1964-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1964 September Voice | Page 6

prepara him for showing as a two-
year-old, it became very obvious
that his judgment in predicting
greatness for CARBON COPY
would be borne out. In 1962 he cli­
maxed a very successful year by
winning the championship stake
for two-year-olds at the National
Celebration, and was at that time
called the greatest horse of his age
ever to show in this event. In May
of 1963 at the show in Little Rock,
Mr. Pete Raney, brother of T. J.
Raney, brought one-half interest in
PERFECTION’S CARBON COPY
for a reported price of S25,000.00.
This placed a market value of $50,-
000.00 upon the horse early in his
Junior season. This is believed to
be the highest evaluation ever
placed upon a Tennessee Walking
Horse so early in his career. As a
matter of fact, bids for CARBON
COPY in excess of $50,000.00 were
received during the year but were
refused because his owners felt
that he had the ability to win the
big championship. Again their
judgment has proved to be right.
September 5, 1964, in one of the
shortest stake classes in recent his­
tory and after a five-horse work­
out of only seven minutes, PER­
FECTION’S CARBON COPY was
crowned Grand Champion Walk­
ing Horse of the World. Thus, he
and the skillful trainer who rode
him, attained the very pinnacle of
success.
A black stallion of perfect con­
formation, standing sixteen hands,
solid black (except for just the
trace of a star on his forehead),
and with a fineness rare in a horse
demonstrating so much stamina
and speed, PERFECTION’S CAR­
BON COPY is a rare achievement
in breeding. Sired by RODGERS’
PERFECTION, and out of MID­
NIGHT DOLL (by MIDNIGHT
SUN), he is truly “bred in the pur­
ple.” According to his expert
trainer, PERFECTION’S CARBON
COPY has all the form, the big
lick and the speed so much de­
sired in present-day show horses
of the breed. Mr. Binns, Dr. Raney,
Dr. Rodgers, and Mr. Webb also
own a yearling colt and a wean­
ling filly which are also by ROD­
GER’S PERFECTION out of MID­
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NIGHT DOLL. Perhaps one or
both of these can follow in the
pattern of greatness set by their
older brother.
This accomplishment will not be
easy, however, for the entire ca­
reer of PERFECTION’S CARBON
COPY has been marked by victory
upon victory. As has already been
mentioned he impressively won
the two-year-old Stake at the 1962
National Celebration to climax a
season of triumphs. In 1963 he was
undefeated until he was placed
Reserve Champion in the class for
three-year-old stallions and also
in the Junior Stake. Both of these
ties came on split decisions. CAR­
BON COPY came back stronger
than ever to win Junior honors at
the Dixie Jubilee in Baton Rouge,
until he became ill with a virus.
In 1964 he has been undefeated and
a champion all the way. Such is
the pattern of greatness achieved
by this magnificient performer.
Especially proud of the accom­
plishments of CARBON COPY is
Dr. Porter R. Rodgers, who is re­
puted to have bred more World’s
Grnad Champions than any other
person, and who is the owner of the
1959 World’s Grand Champion,
RODGERS’ PERFECTION. Point­
ing out that four-year-old CARBON
COPY belongs to the first crop of
colts sired by RODGER’S PER­
FECTION and that the relatively
few of PERFECTION’S offspring
who are old enough to show have
done exceptionally well, Dr. Rod­
gers expressed his complete satis­
faction with this nine-year-old
stallion that he and Joe Webb con­
fidently expect to see become re­
cognized as the greatest sire of
Tennessee Walking Horses yet pro­
duced. The outstanding record of
PERFECTION’S progeny partici­
pating in the 1964 National Cele­
bration lends weight to their view.
Now, let us become better ac­
quainted with the other partners
in the 1964 Champion. Dr. T. J.
Raney and Mr. Howard Binns
have owned Tennessee Walking
Horses for approximately seven
years. They are the former own­
ers of CHAMPAGNE JET, and
they also raised GO BOYS ROYAL
HEIR. SULTAN’S CLOWN, the
good horse ridden by Mr. E. L.
Burgess, was produced by their
mare, MIDNIGHT DOLL, the dam
of CARBON COPY. Mr. Pete
Raney picked a real winner for
his first, and thus far his only,
Tennessee Walking Horse; how­
ever, we predict that he will soon
venture into owning others as a
result of the thrill received from
seeing PERFECTION’S CARBON
COPY win the Grand Champion­
ship of the World for him and his
partners.
Of coui'se, the masterful hand
behind the tremendous victory ac­
hieved on September 5 belongs to
the man we salute as TRAINER
OF THE YEAR, Mr. Joe Webb, of
Searcy, Arkansas. Highly regarded
as one of the outstanding young
trainers in the business, Joe proved
his greatness in 1959 when he
rode RODGERS’ PERFECTION to
the Grand Championship of the
World in one of the truly thrilling
stake classes on record. In select­
ing one of the very first colts by his
champion and bringing him all the
way from a weanling to the Grand
Championship, Joe Webb has re­
served for himself another place
of honor among those who deve­
lop and exhibit Tennessee Walk­
ing Horses. He shares with the
late, great Winston Wiser the dis­
tinction of developing a horse
through its entire show career,
winning the Grand Championship,
and then developing one of that
horse’s sons into a Grand Cham­
pion in his own right. What Win­
ston Wiser did with MERRY GO
BOY and GO BOY’S SHADOW,
Joe Webb has now done with ROD­
GERS’ PERFECTION and PER­
FECTION’S CARBON COPY. Like
Wiser, Webb is regarded as expert
in every phase of training and
showing — from breaking colts to
exhibiting champions. His know­
ledge of horses is wide-spread. Two
years ago Joe added to his many
distinctions that of becoming an
author. His book, THE CARE AND
TRAINING OF THE TENNESSEE
WALKING HORSE, is the most
complete storehouse of information
now available on the subject of
developing Walking Horses. As a
further illustration of the quality
VOICE of The Tennessee Walking Horse