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In a recent announcement to the VOICE , Mr . WILL snt to the VOICE Mr WILL-
IAM A . FICKLING and Mr . FRANK M . TALBOT ,
Mr FRANK TAT . rot both of Macon , Georgia , disclosed their purchase of
Mack K ’ s Handshaker , the 1960 World ’ s Grand Chmpion Tennessee Walking Horse . The purchase was made after several months of negotiations with former owners DOUGLAS WOLAVER and NELSON GIBSON .
According to information received at the VOICE office , Handshaker will stand four months each year , from April through July , at the Wolaver Stables in
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—— ■ ■ ■ Vi ^ w ■ v < w «• rp , w QT '‘_ ■ nessftpdH ,? S10n^ ° return Handshaker to Middle Tentual ap-ro nng peak breeding season was by mustMlion hament ; Mr- WoIaver Pointed out that the manv ner , 1 qaite a following in Tennessee and that consistent^ % haVe been breeding top mares to him consistently for several years .
Handshaker iS by Midnight Mack K , out of Deep
Athens li^are ° Wned ^ Mr- J- E- BEASLEY of
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Middle Tennessee . The remainder of the year he will stand at new quarters at Fickling ’ s Rivoli Farms in Macon . In discussing their purchase , Mr . Fickling
stated , " We are trying to keep pace with the demand for top colts in this part of the country . It was only
after months of study and consideration that we decided
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Wolaver h an ? f ’ wil ° se raised him from a colt . Doug
son of l QKja 6 jln ? as a two ~ year-old late in the seain Montcrrv an < ^ tiec * ^0urt^ with him at the fall show
gan to rnmer^ a three-year-old , Handshaker beaged horqp16^011 Stj ° ng ’ and by the time he was an twenty-two at ^he^ h ' S u ° U " g rider ’ wh ° W3S 0lJy
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to take such a major step to up-grade and |
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tlme ’ beean to get together as a |
stimulate the breeding of Tennessee Walking Horses throughout Georgia .” Mr . Talbot added , " Our inquiries |
tators witneo * 7 , cr ° wd of over sixteen thousand spec- Wolaver anr ) S », f tbe Celebration performance of Doug |
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with people now involved in the business indicate |
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K ’ s Handshaker in 1960 as they |
that we have made a wise choice and that Handshaker will be well received here .” |
that year h1S^ ° u ^reat borses that were exhibited stamina ar^an saaker is perhaps best known for his |
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speed . In the running walk , especially | ||