1968-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1968 December Voice | Page 42

MOBILE ('.HAND CHAMPION — Boyd Hudgins and MAN OF IUIVTHM receive the honors after winning the
Mobile Championship with a great show. Boyd and his horse defeated some of the top contenders in the
open division at Mobile and are aiming for the World Title in 1969.
bv David L. Howard
The Mobile Deep South Horse Show
was the first of the three major deep
south horse shows this year and it
set an impressive example for the
others to follow. Many of the top-
ranked horses at the 1968 National
Celebration made the trip to this
historic city to put their recently-
won titles on the line against top
flight competition.
The officials at the Mobile Show
did one of their most outstanding
jobs this year and are certainly des
erving of congratulations. The show
officials are well aware of the prob
lems and headaches in the horse
business and handled them in good
style.
The three-man judging team turn
ed in a steady performance. Roy
Davis, Carlton Pitts and Jimmy Wad
dell were responsible for naming the
winners. The announcer was Emmet
Guy, and Jimmy Richardson was at
the organ. The show' manager was
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Ruth Bow'ers, the experienced and
well-qualified lady from Destin, Fla.
There was a total of twenty Walk
ing Horse classes with twelve pro
fessional classes. The show had 57
classes spread into the four-day, five-
performance competition which ran
Thursday, October 31 through Sun
day, November 3.
The Open Division at this year’s
show had some of the top horses in
the land on hand battling for the
honors. The ultimate winner in the
Grand Championship was Boyd Hud
gins riding MAN OF RHYTHM, the
1966 World Champion Junior Walk
ing Horse. Boyd and his horse won
the Championship Class without a
workout: their performance was that
impressive.
Boyd also won the Stallion & Geld
ing preliminary earlier in the week.
Bud Dunn and SUNDUST PRECIS
ION pushed Boyd all the way in the
championship, tying reserve, with
Jimmy Holloway and GO BOY’S BIG
SHOT winning the third-place nod of
the judges. In the Stallion & Gelding
preliminary, Jimmy’s horse tied re
serve and Bud was third, but Bud
turned the tables in the Champion
ship Class.
Fourth place honors in the Champ
ionship went to the good mare,
BLUE’S MARY DOLL. Jimmy Hicks
did a good job on this mare after
winning the Aged Mare preliminary
earlier in the week.
The Junior competition was not
dominated by any one horse, with
three different blue ribbon