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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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