1968-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1968 November Voice RS | Page 16

NORTH
STATE
DRAWS TOP
WALKING HORSES
Carolyn Elliot
TOR'S NOTE — We would like 10 welcome Mrs.
d Elliott of Raleigh, North Carolina, as a new
iribuiing Editor for the VOICE. Carolyn will be
srtin.' on the news in the eastern part of the
.try. especially the Carolinas. She and her faini-
ave been active in the Walking Horse business
several years, and she comes well recommended
itir news reporter. This is her first article and it
:ams a report on the Raleigh Horse Show as
a a, report on other activity in North Carolina,
one having news for Mrs. Elliott can contact
;
Pamlico Drive, Raleigh, N. C.
Hi orth Carolina is becoming a hot-
11 bed of activity for the Tennessee
Walking Horse and the state champ­
ionship show, held September 17-21
at the Coliseum in Raleigh, certainly
proved this point. The Honorable
Vic Thompson of Shelbyville, Ten­
nessee was the judge and he did a
most commendable job even though
some of the classes were very large.
Managed by the matchless team of
Bob and Bill Dillon, the show was
run in a most efficient manner from
every standpoint. The popular Frank
Smith of High Point was announcer
and he did his usual fine job of keep­
ing things moving. It was a fine
show that was a pleasure for every­
one, both exhibitors and spectators.
There were several high spots of
excitement for Walking Horses, in­
cluding the Championship Stake
Class on Saturday night. There were
12 entries with several contenders
that fall into the "top horse" catego­
ry. SUN’S ELIMINATOR, the much-
heralded Junior horse from David
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Welsh’s stables, proved to be su­
perb as he took this important blue
for owner Janice Brown of Fort Lau­
derdale, Florida. Reserve was SUN’S
CHAPARRAL, the Reserve Champ­
ion Junior Horse of 1968, with John
T. Carter up for Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Carr of Johnson City, Tennessee.
Third was an on-coming favorite,
SUN DUST PRECISION, with C. A.
Bobo up for Jack Brewer of Florence,
Alabama.
The Amateur Class, with 14 top en­
tries, saw two of the nation’s finest,
HILL’S PERFECTION and MIKE’S
MIGHTY MAN, lock horns in a great
contest. Kim Lovette made one of
her finest performances to take the
blue while Pam Reed was reserve
on MIKE. J. D. Browning was third
on MIKE’S GO BOY.
Juveniles were much in evidence
as Nancy Elliott took top honors on
COLONIAL’S CONTENDER over a
field of 20 fine entries. Steve Mc-
Laurin was reserve on GO BOY’S
DARK WONDER, and popular Mary
Beth Dalton was third on her World
Champion Juvenile Horse, WALL’S
GO BOY.
Other notes of great interest were
the number of horses entered in sev­
eral preliminary classes. The Two-
Year-Old Class saw 19 young horses
hit the gate in fine form. It was Joe
Gibbs on CARBON’S BIG SHELBY
that outlasted the field to take honors
in this good class. Another class
with considerable competition was
the Three-Year-Old event that saw
George Livingston of Shelbyville,
Tennessee take the blue on SUN’S
ROCKET GO MAN for W. A. Berry
of Bishopville, S. C. over a field of
15 entries.
Nineteen horses stirred up the dust
in the Age Stallion Class and it was
SUN DUST PRECISION with C. A.
Bobo up that took the top spot. Am­
ateurs took top honors for number
of entries as a great class of thirty-
two horses thrilled the fine crowd of
enthusiasts in the coliseum. This
really top class was won by MIKE’S
MIGHTY MAN in a great show by
Pam Reed.
All things considered, it was a
great week for North Carolina Walk­
ing Horse lovers and we hope every­
one will make plans now to attend
next year and make a victory at the
North Carolina State Championship
Horse Show a much-coveted honor.
Complete results can be found else­
where in this issue.
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A bit of late news of interest was
a barn party recently given by Dude
Crowder for his friends and custo­
mers. His stable, in Creedmoor, NC,
was the scene of a steak cookout on
Saturday, October 26, with approxi­
mately thirty persons attending.
Following dinner, a dual program
got underway with the presentation,
by Dude, of the 1968 SPORTSMAN­
SHIP AWARD. The recipient of this
handsomely engraved silvere Revere
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