1965-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1965 April Voice | Page 12

TARHEEL REVIEW
by Elaine and Harold Thacker
Rt. 5, Winston-Salem, N. C.
In February ELAINE and I
visited the most modern barn in
North Carolina. Sally Hills Farm
is located off Highway 301 in
Fayetteville, N. C. The farm con­
sists of 90 acres. Mr. and Mrs.
DENNIS WILLIAMS own this
beautiful farm.
The name, Sally Hill, came
from the original Sally Hill Farm
in Florence, S. C. On this farm
they have Black Angus Show
Cattle. It is owned by Dr. and
Mrs. CLAUDE LEE SEXTON,
Mrs. Williams’ parents.
The twenty-one stall bam is
white and has green shutters.
The porch has four large white
columns. On each side of the
porch, there is red and green
shrubbery which stretches the
length of the barn. The shrub­
bery is protected by a low wall
painted white. From the road,
the barn looks like a large motel.
You enter the barn through the
lounge. It is decorated in eight­
eenth century English Tavern.
There is a window between the
lounge and the working area so
you can watch the horses work
without getting out of your easy
chair. This is a very nice place to
relax any afternoon. The entire
barn is heated and air condition­
ed. There is an office and a bath
adjoining the lounge. They mov­
ed into the bat;n in June, 1964.
Mr. KENNETH BURK is the
trainer at Sally Hills Farms. He
has been with the barn for six
months.
Miss CANDACE WILLIAMS
is the proud exhibitor from this
barn. Mrs. Williams also shows
occasionally.
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Their top two-year-old is Eldo­
rado Mike. He is a chestnut stal­
lion by Sun’s Eldorado out of a
Midnight Mike mare.
A black colt named Chevy n
is another two-year-old that Mr.
Burk has started. This colt was
sired by Mr. Chevrolet. Both
Eldorado Mike and Chevy II
show a lot of promise and will
surely be among North Caro­
lina’s top two-year-olds.
In 1962, Mr. Burk won twenty-
seven championship stakes on a
black stallion named Mr. Chev­
rolet. Mr. Chevrolet was sold to
Mr. C. E. CLEMENT ofHickory,
North Carolina. SAM CECIL,
JR. trained Mr. Chevrolet at
Clement Stables, and rode him to
the North Carolina State Cham­
pionship Stake in 1963. Then Mr.
Chevrolet was sold to Doctor
CLAUDE L. SEXTON, Florence,
S. C., and Mr. DENNIS WILL­
IAMS, Fayetteville, N. C. During
the 1964 Season Miss Candace
Williams rode "Chevrolet” in Ju­
venile and amateur classes. Can­
dace and "Chevrolet” were in
the winners circle many times.
Now that Mr. Burk is training
this fine stallion again, there is
much hope for more Blues in the
1965 Show Season.
Go Boy’s Gladiator is a three-
year-old stallion that Mr. Burk
has very high hopes for. "Gladi­
ator” is black in color and car­
ries his head high and proud.
Merry Go Boy is the sire of this
promising three-year-old.
Eternal Sun is a black stallion
with a lot of head motion, a great
back end, and a wonderful front
end. This may seem like a lot to
say about one horse, but this one
has proven himself over and over
again. In 1961, Eternal Sun was
the Reserve World Champion
Two-Year-Old Stallion. In 1964,
he won the Virginia Horse Show
Association point standings; al­
so in 1964 this stallion won the
North Carolina Walking Horse
Celebration Championship
Stake with Mr. Burk up. Eternal
Sun with Mr. Burk up will be a
top contender for all top honors
in South Carolina, North Caro­
lina, Virginia and throughout the
rest of the Walking Horse World.
The following horses will also
represent Sally Hills Farms dur­
ing the 1965 Show Season:
Go Boy’s Ebony Angel,
an aged mare;
Go Boy’s Moon Maid,
another aged mare;
Go Boy’s Mr. Somebody,
an aged stallion; and
Sally Hill’s Candy, a sorrel
two-year-old filly.
Good Luck, Candace, in the
coming Show Season.
The competition was tough in
1964, but now that Mr. Kenneth
Burk has come on the scene, it
will be even tougher. Good Luck,
Kenny.
THANK YOU, Mr. and Mrs.
Williams, for making our visit to
Sally Hills Farm a most enjoy­
able and fascinating one.
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