JUNE 23— Guntown, Mississippi. JUNE 24— Union Cily, Tennessee. JUNE 25-26— West Point, Mississippi. JUNE 25— Magee, Mississippi. JUNE 25— Waverly, Tennessee. JUNE 25— Carrollton, Alabama. JUNE 26— Dunlap, Tennessee. JUNE 26— Mounds, Illinois. JUNE 26— Boaz, Alabama. JUNE 26— Hattiesburg, Mississippi. JUNE 26— Hillcrcst High School, Greenville, South Carolina area. JUNE 26— Great Falls, South Carolina. JUNE 29— Kennett, Missouri. JUNE 29— Camden, Tennessee. JULY 1— Martin, Tennessee. JULY 2-3— Koscuisko, Mississippi. JULY 3— Athens, Tennessee. JULY 3— Murfreesboro, Tennessee. JULY 3— Florence, Alabama. JULY 3— Orrville, Alabama. JULY 4— Jonesboro, Tennessee. 12th Annual Jonesboro Horse Show. Sponsored by the Jonesboro Riding Club, Inc. and the Jonesboro Civitan Club. JULY 4-10— Lexington, Kentucky. JULY 5— Petersburg, Tennessee. JULY 5— Asheville, North Carolina. Annual Asheville Horse Show. Sponsored by the Civitan Club. Write Box 1034, Asheville, North Carolina 28805.
JULY 7— Covington, Tennessee. JULY 8— Hickman, Kentucky. JULY 9— Spring City, Tennessee. JULY 9— Jackson, Tennessee( N. Side) JULY 9-10— Woodbine, Tennessee. JULY 10— Elizabethton, Tennessee. Sponsored by the Carter County Boys ' Club. Contact Mr. Eugene Hopson, 110Vi West " F” Street, Elizabethton, Tenn. JULY 10— Rockwood, Tennessee. JULY 10— Jasper, Alabama. JULY 10— Lexington, Alabama. JULY 10— Cedartown, Georgia. Ccdartown Optimist Club Horse Show. Contact Mr. Paul Wiener, Cedartown, Georgia. JULY 10— Thomson, Georgia. JULY 10— Chapel Hill, Tennessee. JULY 10— Fort Deposit, Alabama.
JULY 12-17— Macon, Georgia. JULY 12-17— Nashville, Tennessee. Nashville Junior Riding Club Horse Show.
JULY 13— Pontotoc, Mississippi. JULY 15— Sommerville. Tennessee. JULY 15— Ardmore, Alabama. JULY 16-17— Marshall. Texas. Third Annual Marshall Lions Club I-Iorsc Show. Contact Mr. Pete McCarty, Secretary.
JULY 16-17— Llncolnion, North Carolina. Sponsored by the Lincoln County Horseman’ s Association. Contact Johnny Dysart, 2115 Arney Street, Lincolnton. North Carolina. JULY 16— Murray, Kentucky. JULY 16— Hohenwald, Tennessee. JULY 17— Clinton, Tennessee. JULY 17— Atlalla, Alabama. JULY 17— Evergreen. Alabama. JULY 17— Starkville. Mississippi. JULY 17— Benton, Kentucky. JULY 17— Fayetteville, Tennessee. Fourth Annual Fayetteville Lions Club Horse Show. Contact Mr. Pangle Stewart, Fayetteville, Tenn. Phone 433-2286. JULY 20- New Albany, Mississippi. JULY 22— Adamsville, Tennessee. JULY 22-25— Huntington, West Virginia. Eighth Annual Cabell Huntington Charity Horse Show. Sponsored by the Cabell Huntington Hospital Auxiliary. Contact Mrs. George H. Wright. Jr., Box 966, Huntington. W. Va., or Mr. Ben Bagby. P. 0. Box 321, Huntington, W. Va.
Amn™VT22 ' 2J A, raory • Mississippi. Fifth Annual ^ JV? Royal H“ rsc Sh0w a‘ thc Amory Livestock Pavilion. Comae! Dewey Parham, General unairman, Amory, Mississippi. JULY 23— Fairview, Mississippi. JULY 23— Petersburg, Tennessee. JULY 24- McDonough, Georgia. Henry County
Chanty Horse Show, sponsored by McDonough Lions
JULY 24— Geraldine, Alabama. Second Annual Horse Show. Contact Eurell M. Gilbert, Geraldine, Alabama. JULY 24— Pulaski, Tennessee. JULY’ 24— Cleveland. Tennessee. JULY 24— Alexander City, Alabama. JULY’ 26— Hastings, Michigan. Barry County Fair Horse Show. Contact Mr. Leo Barth, Stebbins Bldg., Hastings, Michigan. JULY’ 28— Lambert, Mississippi. JULY’ 28— Ruleville, Mississippi. JULY’ 29— Forrest City, Arkansas. JULY’ 30-31— Clarksdale, Mississippi. JULY 31— Mt. Harmony. Tennessee. JULY 31— Cornersville, Tennessee. 19th Annual Comersville Lions Club Horse Show. Contact L. R. Grizzard, Route 1, Cornersville, Tennessee.
JULY’ 31— Marion, North Carolina. McDowell
County Horse Show. JULY’ 31— Corinth, Mississippi. AUGUST 4-5— Oxford, Mississippi. AUGUST 5-7— Richmond. Kentucky. Madison County Horse Show. Contact H. E. Richardson, 1 Wellington Court, Richmond, Kentucky. AUGUST5-7— Columbia, Missouri. AUGUST6-7— Tupelo, Mississippi. AUGUST 6— Belfast. Tennessee. AUGUST 6— Alexander, Tennessee. AUGUST7— Calhoun, Tennessee. AUGUST?— Homewood, Alabama. AUGUST 7- Hillsboro, Tennessee. AUGUST?— Waynesboro, Tennessee.
AUGUST 7— Cumming, Georgia. Sponsored by Kiwanis Club. Contact Mrs. Woodrow Garrett, P. O. Box 343, Newnan, Georgia.
AUGUST 12— Talladega, Alabama. Sponsored by Talladega Quarterback Club. Contact Mrs. Woodrow Garrett, P. O. Box 343, Newnan, Georgia.
AUGUST 12-14— Bastrop, Louisiana. AUGUST 12— Bells, Tennessee. AUGUST 13-14- Maryville, Tennessee. AUGUST 13-14- Anniston, Alabama. AUG UST 13-14— Lenoir, North Carolina. AUGUST 13-22- Springfield, Illinois. AUGUST 14— Augusta, Georgia. AUGUST 14— Clinton, Kentucky. AUGUST 14— Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. AUGUST 20-21— Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
AUGUST 20-29— Des Moines. Iowa. AUGUST20-21— Greenville, Mississippi. AUGUST21— Gadsden, Alabama. AUGUST 21-28— Sedalia, Missouri. AUGUST 27- SEPTEMBER 6- Columbus, Ohio. AUGUST 29- SEPTEMBER 4— Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. Contact Celebration, Inc., Shelbyville. Tennessee. SEPTEMBER 2- Ripley. Mississippi. SEPTEMBER 2-5— El Paso, Texas. El Paso Charity Horse Show. Contact C. N. Hardin, P. O. Box 9517, El Paso, Texas. SEPTEMBER 11— Loudon, Tennessee. SEPTEMBER 13-18— Louisville, Kentucky. SEPTEMBER 16-18- Natchez, Mississippi. SEPTEMBER 16-23— Harrisburg. Pennsylvania. SEPTEMBER 18— Memphis, Tennessee( NATTC) SEPTEMBER 18— Sheffield. Alabama. SEPTEMBER 2l— Parsons, Tennessee. SEPTEMBER 22-25- Raleigh. North Carolina
( State) OCTOBER 2-3— New Orleans. Louisiana iSt.
Martins) OCTOBER 6-9— Mobile. Alabama. OCTOBER 9-12— Dallas, Texas( Series I) OCTOBER 13-17— Dallas, Texas( Series II) OCTOBER 15-23— Kansas Cily, Missouri. OCTOBER 23- Leeds, Alabama. OCTOBER 26- NOVEMBER 2— New York, New
Y’ ork. OCTOBER 26-28— Jackson, Mississippi. NOVEMBER 4-7— Baton Rouge, Louisiana. NOVEMBER 4-9— Washington, D. C. NOVEMBER 6— East Lansing, Michigan. North Central State Walking Horse Breeders Futurity. MSU Pavilion. Contact Leo Barth, Stebbins Building. Hastings, Michigan. NOVEMBER 10-13— Montgomery, Alabama.
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and an apartment. The new public barn has all the modern conveniences, including automatic waterers, hay racks, an automatic cooler for horses and an indoor riding hall the full length of the stable.
On the grounds is a Celebrationsize riding ring built around a beautiful lake and a straight-away under the trees. Mr Gottlob Koenig and his daughter, Mrs. ELLEN METZ GER, are the owners. Plans are now underway to provide the finest professional training talent in this part of the country, and soon the horses of the Port Orange Walking Horse Stables will be making a name for themselves. Mr Koenig pointed out that they are taking in horses for board and training, and that they will have horses for show and pleasure for sale at all times. The address is: Route # 2- Box 1946, Daytona Beach, Florida.
TAP ROOT FARMS
Mr. and Mrs. LACY WEST of Kingsport, Tennessee approach the Walking Horse business with an enthusiasm and love that is rare in the business. A recent visit to their Taproot Farms indicated that here are some of the top horses in the nation. If the best color is " fat,” then they have some beautiful stock in Mack K’ s Big Story, Mack K’ s Grand Slam, Sunday Punch and two other full brothers to Big Story, plus other show stock and brood mares. Describing his stable as " the place where the professionals come to buy,” Lacy is quick to point outthat he feels they have the finest stock in the nation. They have horses to sell at any time!
BEAZLEY-LUNA STABLES
Over twenty-five head of horses are now under saddle atthe Beazley- Luna Stables on the Lewisburg Highway, and " POP” LUNA and son GAINEShave a well-balanced string of horses. They have three tw’ o-yearolds that they have started and, in addition to many well-known show horses in training, they have a top stud in their Midnight Ike stallion.
Among the outstanding horses in training are: Sun’ s Queen of Ike, owned by JIM BEAZLEY; Sue’ s Lovely Knight, owned by SUSIE BEAZLEY; and Ann’ s Shadow, also
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