1964-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1964 September Voice | Page 9

vinced that they have one of the
truly great horses of the breed,
the owners plan to continue show­
ing TRIPLE THREAT and predict
that he will get better and better.
Their competitive spirit is admir­
able, and their faith in this horse
wll be rewarded.
Also competing in the five-horse
workout for the title were: GO
BOY’S SUNDUST, owned by Miss
Janis Henry, Russellville, Ala­
bama, and skillfully trained and
ridden by Bud Dunn (GO BOY’S
SUNDUST won the Columbia
Spring Jubilee and has been stead­
ily improving with each show; he
is a young horse to watch in the
fall circuit and throughout 1965,
for he is a real Walking Horse);
HILL’S PERFECTION, owned by
Mrs. Dwain Clark, Beverly Hills,
California, and shown by the great
Steve Hill (HILL’S PERFECTION
climaxed another big season by
winning in a walk the class for
Walking Geldings, four years and
over); and JOHNNY MIDNIGHT,
owned by Mr. A. S. Dean, Mur­
freesboro, Tennessee, and shown
by Neal Branscum (JOHNNY MID­
NIGHT, four year old full brother
to 1963 World’s Grand Champion
SUN’S DELIGHT, has improved
greatly this season under the care­
ful handling of Neal Branscum, he
is another horse to watch for even
greater victories in the future).
To be crowned in the Amateur
Championship
Stake,
BOMB’S
BALLY HOO, owned and ridden
by Miss D’Leese Williamson, of
Jackson, Mississippi; had to com­
pete in a strong class and then beat
thirteen other horses in an exciting
workout. This unanimous decision
of the judges was popular with the
spectators. Reserve Championship
went to SUN’S CELEBRATION,
owned and ridden by Mr. Joe
Wright, Nacogdoches, Texas.
A longtime dream came true
for Jimmy Ellis, of Orrville, Ala­
bama, as he rode SUN’S GLORY
BOY to the Championship in the
Walking Pony Stake. LITTLE BIT
O’TROUBLE, owned and ridden
by Ray Beech, of Lewisburg, Ten­
nessee, was Reserve Champion.
Last year’s winner, SIR HENRY’S
ECHO, now owned and shown by
SEPTEMBER, 1964
Chuck Chitwood, of Lafayette,
Tennessee, placed third and will
come back stronger than ever next
year as Chuck gains additional ex­
perience in the ring.
The big news in the Two-Year-
Old Championship Stake is the im­
pressive arrival upon the national
scene of SETTING SUN’S
APOLLO, owned by Dr. and Mrs.
E. B. Sliger, of Fort Oglethorpe,
Georgia, and ridden to perfection
by Billy Brantley. Always a crowd-
pleaser, this first Champion to be
sired by the 1958 World’s Grand
Champion, SETTING SUN, put on
a great show to win his class on
Monday night and came back in
the Stake with another flawless
performance to win the decision of
the judges and the approval of the
crowd. Reserve Championship went
to PERFECTION’S SHADOW S.,
owned by Schaefer Farms and rid­
den by Jimmy Waddell, a man
with a well-earned reputation for
making good young horses.
The Junior World’s Champion
of