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SHADOW’ S MINUETTE. I have also a 3 year old gelding. SHAD OW’ S MAGIC, a dark chestnut with speed and motion like an aged horse. We still have MIDNIGHT SPOOK, the gelding who was fifth in the celebration and will be trying for the World Champion Gelding next year. He took the“ blue " at the Carolina Walking Horse Celebration. CAPTAIN APPLE JACK. a five year old gelding will be shown in the juvenile class with his owner Betty Blount. They make a very striking and winning team each time they go into the ring. They won the Ladies’ and Juvenile classes at the Carolina Celebration. Mr. Blount has bought COLLEGE DIPLOMA from Sherrill Marks of Eldorado, Ark. and will be ridden in the amateur classes next year by Ferrell Blount. June Teich of Havelock, N. C., won the Limited Class at the Carolina show on SHADOW’ S MIN- ELLO, purchased from the Wink Groover Stables. MINELLA is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Teich. They also have a chestnut stud, GO BOY’ S CONQUEROR, who formerly belonged to the Circle T Ranch in Dallas, Texas. June will be showing MINELLA and CONQUEROR in the juvenile and amateur classes next year. Mr. and Mrs. Sonny Brown and Jean of Tarboro, North Carolina have bought them a new amateur horse, a seven year old gelding by MID NIGHT SUN. Jean Brown and her new gelding are coming along fine. H. P. Snipes of Goldsboro has two studs in training, one by MERRY GO BOY, a black colt with a lot of promise. The other is a chestnut stud by a MIDNIGHT SUN horse. Clayton Carson still has his good amateur horse, BEWARE, by SOU- VENIER, and is still for sale.
Our best to Dude Crowder and all his fine customers in the Carolinas. We hope to see a lot of them all during the 1965 show season. BATTLEGROUND STABLES
Occasionally we have time to visit our own home stables and get caught up on the activities there. Battleground Stables in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, is experiencing the same type of busy activity as most other training barns at this time of year. Trainer Billy Brantley has his hands full with twentyfour horses under saddle. He has a good crop of eleven two year old colts, outstanding among which are BIG SHOT’ S T BIRD, a big baystallion owned by Mr. and Mrs. Billy ' Joe Robinson of Chattanooga, SUN’ S ROYAL SCOTT, a liver chestnut stallion owned by Mr. E. P. Riley of Gainesville, Georgia, SUN’ S LINDA, a well- known champion weanling and yearling colt, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Dan T. Clippinger of Chattanooga and GLORY BOUND A, a sorrel stud colt owned by Paul and Steve Cole of Dalton, Georgia.
In the Junior classes this year, the front runner bearing the Battleground banner will, of course, be the popular 1964 World Champion Two Year Old, SETTING SUN’ S APOLLO. The“ not so little” red sorrel with the flying white mane and tail has taken his canter well and is reported to be in excellent shape for the coming year. Owners Dr. and Mrs. Eugene B. Sliger are very pleased.
In the Junior Mare class, Billy will have a real surprise in the form of SHADOW’ S WIND SONG, a Black Mare owned by Mrs. L. O. Ledford of Rossville, Ga., that was held out last year. She could be a real threat! Also in the Junior class, though not considered ready at this time, is a full brother of MACK K’ S BIG STORY. Known as SUNDAY PUNCH, and owned By Dr. and Mrs. Eugene B. Sliger, this golden sorrel could be one of the great horses of the breed in coming years. Trainer Brantlev will also be showing GO BOY’ S FIRST LADY in Junior Mare Classes, although owner L. O. Ledford has been working the black mare for some limited Amateur Class competition.
In stake class competition Billy will be showing SUN DUSTER, a big going stallion, which beat some of the best Junior Horses around last year. Owned by Friend and Brantley, SUN DUSTER should make a strong bid for top honors this year. In the juvenile class this year Billy will have eleven year old Miss Pam Clippinger of Chattanooga, riding SIR HENRY’ S LADY LEE, an experienced show ring performer that should carry her rider to many ribbons and much excitement.
STABLE NEWS FROM KENTUCKY
In a recent letter from Mrs. A1 White, Georgetown, Kentucky, we received the following first-hand report on some personal“ Barnstorming” news and wish to pass it along to our readers:
“ Dear Sir, Recently I had the pleasure of visiting the plush Kibler Farms, Mt. Orab, Ohio, owned by Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Kibler, and managed by the very efficient Tom Bohl. Their sharp young trainer, who has the Walking Horse world buzzing, is Paul“ Whitey” Whitehead. He has some of the most impressive horses I have seen in some time. One of the best is a 3 year old black mare, TOUCH OF VELVET, a half-sister to the famous BLACK VELVET.
Also... watch for SIMION, a four year old black stud that is dynamite, and RHYTHM’ S RED FLASHER, a four year old stud by BLACK RHYTHM. He is really something to see. He is Celebration material at it’ s best. One of the most impressive horses in the barn is WELLS FARGO, Tom Bohl’ s amateur horse. They go together like peaches and cream. Whitey and his able assistant, Bob Morris keep things rolling smoothly. They are also working some outside horses that are looking great.
Another Walking Horse Stable that is going great guns is owned by Mr. Clarence Geeslin of Georgetown, Ohio, located on the fairgrounds. He has some blue ribbon horses that are kept in tip-top shape by Mr. and Mrs. Jay Cobb. Watch for them in the spring.
My husband and I had the pleasure of having as our guest for the weekend, Mr. A. R. Gordon, Jr. of Harrisburg, Kentucky. He is one of Kentucky’ s most noted Walking
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