By Betty Bledsoe 9144 Macon Rd „ Cordova, Tenn.
We’ re so long between shows that the name of the game played by the local horsemen could only be called " stable-hopping.’’ Whether we’ re in Mr. LENOX’ S beautiful Collierville show place, up at TED BEARE’ S in Rutherford or here at home at Merry Acres, the crowds are rotating around’ til everywhere you go, you see everyone you know.
At the Scruggs and Beare Stable, TED is getting alot of action out of a big Junior mare of Mr. CHERRY’ S, with a bold way of going. And they’ re pleased as punch over a bay colt with Midnight Sun breeding that belongs to Mr. QUINTON BOYETT of Kennon, Tennessee. As I told Mr. Boyett, lots of folks have good-looking colts, but most of us didn’ t raise ' em ourselves, as he did, so he’ s got extra reason to be proud. We’ ll miss seeing Ted on his 1964 Junior stallion. They made a winning combination in the Mid-South junior classes, but he and Mr. SCRUGGS sold the flashy favorite to a neighbor down South, Mr. C. D. MADDOX, who has him with JIMMY HOLLOWAY, and will show him as Charles’ Royal Flush.
RUSSELL PATE is working a beautiful prospect in the twoyear-old division, GLL’ s Little Mack K, a chestnut colt with a typical big lick, along with a palomino stablemate, Go Boy’ s Gold Chance and the two-yearold Elly, Shadow’ s Meshack. Carbon Copy is drawing a crowd of court followers, to put it mildly.
WILL THE MID SOUTH
please park in
For my money, that horse looks beautiful moving, standing still, or eating his breakfast. It’ s the greatest thing that ever happened in Shelby County-just having a horse like Carbon Copy in the neighborhood.
JOHN STROUD finally settled down after his Jubilee wins and is working a gang of colts and fillies for the coming year. Mack K’ s Big Man, Go Boy’ s Knight and Crusader’ s Baby Doll, all owned by LO McDANIEL, HAR VEY AYCOCK’ s Special Black Boy and NOLAN SMITH’ S Sun’ s Misfortune and Sun’ s Dark Arrow, this latter colt a full brother to Mr. Smith’ s Sun’ s Beauty who tied third in his two-year-old Jubilee class, are a few of the Millington trainer’ s hopefuls. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I’ ll have to report we’ ve got a black two-year-old Sun’ s Security Elly that may not make it ' til show time. She’ s so loose, I’ m afraid she’ s going to shake to pieces. The kids all have new horses, and perhaps theless said about that, the better, except for little CINDY who’ s so excited over her first honest-to-goodness Walking Horse. The Boss is going to show his all-time favorite this year, a late-blooming chestnut stallion that’ s either awfully good or I’ m awfully prejudiced. Mr. and Mrs. MALCOLM CHIL DERS of Memphis will have a brand-new star in the Mid-South firmament in their classy little roan mare that their son Mickey will show in the Walking Pony class. A really good-looking pony is a particular delight tome, and this one looks outstanding. A new Memphian, Mr. LARRY BRIGHT, formerly ofTylertown, Mississippi, brought along with him a fine black Shadow filly that’ s starting well and should make her owner proud. Larry is a very versatile young man-he not only rides Walking Horses, he’ s one of the few people in the " have organ, will travel” business, so we’ ll either see him going around the ring or sitting at the keyboard in the middle of it.
Until next month, Mid-South, when your stable-hopping brings you in this direction, park-in for a visit and we’ ll give you a cuppa coffee and swap ahosstaleorso.
Nominate your Stallion and Best Mares NOW to the NORTH CENTRAL STATES WALKING HORSE BREEDER’ S FUTURITY To be held in the Livestock Pavilion, East Lansing, Michigan, November 6, 1965. Deadline for nominating Stallions and Mares, May 15th, 1965— Yearlings and Two Year Olds, June 15th.
For Entry Blanks and Information Write or Call:
LEO BARTH, Stabbins Building Hastings, Michigan Phones 945-5001 or 765-3742
AMERICAN WALKING HORSE ASSOCIATION
May 6th- 7th- 8th
in connection with a great horse show held at Sterling Farms, Reeds- ville, West Virginia.
A Complete Program of Instruction on Selection, Care, Breeding, Training, Showing and Judging the Walking Horse. In addition to the School Show the Show at Sterling Farms will have classes for Walking Horses, Three-Gaited, Five-Gaited, Parade, Pleasure, etc. A complete show AND Twelve Walking Horse Classes in all. Plan now to attend this great school and great show.
Complete Information Priscilla R. Marble, Secretary 753 Herkimer Road
Utica, New York
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