1966-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1966 November Voice RS | Page 15

in December. The ranch is in Whitmore, California and
according to all reports offers everything necessary for the
professional training of top show horses.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith are not newcomers in the Walk­
ing Horse business. They have several fine horses in train­
ing at various stables and have some breeding stock and
colts of which they are very proud.
It is not known whether TROUBLE IN THE HILLS
will continue his career in California. He may go back to
Dr. Turner Bynum’s farm in Oklahoma City for the winter
as he did last year. At any rate, wherever he is found, if
he is in show ring competition you can be sure that he
will make “trouble” for all comers. He is a great horse
and a fine representative of the Tennessee Walking Horse
breed . . . TROUBLE IN THE HILLS.
Train Your Horses in
South Texas
GETTING READY — Jim and Diana Babb are pictured as
they finished braiding TROUBLE for one of bis fine perfor­
mances. OUR WINTER TEMPERATURES ARE YOUR
SUMMERS. BE READY FOR SPRING SHOWS.
The story of TROUBLE IN THE HILLS and trainer
Jim Babb is a credit to the trust that an owner can and
should put in a trainer. Jim Babb has had this stud for
most of his show ring career. Since he has been showing
TROUBLE, he has won such top shows as the Walking
Horse Championship. Little Rock Stallion Class, Missouri
State Fair Championship and the stake at Tulsa. Jim and
TROUBLE make a good team and have been “trouble”
to top class contenders in Missouri and now in Cali­
fornia. A six-year-old black roan with white markings,
TROUBLE is a true natural-going Walking Horse. He
has a “big lick” running walk and a smooth rolling flat
foot. His canter is tops and he puts the “rock” in the
rocking chair in this gait.
In discussing TROUBLE IN THE HILLS with trainer
Jim Babb, he points out that “he can thrill me more than
any horse I have ever ridden”. Jim states that he never
puts any pressure on this top stallion and that when he is
“right” he believes he can beat any horse in the show-
ring.
The first big West Coast test came last month when
Jim headed for the Northern California Walking Horse
Show in Sacramento. TROUBLE came on strong on Sat­
urday night under the lights of the arena of the California
State Fairgrounds to win the Aged Stallion Class and came
back to make an even better performance on Sunday
afternoon to take the Grand Championship Stake in a
fine class of top contenders.
TROUBLE IN THE HILLS is bv the well-known
mid-west stallion, SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS and is
out of OLD GLORY SUE bv OLD GLORY. He is a
full brother to PRIDE OF PANOLA and shows all the
attributes of his breeding.
Going to California has proved to be a good move for
Mr. and Mrs. Babb. They have taken their time in getting
settled and for the past three months have been at the
Melody Circle Ranch of Mr. Stanley Rcames of Clovis,
California. The Babbs have recently accepted a position
as trainers for the Blue Mountain Ranch of Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Smith of Red Bluff, California and will move there Have available 6 stables with 14 stalls in each
stable. Good outside training facilities. Train
outside year round.
November, 1966
FOR SALE AT ALL TIMES, GOOD PLEASURE
WALKING HORSES
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BEX FRAZIER STABLES
REGISTERED TENNESSEE WALKING HORSES
RUDY NIEMAN — TRAINER
P.0. Box 33, Mission, Texas, Phone [phone]
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TOP HORSES
BROOD MARES — GO BOY mares in foal to MIDNIGHT SUN —
Weanlings by MIDNIGHT SUN - Mares in foal to SUN’S DELIGHT
— Top bred young mares by MERRY GO BOY and MIDNIGHT SUN
— Top two-year-old and top three-year-old now under saddle and do­
ing well with Middle Tennessee trainer - .Top pleasure mares and
riding horses — One good pleasure gelding, child broke — GOOD
MARES AND COLTS FOR SALE AT ALL TIMES - WE STRIVE
F.OR THE BEST. Also ... a top black four-year-old MIDNIGHT
SUN stud out of a LITTLE MERRY BOY mare for sale.
THOMAS EATON
420 N. CHANCERY STREET
McMINVILLE, TENNESSEE
PHONE [phone]
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