1965-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1965 April Voice | Page 4

SAM PASCHAL and
JOHNNY MIDNIGHT
The inimitable SAM PASCHAL, possessor of
World Championship Roses of three previous
Horse Show seasons, is taking aim on master
honors again with the well-known Johnny Mid­
night. Sam, who has recently taken over the
reins of this potentially great horse, was the
personal choice as trainer by the horse’s new
owners, Mr. THOMAS E. EATON and Mr. LARRY
GRIBBLE, both of McMinnville, Tennessee.
Subject of much discussion for over two years,
Johnny Midnight has the potential of becoming
one of the truly outstanding horses of the breed.
A full brother to Sun’s Delight, the 1963 World’s
Grand Champion which Sam Paschal trained and
rode to top honors, Johnny Midnight shows all
the fine attributes of his Midnight Sun and
Wilson Snip’s Chance breeding.
As might be expected, there is a real human
interest story surrounding the purchase of this
horse and, the decision of the new owners to
place this remarkable animal in Mr. Paschal’s
care. When asked about their purchase of Johnny
Midnight and their reasons for paying such an
alleged high price for him, both Mr. Gribble and
Mr. Eaton smile and statethat'itjusthappened.’
The story goes that these two horse lovers met
on the streets of McMinnville one day after the
1964 Celebration, and Larry laughingly said, "If
I were able, I would go right out and buy the
next World’s Champion Walking Horse. ” Itdidn’t
take much prodding by Mr. Eaton to provide the
name of the horse, and from this slight beginning
the wheels were put in motion to make the pur­
chase of the horse and to arrange for Sam Pas­
chal to train him.
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Action pictures showing an unretouched sequence
of JOHNNY MIDNIGHT in the running walk
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1965 COMPETITION