OX THE MASON-DIXON LINE
by Janey Sawyer 6161 S. Dixie Highway Franklin, Ohio
I am pleased to announce that BILL CARRINGTON is now training for the Forest View Stables of Union, Ky. Bill, a college graduate, has been a fine horseman for a long time, as he has worked for ELMO BROCK and other top stables. Mr. and Mrs. FOREST MARGRAVE plan to have a new barn finished by November 1 for Bill to go to work in. They now have a few horses working with Bill and hope to have more soon. Moonlight Sensation, a fouryear-old bay stallion, seems to be working well. This horse was a good three-year-old, winning many blues in the junior classes. As a four-yearold he will be better than ever. Bill is working a two-year-old sorrel Major Wilson stallion, B. Major’ s Boomerang, that is coming on strong. Major’ s Miss Sue, a full sister to the two-year-old stallion, is a comingtwo-year-old filly. She will be ready to start to work soon. Forest View Stables sends out an invitation to everyone to come see them soon.
The annual Carthage Show was held September 15th to the 19th at the Carthage Fair Grounds in Cincinnati, Ohio. This was a nice show and well attended. Complete results are listed in Show Results column.
On September25ththefirstannual Kentucky Walking Horse Celebration was held at the Shelby County Fairgrounds in Shelbyville, Ky. Mr.
WILLIAM McKAY, who hasmanaged the Shelby County Fair for many years, said that there were more horses on the grounds for the celebration than he had ever seen there.
The Point System Show, judged by HAROLD TERRY of Upton, Kentucky, was held in the afternoon. The following were trophy winners:
TWO-YEAR-OLDS: Midnight Rambler, Bob McQuerry up for J. T. Murphy, Stanford, Kentucky.
SHELBY COUNTY PLEASURE PONY: Major Adams, Bobby McKay up for Willow-Breeze Stables.
JUNIOR WALKING HORSES: Midnight Pride M., Berry Coffee up forC. M. Oppenheimer, Lawton, Ky. WALKING MARES: Glass Mary Majorette, owner-rider C. W. Glass, Bryantsville, Ky.
WALKING PONIES: Shadow’ s Jet, Nancy Escue up for Escue Stables, Hebron, Ky.
PLEASURE WALKING HORSES: Big Shot, Carolyn Lutes up for A. A. Barnett, Frankfort, Ky.
WALKING STALLIONS & GELD INGS: Golden Commander, Joe Martin up for Escue Stables, Hebron, Ky.
AMATEUR WALKING HORSES: Midnight Honey Boy, owner-rider J. R. Lewis, Georgetown, Ky.
Any doubt that the Celebration would be a success vanished when the first class of the Open Show was called at 7PM and 25 top twoyear-olds stormed into the arena.
Horses from all sections of Kentucky and four neighboring states paraded in front of judge BENVIS BEACHBOARD of Bell Buckle, Tennessee. Complete results are listed in the Show Results column of this issue.
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to this sale just to look and not buy. I really want to check the market and see just what a registered Tennessee Walking Horse brings. My major interest at the present is getting one for field trial use. From what I have seen here today, Walking Horses can be purchased reasonably for this use and appear to be the best suited for this.”
MR. A. O. MCDONALD, Desota, Kansas— " I am really interested in this breed. We own one registered filly that we use for pleasure riding. My ten-year-old daughter Julia loves Walking Horses and may show Walking Horses eventually. She has an interest in the 4H Club and the Light Horse project that they have. I have learned a lot about Walking Horses at this sale and will come back again next year and maybe buy a good horse.”
MR. JOHN AYRES, Oak Grove, Missouri— " Why am I here today? We read about this sale. and heard about it from several sources. We have pleasure horses and have one going through the sale. The four horses we now have are all Walking Horses. I think this sale is a good thing and will do much to help the breed here. We are glad to see such a thing in Kansas City and hope to see it grow.”
MR. BILL DRAPER, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma— I am just an onlooker. We came with Rev. E E. REEP of Oklahoma. He has Tennessee Walking Horses and we are just now getting interested in them. So far we have been impressed with what we have seen. It’ s too bad the weather didn’ t cooperate... a lot more people would have probably shown up on a pretty day. By the way— we take the VOICE.”
MRS. WANDA CHESNEY, Siloam Springs, Arkansas— " We are here because we like the breed and are pleased that they are having this sale. Our general horse interest includes Walking Horses and we plan to buy several here. How did we learn about the sale? We read about it in the VOICE.”
MR. RAYMOND THEIMER, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma— " We came here today to buy some horses. Been subscribing to your magazine for quite a while and figured this sale would be a good thing. We have only pleasure horses right now but sure would like to get some better stock sometime later. Prices? They look pretty good to me except that I had the idea that pleasure horses cost a lot more than they are selling for here. I just wish I knew more about what to look for in a good colt. That is our problem out here. A lot of people want to buy good Walking Horses but really don’ t know what to look for. How about doing something on that?”
MR. WALT WILSON, Ames, Iowa— " We are looking for a good brood mare to breed to Midnight Secret. I think it is a good sale and sure am glad that they have finally given
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