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Columbia Spring Jubilee Ms Paetf for Celebration
* No reference to the gaits of horses intended
The 1966 edition of the Columbia Spring Jubilee set a torrid pace for the Celebration. Major contenders came from far and near to this, the most important mid-season Walking Horse show of the year.
The first night saw a good crowd( not a record however) in attendance as they witnessed the longest Two Year Old Filly Class on record. The lights went out and the crowd sat in near darkness as line crews repaired the transformer.
Sponsored by the Maury County Horsemen’ s Association, the Jubilee, as it has become known, offers three nights of top Walking Horse competition in excellent surroundings. One of the highlights of the Jubilee is the annual exhibitors picnic. This year it was well attended and the exhibitors registered their approval by consuming vast supplies of homemade“ vittles”.
The big“ show” was put on in the Celebration sized ring on Saturday night in the Stallion-Gelding class. The spotlight soon found it’ s way to GO BOY’ S ROYAL HEIR
24 and SHADOW AT MIDNIGHT, two top horses that were obviously aiming at each other. Steve hill, riding; his now famous GO BOY stud and Paul Smith, riding his highly touted SHADOW stud, took to the rail in a twohorse workout from the start. Paul was trying to make it two in a row by defeating ROYAL HEIR again. Stevfc! was trying to produce a reversal of the Lcwisburg Show, in which he was reserve to SHADOW AT MIDNIGHT. After the dust cleared, Judges Berry Coffee, J. W. Renfro and Gene Adams gave ROYAL HEIR the nod for the blue. Both horses performed well and in fine fashion and at the Celebration. A horse too good to be overlooked was GO BOY’ S SUN DUST. Bud Dunn kept his horse on the rail the whole time and although he didn’ t try to get involved in the scramble, made an excellent show to tie third. He too will be“ one to watch” at the Celebration.
As has been our custom in the past, we have prepared the complete results of the judges cards and stories on each class of the Jubilee. These are found on the following pages:
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