1968-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1968 July Voice RS | Page 10

NOTHING SAD ABOUT THEIR "BLUES" - BIG SHOT’S T BIRD and Jim Babb are shown accepting
one of the five blues they have won this season. The team is really going places in 1968!
The old saying, "One picture is worth a thousand
words,” was never more true than when applied to
this month’s front cover picture. This beautiful full-
color unretouched photograph of BIG SHOT’S T BIRD
says what every horseman wants to hear without the
aid of a retoucher’s brush.
This photograph was recently entered in a contest
in Memphis and came away with the top honors. It
is not only a masterpiece of photography, it is visible
proof that T BIRD is back and going strong.
It is hard to put into words what this picture means,
but the story of BIG SHOT’S T BIRD will add im­
mensely to the meaning of this picture.
The T BIRD story began at the Harlinsdale Sale in
1963. Billy Robinson had asked trainer Billy Brantley
to find a horse for his daughter Kathy to ride, and
with this in mind Billy purchased a bay stud colt by
SUN’S BIG SHOT. Billy went to work on this colt and
it soon became apparent that this was "t