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

horses. He speaks with pride when you ask him about the horses he has trained, some of the exper­ iences he has had. He can easily reel off the names of top horses he has made and trained, and can recall the significant events in his career as a trainer and exhibitor. Russell can recall his first big blue ribbon won in 1953 on STROLLING MERRY BOY in the State Fair Pony Class in Nashville. He also remembers the first big sale of a Walking Horse. He sold MID­ NIGHT WINNIE MAY to Dr. Bis­ hop of California for $3000.00. He says this was a transaction he will never forget. Some of the outstanding horses that Russell has worked with are: SAM’S 88, winner of the 1958 Pony Class at the Celebration; GO BOY’S TARBABY, PEG’S SENORITA, SHADOW’S SHADRACK, STAR OF SON, THE RAIN MAKER, GO BOY’S CRUSADER, SHADOW’S DANCER, SON’S BLUE SHADOW, GO BOY’S RIVER ROAD and SUN DUST GLORY GIRL. To this great list of outstanding Walking Horses can now be added the name of EBONY’S BLACK LADY. Russell states that this is one of the greatest young horses he has ever started and that she has the potential of a great hors- Russell is now busy training, showing and judging. He recently won the blue in Memphis on GUN- SMOKE’S STARLIGHT, owned by Pat Stringer and is proud of a close second on EBONY’S BLACK LADY, in a class of highly rated two year old fillies at the recent Lebanon, Tennessee Horse Show. The G.L.L. Stables now have 24 horses in training, including sev­ eral good amateur mounts, and the list is growing steadily. HORSES FOR SALE PLEASURE HORSES, BROOD MARES & COLTS Mares in foal to Midnight Sun, Sun's Delight, Midnight Beau and Ebony Masterpiece. Colts by Midnight Sun. FACTORY BUILT, 2 HORSE TRAILER Special bargain in this like-new demonstrator HOLLY TREE FARM FRED M. PHILLIPS 217 East Holland, Shelbyvllle, Tennessee Business 684-7778 MAY, 1964 Residence 684-5485 PROFILES ENTERPRISING COLLEGE STUDENT DEVELOPS UNIQUE MONEY-MAKING TECHNIQUE IN HORSE BUSINESS Tommy Fouche, Middle Tennessee State College student, pictured in front of the Sam Paschal Stables in Murfreesboro with his new two horse hauling truck. Murfreesboro, Tennessee, home of several well-known Tennessee Walking Horse establishments as well as Middle Tennessee State College, is also the business address of Mr. Tommy Fouche, who makes his spending money hauling horses for trainers and others throughout Middle Tennessee. Tommy, who is originally from Falls Church, Vir­ ginia, located in the northern part of the state, about fifteen miles from Washington, D. C., first be­ came interested in the TWH at Mr. E. Carl Hengen’s Lawnvale Farm in Gainesville, Virginia. He says, “I have always been interested in horses, and have had some of my own all my life, but when I saw my first TWH there was just some­ thing about them that made me like ihem more than any other breed of horse I had ever seen. Their way of going and that big “lick” was simply a combination that couldn’t be beat.” In 1961 Tommy entered school at Middle Tennessee State College in Murfreesboro. He quickly met Sam Paschal and over the past three years has come to know him as one of his closest friends. He states that “Sam taught me even more about the TWH; its background and herit­ age, how to show one, and what a horse had to have to win the Big Blues. I have watched and wit­ nessed both EBONY MASTER­ PIECE and SUNS DELIGHT pro­ gress under Sam’s expert training and showmanship all the way to the winner’s circle at the Celebra­ tion.” The more Tommy saw of Walking Horses the more he wanted to have something to do with them. This past February, he purchased a new Ford pickup truck and in his spare time built a truck bed on it fit to haul any man’s champion! This past summer Mr. Fouche did construction work, and in the fall he worked and lived on the college farm. What he saved over these past few months went toward his truck. Then by the first of March he had begun transport­ ing show horses all over the mid m (Continued on Page 21)