1964-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1964 June Voice | Page 5

SPIRIT OF MIDNIGHT
Better Than Ever In 1964!!
SPIRIT OF MIDNIGHT ... now
being trained by Sam Paschal of
MJurfreesboro, Tennessee, is un­
doubtedly one of the outstanding
aged stallions now in the show
ring. Standing 15-3 hands and in
excellent show-ring shape, SPIRIT
OF MIDNIGHT looks bigger than
ever when he hits his full stride
with Sam in the saddle. This black
stallion by MIDNIGHT SUN out
of a MILLERS WILSON ALLEN
mare, was selected by Sam as one
of the potentially great horses of
the breed and he has been worked
consistantly and carefully since
being brought to Sam’s stable.
Already an established show ring
performer, SPIRIT OF MID­
NIGHT has been living up to his
reputation so far this year. He has
been brought to the forefront dur­
ing the 1964 season by winning
his share of top honors. Showing
four times, and winning four
blues, SPIRIT OF MIDNIGHT
captured the stake in the Straw­
berry Festival Horse Show in
Portland, Tennessee, the West­
moreland, Tennessee Annual Horse
Show, the Donelson, Tennessee
Horse Show and the Cookeville,
Tennessee Horse Show. Next chal­
lenge for Sam and SPIRIT OF
MIDNIGHT, will be the Louisville,
Kentucky Rock Creek Show.
JUNE, 1964
The proud owners of SPIRIT OF
MIDNIGHT are Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Delay of Nashville, Tennessee. Mr.
and Mrs. Delay are very pleased
with the progress that their horse
is showing and say that they have
seen a lot of improvement in the
big horse so far this year and in
time hope to see him at the top.
In discussing the 1964 show sea­
son with Sam, we learned that his
show ring activities have been ra­
ther limited this year due to press­
ing business operations. Sam has
just finished construction of sev­
eral new stables and has done a
major face-lifting job on his farm
on highway 96 just 4 miles west
of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Keep­
ing the farm and his training sta­
ble operating efficiently and work­
ing hard to meet the constant de­
mand for horses has kept Sam
working around the clock. He has
a full stable and as usual has
Tennessee Walking Horses of all
descriptions for sale. His training
operation is working on quite a
few horses in addition to SPIRIT
OF MIDNIGHT, and when they
are ready we can look forward to
seeing the familiar silhouette of
Sam Paschal, on the rail, showing
his horses to perfection.
WILL THE
MID SOUTH sr*
By Betty Bledsoe
9144 Macon Rd., Cordova, Tenn.
Our mention, last month of ex­
pecting Navy Memphis to provide
for a horse show with its usual ex­
cellence was the understatement
of the season. This, the Navy de­
cidedly did, due in part perhaps
to the unlimited amount of man­
power, but also to the know-how,
charm, and graciousness that Mem­
phis has come to expect of its Navy.
From the moment Emmet Guy
welcomed exhibitors and specta­
tors “aboard” for Rear Adm. Allen
Smith, Jr., U.S.N. ’til the last tie
was awarded in the Walking Horse
Open, Capt. Robert H. Wood,
U.S.N. and his fine committee gave
us what we went to see, a top­
flight horse show.
In the four TWH classes, Idle-
howe Stables, Covington, walked
away with two of the Navy’s blue
going to D. D. Dickey’s two-year-
old SHADOW BOX and Porter
Norman’s GO BOY’S CRUSADER
in the open class, shown by Pap
Crutcher. Also in the blue were
GO BOY’S DEFENDER, ridden by
Fred Fowler in the Amateur di­
vision and Pat Stringer’s GUN-
SMOKE’S STARLIGHT, ridden by
Russell Pate in the Junior class.
Russell was second on Hays Bur­
nett’s two-year-old entry HIDDEN
SUN and in the open on J. H.
Ransburg’s GO BOY’S RIVER
ROAD. Idlehowe was back for a
second on Mr. Norman’s junior
horse, SUN’S BLACK DIAMOND
and Ann Mohon completed their
stable’s honors with an amateur
second on CHRISTMAS BELL.
(Continued on Pjge 20)
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