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(Continued from Page 24) and Fayetteville. He has two young Juvenile riders ready to hit the ring when the proverbial “gate opens.” Young Bobby Malone has a big. black, bold gelding named HANDSHAKER’S IMAGE. This twelve year old rider and his struttin’ steed are aimed at being one of the best teams in Juvenile classes this year. Frank Morris and his pretty, little grey pony mare, REFLECTION’S GAL, will make their first show to­ gether this season. Frank and his three year old pony are doing well and are looking forward to showing. Good luck to both of these fine young riders. Besides the Juvenile horses, Wallace Dunn has about seven two year olds in training this year, five of which are by his big bay stud, SHADOW’S SUPERIOR, who is really proving himself as a sire with some fine looking, walking colts. SHADOW’S WARWICK KING, a two year old black stud, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Coxan and Wallace Dunn, is a top contender in the two year old classes. Wallace also has another two vear old black stud by SHADOW’S SUPERIOR called SHADOW’S MR. SOCIETY, who shows a lot of promise in making a show horse. SHADOW’S REFLECTION, also by SUPERIOR, is a real loose, late filly colt ready to train. She is really a flashv black colt with both hind stockings and a blaze. SUPERIOR’S LITTLE MAN is a two vear old sorrel colt out of a MIDNIGHT SUN mare and is owned by Wallace Dunn. GINGER KELLY ANN is a coming two blue roan filly by SUN’S MASTERPIECE out of GINGER MAE GIOVANNI, (dam of KING COTTON, a former Junior Champ) and she will be up for sale. He also has a yearling black stud colt by MACK K’S HANDSHAKER that is a half-brother to that filly mentioned above. SKID ROW JOE is a fascinating three year old red roan with a flax mane and tail and four stockings, by KEENE’S GO BOY. ED’S MERRY BOY is a two year old black roan bv MERRY BOY’S KNOCKOUT out of a MERRY BOY mare. MINGO’S LUCKY LAD is a four year old sorrel gelding of linebred WILSON ALLEN stock and is owned by Dunn. He has several other fine young colts and broodmares for sale. This is the stable from whence came: SHADOW’S KING COTTON, EL CID, THE FALCON D. SHAD­ OW’S GTO, and ATOMIC SUN. Good luck to all you pony riders—cause you’re gonna need it. El Cid is better than ever before and coming on strong—watch him! California Walking Horse News Mr. and Mrs. Dale Lane from Walla Walla, Wash­ ington, and Mr. and Mrs. Gene Robinson from Ogden, Utah were among the visitors to the Leonard Dunn Stables during the past few weeks. Mrs. Lane is the Presi­ dent of the Washington-Idaho Walking Horse Association. Mr. Gene Robinson is the President of the Inter-Mountain Walking Horse Association. They were very impressed with the horses at the Dunn Stables and took movies to be shown at their meetings. Mr. Bob Vargas, manager-announcer of the Mia- Winter Charity Horse Show recently held at the Don Dodge Stables in Sacramento, California, put on a fine show and the classes were well filled. The results were as 36 follows PLEASURE CLASS—1st: OUR BLOOMING HFTR Mrs. Frances North up for Northacres Stables 2nd- PHANTOM LADY THUNDER, Tim Dunn up for Nickel Stacey. 3rd: WALKER’S PERFECTION, Miss Loretta Storms up for G. H. Roberts. 4th: THE FUGI- rrT\ 7 t^ QTTNf Miss Sharon McCaleb up for Leonard Dunn SHOW CLASS — AMATEUR TO RIDE, ht: MFRRY REBEL STAR, Miss Sharon McCaleb up for M B McCaleb. 2nd: MERRY CASANOVA, Attorney Richard East up for Leonard Dunn Stables. 3rd: TOUCH OF FIRE, owned and ridden by Tim Dunn. 4th: THE REBEL ]., A. J. Chrystall up for Leonard Dunn Stables. WALKING SEAT EQUITATION — 1st: Mark Chrystall on TOUCH OF FIRE; 2nd: Barbara Dillon on MERRY CASANOVA; 3rd: Carol East on THE REBEL J. The Donald Smiths and Jim and Diana Babb will soon return from an extended trip down south. MY SECRET SON won the Junior class at Indio, California with Diana Babb up. Blue Ridge Ranch and M. B. Edmonds must be thrilled with their new mare SUNBEAM’S PRODUCER. She won the Mare Class at Indio with trainer Everett Agee up. Mr. J. D. Landers reports that he has nineteen horses in training. Some of the owners are yerd Walker and Mr. Crown of Concord. Mrs. Starla Wilson of Stockton, Mrs. Jean Jett of Saratoga, Dr. Jenkins of Elk Grove, and Miss Wendy Lai of Sacramento. The Northern California Tennessee Walking Horse Association met on the first Friday in March. The main order of business was to appoint a show committee of Helen Porter, Frances North, and Leonard Dunn. This is for the May 14th show to be held at the State Fair Grounds. There will be eight show classes, four breeding classes, nine Pleasure classes and one park pleasure class. During the Lunch break there will be a Stallion Parade. Mr. Bob Vargas will be there with his pleasing style of announcing. Mrs. Lew (Mitzie) William s, will add glam­ our to the ring as the judge of the day. Mr. Edwin Orr of Modesto reports a visit from Ken Milne from Salt Lake City. He was interested in buying two of Mr. Orr’s brood mares. Mr. Orr has his two-year old stallion, CHEYENNE ACE, in training at The Leon­ ard Dunn Stables. Ron and Paula Downs, of The Running Walk Farm, Hughson, California, turned down thousand dollar bids on their two black fillies. The fillies SHADOW’S SHADY LADY, by SHADOW’S SUPERIOR, owned by Wallace Dunn and CYNDY LOU A GO-GO are tops in Walking Horse breeding. CYNDY LOU A GO-GO is by MR. SYNDICATE. H and F Farms of Loomis will be sending three mares to The Leonard Dunn Stables to be bred to SUN DUST PARADE and MR. SYNDICATE. They are also sending one to be trained. Shannondown Stables and Mr. Robert Thompson, trainer-owner reports he will start the Walking Horse show season on May 6 at the San Jose, California show. This is a charity show for the Alexian Brothers Hospital. All Walking Horse owners are looking forward to the new show season here. The Shannondown Stables will then travel north to show at the Napa Valley Horsemen s Association Show held on Sunday May 7. North Acre Stables reports the activity has slowed way down due to an unusually heavy snowfall. VOICE of the Tennessee Walking Horse