Shows of the season. These
people really know the methods for
handling a good show and man­
aged to pull horses from near and
far. Just prior to the show the
weather for miles around acted up
with accasional showers and some
of the prospective exhibitors de­
cided to leave their horses at home.
At Belfast the weather was clear
and the ring had to be watered
down during the show.
The crowd was very enthusiastic
and lived it up all night, climaxing
a grand evening of Walking Horse
exhibitions with a thunderous res­
ponse to a two horse workout be­
tween the renowed TRIPLE
THREAT, with Harold Kennedy
up, and Albert Lee Rowland riding
MIGHTY GO BOY. Obviously
these two veterans of the show ring
just didn’t hear the call for the
“flat walk” on the reverse because
they scattered the dust for two
more full trips around the ring
after it was called. At any rate,
the people loved it and when TRI­
PLE THREAT pulled out to receive
the blue there was lively pro and
con response from the gallery.
Judge Clyde Orton did an excellent
job of calling the ribbons and is to
be commended for a good nights
work. It was a great little show,
being topped off with a delicious
breakfast at the Top Hat restaurant
in Lewisburg.
Complete results of the Belfast
Show are reported in the “Horse
Show Results” column elsewhere
in this issue.
AUGUST, 1964
BENVIS BEECHBOARD
As usual, the Benvis Beech-
board Stables of Bell Buckle, Ten­
nessee will be well represented in
the Celebration. SPECIAL’S SON­
ATA, a truly great Junior Mare
owned by Stone and Beechboard
will be offering stiff competition
in her class. This Chestnut Sorrel
has been shown four times this
year and has won her share of
blues. In the age gelding class,
Benvis will be up on LUCKY OLD
SUN owned by Mrs. Russel Camp­
bell of Nashville. This is an excel­
lent horse and should be a con­
tender. Natalie Stone, an excellent
juvenile rider from Shelbyville,
will be riding MYSTERY GO BOY,
a top Walking Pony owned by Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Gracy of Fayette­
SHAMPOO YOUR HORSE
with
NEO-KLEEN
Vic Thompson says, "We've used Neo-Kleen
for two seasons and it's good. We haven't
had a horse rub a mane or tail while using
this product.” Jack Warren says, "It's the
cheapest and best I've ever used.”
RINSES CLEAN —
LEAVES NO SCALES
For Information Contact:
C. BARTON LAWS
P. O. Box 8066
Nashville, Tennessee
Also Available at
NATIONAL BRIDLE SHOP
Lewisburg, Tennessee
ville, Tennessee. Benvis will also
be well thought of in the Age Mare
class where he will take on all
comers on SPECIAL’S FAIR
LADY, owned by Mathews, Harris
and Paschal, of Shelbyville and
Murray, Kentucky. This big-going
mare has been shown consistently
this season and she has some top
wins to her credit. In the age stal­
lion class, we will see SHADOW’S
BOOTS, owned by J. E. Wiser of
Cristians, Tennessee. This is the
first year out for this horse and he
is improving every time he is
shown.
HARBER AND CHERRY
The Harber and Cherry Stables
of Centerville, Alabama are on the
way to making a reputation for
themselves. This combination repre­
sents a family effort in the Walk­
ing Horse business as Mr. Cherry
is married to the former Fay Har­
ber. Bob Cherry has been working
with Walking Horses for several
years and although he just recently
turned twenty-five, he has con­
siderable experience with show
stock. Topping the list of H.&C.
contenders for the 1964 Celebration
is probably HILL’S MERRY GO
BOY, an outstanding black two
year old stallion that has picked
up a head of steam lately and has
won several impressive classes in
the past few weeks. He is a big
horse, with lots of room to grow
and should crowd the top spot for
honors. SUN DUST SUGARFOOT,
owned by Mr. and Mrs. Harber, is
an age gelding shown in Juvenile
and Amateur classes by Skipper
Nickell of Centerville and by Mr.
Harber. Bob will probably ride
SECRET’S LADY, owned by Mr.
Harber, in the age mare class. This
blue roan mare is considered top
stock by many who have seen her.
CIRCLE R STABLES
Dickie Pate, head man at the
Circle R Stables of West Point,
Mississippi will attack the Celebra­
tion with several top horses this
year. Dickie, who is well known in
the Walking Horse business as a
stiff contender every tim e he ent­
ers the ring, will ride his hand­
made HAWK’S MEMORY in the
Junior Stud and Junior Stake
class. This top contender, owned by
Mrs. Hawkshaw Hawkins, of Nash­
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