BARNSTORMING( Contd.)( Continued from Page 14)
Horse trainers. I will be visiting Mr. Gordon soon to see his fine horses work and will have more news to report.
Mr. and Mrs. Escue. owners of the 1963 World ' s Champion SUN’ S DELIGHT are hitting the trail to show on the“ Sunshine Circuit.” The Escue horses are kept in top shape by Mr. Joe Martin who was recently wed to Miss Judy Wiser. Kentucky will be well represented by this fine stable. Good luck to all, especially CHIP.
ARNOLD FARM STABLES RE-OPENED BY DON BELL AND " TADY " HOLLAND
Don Bell and“ Tady” Holland have re-opened the Arnold Farm in Winchester. Tennessee and are operating it as a public training stable. Don Bell is the young man who rode JOHNNY MIDNIGHT on the Southern Circuit last fall.“ Tady” Holland is a long-time breeder of Walking Horses and has had a good deal of experience with our breed. Among the horses they are presently working are a threevear-old HANDSHAKER stallion for T. E. Mitchell of Petersburg. Tennessee— only started last fall, but coming right along; a promising black PIDDLEY filly for Jim Hannah of Decherd, Tennessee; a fine MIDNIGHT GOLD SUN filly for Auburn Gray of Belvidere, Tennessee; and of course“ Tady’ s” own bay three year old stallion, which made some good shows in the two year old classes last year, is improving and learning to canter. They have room for a few more horses, and visitors will find a warm welcome. JIMMY WADDELL STABLES
On our way from Collierville, Tennessee, to Jackson, for the annual Mid-South Horse Show Association meeting, we stopped by at the Jimmy Waddell Stables in Brownville, Tennessee. After a too tempting lunch of real country ham sandwiches and home made cocoanut pie. we followed the crowd to the stable where Jimmy obliged us with a two hour display of some of the finest stock in the country.
Jimmy, famous for his ability to come out year after year with winning young horses is again causing concern among his competitors. In the group that pondered these horses with us were Dickie and Russell Pate and Jimmy Holloway, all considered among the best. They all agreed that Jimmy should again be in the running this year.
Some of the young horses we saw under saddle were: A black stud two year old owned by M. L. Magnusson and L. H. Gaines of Blytheville, Arkansas, that is making real progress; a black fillynamed PERFECTION’ S HULA, owned by Hayes Burnette of Germantown. She is showing ability and go; the high priced MIDNIGHT SUN, two year old stud colt that Jimmy bought at the Harlinsdale Sale for Mr. Chester Coon of California. He is a big horse with loose going way ' s and from where we stood he looked as if he was really ' worth the money; and a big red sorrel stud colt with a flax mane and tail that seemed to be the“ most talked about” young horse in the barn. Owned by Mr. Bob Lindsey of Little Rock, Arkansas, this horse could very well be another of those“ things” from Brownsville.
In the Junior ranks Jimmy will again be pushing everyone in sight with his World’ s Champion Filly, SHADOW’ S PERFECTION S, the outstanding black filly owned by Schaeffer Farms, Jackson, Tennessee, that tied Reserve in the Two Year Old Stake last year. He will also be in the running with MESHACK, a tremendous mahogany bay aged stallion owned by Frank Parnell of Newburn, Tennessee and DARK MAGIC, a top aged black stud horse also owned by Mr. Parnell.
Big news at the Waddell Stables was the return of GO BOY’ S BLACK JACK to show ring competition. It’ s true! Jimmy Waddell is scheduled to get the horse shortly and Captain E. A. Self states that the horse has fully recuperated from his year-long bout with several illnesses and is in the best shape of his life.
JIM LINDSEY STABLES The biggest news to hit the Walking Horse scene in the Northern part of the country recently is the new Jim Lindsey Stables in Souderton, Pennsylvania. Jim, who had been in the horse business as a trainer for some years, has the largest facilities in this area. His barn is 220 feet long and has large box stalls 12’ xl2’ wide with a thirty foot wide riding hall. He is open for business now, boarding, training, buying and selling. He has on hand several good show horses and some pleasure horses for sale.
Not catering specifically t o Walking Horses, Jim will also work Western, three gaited, five gaited, hunters-jumpers and others. He has two of the best Parade Horses in the country for sale right now: TOM TERRIFIC and SWEET HEART ON PARADE.
Some of the horses in training at the present time are: A Chestnut stallion by the BOMBARDIER that is doing an outstanding job. This horse is owned by Dr. Ruth Brenner of Manheim, Pennsylvania. He will be shown as an amateur horse and an open stake class horse this season and will also stand to a few select mares. Miss Joanna Jackson of Sellersville, Pennsylvania owns an outstanding grey mare that will show as an amateur horse. Also...
Miss Sandra Charles of Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, has a big doing Chestnut gelding by SPUR ALLEN out of a HALL AL LEN mare. Mr. Bert Shaeffer of Doylestown, Pa. owns a real good gelding by MERRY GO BOY, that will give an excellent account of himself this year, having had a very successful season last year.
Mr. Claude Kline of Boyertown, Pennsylvania, has his bold going gelding by SUNDUST, and he is in the pink of condition, having done an outstanding job of showing last season.
Mrs. E. W. Barnes is very happy with her good young GO BOY mare, GO BOY’ S EBONY MISS. This is a beautiful black mare with stripe in face. She has a wild way of going and has a great future.
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