TRIPLE T STABLES’ FORMAL OPENING ATTRACTS WALKING HORSE ENTHUSIASTS
The formal opening of the new Triple T Stables of Lewisburg attracted a large crowd of Walking Horse enthusiasts on the eve of the Murray Farm Sale. The doors of the big new barn were opened Wednesday, April 28, and owner C. E. CLEMENT played host to the public with a traditional Myron Wolaver Barbecued Goat feast with plenty of trimmings.
Manager- Trainer RICHARD PATE had a busy day of it showing some of his horses to the crowds from time to time. During the evening he was persuaded to get out a young two-year-old stud colt that had a lot of people talking. Just a few passes up and down the big barn hall proved to a lot of people that the potential of this colt has not been too loudly proclaimed. You will hear more about him later.
If name-dropping were our game, we % vould have to prepare a long list of Walking Horse notables w ' ho were in attendance at this opening. Perhaps it would be easier to list those who were not there. At any rate, a good time was had by all and the evening’ s activities were capped off with an exciting performancy by Triple Threat with BUDDY BLACK riding and a three-hour exhibition by JIMMY RICHARDSON, riding his famous Hammond organ. Someone spilled a drink on the keyboard and Jimmy ended the evening’ s entertainment with a sterling rendition of " How Dry I Am.” The new Triple T Stables will be a definite addition to the Middle Tennessee Walking Horse scene. A beautiful facility by any standard, the stable has 44 box stalls, 12’ x 12’. Working room is plentiful and the large automatic walker is a custommade star-shaped unit with a 5-horse capacity. The hall is approximately thirty feet wide and 280 feet long. Both ends of the barn have green plastic sliding doors that provide a maximum of light, and there is a row of bright lighting fixtures that provide excellent conditions for riding. Richard( DICKIE) Pate is in the process of filling up the stable with good horses, both their own and outside stock. So far, he has moved in some excellent horses and is ready to show despite the hectic schedule he has maintained since moving in last March.
Mr. C. E. Clement, owner of the new Triple T Stables, plans to keep a few of the family’ s horses here, especially as the season draws closer to the Celebration. Young son RON NIE CLEMENT will probably show Alvin some out of this stable, and daughter DIANE will show her horse Spur’ s Big Man also. The Clements will still maintain their fine stables in Hickory, North Carolina, and will make many of the shows in that area.
We are very pleased to welcome the TRIPLE T STABLES to the ranks of the many new Walking Horse stables which are intent on upgrading the business to the mutual benefit of the entire industry. If you have not visited them as yet, put it on your schedule. Richard Pate is as congenial a host as you will find anywhere, and he just might show you some top horses.
Richard Pate pauses for a breather after working some of his ' top stock” for the crowd of Walking Horse enthusiasts.
W. Clyde Abernathy stays on the feeding line to dish out the delightful " barbecued goat” for the hungry masses.
Jimmy Richardson plays a favorite tune to the delight of the '' barn-warming” crowd.
" So he says to her...”.. Jim Babb and Harold Kennedy share a joke with Horace Young.
Mrs. C. E. Clement and Mrs. John Sawyer stand aside as the crowd forms to see another horse work in the hall.
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