season has been one of strenuous work and tough competition . Thus far both horses are undeieated with their victories at the Columbia Spring Jubilee ranking highest in the minds of most observers as being the
best show of the year .
Donald Paschal is no newcomer to the top ranks of Celebration competition . Like many other professionals , he has knocked at the door on several occasions and has not yet " found the key ." Donald has been a popular trainer for many years and is well known for his performances on such champion horses as SUN ’ S GO BOY , SUN ’ S BIG SHOT , PAPER DOLL , SUN ’ S GO BOY AGAIN , GO BOY ’ S BLACK JACK , GO BOY ’ S BLACK LABEL , CINDY SHADOW , GO BOY ’ S EBONY ANGEL , ETERNAL SUN , SUN ’ S TEXAS GAL , EBONY ’ S OLD CROW . BLACK GOLD , and now GO BOY ’ S ROYAL HEIR .
Donald Paschal was raised in Walking Horse country and has really known no livelihood other than being a
" gentleman farmer ’’ and a professional trainer . He has lived and worked on his farm in Woodbury , Tennessee for many years and has literally worn out several barns on this property . Three years ago he completed a new show stable that is a credit to our business . He and his assistant , Carlton Pitts , have a reputation for " working horses ’’ and together they work over twenty-two head . Many times , as people pass along the highway from Woodbury to Murfreesboro , they will have to slow down to get around the
cars parked along the road . Everybody knows Donald and they know his horses , and if you are early enough you can pull up and enjoy the cool , crisp air of Middle Tennessee at daybreak and watch Donald Paschal and GO BOY ’ S ROYAL HEIR hard at work . In just a few weeks , this pair will be hard at work but under entirely different conditions . The atmosphere will be tense and a pall of smoke will hang over the brilliant Celebration arena . Donald Paschal will take a deep breath and , with a mass of supporters , will carry GO BOY ’ S ROYAL HEIR once again into the thick of the contest for the Grand Championship of the Walking Horse world .
THE REST OF THE TEAM — Pictured above is Candace Williams with her 1968 entry in the Celebration . He is GO BOY ’ S CHATTERBOX , Reserve Grand Champion of the World in 1966 . He has been trained by Donald Paschal and Carlton Pitts for the 1968 season and Candace heads for the Amateur Championship undefeated .
ALABAMA WALKING ON
Trainer Sonny Southerland has some nice horses in
training at Lake Valley Farms at Leeds , Alabama . Mr . and Mrs . M . E . Huddleston of Birmingham have
a pleasure Walking Horse , MY MISTER LUCKY , that is tying well . They also own SUN ’ S STARDUST , a four-year-old , and a two-year-old stallion that has yet
to hit the show ring . The Ben Beckhams have three horses with Sonny .
GO BOY ’ S MISS NASSAU is being shown by Woody Marks and he is doing an excellent job in juvenile
classes . Their aged gelding , BIG BEN , is having a successful season , as is MACK K ’ S UNBELIEVABLE . Three ponies in training here are SOCIETY 22 , JR .,
owned and shown by David Corley ; MISTER MACK K , owned and shown by Brian Hulsey ; and EBONY ANGEL , owned by Dr . H . C . Bailey .
In the Ladies Amateur Classes they have PRIDE OF NIGHT , owned and shown by Janet Hackney , and SUMMER WINE , owned and shown by Jeffery Ryding . Mark Hulsey from Gadsden has his amateur horse in training here , and it ’ s working fine . In the four-year-old class is BLUE TANGO , owned by T . R .
COST .
SOCK IT TO ME GO BOY is a new four-year-old in the barn that will be shown in gelding and juvenile classes . Sonny has high hopes for this horse , purchased from Joe Vann Clayton .
Lake Valley Farms owns a black mare , B . MAJORS JUNE LIL , and a good bay two-year-old , MAN ABOUT TOWN . He has already brought home several blues this season . Their breeding stud , NIGHT OF PLEASURE , is a full brother to PLEASURE ’ S MERRY BOY and has already produced several good prospects . Lake Valley Farms is owned by Tom Jernigan and is managed by trainer Sonny Southerland .
Congratulations to the people of the Warrior Athletic Booster Club on their first annual horse show . It was a great success and they are already planning for another show next year . Dr . H . Jean Gayle served as chairman . Mr . and Mrs . Walter Howard Calvert worked hard for this show , as did many more of the folks from Warrior .
Little Zack Calvert , five-year-old son of Mr . and Mrs . W . H . Calvert , made his first appearance in the juvenile class on GENTLEMAN , a twenty-five-yearold horse on which he learned to ride . Congratulations to Zack on a job well done .
8 Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse