A five-vear-old gelding , IMMORTAL SUN , will be ridden in the Men ’ s Amateur class by Paul Wiener , owner
of Circle Four Stables .
SOCIETY ’ S BLUE VELVET , a half-sister to EBONY ’ S BLUE VELVET out of the same dam , is the Circle Four entry in the Four-Year-Old Mare class , an Mr . Shivers seems optimistic about her chances at the
big show . MIDNIGHT PAT H , Mr . Shivers ’ five-year-old stud ,
will be his stake horse this vear . PAT is by MIDNIGHT SUN out of MITCH ALLEN , and has fourteen foundation horses on his papers . A pulled shoulder muscle has kept him out of competition for a while , but Mr . Shivers expects to have him in excellent shape for the Celebration . Look for him — he ’ s a lot like old WILSON ALLEN
in appearance .
In addition to his Celebration prospects , Mr . Shivers is cautiously excited about a bay two-vear-old stud that he is working now that belongs to him and A . D . Hampton , Lewisburg , Tenn . This MIDNIGHT SUN-bred colt is out of “ a big mare ” and promises to be a good horse in every way : size , ability , and stride . Mr . Shivers emphasized that this colt is not for sale .
Also being watched carefully is a January filly , coming-two , that was actually started too early due to a mixup on the birth date . By the time the mistake was discovered , the little filly was walking too good to leave alone . The owner has been offered a nice price ( rumor says $ 4,000 ) but refuses to sell . Never shown , she will debut on the Florida Circuit , working her way back to the Celebration next year . She ’ s a bluish-roan with a lot of white .
With at least five good horses to take to the Celebration this year , and two very promising youngsters working , it looks like a rosy future for the Circle Four Farms .
Valleyview Stables
Dr . J . D . Bush of Gadsden , Alabama , has reason to be proud of his accomplishments in the Walking Horse business . He has been in the business since 1953 and has been active in many areas including showing and breeding . His trainer , Peck Stone , has been with him for seven years and has done an excellent job .
Dr . Bush , a Pathologist , doesn ’ t have much time to ride but when he does he is partial to SUN DUST QUEEN , a big time bay mare that he has been showing with good success for several years .
A lot of talk has generated around SUNDUST DIXIE , a real good four-year-old bay stallion that is owned by Dr . Bush . Peck has worked this horse carefully and has him about right .
Col . and Mrs . C . W . Daugette have been long-time customers of Peck Stone and their children have done quite well under his tutelage . Burt Daugette has shown many horses out of Peck ’ s bam and her sister Ann and brother Clarence have amateur horses there now . Ann will be showing GO BOY ’ S JOY , her black mare that is undefeated this year and Clarence will be showing ELDO RADO BOY , a bay four-year-old that shows well .
Peck is standing a stud named MIDNIGHT BLACK BABY , that is siring some good colts . He has a pony named BLACK BABY ’ S PRIDE that shows a lot of promise and BLACK BABY ’ S PAT , a good two-year-old stud , is doing well . 6
In addition to the horses owned by Dr . Bush Pe V ■ also working some outside horses . Gery Newton of Birmh , * ham has a three-year-old stud in training and Sevp l colts belonging to Dr . Lily of Ohio . He has seventeT horses in training and about five are Celebration bound
Lawnvale Farms
Up in Gainesville , Virginia , trainer Ernest Bugg ha had a run of bad luck . By the time the weather broke in his part of the country and he got his stock about right to show , he ran amuck with a particular mount and broke his elbow . This came at the most inopportune time for him and Mr . E . Carl Hengen , owner of Lawnvale Farms since he will not be able to show at the Celebration . ’
Ernest had some good stock ready to go including several top horses sired by their world champion B . MAJOR WILSON . They have had an excellent season breeding this fine stallion and all indications are that he has added greatly to the Walking Horse activity in that part of the
country .
We are indeed sorry that Ernest had this accident but he will be at the Celebration and will probably get to see some of his stock show . He has tried to place some of their horses with other trainers in order to get them shown .
Leech Stables
As usual , J . T . and Marianne Leech are working hard to get ready for the Celebration . SUN ’ S MARCHING MAN will be aiming at the three-year-old title with Marianne Leech in the saddle , and EBONY ’ S SECRE TARY will be in the two-year-old class with J . T . Leech riding .
We recently learned that Ray Fogarty of Corpus Christi , Texas , has taken a top colt to the Leech Stables . This is a red roan three-year-old that has a lot of potential .
A question mark arises whenever talk turns to SHOT GUN , a highly regarded three-year-old stallion by SUN ’ S BIG SHOT that Jimmy Gray has been working . Jimmy , brother to Marianne Leech , broke this horse himself and has tentative plans to show him . They say he is a “ top horse ” that can really get the job done .
Walk-A-Way Farms
One of the most unique Walking Horse operations we have ver seen in the Walk-A-Way Farms in N . Wilkesboro , N . C . Mr . Lewis Jenkins is the originator of this
facility and he made the best use of available space we have ever seen . His stable is constructed under the warehouse of his wholesale hardware company .
His family is all horse-minded but daughter Mary
Vann has been carrying the banner for the past two years . She will be showing SUN ’ S SENSATION , a top Juvenile horse , again this year and Lewis will be showing THE
SUN ’ S TOP BRASS , a fine Amateur Horse . Both o these two should do well at the Celebration . It would take a lot of “ father-daughter ” combination to beat these
two . Their trainer is Jack Parker , a well known Walking
Horse trainer from North Carolina , who has a reputation havin £ “ made ” some of the best horses in that pait o the country .
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