ON THE MASON-DIXON LINE oreat five-year-old stallion; EBONY SENATOR black four-year-old stallion who won the Junior flL a at the Dixie Jubilee; and, last but not least, SH \ n OW ' S TORNADO and MERRY MOTION MAKpr two great aged geldings. The Thompson hospital!!’
was great, and Vic and Marvin sure make a pair ■ presenting top show horses. lri So many things are happening in Middle Tennessee
_ horses being made and sold, locations being chant? ed. partnerships being formed, others dissolved 1 '
it’ s hard to keep up with. GOLD FINGER and a ton mare have been sold to Dr. Apel of Portsmouth, Ohio
and so the water in the tri-state area gets deeper and deeper. Good luck to all, and please send me
news on the Mason-Dixon Line. by Janev Sawyer 6161 S. Dixie Highway Franklin, Ohio
After being snowed in, it ' ll be real fun starting to move around again and hearing from the different stables. We just heard of a new stable, Pilot \ iew Stables in Owingsville, Kentucky. It is owned and operated by Clayton and Betty Staton, neighbors of Claude Brown and Mose Oppenheimer. With their new barn and the fifteen to eighteen horses they work at all times, they should be a welcome addition to the Walking Horse world. At present they are working EL DORADO’ S STAR and SHADOW’ S SHERLOCK, two good three-year-olds. They also have a junior horse, M1D NIG HT PROMENADE. Jay Thompson of Fairview Stables has a promising young horse, JAY ' S MIDNIGHT MAJOR, as well as his roan stallion, MIGHTY SUN SCAMP.
Dad just returned from Gadsden, Alabama where he enjoyed the hospitality of Albert Rowland and his nice family. He met young Mr. Rowland and Renita again, and she sure is following in the footsteps of Albert in the Walking Horse business. This stable is owned by the Martin Grill Meat Company and it’ s in a beautiful setting at the edge of Gadsden along the river. Albert has some top stock, as always: QUARTERBACK SNEAK is fat and sassy, and Albert is bringing on a black four-year-old that is a model horse by a son of INVASION. This horse should be one of the greats of the future.
Miss Rowland showed ALVIN so well that Dad bought him for me to show in Amateur classes in Ohio. This was a real surprise and a great thrill. I’ m looking forward to the coming season with such a horse. The Alabama weather was really great after the snowstorms up here, and a preview of the summer was sure pleasant.
Then Dad, with Karl Irwin and Lee Jones, went up to Vic Thompson Stables where they renewed their acquaintance with Marvin Wilson and really had a ball seeing some of their great horses work. They saw the revamped SHADOW’ S MOTION MAN, a truly
C. A. BOBO and SON STABLES
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SUN SPOT Three-Year-Old stallion
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DEFENDERS FOR OUR BREED
I’ m a defender for the " Walking Horse” 1 must protect our rights. Some turn their " slander” on full blast. It really is a sight.
I’ ve read the critics’ clippings From magazines and books. Of all the breeds, the " Walking Horse” They knock the most, it looks.
But we are going t6 just ignore The narrow views they cast, We have a lot of good in " ours,” And we know the bad won’ t last.
They say we nail on iron, And make their poor feet drag. False accusations, I must say. ' Tis true, I hate to brag.
But as I watch our " Walkers” go. There’ s one thing I have found; I want to help the other breeds Get their feet off the ground.
No slam, my friends- it’ s just that way: We’ re proud " our horses” fly. Why don’ t you let me talk a bit, And stop that noisy cry-
About our " bleeding, scarred-up breed.” Your words, on printed page. If we should say those things of you, You’ d tear your hair in rage!
So if you’ ve found a man or two Whose horses are unsound- Would you throw a box of fruit away Cause a rotten one you’ ve found?
Oh, there’ ll always be the " critics,” And those who abuse our breed. Some will put their " blinders” on For fear we might succeed.
But while they’ re loudly wailing ' Bout our " cruel ways”- you know I he Walkers will be walking, And will walk off with the show.
R. B.
( EDriOR’ S NOTE: This poem was sent to us by a subscriber who preferred to remain anonymous. We elt ff was a good expression of our feelings and have published it for your enjoyment.)
34 Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse