1965-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1965 August Voice | Page 58

"F R O M E AS T T E N N ESS E E"
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B y J U N E RI G G S
P. O. B o x 1 6 8
At h e ns. T e n n ess e e
M y c ol u m n t his m o nt h is d e v ot e d
e nti r el y t o t h e E v a ns St a bl es of
At h e ns, T e n n ess e e. O w n e d b y M r.
a n d M rs. O W E N F U L L E N of At h e ns,
t h e E v a ns St a bl es is a n a m at e u r
o utfit, wit h K E N N Y DI C K S O N a n d
K E N D A L L A R M S T R O N G i n c h ar ge
of t r ai ni n g.
I n t h e St a k e Cl ass, E v a ns St a bl es
h as t w o e nt ri es. M e r r y Bl u e B o y, a
bl u e r o a n g el di n g s h o w n b y K e n n y
Di c ks o n, h as p r o v e n hi ms elf a c h a m ­
pi o n i n cl a s s e s all o v e r E ast T e n ­
n ess e e. Bl u e a n d K e n n y pl a c e d s e c ­
o n d i n t h e a m at e u r-t o-j u d g e cl ass
l a st y e a r at t h e C el e b r ati o n. Bl u e
m a y b e r e c o g ni z e d e asil y b y his
w hit e k n e es.
E v a ns ’ ot h e r e nt r y i n t h e St a k e
Cl ass i s a bi g, b ol d- g oi n g bl a c k st u d
b y t h e n a m e of S h a d o w ’s I m a g e.
I m a g e is s h o w n b y K e n d all A r m­
st r o n g. T his is I m a g e ’s fi rst y e a r i n
t h e St a k e Cl ass a n d h e is r a pi dl y
p r o vi n g t o b e a h o rs e t o b e at.
I n t h e - J u ni o r Cl ass K e n n y Di c ks o n
c a n b e s e e n o n a v e r y i m p r essi v e
st u d k n o w n as S o n of J et P a r a d e. H e
is a h alf - b r ot h e r t o t h e p r es e nt
W o rl d ’s C h a m pi o n T h r e e- Y e a r- Ol d
M a r e. J et ’s R o c k et, s h o w n a n d t r ai n­
e d b y WI N K G R O O V E R.
U n d e r K e n n y Di c ks o n ’s c a p a bl e
di r e cti o n c o m e R os e F o r e v e r a n d
L E A N N M c C L U E N. L e a n n is a c o n ­
si st e nt t h r e at i n j u v e nil e cl ass es
b ot h l a r g e a n d s m all. L e a n n li v es i n
R o c k w o o d a n d is a st u d e nt at W e b b
S c h o ol i n K n o x vill e.
A li n e-li n e d j u ni o r fill y h as b e e n
s e e n u n d e r t h e g ui d a n c e of K e n d all
A r mst r o n g. T his m a r e, M a st e r' s
Q u e e n, is o w n e d b y M r. H A Y M E S
M A S T E R S. S h e is a b e a utif ul st r a w­
b e r r y r o a n wit h a r e m a r k a bl y g o o d
n at u r e.
E v a ns St a bl es is l o c at e d o n Cl e a r ­
w at e r R o a d. It is s u r r o u n d e d b y
g r e e n r olli n g hills a n d e n ci r cl e d b y
b e a utif ul w hit e f e n c es. A st r e a m
fl o ws m e r ril y o n its w a y i n f r o nt of
t his pi ct u r es q u e h o m e f o r l u c k y
h o rs es.
T h e w el c o m e m at is al w a ys o ut at
E v a ns St a bl es, t h e " H o m e of M e r r y
Bl u e B o y. ”
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