FALL HORSE SHOW SCHEDULED FOR CHATTANOOGA
Climaxing a year of extensive horse show activity in and around the greater Chattanooga area will be the annual Chattanooga Charity Horse Show sponsored by the Circle S Saddle Club . This show will follow the successful pattern set by the Chattanooga Junior League for the past few years and is guaranteed to offer the finest in facilities , money and prizes . The show is scheduled for the Warner Park Field House , site of many indoor horse show events since it was constructed in 1950 , and is set up for three days of top horse activity . The dates are October 15 , 16 and 17 with shows scheduled to begin at 7:00 p . m ., Thursday , Friday and Saturday with a Saturday morning and Saturday afternoon events scheduled primarily for pleasure horses , equitation and Working Hunter classes . The indoor arena provides the finest turf available and a regulation size ring . Stall accommodations are available for the three day show .
Managing the show will be the renowned Col . James “ Jimmy ” Seashole and his experienced horse show team . Col . Seashole is known throughout the Southeast for the many large and successful horse shows that he manages each year . He promises a well organized show with maximum attention paid to exhibitors and their horses . Great care has been taken in planning this show to provide the best classes for all exhibitors and to make this one of the most attractive shows of the season .
Particular attention has been paid to Walking Horse exhibitors and the three day schedule calls for twelve big Walking Horse Classes . Ample classes for professionals , amateurs and pleasure horse exhibitors are in the schedule and top prize money is put up . The Walking Horse Stake will pay six monies from seven hundred fifty dollars with three hundred and twenty dollars going to the blue .
For the first time there will be two judges and a referee in each class . Judges for the 1964 show will be the Hon . Rex Watts of Hudson , North Carolina , Hon . Carl J . Jinkins , Atlanta , Georgia , and Hon . Annie Lawson Cowgill , Milan , Missouri . This group represents an experienced panel of horse experts who should tie Walking Horses without bias and with maximum attention to performance . All are licensed by the American Horse Shows Association .
Added attractions of the show will be an exhibition by the 1964 Worlds Grand Champion Two Year Old Walking Horse , SETTING SUN ’ S APOLLO , ridden by trainer Billy Brantley of Battleground Stables , Fort Oglethorpe , Georgia . APOLLO is owned by Dr . and Mrs . Eugene B . Sliger of Fort Oglethorpe . Also , the famous Circle S Riding Club Mounted Patrol will put on their regular exhibition of precision riding and formation performance . This group has exhibited in many top horse shows in this part of the country and promises to be a well received addition to the Annual Chattanooga Charity Horse Show .
HARLINSDALE FARM SALE SETS NEW RECORDS
One good indication of the tremendous popularity of the Harlinsdale Farm Sale of yearling colts by MIDNIGHT SUN and SUN ’ S BIG SHOT is that the management was forced to expand the auction to two days , September 3 and 4 , on these dates sixty-two yearlings were sold , eleven were declared “ no sale ” at the highest bid , and four were entered in the catalog but were not offered at the sale .
Large and enthusiastic crowds gathered under the big tent both days . There they examined and bid on the , best crop of colts by MID NIGHT SUN and SUN ’ S BIG SHOT ever offered at public auction , according to Harlin Hayes , manager of Harlinsdale Farm , “ The uniform and high quality of the colts was amazing . This was undoubtedly the best group of colts ever offered at auction at any time . We are highly pleased that so many people shared our view and backed up their judgments with the highest average bids ever offered in a sale of this kind .”
Forty-six colts by the renowned MIDNIGHT SUN brought $ 99 , - 600.00 , for an average price of more than $ 2,165.00 — more than $ 200.00 per colt higher than in 1963 . Sixteen colts by SUN ’ S BIG SHOT sold for $ 13,125.00 , for an average price of more than $ 820.00 . The sixty-two colts that sold totaled $ 112,725.00 for an average price of $ 1,818.00 . These premium prices are indicative of the quality of the yearlings offered in this large dispersal sale .
The activities began on a high note as SUN ’ S BLACK LABEL , a black stallion by MIDNIGHT SUN out of a GOLD BOND mare , was purchased by Mr . Chester Coon , Oakland , California , for a bid of $ 5,200.00 . Near the middle of the first day ’ s sale DESIGN OF MID NIGHT was purchased by Mr . Charley Corley , of Tulsa , Oklahoma , for a bid of $ 5,000.00 . Several other excellent colts brought in excess of $ 3,000.00 , and two were bid up to $ 4,000.00 . At the latter figure , Leeswood Stables , Oak Corners , New York , purchased SUN ’ S RED CAP , and Mr . Charley Corley purchased the champion yearling filly ( also Champion Walking Yearling ), SUN ’ S DE LIGHTFUL DISH .
MIDNIGHT MERRY SUSIE , a black filly by MIDNIGHT SUN out of MERRY MARTHA ( by MERRY BOY ), topped the sale as Mr . Gordon H . Wilder , of Lexington , Kentucky , bid $ 5,350.00 to buy her from Sam Paschal . This filly is ideally bred , and with her conformation and grace should become one of the show-ring greats .
As the following tabulation of the entire sale will show , the descenders of MIDNIGHT SUN continue to be spread all over the nation . Again , the Halinsdale Farm , owned by Mr . A . F . Harlin and Mr . W . W . Harlin , and managed by Mr . Harlin Hayes , has carried on their tradition of operating an auction where one may buy with confidence some of the best of the products of modern breeding .
J2 VOICE of The Tennessee Walking Horse