tion , and the addition of ten more at a later date . On the 225 acre spread , Mr . Nichols has five good brood mare , all bred to excellent studs . BLACK RHYTHM , standing at Kibler Farms , has been bred to three mares , a MACK K Stallion was bred to one and RHYTHM ’ S SHADOW was bred to one . He has two yearling colts on pasture and two coming two year old colts that Lonny plans to start in the spring . We should all be hearing more from the TRIPLE N FARMS of Mr . and Mrs . W . R . Nichols and their son Clark , who also shows horses and their young trainer Lonny Jones . If you hear someone say “ Lookout . . . here comes another Nichol Horse ,” make sure they mean nickel or you may have to battle for the blue .
JACK PURSLEY STABLES
On the way to Mt . Orab , Ohio we stopped at an amateur Walking Horse operation owned by Jack Pursley . Jack has several good horses he is working . We saw SUN ’ S RED VELVET , a blood bay two year old that has come on strong for him toward the end of the season . Jack is also working a two year old Sorrell stud colt for Mr . William Auxier that has excellent potential . There were several other Walking Horses on the place including several brood mares which have been bred . We hope to hear more from Jack Pursley later on .
CHAR-DEL FARMS
It is seldom that we include a stable operation in “ Barnstorming ” that actually has no horses in training , but in this case we must make an exception . Our veteran Contributing Editor , Charlie Goldswig , who invited us to see his CHAR-DEL FARMS while we were in Ohio , was in the process of moving his Walking Horse activity to Florida and his horses were elsewhere when we arrived . Charlie has a unique approach to the Walking Horse business and his interest is strictly that of an amateur exhibitor . He has a beautiful place in Ohio v / ith a nice six stall barn with a most comfortable combination tack room and office , complete with pool table . We enjoyed
14 our visit to CHAR-DEL very much and will earnestly try to join Charlie and his lovely wife for some of the Florida “ Sunshine Circuit ” shows in which he will show his Amateur Horse .
MEADOWLAKE FARMS
The best thing that can be said about Meadowlake Farms and the family of Dr . John Sawyer is that they have some top stock and hospitality is abundant . These people really love their Walking Horses and anyone who is fortunate enough to be invited to see their estate is lucky . Stables are abundant and horses are in vogue here . While visiting with the Sawyer ’ s on our trip to Ohio we decided to break up the party and asked if we could see the horses . We were met with an enthusiastic “ I thought you would never ask .” At this point all the men and some of the women and youngsters took to the cool night air to go to the stables .
Trainer Herman Ingram was eager to show us some of the top Juvenile and Amateur stock in that part of the country , not to mention some of the best professional horses around . From stable-to-stable we heard such names as RING-A- DING-DING , SPUR ’ S JUBILEE , MAID OF THE HILLS and TAR- ZAN , all horses of the Meadowlake Farms that have been ridden this season by Janie , Sally , Barbie and Dr . John Sawyer .
The only sour note to our visit was a brief jaunt to the highway to drive the family herd of Shetland ponies back to the farm . Even this appeared to be great fun to the Sawyers .
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We made a point to work a to the famous Kibler Farms ii our schedule while in the ( area . Mt . Orab is just a few n from Cincinatti and we had pie time to see trainer ’ “ Whitey ” Whitehead work s of his stock . This man is consul one of the best young trainer the business and after seeing horses in action we know \ Feature horse at the Kibler Fs is , of course , BLACK RHYT . the aged black stallion that been shown several years under the Kibler Banner . He was out of action most of this year but is reported to be ready to go to work
again . BLACK RHYTHM is fast making a name for himself as a breeding sire and he has been fairly active this season . RHYTHM colts are scattered all over this part of the country .
The Kibler Farms has sixty five head of Walking Horse stock on the 200 acre plus , spread , and twenty five are currently in training for the show ring . They have five outside horses in training . “ Whitey ,” with the assistance of two excellent ground men , was busy working horses when we arrived . One of the best prospects we have seen in a three year old was MIDNIGHT TROUPER , a black MERRY GO BOY colt that was not worked as a two year old . This colt , with LAST CHANCE on his dam side , is owned by Mr . Kibler . Naturally we asked to see RHYTHM ’ S RED FLASHER , the bold-going big roan stud that “ Whitey ” showed in the Celebration . He is better than ever and poses an even greater threat for 1965 . GO BOY ’ S EASTER PA RADE , a four year old BLACK GO BOY stud was pulled out of his stall and parked in the crosstie without a word . As we looked this big horse over it was apparent that he was something special . He has been held back for two years waiting for him to fill out and mature . He has all the natural action and desire that is necessary in a top show horse and should be reaching a peak by spring . When “ Whitey ” took this horse out on the practice ring he really came to life . He walks a turn like a motorcycle and never misses a lick .
These were just a few of the many horses at the stable that we saw before going to lunch with Mr . Kibler . After a most interesting luncheon meeting , at which we discussed the pros and cons of the overall Walking Horse business , we went by to say hello to farm manager Tom Bohl , and headed for Cincinnati and the Calico Farms of Mrs . Jacqueline Kroll .
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