1964 NATIONAL
By FRED E . FRIEND
“ Not just another horse show , but a real community project ” — this is a true description of the National Tennessee Walking Horse Spring Jubilee . Sponsored by the Maury Country Horsemen ’ s Association , the Jubilee combines the best efforts of the Civitan and Kiwanis clubs of Columbia , Tennessee , and the wholehearted support of the businesses and industries of the area . The result is one of the genuinely outstanding shows of the season . The 1964 renewal of the Spring Jubilee promises to be bigger and better than ever .
Friday and Saturday nights , June 5 and 6 , horse lovers from far and near will throng the beautiful Maury County Park to applaud many of the finest Tennessee Walking Horses now in competition . The prestige gained by winning at the Spring Jubilee makes this show a “ must ” on the schedule of all leading trainers and exhibitors of Walking Horses .
Judging the Walking Horse classes at the 1964 show will be : Mr . W . H . ( Billy ) Brantley . Fort Oglethorpe , Georgia : Mr . George Lee Lenox . Collierville , Tennessee ; and Mr . Paul Smith , Winter Garden , Florida . Judging the Gaited Division will be Mr . E . B . Ogan , Lexington , Kentucky . Mr . Burton Dainwood is again Jubilee Manager , and Mrs . Tom Bowman is secretary . The show committee consists of : Mr . R . P . Harmon , Mr . Hardin Hill , Dr . T . H . Reynolds , Mr . R . V . Swann , and Mr . Leslie White .
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SPRING JUBILEE
Site of the Spring Jubilee is Maury County Park , a beautiful tract of some 160 acres , on State Highway 99 , near Columbia , Tennessee . The land was formerly a part of the Middle Tennessee Experimental Farm , and was donated to Maury County by the Monsanto Chemical Company , which had acquired the land from the State of Tennessee . Mr . DeWitt Viar is chairman of the Park Commission set up in 1955 to administer the park . The present facilities have been built and are maintained as a community project in which local government , business , indusrty , and individuals cooperate . Five miles of roads have been built by the efforts of the community , and picnic shelters have been provided by Civic Clubs . Mr . Bill Baker is full-time caretaker of the scenic park , and he is kept busy all summer helping the community enjoy its facilities .
The arena in the park has been the special project of the Maury County Horsemen ’ s Association and the Columbia Jaycees . They have done a tremendous job . The arena will seat approximately 7,500 people in boxes and permanent grandstands . This year a new fence around the show ring has been completed , and additional boxes have been built . In addition to the one hundred stables which are part of the barn formerly belonging to the Experimental Farm , the Horsemen ’ s Association has built forty new stables nearer the arena . Improvements
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