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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 | ||