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

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 .
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