1968-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1968 May Voice RS | Page 40
ALABAMA WALKING ON
by Gail B. Chambers
Box 14
Morris, Alabama
My column this month will be devoted exclusively to
the Mobile area, thanks to a nice long letter from Ty
Irby. Ty tells me he is the fifteen-year-old manager
and trainer at Irby Stables, owned by his veterinarian
father, Dr. L. E. Irby. HOBO JOE P is their top
breeding stud. By MIDNIGHT SUN, he was trained
and shown by Sam Paschal $s a two-year-old, but
received a permanent injury and has not been shown
since that time.
In the two-vear-old division, the Irbys have two
studs, HOBO’S BLACK MAGIC and SUN’S GYPSY
HOBO. Their three fillies include HOBO’S APRIL
FOOL, MISS SCOOTER and MISS LURLEEN, with the
latter being in training with Jerry Woodall in Laurel,
Mississippi. W. J. Brown of Mobile has his bay two-
year-old, PRIDE’S MERRY MAN, in training with the
Irbys. Two nice three-vear-old mares owned by the
Irbys are SCOOTER’S BOOTS and FAIR LADY MAN.
In the four-year-old classes they will have HOBO’S
EASTER BONNET. Several good horses for the age
classes are GO BOY’S WHITE STAR, STORMY’S OLD
BELLE, COPPER NODDER’S FLASH and SPUR’S
GO WEST, all owned by Irby Stables. In the amateur
classes. W. J. Brown will be showing hs PRIDE’S
FANCY C.. a roan mare. FREDDIE THE FREELOAD
ER is a black walking pony owned by R. B. Jeffries
of Citronelle. The stake horse from Irby Stables is a
black stud, SUN’S MR. PICK, owned by M. C. Farmer
and Dr. L. E. Irby.
The stables of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ellis sounds like
a beautiful place. Mr. Ellis has high hopes for his
junior gelding, CASTRO’S RED CLOUD. They also
have a mare, GO BOY’S FLIRT, that is in foal to
SPURS MR. PICK.
Roy Mitchell has his black mare, GO BOY’S DIA
MOND LIL, in perfect shape for the junior classes.
Mr. Mitchell also has broodmares and young horses.
The Weaver and Morris Farms, owned by H. D.
Weaver and J. H. Morris, have a couple of horses
ready for the ring. Patty Morris will be showing her
black gelding, SON OF IMPALA. EBONY’S DIA
MOND HEAD is their four-year-old stud.
At Lakeview Stables is MIDNIGHTS GRAND SON,
owned by Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ellsberry. This is a two-
year-old black stud. SUN’S CINDERELLA is a nice
mare owned by Mrs. Bobbie Ellsberry and HOBO JR.
is a black gelding owned by E. C. Anderson.
Dawn Aire Stables is owned by Mr. and Mrs. L. L.
Olander and the trainer is E. A. Allsup. SHADOW’S
BLUE BLAZE is a blue roan gelding that will be
shown by Dottie Olander. Two other nice horses own
ed by Mr. Olander are GUNSMOKE’S MISS PRISS,
a three-year-old black mare, and DAWN’S IKE, an
age gray gelding.
Bob Carpenter has two horses that seem to be
coming along nicely. He has a mare called CLOWN’S
COTTON CANDY, and a two-year-old stallion bv
SPUR’S CLOWN.
Of course almost everyone knows by now that Billy
Brantley has moved to Mobile. I am sure this barn
must be buzzing with activity and good horses. I’ll
bet Lynn Doughty is proud to have her SETTING
SUN’S APOLLO so close to home!
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Did you know that Alabama has the second largest
population of Tennessee Walking Horses? There is
only one state ahead of us - you guessed it - Ten
nessee. The many saddle clubs that have been organ
ized in Alabama have done much for the promotion of
all types of horses, particularly quarter horses, Walk
ing Horses and just plain pleasure horses.
Alabama leads the country in the rate of increase in
the number of horse projects among youth. In 1964
the number of 4-H Club projects more than doubled
to a figure of 2,349. By 1966, it had leaped to over
6,100. It is also evident, by the new training barns
that have sprung up within the past two or three
years, that Alabama is on the upswing in the Walking
Horse business.
These pretty spring-like Sunday afternoons have
been bringing the crowds out to Bridlewood Stables in
Morris. Some new horses in the barn for Wayne Luna
to work include SUN’S FLASHING SON, owned by
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Jacks, Jr. of Tarrant. He is a
flashy four-year-old stud. Allen Jacks, Sr. brought
his gelding, PEPPER, to get shaped up to be shown
by Charlotte Jacks. MERRY BOY SANDSTORM is a
big coming five-year-old sorrel horse owmed by Mr.
and Mrs. Eddie Barrow of Tarrant.
Mr. and Mrs. Lou George of Centerpoint have their
blue roan two-year-old in training and Robert Sandlin
of Warrior recently brought a black filly by MERRY
GO BOY to start training. MACK K’S REBEL JOHN
is a nice amateur gelding owned by F. L. Eddings.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Renfroe of Troy will be coming
out with some good horses this season, as usual. SUN
UP R was the winner of the Four-Year-Old Class at
Montgomery this past year and will be a strong con
tender for the big stake at the Celebration this year.
He is a sorrel stallion by MIDNIGHT SUN. Mr. Ren
froe has two sorrel colts by MACK K’S CASTRO
ready for the show ring this season. Mrs. Renfroe will
be showing CASTRO’S BONANZA in Ladies Amateur
and four-year-old classes. This gelding was World’s
Champion Two-Year-Old in 1966. In the Open Ama
teur class, she will show her black stallion, MACK
K’S SPEEDWAY. Renfroe Farms is standing MACK
K’S CASTRO