1966-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1966 July Voice RS | Page 67

activity RETURNS to
milky wry farms
^agnusson
Cold Star
Sale Successful
The fabulous Milky Way Farm, heir to ancient historv
of much Walking Horse ancestry, came to life again at the
3rd annual Magnusson Gold Star Auction Sale May 25
anC\labrun Magnusson, one of the long-time businessmen
men of the breed, followed close on the heels of the
Murray Farm Sale with 250 head of show horses, brood
mares, pleasure horses and Yearlings. Col. John “Skeets”
Eskridge and his experienced Auction team handled the
chores and with the exception on Mr. Magnussons’
“voice,” everyone held out until the last horse had gone
through in the wee hours of the morning.
The Milky Way Farm, originally the personal estate
and showpiece of the Mars Candy family holdings, still
bears the marks of it’s heritage. The sale barn is one of
the finest facilities for this purpose ever constructed. The
barn itself is 300 ft. long. A 30 ft. wide riding hall with
theater seats on raised ramps on the north "side is the
center piece of the barn. The south end of it consists of
stalls for horses going through the sale. On the north
end there is a “theater in the round” with a circular
paddock in the middle to afford maximum visibility for
all viewers. This was originally used for cattle auctions
but Mabrun could not resist the opportunity to put his
breeding stallion, SUN’S ROCKET GO BOY. here dur­
ing the sale.
Good attendance marked the well publicized sale as
Walking Horse enthusiasts came from far and near to
bid. Among the outstanding horses going thru the sale
were SHADOW’S RED SPARKLER, a sorrel stallion
sold by Mrs. Ray Becklcr to Mr. Jim Beasley for $4,800.
GO BOY’S BLOSSUM, a black mare brought $3,000
for Mr. Arnold from Mr. Earl Puckett of Pulaski. KING’S
ROSE, a blue ribbon filly by SUN’S ROCKET GO BOY.
broifght $1,500 for Buddv Moore from Bruce Spencer.
SUMMER STORM, a chestnut sorrel mare brought
$3,600. D. J. Ruch from Michigan, purchased her from
Milton R. Bennett. Bob Cherrv purchased a top-bred
jnare, MERRY BOY’S SYBOL, for $3,150 from Dr.
^ ■ R- Cooley of Boaz, Alabama and TRIPLE LASSO, a
crowd pleasing black gelding with a fantastic lick, no-
sa ed at $29,000 for consignor Claude Brown of Mooic-
head- Kentucky.
AH things considered, it was a great sale and has set
a Pattern for the Gold Star Sale that should sec much
succcss in the future.
SALE OF YEAR SCHEDULED FOR
AUGUST 25 AND 26
Mabrun Magnusson recently announced t at
STAR Auction would return 0IU^U?HS . *parms
would again he held at the Milky Way Farms,
ties north of Pulaski on Highway
hf
innod for the convenience of those a. 01
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t'on, which begins August 26th. Consign
ccepted through July and it is urged that \
^OLDSSUCCri^n0 H0RSE ASSOCIATION
5 UCCESSFUL SCHOOL AND SHO W
.......
annual schooUmTh Walk*ng Horse Association held it’s
in Quinton Pa n vrSC
at thc Quinton Riding Club
has become’
^ay 13’ 14 and 15- The school, which
ing snecifir ' r°gniZ(:d as onc of the best sources of obtain-
amateurs and
rcgardinS this breed> especially for
seven I l-r*.
-Stoners, was a great succcss. There were
classes an i alt.ractlons of the three day event including
Heneen .fSnS10nS °n var.ious objects. President E. Carl
of nhn’' °-
aincsviHe, Virginia, did a commendable job
Tennr mir}?7 []°tahle authorities on the subject of thc
Tennessee Walking Horse for the program.
.'ll caturc speakers were Mr. Vic Thompson of Shelby-
M T unCMCL and Dr- F- L- R°scrs of APPlc Creek, Ohio.
* ir, t ' Goblin of Florence, Mississippi was also sched-
C, 0 attend as a speaker but due to illness was unable to
tbe program. Noted horse photographer Les Nelson
o
clbvvillc , Tennessee was also scheduled to work on
t e program but was unable to attend due to illness.
On the afternoon of May 13, the program got into full
suing and a good crowd had gathered around the show
rmg to hear Mr. Thompson and Dr. Rogers speak on
training, showing and breeding” of the Tennessee Walk­
ing Horse. Mr. Thompson was well received during thc
question and answer sessions and his usual wit and candid
remarks added depth to the program. Dr. Rogers did an
excellent job of carrying these “horselovers” on an imagin­
ary trip through the life span of a “perfect” horse. He
elaborated on the planned breeding, the conception and
care of the young colt, the early training of thc colt and
thc program that led up to training under saddle. It was
most interesting that the colt was carried by Dr. Rogers
up until the time he was put under saddle and then he was
turned over to Vic Thompson to train and win the Cele­
bration. Several people wanted to know where they could
purchase Dr. Roger’s “imaginary perfect colt”.
There were courses of explanation regarding judging
as well as training and showing. Thc American Walking
Horse Association, recognizing that they have no specific
authority regarding the showing and judging of horse
shows, relied on the hand-books of the Tennessee Walking
Horse Breeders Association and thc American Horse Shows
Association for specific rules regarding this subject. They
have had judges cards prepared, however that enable
student judges ’to score each horse according to thc exact
percentages'of his excellence. This was a most interesting
The annual banquet was held on Friday evening and
was topped off be the usual forum with a question and
answer session. The panel consisted of Mr. Thompson and
Dr Rollers, as well as the professional trainers who at-
u-ndod It was a good session that enlightened a lot of
“Ion questions for which they had previously had
trouble getting answers. The only question that Mr.
trouoic g
.
would not) answer was who is
Thompson co
£ration”. Fie managed to get out of
t
?t°ing "bv repl in
hat “he hadn’t found the horse yet”.
thlThc hoi4 show was held on Saturday. May 14, with
TH
•„« Thcv had sixty-three horses entered. Thc
three sessions.
held Sunday afternoon,
>
s-rSr'S>“•
where in this issuc-
jnquirv regarding thc Amer-
We •»« X e Association! What it is t . - how it
lean talking Ho - _
X.fc'S-K'k
are? We hope to elaborate
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