1964-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1964 December Voice | Page 28

Bits & Spurs
the HI LINE
from the Deep SOUTH
By Billy Joe Ann Esiess
Box 222, Kentwood, Louisiana
By Sharon Terry
Box 1178
Slate College, Miss.
All the big shows are over until
the Florida Circuit starts, and I’ve
busy at college, so I don’t have
much news this month.
Larry Gribble, a McMinnville,
Tennessee college student, is spe­
cializing in broodmares. Right now
Larry has 35 top broodmares for
sale, bred to such great stallions
as MIDNIGHT SUN, SUN’S DE­
LIGHT, EBONY MASTERPIECE,
and his own stallion, MERRY
BOY’S CHANCE. If you are in the
market for a good broodmare, Lar­
ry has the best.
Bob Rigsby of Huntsville, Ala­
bama, sent STAN THE MAN, his
good three year old stallion, to Joe
Webb’s Stables for training. STAN
THE MAN is quite a horse and he
is expected to do outstanding
things this next year.
I think everyone had a good time
at the Dixie Jubilee. My mother’s
cousin, Bedford Osborne, from Aus­
tralia flew to America for a few
weeks, and joined us in Baton
Rouge. Bedford was very impressed
with the Walking Horses, and read
all of my old issues of THE VOICE.
My parents have just returned
from a trip to Middle Tennessee.
They say things are really buzzing
around the Vic Thompson Stables.
SHADOW’S RED WARRIOR is
now a gelding. He should make
Deedy Decker a nice Amateur
horse next season.
The Pre-Vet Club is one of the
most popular organizations at Mis­
sissippi State University. We have
many important events planned for
December, including a barbecue
and a visit from some of the im­
portant veterinarians from Missis­
sippi. Officers of the Pre-Vet Club
were elected last month, and I was
elected Secretary.
Back on the home scene, things
are not so quiet. Daddy has a lot of
new horses which include some
good two year old prospects. I have
a coming two year old bay filly by
SHADOW’S REPLICA who looks
like she will live up to the reputa­
tion of her famous sire. All of our
mares are bred to SHADOW, and
we are expecting a good crop of
colts next season. My GO BOY
three year old mare is coming along
nicely. It will take a little time for
her to develop, but one day she
will be hard to beat.
The Amateurs are the backbone
of the horse show business, and
they work hard to make our shows
more honest. I think that there
should be more Amateur classes in
the shows, with a greater variety
of classes. What about some com­
ment on this?
Since I have no more news for
this month, I’ll sign off by wishing
each and every one of you a very
Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year!
FLASH! New subscribers to THE
VOICE are the Pasters, the trainers
and exhibitors of the famous white
Lippizan horses!
This has truly been a glorious
autumn in Louisiana and Missis­
sippi with wonderful weather for
working new purchases made dur­
ing Celebration week and starting
young colts raised here.
While at the Natchez show I
spoke with Tommy Fairchild’s Dad
who told me that he had recently
gone “whole hawg” and opened
Fairchild Stables at Hattiesburg,
Mississippi, with Sonny Scrivner
holding down the training end. All
concerned with this new project
seemed excited and very enthusi­
astic.
I was very disappointed in being
unable to attend the Mississippi
State Champ Horse Show, but my
eldest child was found to need sur­
gery. I did hear, however, that it
was truly marvelous and I’m sure
that it was.
I did find out, though, that Don­
ald Paschal bought one of our good
Mississippi colts from Mr. R. H.
Nunnery of McComb. I know the
colt; he’s by MIDNIGHT BOMB,
black and pretty as can be—I’m
looking forward to seeing the prog­
ress of this young colt under the
expert tutelage of Mr. Paschal.
My friend of long standing, Lou
Malta of Brookhaven, has been
gifted by her ever-loving father
with a beautiful BAY GO BOY
filly, GO BOY’S WHISTLE BAIT
—she’s just a two-year-old, but her
future seems very bright.
Speaking of bright futures I can­
not help mentioning the excellence
of performance Louisiana’s own
TRIPLE THREAT gave at the Dix­
ie Jubilee—truly great!
Say Hi to your neighbors for me.
VOICE of The Tennessee Walking Horse