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AT MIDNIGHT . And Steve McKnight has just placed a real good two vcar old black filly in training °’ ky Hale of Gallatin .' the Paschal Stables are working KbJN- NY ’ S SUNBEAM and GO BOY ’ S INKSPOT . both
ponvs that arc doing well with Kenny Hale in the sa . c . Dr . Russell E . Movers has three top horses in training . GO BOY ’ S CONNIE SUE . a fine age black mare and MAN OF THE HOUR , a good four vear old stud are both doing well . He is also pleased with a MIDNIGH1 SUN two vear old stud colt .
Mr . J . H . Nelms of Nashville has the popular CARO- LINAS CAROLINE , an eight year old mare that Bobby Nelms shows . Thev have tied a first and a second so far this vear and arc doing well . Both Donald Paschal and Carlton Pitts are hard at work on these horses at their barn in Woodbury . Tennessee . Drop by to see them sometime . You will see some of the best .
RUCKER STABLES
Two of the nicest people you would ever hope to meet in the Walking Horse business are Pat and Jack Rucker . Their stable is located about twenty miles north of Columbus in Hamilton , Georgia and is a beautiful place . Their new stable has ten box stalls , 12 ' x IT and all the facilities for working good Walking Horses . They are taking their time in buying good stock and started off with pleasure stock several years ago . Last year they purchased THE GREAT COMMANDER from Joe Martin . This is a fine golden palomino five year old stallion that is doing well in Amateur classes this year . Jack , who is a Plumbing , Heating and A . C . Contractor , does all his own training and with the assistance of Rebecca , 12 years old , and Lance , seven years old , they manage to accomplish what many others try to do . . . have a little family fun . They are also working SECRET ’ S EBONY SUN , a black four year old stallion and HEIR EXPRESS , a four year old chestnut stud that is a good Amateur horse . We enjoyed our visit with the Ruckers .
TOM RYAN STABLES
We were pleased to make the acquaintance of Mr . and Mrs . Tom Ryan of Norway , Maine , at the Spring Murray Farm Sale . We learned from them that they now have three Registered Tennessee Walking Horses and are very pleased with their performance . We also learned that they are subscribers of the VOICE and were so impressed with stories and promotion of the Murray Farm Sale that they decided to take their vacation at the same time in order to attend . Please come back to Middle Tennessee soon !
T VILLE STABLES
A bit of late news is the opening of a Walking Hon Stable in Ihomasvillc , Georgia , by Mr . Terrell Singletar with Larry Edwards as his trainer . In a brief convers ; ! l ? nwn-theSutW0 ue ! Ca™cd that they are approachir the Walking Horse business from a sound position . M Singletary is not in a hurry and neither is Larry The both state that they feel that it takes a lot of time an effort to make horses “ the right way ” and that is wh ; thes intend to do . At the time , Larry was working si horses with the promise of more to come in for trainir at a later date . Good luck to the T VILLE STABLES
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BARRINGTON STABLES
Richard and Beth Barrington of Columbus , Geo • have undertaken a major task in moving their < 3K
Walking Horse Stable ( the whole stable ) to a larger f * just outside of town . Richard , who has been active * Walking Horse circles for several years , constructedW first stable so that it could be removed in panels in tT event that he could decide to move . He says it should * be too hard to do either . This is called planning ahc^ More on the new Barrington Stables later . ' ad
STONECREST FARMS
Mose Oppenheimer , trainer for the Stonecrest Farm in Lawyton , Kentucky , is hard at work with some of tk best stock in that part of the country . Owners , Dr ant ! Mrs . Frank McDonald are justly proud of their stfJ and especially SUNGLOW ’ S DIAMOND , the top thre * year old stallion that they purchased from the Murra- Farm Sale . Mose is also working fourteen outside horse in addition to those owned by the McDonalds . Of hi four two year olds , MAJOR WILLIAMS , a sorrel stuc owned by Bill Sartiane , is one of the best . He is b \ MAJOR WILSON and is out of a MAJOR WlLSOl !
mare . James Goforth of Newcastle , Indiana , has a blacl stud colt that is also doing well , and Rodger Dickersot has a sorrel three year old marc that is attracting attention
MIDNIGHTS PRIDE M , a four year old stallion who was the Kentucky State Walking Horse Champion with twelve blues out of fifteen , is also coming on strong . GO BOY ’ S RAMBLER , a top black mare owned by Margrette Kanausz is well worked at the hands of Vicky John and George Kanausz , triplets of the Kanausz family , who show in the Juvenile classes . BLACK GOLD : AGAIN , a three year old black MIDNIGHT SECRET mare is proudly owned by Sonja Van Hoose of Paints- \ ville , Ky .
Mose is also working two horses with LAST CHANCE ; breeding for Elains Watts of Hinvman , Kentucky and a ; black five year old black stud owned by Loretta Noe off Ft . Gay , West Virginia . We are pleased to see this type ; of operation going strong and hope to report later about ; their progress .
GLL FARMS
Charlie Bobo has been making news with several i his show horses this season . Heading the list is a hor : everyone unwittingly compares with GOLDFINGER , d 1965 World Champion Two Year Old . His name is RK ING SUN and he is a golden palomino with white mar and tail . He is owned by George Lee Lenox . RISIN1 SUN has been in hot competition ever since spring an he has beaten just about every horse going at one time < another .
Charlie is also doing well on MIDNIGHT BLACf a Sta^c mare owned by Duane Church 0 Willkesboro , N . C . RIPTIDE , a strong contender 1 °
Junior honors this year is also being tied at the top- « * . e , daP- This big bay stallion seems to get along vvC with Bobo as well as his owner , George Lenox , who w sh ° wing him again this year in some show n ^ £? cAPADE an aged stallion owned by Hays ^ mlC arleston ' Miss . U nushino- s In * -f ~ and MIKE ’ S MIGHTY MAN , owned by Reed & Ga^ ‘ ger of Gastonia , N . C ., is also a comet J ..
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