1968-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1968 July Voice RS | Page 55

MURFREESBORO HORSE SHOWS BRINGS OUT LATE COMERS

As the mid-season closes and we head down the stretch toward the Celebration , we are often priviledged to see a group of late-comers that are bound for honors in the show ring . The recent Murfreesboro Tennessee Horse Show held Friday , July 5th , in the same arena as the Tennessee State Colt Futurity produced a large share of such horses . SHAKER ’ S SHOC­ KER attracted a lot of attention and was awarded the blue in the Stake Class . There was another horse that definitely dominated the limelight as being the outstanding horse on the showgrounds . GO BOY ’ S BLACK ANGEL , with Charlie Bobo up , put on a show that

led a lot of observers to state that she was " the best aged horse seen out this year , bar none .” This great black mare won the Mare Class in fine form and the crowd was delighted to see Charlie make a pass after receiving his ribbon that stimulated a lot of speculation as to whether or not she was bound for the stake class at the Celebration .

Two-Year-Olds were in fine form at this show and SHADOW GO BOY ridden by Larry Lunsford for Boyd Beveridge took top honors in the Stallion and Gelding Class . A lot of attention was focused on the Two-Year-Old Filly Class as Dude Crowder made his first Middle Tennessee appearance since dominating the Class at Columbia . COPY ’ S RECORD was in fine form as she again topped the field and owner W . H . Medlin can be justly proud . The Juvenile Class was one of the best and MID­ NIGHT STORMY GIRL with Sue Henderson up made a fine show in a class of sixteen good contenders to take the blue . In the Three-Year-Old Stud and Gelding Class it was Elmore Brock and JOHNNY JR . that stirred the crowd . A lot of rail-birds thought he was riding another top Three-Year-Old but later they learned that it was the JOHNNY MIDNIGHT colt instead . He won the blue in a good class . Walking Ponies are always crowd pleasers and they put on a great show here . It was a good show with ECHO ’ S LITTLE MAN , a fancy gray pony ridden by Larry Martin edging out SETTING SUN ’ S APOLLO with

Lynn Doughty up . MISS AMORET , ridden by Wallace Brandon , was

outstanding in the Three-Year-Old Mare Class . This fine black mare is getting better as she heads toward the Celebration and she has already defeated the best out this year . It was Forrest Paschal riding JUDGE S

CHOICE ( not to be confused with another two-yearold filly by the same name ) that captured the blue in a fine Walking Pleasure Class . In the Junior Stud and Gelding Class we saw one of our favorites , EBON OLD CROW , take another impressive blue for owners Hale and Gillen with trainer Donald Paschal up .

The Amateur Walking Horse Class is always a good one and this was no disappointment . \ - G . e GOCHNEAUR came on strong on APRIL EUV^ to capture another top spot for his Fashion Two w y Stables in an impressive class . The Walking

Championship saw a bevy of good ', ie ,° Jl honors and it was SHAKER ' S SHOCKER and Betty

Sain that captured the vote of all three ju ges > solid and consistent performance .

0 __ prv The Murfreesboro Exchange Club ??, "' rp nessee effort to make this one of the fine Mid paui Shows and this year they hired three j »

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" Whitey ” Whitehead , Ed Ezell and Zollie Derryberry

were working on the " Celebration System ” and did a good job of judging . Master of Ceremonies was the

ever-poputar Bob Jennings , the " happiness ” man himself and Jimmy Richardson entertained with his usual fine program of organ music . An extra added attraction was Steve Hill presenting the colors on SENSA­ TIONAL SHADOW , a fine black aged stallion owned by Roy and Bonnie Davis of the Bel Aire Stables . If

attendence and horse entries are any indication of the success of a horse show then this one must have been a winner . There was an abundance of both at Murfreesboro . Complete results are found elsewhere in this issue .

WATCH FOR MIDNIGHT SUNDOWN

ACE ’ S SENSATION SWEEPS CHAMPIONSHIP AT ROSSVILLE KIWANIS CLUB SHOW

The Seventh Annual Rossville Kiwanis Club Horse Show had many problems this year but came through with a fine show despite their problems . Eight other horse shows were scheduled the same day and an afternoon rain and threatening weather kept the crowd and number of exhibitors down .

The highlight of the show was the appearance and impressive victory of ACE ’ S SENSATION and Wink Groover in the Championship Class . SENSATION is a four-year-old but Wink decided to try his horse in aged competition with excellent results . This big black stud really turned on the speed to capture the nod from judge Buddy Black of Tullahoma , Tennessee .

This year ’ s show featured two sessions with over $ 3500 in prize money being offered . The show manager was Billy Robinson of Chattanooga who did an

excellent job .

The Junior Class was won by SHOTGUN and Jim Babb . This cocky little black stud put on a solid performance in all three gaits to win the class . Reserve honors went to EBONY MUSIC MAN with Wink Groover up .

The Three-Year-Old Stud and Gelding Class was also won by Wink Groover aboard LITTLE ACE . This fine young horse has plenty of ability and Wink showed him to best advantage . The Mare Class was won by Billy Morgan and PRINCESS SUNDANCE . This fine mare ties high consistently and Billy always gives a good accounting of himself .

The Two-Year-Old Stallion and Gelding Class saw RIDGELEA ’ S DELIGHT and Bob Cooley sweep the blue * ribbon over some top entries . Mack Motes tied reserve on SHADOW ’ S ROYAL FLUSH . The Men ’ s Amateur Class was won by Howard Hundley on GO BOY ’ S DREAMER . Howard is an active competitor and did a top job in showing his horse at this show .

Over 220 Walking Horses competed in the fourteen classes in the afternoon and evening sessions . Complete results of the classes can be found in the Horse Show Results section of this magazine .

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