Henry is bringing out a junior MIDNIGHT SUN mare, JADA’ S SUN JET. Using her legs andishata g
her head off, she’ ll be a hard one tolf, eat 1 the GO BOY’ S BAY LAD, as fine as silk and with
best breeding in the world, is showing pro being great. He is settled and working h ' e: i
never worked before. This year he 11 be oi every time the gate opens and promises to be ani y * opener at many of the northern shows before m &
his way to the Celebration.
CIRCLE 4 HORSE FARM
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On a stormy Saturday we visited the Circle 4 Horse Farm near Cedartown, Georgia. Owner Paul \\ iener told us that he has a total of 4S head on his lyoacre farm, all registered Walking Horse stock. Trainer Ernest Shivers is working Mr. Wiener’ s show stock
and some outside horses.
Since the rain was pouring down, Ernest worked several horses in the barn hallway. It was obvious that the horses couldn’ t really '' get loose” in the hall,
but we could tell that with a little more room there
would have been some real walking going on.
SOCIETY SURPRISE is not being shown this year, as his breeding book seems to be filling up nicely and they naturally don’ t wrant to strain him, but he
will be represented in the ring by his progeny.
SOCIETY’ S LITTLE MAN is " fatter than he’ s ever been” and looks real good. Pauline Wiener George will show this age gelding this year. His first show will be either Stone Mountain or Chattanooga. LIT TLE MAN is one of those horses that makes walking
look easy.
EBONY’ S BLUE VELVET, the coming-three blue roan mare by EBONY MASTERPIECE, is ready for her first show at Smith’ s Station, Alabama. She has picked up weight and breadth since we saw her last July, and still has style to spare.
SHADOW’ S TOP HONOR has a lot of front end for a two-year-old. He’ s taking to training well, and is full of fire.
SOCIETY’ S IMMORTAL SUN has been gelded and will be Mr. Wiener’ s amateur horse this year. He had already been worked, so we didn’ t get to see him except on the walker. He’ s a big one!
Dr. and Mrs. O. E. Brannan( she plays a mean organ, and gaits ' em good at the shows) have SOCI ETY’ S EBONY HEIR in training and are pleased with the results. The Hamrick Brothers have Ernest working a black-and-white two-year-old filly with lots of reach.
Ernest owns a tremendous two-year-old by MID NIGHT SUN named MIDNIGHT SUN, JR. Mr. Harlin Hayes chose the mare for this breeding, and GLO RIOUS BEAUTY’ S papers helped put WILSON’ S AL LEN on JR.’ s pedigree four times. We didn’ t get to see him work, either, but his conformation is reminiscent of his great sire’ s. His size comes from his dam, and he looks to be about 16 hands already.
Ernest and Mr. Wiener are both pleased with the way SOCEITY’ S BLUE DEVIL, a pretty blue roan two-year-old by SOCIETY SURPRISE, is working. He was being ridden with a loose rein one day and " just decided to walk.” He must have liked it, because he does it real well. He’ s got a lot of reach and a lot of push and we should hear much more about the BLUE DEVIL. A visiting trainer, the rider of three World’ s Champion two-year-olds, said he would wear the roses Another trainer offered to train him " for free” Mr Wiener would let him take him to the Celebration At the moment he’ s doing too much for Ernest Shiver * for them to consider moving him. 15
We saw our first " hippie horse” at Circle 4 Horse Farm. He’ s a two-year-old gelding, as yet untrimmed and a trick of coloring( sorrel and white) and head shape makes him look like all he needs is a flower behind his ear. This little fellow’ s for sale- We didn’ t get his name, but FLOWER POWER sure fits!
We enjoyed our visit to Circle 4— it’ s quite evident that both good horses and Southern hospitality can be found well south of Middle Tennessee. If you’ re around Rome or Cedartown, Georgia, drop in and ask ' em to
show you the line-up.
WARREN STABLES
This is the time of year when most people have horse fever, as show season is about ready to start. Petie Warren and Mann Ring have had the very long^
cold, dry winter, but are very proud to say that they have the best string of show horses that they have seen in a long time. Included in this string are Mr. and Mrs. John I. Borum’ s horses, looking better than ever. The junior mare that showed so well and closed the season winning the age mare class at Houston, Texas is truly great. They also have a junior gelding that looks like a champion. Also, they have a black three-year-old stud that will make you take more than a second glance. And we must add to our list our three-year-old SUN’ S DELIGHT filly that everyone says will be your next Three-Year-Old World Champion Filly. We don’ t want to forget to mention the three-year-old black MIDNIGHT SUN stud that belongs to the Dr. Bill Beaumont family of Clarksville. We know everyone remembers little Sally and this is the horse that we have all been dreaming about.
In the three-year-old division, Warren Stables has a SUN’ S DELIGHT filly that won many ribbons last season for the proud owner, Mrs. Ann Branson of Madisonville, Kentucky. This filly is ready to start where she left off last year.
Coming to the four-year-old division, we have Mr. Whitaker’ s stud of Owensboro, Kentucky. This stud was found up in Kentucky and has never been shown, so is a newcomer to the show ring. He has caught on fast and is ready for all competition. Also in this division up Hopkinsonville, Kentucky way we have an EBONY MASTERPIECE mare for Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Williams. This mare is ready for the gates to open. In the gelding class, we have a chestnut horse for Mr. and Mrs. Nofsinger that is doing real well. In the
same age, we have a black stud that belongs to Mr. and Mrs. Favors that was shown last season with
great success. In the twoyear-old division, we have a MIDNIGHT stud out of a HANDSHAKER mare that has a big way of going. The stable owns a little GO BOY INVASION stud that is looking good and has a great future.
In the filly division, we have a SUN’ S DELIGHI colt which belongs to Mr. and Mrs. John Lindahl ol Ashland City. This filly will make you sit up and take notice. Also in training is a MERRY GO BOY black ally owned by Mr. M. G. Williams. This filly was started late and has been worked very little, so far » ut will be ready at the proper time. In the juvenile division, you can’ t overlook Pam
Clark of Benton, Kentucky on her outstanding juven-
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