1968-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1968 June Voice RS | Page 48

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The Amateur Class saw the debut of the muchlooked-forward-to GO BOY’ S CHATTERBOX with Candace Williams up for the first time. It was no disappointment to Walking Horse enthusiasts as Miss Williams piloted her mount to a performance that was near the peak of perfection that we witnessed in this ring last year. She is a great rider and CHATTER­ BOX is a top horse. What more could one ask? They tied first on all three cards. Reserve to this top team was MY SUNDUST SENSATION with W. T. Baynard of Baton Rouge up. Frank Parnell, riding his popular DARK MAGIC, took third place honors in this class of top contenders.

Buddy Hugh established SPECIAL DELIVERY as a definite threat to any claim to Three-Year-Old titles as they put on one of the best performances seen this year. The big chestnut SUN ' S DELIGHT stallioncame in the gate looking great and kept getting better. This horse has all the ingredients necessary to achieve stardom in this business and owner Hank Sheely hopes to see him reach the top. Reserve in this fine

class was GO BOY ' S BLACK ROOSTER, a much improved horse over last year. Carlton Pitts has done an excellent job with this fine GO BOY stud and should make even more improvement as the season goes on. Owner E. A. Self of Mobile, Alabama has high hopes for this full brother to BLACK JACK.

EBONY’ S OLD CHARTER, the finest colt by our 1962 World Champion since EBONY’ S OLD CROW, came on strong to win the Two-Year-Old Stallion Championship. Ridden by Richard Pate, this fine deep sorrel stud established himself as one of the truly great natural colts to come along in quite a while. Tying first on all three cards, he well deserved the applause he received from the non-partisan crowd. Reserve in this class was PERFECTION’ S PRESIDENT, an impressive colt owned by Lloyd Wood of Tuscaloosa, Alabama and ridden by Marvin Wilson out of the Vic Thompson Stables. Third was Jimmy Waddell riding DELIGHT’ S ROMEO, a fine stud owned by Jack Johnson of Brownsville, Tennessee.

Space will not permit the mention of all the many fine horses that tied in the top three of every class but some deserve more than casual mention. PER­ FECTION’ S SHADOW S with Molly Babcock Tallent up made a fine show to win the Ladies Amateur Class. Buddy Black on GO BOY’ S BRENDA LEE kept this fine mare in contention for junior honors in winning the Four-Year-Old Mare Class. EBONY’ S MARCH WIND, a beautiful sorrel mare ridden by Jimmy Waddell for S. W. Beech, showed well to win the Three- Year-Old Mare Class, and Marvin Wilson also made a top show7 with DOUBLE TROUBLE to win the Two- Year-Old Gelding Class. Marvin came back to win another blue with ROCK-A-BY-LADY in the Age Mare Class for Ann Daugette.

Donald Paschal showed EBONY’ S OLD CROW in the Age Gelding Class and was in top form to take the blue from some top geldings. One of the most talked-about horses on the show grounds was COPY’ S RECORD, a beautiful black filly by CARBON COPY that took the blue in her first time out with Dude Crowrder up for W. H. Medlin of Raleigh, North Carolina. We are sorry to have omitted so many fine horses, but complete results and reprints of the judges’ cards are included in this issue.

PROUDLY ANNOUNCES 1968 SANCTIONED HORSE SHOW SCHEDULE

SHOWS SCHEDULED BUT NOT YET SANCTIONED

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