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they are planning a good one night Charity Horse Show
for the Association of Mentally Retarded Children. This
will be held on May 13th.
The Jim Slinker family here in Scottsville had a very
good season last year with their SILVER SULTON mare
pony. They collected many blues and trophies with their
high point of the season taking home the blue and trophy
at the Rock Creek show. Daughters. Janice and Jo, show
this pony very well and are looking forward to another
season.
Our daughter, Kathy, had a very good season last
year, showing our BLACK SHADOW gelding against
some of the best amateur and juvenile horses throughout
Middle Tennessee. This horse was stabled with Donald
Paschal, and he and Carlton Pitts did a very fine job
with the horse. This beautiful black gelding won many
ribbons and trophies for us, and he is now for sale. He
is a full brother to OUR SHADOW, who is well known
throughout the Walking Horse field. We have a MERRY
MAKER stallion, who is out of a WILSON ALLEN DIC­
TATOR mare, that Donald Paschal has had since about
the first of the year. This horse was laid up with injuries
all last year, but should be in top shape for Kathy to show
this season. This is a big, bold going horse that we are
very proud of and think he will do very well for us this
coming season.
In our barnstorming, we ran across a two-year old
SHADOW stud owned by Buddy Musgrove and being
trained by Herman “Dot” in their Spring Hill, Tennessee
barn. This little colt is black, is out of a TOP WILSON
ALLEN mare, and is really something to see. They have
a very good black MIDNIGHT BEAU filly, owned by
Mr. Jones of Nashville and also a two-year-old SUN’S
DELIGHT colt owned by Mr. Elmer Wright of Lewis-
burg. Both of these colts also will catch anyone’s eye.
Most of our visiting time has been at Donald Paschal’s
barn, and I am sure that you are familiar with the fine
stock that he and Carlton are working.
Flatt and Messenger Stables
Lester Flatt of the Flatt and Scruggs team, famous
Grand Old Opry stars, has a new team name in a new
venture. Lester and his long time friend Jim Messenger
have joined names and talents in the Walking Horse
business. Jim Messenger has been training Walking
Horses for the past 15 years, mostly for himself and on a
part-time basis. He and Lester Flatt have a big stable on
a hill in McMinnville, Tennessee. This is an old barn,
but it is in excellent shape. They are completely re­
novating the barn, which for many years has been used as
a nursery. It is 325 feet long and will eventually contain
40 stalls. They have plenty of acreage and on the back of
the property there is a creek, which makes a very con­
venient set-up.
Jim says that they are taking outside horses for train­
ing and already have a good start in that direction. Flatt
and Messenger have some good prospects to start the
show season with this year. HULLABALOO will be going
in the three year old classes. This is the horse that Jim
did very well with last year in two year old classes.
GO BOY’S SENSATION is the bay age horse that Jim
has been showing and he plans to continue to show him
this year. They will also breed him to a few mares and
eventually stand him at stud.
The talk of the stable, and this area is a black coming
two year old stud by the name of THE PRIME MINIS­
TER. This colt at the present has great conformation,
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two ?ood gaits, sets up well, is well down in the back
and looks through the bridle like we all want a show
horse to do. Need we say more? Watch for him at the
early shows. He’s ready! The team of Flatt and Messenger
will be making the rounds of shows this year with a two
vear old filly, two year old stud, three year old, Junior
hone, aged horses, and amateur riders. A good start for a
new stable. The best of luck to them!
McMinnville Stables
It seems that this time of year is the time for working
horses and expanding facilities. The McMinnville Stables,
McMinnville, Tennessee have added some extra stalls
with an additional section for breeding. The owners Leon
Adcock and Frank Henegar, along with their trainer,
Buddy Kirby report that they now have 42 horses and
are looking forward to a good breeding season with
MIDNIGHT IKE.
Dude Crowder Stables
Dude Crowder has recently moved to Creedmoor,
North Carolina and says that he and his family have found
a permanent home. He has leased a stable from Mr.
O .B. Stanfield off Highway 15 and Interstate 85. All
22 stalls are filled at present and he’s working eight two
year olds, eight three year olds, and six juvenile and
amateur h orses. He plans to start off the show season
soon and one to be watching for is Mr. and Mrs. Stan­
field’s SUN’S BLACK SHADOW. Dude says that visitors
a.re always welcome.
Bailey-Montgomery Stables
Jack Montgomery has a smile on his face when he
pulls SHADOW’S GOLD BOND out of his stall. This
is a coming 4 year old black stallion with two perfect
white stockings on the hind feet. He has never been
shown, but Jack feels that this is the year. GOLD BOND
is by SHADOW and out of LOUISE BOND, who is out
of DOLLY BLACK by F-38. That’s a good start on
paper and the conformation of this horse proves it.
When Jack climbs aboard this stallion, there’s further proof
that this is a great horse.
Among his eleven yearlings is a full sister to GOLD
BOND, a sorrell, that has that same great conformation.
With the breeding season beginning Jack is looking for
a good year with GO BOY’S SHADOW and BLACK
MAGIC L.M. Watch for SHADOW’S GOLD BOND
this season.
Judy and Joe Martin Stables
Judy and Joe Martin moved back to Middle Ten­
nessee several months ago and are training horses at the
Patent Leather Farms in Wartrace, Tennessee. They re­
cently purchased SHADOW’S REFLECTION with Buddy
Payne of Nashville. This stud is by GO BOY’S SHADOW
out of TWINKLE TOES W. He is a full brother to
SHADOW’S RED WARRIOR and has been standing at
Beckler Stables in Shelbyville. Judy and Joe have not
made all their plans for this horse, but he will definitely
be standing at stud. They also have two of his colts,
both of them exceptionally good ones. One is owned by
Buddy Payne and his name is REFLECTION’S
SHADOW. He’s a shiny black two year old and they
have great, hopes for this one. The other is equally as
good and is owned by Mrs. Ray Beckler of Shelbyville.
He is a black, four year old and his name is REFLEC­
TION’S UNFORGETTABLE.
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