1965-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1965 April Voice | Page 20

Bits & Spurs
By Sharon Terry
Box 1178
Stale College, Miss.
MARVIN WILSON is now
training horses for the public at
Magnusson’s Gold Star Stables,
the Old Milky Way barn in Pu­
laski. Marvin has leased forty
stalls in this beautiful barn which
has training facilities second to
none. There is a 640-foot hallway
which is 30 feet wide; stalls are
14 x 14, large and well-venti­
lated. Marvin has five top stake
horses consigned for sale, seven
top amateur horses, five top jun­
ior horses, and ten outstanding
two-year-olds. Marvin has been
training horses since last fall in
Cleveland, Mississippi, and all
of these horses mentioned are
ready to go to a horse show.
Each and every horse will be
worked by Marvin himself, and
not by an assistant. Individual
attention and grooming care will
be given each horse. Stalls will
be cleaned twice daily, and all
horses are guaranteed to be kept
in top condition. Marvin is the
man who made such great horses
as Major Wilson, Candy Jones,
Black Rhythm, Black Velvet, Sil­
ver Mack K, and Black Southern
Aire.
Flash! BUDDY KIRBY7 is now
training at the James K. Taylor
Stables in Huntsville, Alabama.
Buddy is working quite a few
good horses, including a black
20
junior stallion by Go Boy and
out of a Midnight Sun mare. He
has another junior horse, a high­
headed airy bay gelding. High
on Buddy’s list is his four-year-
old chestnut stallion by Moon-
glow. This horse is one to watch
out for this season, boys. Buddy
has a two-year-old roan horse
by Moonglow, also. Buddy is
working 20 horses and extends
an open invitation for everyone
to come visit him.
A few weeks ago I received a
very nice letter from Mr. and
Mrs. JOHN GRACY of Fayette­
ville, Tennessee. Mr. and Mrs.
Gracy, both retired teachers,
now raise Walking Horses. They
have 27 head now, including
brood mares, colts, and one stal­
lion. Their brood mares have
such lines as Go Boy and Wilson
Allen. Welcome to the business,
Mr. and Mrs. Gracy, and let us
hear more from you!
One of the growing aspects of
veterinary medicine is the treat­
ment of fractured equine bones.
No longer do horses have to be
destroyed on the tracks; no long­
er do horses have to be shot
because of an accidental break.
Veterinary medicine has discov­
ered methods of setting these
fractures, and each and every
animal is worth saving, not be­
cause of the money value, but
because it is a life.
DIANE SHARRETT, of Clay­
ton, Ohio, recently wrote in favor
of having more amateur classes
in the shows. The amateurs are
the backbone of the Walking
Horse industry, and they should
have more diversified classes for
them.
Maybe the weather will clear
up and be pretty soon. With the
late uncalled-for snow we’ve had,
I’m not too sure! Send me your
news.
REMEMBER
BACK WHEN...
The MURRAY FARM SALE! Yas suh! It’s that-a-way. . .
Now you get your--------off this property.
VOICE of The Tennessee Walking Horse