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CURRY STABLES
A recent letter from F. M. Curry in Maple Valley,
Washington, showed us a new side of the Tennessee Walking Horse’ s pleasure capabilities. Mr. Curry said:
" We have a dozen Walkers here nearly all year— all ours. We raise, train and sell two or three a year as that ' s all we have time and facilities for. We enjoy most matching a horse to a horseman or horsewoman. We always give riding lessons with a purchase to get the new owner started out right so he becomes a Walking Horse booster.
" We have stallions, mares, pleasure horses and show horses- a few of each. My big hunting horse, POPPIN OF BECKENDORF, carried me, a deer and a medium-sized black bear out of the woods all at the same time during hunting season last fall. Not only is he big, strong and exceptionally fast and smooth, but he is a bold and fearless hunting horse admired by hunters we have gone out with the past two years.
" The market for the Walker as a hunting horse should be explored. Many hunters are office workers most of the year who do little riding. Even if they ride a lot, they still thrill at the smoothness and speed with w’ hich the Walker-hunter covers the mountain trails in search of bear and deer. Also, the Walker is usually big enough to pack gear and a big rider effortlessly.
" If you ran an inquiry in your magazine, you might get some good responses from other hunters who have used the Walker as a hunting horse. We have some interesting " fireside” stories about ours!”
NORTH CAROLINA ENTHUSIAST PURCHASES TOP THREE-YEAR-OLD
We recently learned that Mr. Douglas Allen of Lexington, North Carolina had purchased a top-rated three-year-old stud from the Leech Stables in Belvidere, Tennessee. Named DELIGHT’ S SOCIETY SUN and considered one of the really fine horses in his division, this deep chestnut has won several impressive blues this 3 ' ear. He will remain at the Leech Stables and will continue to be shown by J. T. Leech. The sale price of this horse was undisclosed but we hear that he was sold for one of the top prices paid recently for a three-year-old horse.
JAMISON COLT FARM
Sam and Lucinda Jamison of Franklin, Tennessee have reason to proud this year with some of their colts doing extremely well in the show ring. Two colts in particular are causing a stir and look like top contenders in their divisions.
POLLY’ S PA RADER is a three-year-old stud being shown by Pete Cunningham of Fairview, Tennessee. They won a big class at the Smyrna show and are attracting lots of attention every time they come into the show ring. This horse’ s full sister was purchased by Ed Carothers this spring, and he plans to show her
in yearling classes. The other colt that the Jamisons raised is SUN’ S HOLIDAY, now in training with Buddy Hugh. This horse is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Leo Baum of Wisconsin. He is being campaigned in open classes this year and is a top contender for Grand Championship honors at the Celebration.
CLAY PARSONS STABLES
Clay is in the process of building a new barn at his operation below Bessemer. Construction is coming along nicely and the new facility will be most commodious. Clay has seventeen horses at his barn, and is planning to show them extensively this season. He is training a new MIDNIGHT BOMB horse owned by Luke Bagget. He is a half-brother to BOMB’ S BALLY HOO and looks real good. GO BOY’ S TOP HAT will be shown in Stake and Stallion & Gelding Classes for owner James Huckaby. TOP HAT is a MERRY BOY horse and Clay thinks highly of him. Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Huey of Huey town have TENNESSEE ACE, a twoyear-old by SHADOW’ S REFLECTION, in training. He is promising and will be seen in the ring with Clay aboard. Grady Parsons will be showing his mother’ s lovely black three-year-old mare, SUNS SOPRANO. David, the younger Parsons son, will be in the irons when DOC’ S HEADMAN enters the ring in Walking Pony classes. This is a doing pony by DOCTOR B. C. out of a SPUR mare. Mr. Gibb Jones owns a lovely Walking Pleasure gelding, DANNY BOY, a MIDNIGHT SUN-bred " doing thing.” Mr. Jones enjoys riding for pleasure, but his granddaughter, Peggy Tommy, will be showing DANNY BOY and will probably be most successful.
HERSHEL TALLEY STABLES
It’ s hard to believe that Hershel is starting his fifth year at his stable in Baileyton. He has an exceptionally nice barn and all training facilities. His stable is full of good Walking Horses, including Lloyd Wood’ s fabulous CLOWNS SPUR. Hershel will be showing ten horses this year, among them CLOWNS IMAGE, owned by Dr. G. M. Yeager of Blountsville. Ocie Cook of Birmingham owns a three-year-old stud that has the fineness of a filly. Priscilla Talley will be showing a five-year-old mare, CLOWN’ S LIB. She is a great young rider—- as one would expect, with the parents she has! W. O. Crawford has a beautiful black filly by ACE OF SPADES, Carmage Walls’ nice stud. Jack Gambrill of Cullman owns DUKE’ S HANDYMAN, a stake horse, as well as a blue roan DUKE OF MID NIGHT two-year-old. You will enjoy visiting Hershel Talley Stables and seeing these good Walking Horses.
RIDDLE HILL STABLES
Dr. Wallace Strow and daughter Beth have their sights set on the Celebration this year. Both are under the very capable tutelage of Kenneth Jones, trainer at Riddle Hill Stables in Springfield, Illinois.
Ken( better known as " Bo” to his Nashville, Tennessee friends) has twenty horses in training. Watch for Elizabeth Long, well-known young exhibitor, who will be bringing out a fine junior mare this season that Ken has been working. Patty Janzen will again show her consistently good ALLEN’ S MR- ED. Noel W. Williams of Springfield, an enthusiastic new-
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