1967-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1967 February Voice RS | Page 32

PROMINENT ILLINOIS WALKING
HORSE ENTHUSIAST PASSES
he showed last year. Brenda Bramlet will also be showing
her fine mare, MERRY MELINDA again this year. Fred
Fowler and daughter Debbie will make up another team
with PRIDE’S JOY and CxO BOY’S HURRICANE while
Mary Ann Russell of Piggott, Arkansas, will be showing
SPECIAL’S ANGEL.
Right before we left. Russell brought something out of
a stall that he is particularly proud of. One of the finest
Weanling stud colts that we have ever seen. You just
can’t fault him. Black, by CARBON COPY out of a
MIDNIGHT SUN mare. Russell plans to make a big show
with him in halter classes. He is named CARBON’S
CAVALIER.
OFFICIAL CELEBRATION
FILMS RELEASED
In a news release to the VOICE* Public Relations Di­
rector Bob Thomas of Shelbvville, announced that the
official films oi the 1967 Tennessee Walking Horse Na­
tional Celebration arc now ready for public viewing. The
films will officially be viewed for the first time at the
annua] Celebration Incorporated banquet, to be held
February 21, in Shelbvville.
Mr. Thomas stated that the film is in full color and in
sound with narration by Mr. Emmet Guy, announcer for the
annual, horse show in Shelbyvillc. It was prepared in coop­
eration with WSM-TV in Nashville. The film takes about
28 minutes for viewing and will be available for showing
to various horse associations, saddle clubs and other in­
terested parties throughout the United States. He was
careful to point out that they have only a limited number
of prints and the anticipated waiting list for the film will
be considerable. If you wish to show this film to your club
or group please contact Mr. Bob Thomas, Box 728, Shel-
bwil 1 e. Tennessee.
DO ALL YOUR FRIENDS TAKE THE "VOICE"? IF NOT,
NOW IS A GOOD TIME FOR THEM TO SUBSCRIBE.
There Is Such A Thing As .. .
“Eating Your
Head Off9
Dr. Neill Archie Thompson, owner and operator of the
Lucanc Stables, died recently at the International Horse
Show in Kansas City, Missouri. Dr. Thompson, 56, was
suddenly stricken after completing his part of the show.
He was rushed to the hospital but to no avail.
Dr. Thompson, of Eldorado, Illinois, was well known
in both the medical profession and in the Walking Horse
business. He was prominent in both community and bus­
iness affairs and will be sadly missed by all his many
friends in the horse business.
He is survived by his wife, Christine, two sons, Neill,
of Atlanta, Georgia, and Luther, of Fayetteville, North
Carolina, and a daughter, Kathy, a student at Kansas City
College. One son preceded him in death.
The following eulogy, which we arc honored to pre­
sent, was sent to us by a friend of Doctor Thompson, Char­
les N. Bixler of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The author, Mr.
Thomas B. Murphy of Eldorado, Illinois, wrote the eulogy
shortly following Doctor Thompson’s death. This is a fit­
ting tribute to this fine man who gave freely of his time
and talent in his profession as well as the horse business.
DOCTOR “T”
I can’t presume to write a eulogy . . .
I’m lost for words . . . there is too much to tell.
T*s life was spent in curing misery
Not throwing pennies in a wishing well.
He had one thing wc call the common touch
And he had time to talk to you awhile.
Though some might say he tried to do too much,
He was first class; he went that extra mile.
Boots on, and in the saddle—that is fate!
Astride a walking horse he loved so well.
He walked that horse up to the Pearly Gate
And heard St. Peter say, “Mount down a spell.”
Though it is sad to hear this closing chord,
A life well lived is sure of it’s reward.
October 23, 1966
Thomas R. Murphy
ONCE UPON A TIME, there was a cow who Thought. (Not very
well, but she Thought.)
AND SHE THOUGHT her farmer was making too much profit
on her milk. He provided a comfortable barn and stall, and hay
and gram, but she wanted more.
SO ONE DAY she held, back her milk. Painful, but she was deter­
mined to have her Rights. The farmer, in desperation, tried throw­
ing in some more hay and grain, and she gave her milk again. No
MORE milk, to pay for the added feed—just the same amount . . ■
where the money came from to pay for the added feed was the
farmeds worry.
SHE LIKED this taste of power, so pretty soon she went on strike
again. And the Farmer, in desperation, increased her feed.
STILL no increase in the milk.
THE FARMER needed some roof repairs on the barn and new
milk pails, but practically every cent he got for milk was now goi