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JACK JOHNSON STABLES
EDITOR’S NOTE: Charlotte Barnes, our Contributing Editor from Virginia,
visited North Carolina recently and sent us this report on the Jack Johnson
Stables. Charlotte’s regular column is "The Virginia Voice.”
Don’t any of you Walking Horse lovers let these
rainy, dreary fall and winter weekends get you down:
go visit one of your favorite barns and see some good
horses work. That’s exactly what we did and, believe
me, we couldn’t have had more fun if the weather had
been perfect!
Jack Johnson’s barn in North Wilkesboro, North
Carolina is always filled to the brim with top stock,
and this quiet, unassuming man will gladly work them
for you. Jack is one of the best-liked and most talent
ed young trainers in the xusiness today, and has
made some of the best and most popular horses now
showing. To name just a few: JUNE DIAMOND, FAIR
WARNING, RISING SUN, CALL OF THE WILD,
DAT’S-DE-BABE, SWEET SPIRIT, EBONY ROSE and
RIPTIDE.
DEMOCRAT COPY, already one of the most talked-
about coming-two-year-olds, is a beautiful black stud
with perfect conformation. His true natural walking
ability and quiet, mannerly disposition are all part of
his heritage from his famous sire - CARBON COPY.
While watching Jack work DEMOCRAT, one can’t
help being impressed by his smooth, graceful, and
apparently eff