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Walking ‘Free and Easy’
by Mrs. Jimmie Gray
Bob Reid & Son Stable, located on Highway 31 near
Lewisburg, is a beehive of activity these days. They
have a number of outstanding trainees getting ready
for this season.
The fine black three-year-old HANDSHAKER mare,
owned by Jim Beasley and shown last year to several
blue ribbons by Bob, is in top form for hot competi­
tion. Mr. Jim also has two very promising two-year-
olds in training here.
Jerry Bradford owns a three-year-old MIDNIGHT
SUN stallion. This one, winner of many ribbons as a
two-year-old, shows much improvement. Mr. Bradford
also has a good three-year-old bay mare that should
attract some attention in the show ring.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Gracey of Fayetteville have four
in training here, all of them good stock. Showing great
promise is an eyecatching two-year-old filly by MID­
NIGHT SUN. Making steady progress toward her
debut in the showring is another by MIDNIGHT SUN,
a sorrel three-year-old mare. For junior mare compe­
tition they have a black one by PIDDLEY out of a
MIDNIGHT SUN mare. She is a full sister to SUN
DUST and is exciting. The Graceys’ pride and joy is
their DELIGHTS ANN, a great three-year-old mare
by SUN’S DELIGHT that was campaigned so success­
fully last season by Bob Reid.
Bud Byrom and son Joe have opened a stable at
their farm in the Await community of Franklin County.
The Byroms are horsemen of the stickability kind,
knowledge and love for the breed being handed down
from generation to generation. Joe already has sev­
eral that he is breaking and training. Two that he is
real high on are a HANDSHAKER stud colt owned
by Clifford Mosely and a GO BOY’S SHADOW filly
owned by C. O. Jones.
Horses are strictly a family affair with the Dick
Warners of Tullahoma. The two brood mares are
owned by the men. One, by MIDNIGHT SUN, has an
enviable show record. MIDNIGHT NANCY PAGE
also has a beautiful filly colt, black with an off-center
star, by EBONY MASTERPIECE, and has been bred
back to MERRY GO BOY. Dick Warner claims her.
The other mare, MR. GLORY’S ANGEL, belongs to
son Jack. ANGEL also has a filly colt by MASTER­
PIECE, this one a chestnut.
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