1966-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1966 November Voice RS | Page 35

“Lonny ... I just think that it would be better to for­
get it,” Dink said, as Lonny started to work his bay stal
lion. “He just doesn’t act right.” Lonny explained that
they had come a long way and that a lot of people wanted
to see his horse. “Yeah, but you know that this judge has
some favorites m there and you arc taking a real chance
by showing him in the first place. Weren’t vou advised
not to bring him at all?” asked Dink. Lonny admitted
that barn talk had it that he would get beat if he brought
his best horse. “Well . . . said Dink, hoisting himself "up
on the hood of a truck to watch Lonny work his horse,
“if he stumps his toe you arc out of business.”
Early in the first workout. Lonny knew something was
wrong. His horse was fading fast and he made it until the
lineup with his horse blowing entirely too much. Still con­
vinced that he would come back strong in the workout.
Lonny took the rail to the left as they called for five horses
in this two-year-old stud class. TIGER was trying, but he
just wasn’t at his best. When the ring master signaled for
the running walk on the reverse. Lonny saw his chance to
show the crowd what a real World Champion looked like.
He spurred his horse and called for the extra burst of speed
that he was famous for. As thev came out of the turn in
front of the judge Lonny felt TIGER RAY surge forward
and down ... he scrambled to pick him up with the bit
and he stumbled . . . trying to regain his footing.
The crowd jamming the colliseum came to their feet
as both rider and horse went down amid a mass of other
horses going full speed. A girl on the front* row screamed
. . . “he’s going to get killed.”
(Continued next month)
The Carolina Open Gate
By Mary L. Hinson
Rt. 4, Box 186, Sumter, S. C.
This time of year makes me wish I could wave a magic
wand and capture the beauty of Autumn for ever and
ever. I can hardlv wait until Saturday for the last show
of the South Carolina season. This show is in Greenville,
where the woods are ablaze with color.
I was real proud of our South Carolina horses at the
Celebration. We did not tie the highest but we tried the
hardest. We all came home with the desire to do bettei
next year.
I hear by the grapevine that some new horses came to
South Carolina after the Celebration. 111 be telling >ou
about them during the winter.
We have new Walking Horse friends in Beaufort. S. C..
Bea and George Prifold. They came to us from Michigan.
They were verv active in Michigan, so I know thc\ wi
do much for the breed iv this part of the state, as we neec
more Walking Horses there.
It was a real pleasure to meet the Contributing Editois
at a breakfast given by Bruce and Gloria during the c c
hration. It was interesting to note that most of our prob­
lems are the same. You horse friends need to send us news
about your horses. Please, please, these winter months
would be a good time to let us know what you wi
c
showing next spring.
The High Point Award Banquet will he in Columbia
October 22 at 7:60 at the Wade Hampton Hotel. 1 II .give
v°u a list of all the winners next month.
4th Annual Stallion Directory
Planned For January
For the fourth consecutive year, the January issue of
the VOICE of The Tennessee Walking Horse magazine
will be devoted almost entirely to breeding and stallion
promotion. The success and wide acceptance of this
special volume in the past has made it one of the most
popular issues published and enthusiasm for the 1967
edition indicates that this will be the biggest and best yet.
The major atraction of the January Stallion Directory’
issue is the “package promotion program” that is de­
signed especially’ for the effective promotion of Walking
Horse Stallions from coast to coast. It provides breeders,
large and small, with a year-round program of effective
promotion for a minimum amount of expense and bother.
The program includes a full page ad in the January’
issue, 250 reprints of the ad for local area distribution, a
key number indicating the exact location of each
Stallion on a double page map