OUT OF
THE NORTH
By Arlene Eklund
Dictator Again, with owner PHILLIP KRUEGER up, tied second in the Amateur Class. The big stud Sun Dust Fury took second in the Open and Stake for owner RAYMOND SMITH and rider JOAN KRUMM. Peterman’ s Merry Lass, half-sister to Dictator Again, won the Ladies’ class and took third in the Amateur.
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MURFREESBORO COLT SHOW BIG SUCCESS
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They say that all roads lead to Rome. Well, for the past two weeks, they all led to Shelby ville and the Celebration. We saw automobile licenses from almost every state in the union and a few from Canada. Record crowds witnessed the eight nights of competition and a great number of exhibitors and horses hailed from Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. The center of attraction from this area was Confederate Raider and his very talented owner-rider SHIR LEY SCHLEICHER of Gary, Indiana. The Raider walked to the winner’ s circle in the Owner-Amateur Gelding Class. Shirley’ s daughter CHERYL rode her chestnut gelding Mark of Glory to a hard-fought fifth in the Ladies’ Owner-Amateur Gelding event.
TOM LOCKE was in the irons when Johnny Rebel tied fourth in the Owner-Amateur Rider to Judge class. This fine chestnut stallion walks for Town & Country Food Co., Inc. of Fort Wayne, Indiana. HEATHER HOLMES, Chardon, Ohio, was the attractive judge. Town & Country also owns Oklahoma Gypsy, a Walking Pony that is simply adorable but failed to place.
Many good horses left the ring with nothing to show for their efforts but lather under their saddles. Among them were POLLY KRANICK’ s black gelding, Beau K Midnight Sun, and Dr. N. A. THOMPSON’ S Ray’ s
Mack K.
Not all classes at the Celebration are for Walking Horses. RAYMOND SHIVELY drove Mr. Tennessee Pride to the blues in the roadster speed class. C. E. JONES of Chicago is his proud owner.
When I said all roads led to the Celebration, I meant ALL. A few months ago Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE WELLS, owners of the Bombardier’ s Son, moved from Cicero, Illinois to the St. Louis area. I’ d just about given up all hopes of seeing them again, when who should have the motel room directly above us? You guessed it! The Celebration was full of pleasant surprises. Another show a little closer to home was the Lake County Fair in Crown Point, Indiana. I’ ll Be There, owned by ROBERT E. SNODDY, won the trophies in the Amateur, Open, and Stake classes. This beautiful horse is relatively unknown in this region, but the sky’ s the limit.
Murfreesboro Winner— SUN’ S STERLING SILVER shown by Don Ford, winner of Yearling Colt Class.
Another highlight of the Middle Tennessee area was the recent Murfreesboro Colt Show sponsored by the Rutherford County Colt Show Association. It was a tremendous success with a total of 102 entries in front of a capacity crowd. It began with the weanling filly class which was won by Shadow’ s Rosalee, shown and owned by Dr. BOB WOMAC of Murfreesboro. The weanling horse colt honors went to Delight at Midnight, shown by RONNY LYLES for owner LEWIS T. BOWLES of Murfreesboro. A mare and foal class was featured, with Shadow’ s Black Lady and her foal Impala’ s Black Shadow, owned by J. MAC CARTER of Murfreesboro, taking the top honors. In the yearling filly class, the blue went to Go Boy’ s Black Jackie( full sister to Go Boy’ s Black Jack) shown by JAMES ROWLAND and owned by Mr. HALL McNABB of Murfreesboro. The yearling horse colt class followed, and the W ' inner was Sun’ s Sterling Silver shown by DAN FORD of Nashville for the Harlinsdale Farm of Franklin. Top honors in the weanling division championship class went to the weanling horse colt winner, Delight at Midnight, and the same honors in the yearling division went to Sun’ s Sterling Silver. The huge success of this show was an indication of the rapid increase in popularity of raising and exhibiting the future champions of tomorrow. Plans are already under way for an even bigger show next year.
36 VOICE of the Tennessee Walking Horse