MICHIGAN NEWS
All of the Walking Horse people in Mich^‘ anxiously awaiting the 1968 show season. I
WHIS PER IN G PINES STABLE- Word comes from Dr. John Sackett, owner of this fine establishment, that his horses are in top shape for the show seas 1 • He recently purchased a top six-year-old gclanig, • MOONGLOW, from the Mel Norman Stables, inis horse came up from Tennessee last summer, w ere
he had been in training at Vic Thompson Stables. He should make a top amateur horse this season.. • WALKIN’ JOHN, a fine chestnut five-year-old stallion, has been in training since January with Bob Gilmore, trainer at Mel Norman Stables. He is coming along and may be the one to beat!... GO BOY S NUF SED, a little bay gelding, will be young Greg Sackett’ s juvenile mount this season. Watch him!
BROOKS1DE FARM STABLE, owned by Leo Barth of Hastings, sends word that SUN-GLO, a black MID NIGHT SUN stallion, is doing fine this spring. Watch for him in the new Park Pleasure classes this season!... Also, Leo has a fine black two-year-old filly by MERRY GO BOY. Her name is BROOKSIDE’ S SUN’ S NODDER. She just had her tail cut and will be ready to go in the ring! Leo’ s Michigan Walking Horse Sale will be on May 18. It is the largest one in Michigan and should have many fine horses consigned.
MEL NORMAN STABLES- Trainer Bob Gilmore says there has been much activity around the barn. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Minder, Parma, have recently purchased two fine brood mares. One is a MIDNIGHT SUN bred mare and the other is a MILLER’ S WIL SON ALLEN bred mare... Barney Chance, Kalamazoo, purchased a six-year-old bay gelding by MID NIGHT AT TOPSIDE, that fine horse that Clint Robinson is standing now at Haynes Haven Farm, Spring
Hill, Tennessee. Barney is just getting into the horse business, and finds these Walking Horses most enjoyable!... Paige Emmons, Galesburg, just purchased a fine three-year-old from Mr. Norman. MIDNIGHT SAM L. is by MIDNIGHT SUN out of a MERRY BOY mare. He is coming along very well for a young horse. With that kind of breeding, he should go a long way!... Perry Gray of Hillsdale has his horse in training. MOONLIGHT GAMBLER is a seven-year-old bay gelding that came from the Vic Thompson Stables last summer. Bob Gilmore has him in top show shape. Chances are that he will be tough competition in the amateur classes! He is by MIDNIGHT SUN... Everett Roberts, Jonesville, has a two-year-old SUN’ S DELIGHT colt in training. He is coming along well and looks like a top prospect.
A1 and Edna Harris, Pontiac, are counting the days until the show season starts, as they have some fine horses which, we hear, are as fit as fiddles! Edna will be riding GO BOY’ S COMMANDER P and A1 will be riding GO BOY’ S CINDY SUE. Last year they both did very well with these horses. They’ ll be hard to beat again this year!
Diane Burrows Hall will be riding her Amateur Champion, SPUR’ S FULL HOUSE, again in 1968. He is a top stallion in Michigan competition. We wish her lots of luck this year.
Dr. Manley Capron of Battle Creek has a beautiful new black stallion called SUN’ S DARK SECRET. He
will be breeding many of Michigan’ s top mares this
46 season. The doctor has some top brood mares * ^ colts, some of which look like good show prospects He has recently completed a new show barn that •' inct lm / elv!
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MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION AWARDS HONORS; PLANS BANNER YEAR FOR i968
The Walking Horse Association of Michigan is fairly sizable and very active group, comprised rff nearly one hundred avid Walking Horse enthusiasts from throughout the state. The WHAM organization started its fiscal year in November of 1967 with the election of new 1968 of fleers. They include: Allan Harris, President; Mel Nor ~ man, Vice President; Diane Hall, Secretary-Treasurerand Edna Harris, Point Secretary. The Board of Di’ rectors is as follows: Walter Jenvey, Paige Emmons Leo Barth and Dr. John Sackett, Imm. Past President’
The 1967 Awards Banquet was held in Ann Arbor Michigan at the Inn America on March 30, 1968. This was the highlight of the year’ s activities. Trophies were awarded at this banquet to the following:
OPEN CLASS: Grand Champion, RAMBLER’ S SON Pine Hill Farm; Reserve, HANDSHAKER’ S NITE CAP, D. J. Rush. AMATEUR CLASS: Grand Champion, SPUR’ S FULL HOUSE, Diane Hall; Reserve, GO BOY’ S CINDY SUE, Allan Harris. JUNIOR CLASS: Grand Champion, DIAMOND’ S GRANDSON, Pine Hill Farm( R. B. Chambers); Reserve, GO BOY’ S CINDY SUE, Allan Harris. TWO-YEAR-OLD CLASS: Grand Champion, GO BOY’ S SUNDOWNER, Harriet Hayner; Reserve, IN GLE’ S EL DORADO, Pine Hill Farms.
PLEASURE CLASS: Grand Champion, FORWARD LOOK, Glen Harmon; Reserve, B. MAJOR’ S BOMB,
Edith Buxton. EQUITATION: Grand Champion, Paula Emmons
Simpson; Reserve, Robert Gorham. GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD: Pam Norman
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we have three groups in the Walking Horse business who are subject to our rules. These are:( 1) Exhibitors- both professionals and amateurs;( 2) Horse Show Managers; and( 3) Judges. If we are to achieve the high standards we all seek for this breed we must
make every effort to see that the prescribed rules are followed.
We would like to point out the following infractions which seem to be most common:
( 1) Judges working horses only one way of the ring in a workout;( 2) Exhibitors receiving assistance from outside the ring without being charged with a time out;( 3) Horses being allowed to enter the ring after the judge has called for the first gait;( 4) Stallions being shown in Ladies’ Amateur Classes;( 5) Three-, four- and five-year-olds being shown in two-year-old classes;( 6) Horses measuring over 14.2 hands being shown in Walking Pony classes;( 7) Young trainers,
who work horses for money, showing in Amateur, Juvenile and Pony classes;( 8) Changing boots in the showring; and( 9) Allowing too much time for a single time out( seven minutes is the limit)...., We ve got rules... let’ s follow ' em. If we don’ t like em, let’ s change ' em! Until then, follow the ones we have.
Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse