1965-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1965 November Voice | Page 8

BLACK & WHITE TERRIERS AT HORSE SHOW
(Continued from page 5)
One last bit of personal news: I am now the proud
owner of Merry’s Hells Bells, formerly owned and
shown by JOHN DENSON. John will continue to
show him this year and next year I’ll be riding him
in our local shows.
Perhaps I might have more to say about local shows
if the Celebration weren’t so fresh and vivid in my
mind. We attended the Celebration for the first time
this year and it is an experience that all Walking
Horse enthusiasts should have. I’m quite sure there
is nothing I could say that would add to the luster
of that spectacle, but I highly recommend that any­
one at all interested in Walking Horses attend this
show. Aside from the wonderful shows, we met so
many new friends there, as well as renewing acquain­
tance with old friends. Don’t miss it next year.
(We note with interest the following news release
sent to the VOICE regarding the recent National
Horse Show at Madison Square Garden. While Ten­
nessee Walking Horses are not new on the program
of events for this show, we hope to prove our merit
in the future and see them exhibited at this "show
of shows” for the Equine World. Perhaps we can per­
suade our own world-famous Jack Daniel Distilleries
to provide a Championship Trophy in the Walking
Horse Class.)
Mrs. WALTER B. DEVEREUX (left), wife of the
President of the National Horse Show, hosts famed
Black & White Scotch terriers during International
Jumping Class 209 which is competing for Buchanan’s
Black & White Scotch Trophy at Madison Square Gar­
den Sunday, October 31. The party also included
ALBERT E. HART, JR., (second row, left) President
of the American Horse Shows Association, Mrs. HART,
and MICHAEL SMITH (second row, right), trainer of
the well-known dogs. (The man in glasses was not
identified.) The Fleischmann Distilling Corporation
placed the Black & White Scotch Trophy into horse
show jumping competition for the first time. The event
was won by KATHY KUSNER.
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First place winners in our most recent East Texas
Walking Horse Classes are: Lindale, JIM BRENT
of Longview; Rusk, DENISE DODSON of Tyler; Cen­
ter, JOHN DENSON of Tyler; and Mineola, JOHN
DENSON again.
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In effect, this was a salute to the entire Tennessee
Walking Horse breed, as it was in this great horse
that the true potential of the Tennessee Walking Horse
was realized.
Those of us who have known this great horse cannot
help but shed a tear at his passing. Many, many
people will feel a personal loss at not being able to
pass through Franklin and visit with the "old man’’
of the breed. There was something almost mystic
about opening the door of his stall and having this
giant of a horse come to nuzzle a shoulder and feel
the stroke of an admiring hand along his great neck.
His keen eyes, alert ears and proud stature were
enough to make anyone proud to own Walking Horses.
A black shroud hangs over the annals of the Walk­
ing Horse world and, as time passes, the name of
Midnight Sun will become more revered ’than ever.
His get will continue to progress as leading horses,
and as other stallions come to the forefront as breeders
of top Tennessee Walking Horses the question will
remain: "How much Midnight Sun blood does he have?”
Harlinsdale Farms will remain as a source of breed­
ing, as they will continue to stand Sun’s Delight, Sun’s
Midnight Duke, Spirit of Midnight, Sun’s Big Shot and
Midnight Beau. Further information regarding the
breeding program of Harlinsdald Farms for 1966 will
be revealed later.
Official word regarding the death of "OP Sun” was
that he suffered an acute colic attack about 10:00
AM Sunday, November 7, and died about three and
a half hours later. The horse had been bothered by
colic during the past three years. Dr. DEWITT OWENS
of Franklin, who was literally his "personal physician”
for several years, was with him when he died.
Midnight Sun was buried in front of the big barn
at 10:30 AM, Central Standard Time, November 8.
A suitable monument will be erected on this spot
commemorating the life and death of one of the most
noble of man’s God-given assets . . . the Horse. Long
live the memory, of MIDNIGHT SUN!
VOICE of the Tennessee Walking Horse