Friday was an unforgettable day with Tennesseans here who thrilled as Nashville came in for a large share of the big time performance which was witnessed by 16,000 horse-lovers from all parts of America .
Paul Whiteman ’ s great gelding , FIT-FOR-A-KING , ridden by Martin Goodrich of Nashville , was declared the champion walking horse in a ring of twelve sweepstakes beauties from Middle Tennessee ; and Dick Duncan , master rider of the incomparable JACQUE- LINE MCDONALD , beautiful five-gaited brilliant chestnut mare , property of Mrs . J . C . Pidgeon of Memphis , took first honors in this ring . The reserve champion in the Tennessee Walking Horse sweepstakes Friday night was SILVER GOLD , ridden by Billy Grubbs . Floyd Caruthers ofWartrace was third on WHITE CLOUD ; Jack Haynes on HAYN ES PEACOCK was fourth ; Steve Hill riding STROLL ING MARY placed fifth , and Mrs . John T . Carter of Lawrenceburg came sixth on TENNESSEE ' S GAY
DARLING .
It was the consensus here today among all Tennesseans and hundreds who have seen these " world s greatest pleasure horses '" at first hand in their stables in the big Garden after the rings were over , that the trip to New York has been a most successful one and that this breed of horses with their " free and easy ” gaits have made a favorable impression on horse lovers who are assembled here from all parts of the nation .
The stables of these Tennessee Walking Horses were popular spots all Friday afternoon and night ■then eager hundreds looked at these beauties and ked mam / questions about their habits and performance . It was currently reported here today that orders had been placed for many walking horses from Middle Tennessee , and the publicity given here by loading Gotham newspapers and the continued pioneer . ork of Paul Whiteman was placing this breed before re people of this city and section of the country in a highly creditable way .
Dick Duncan and Martin Goodrich , two top trainers of gaited and walking horses , took their winnings with good grace as did the LADY JACQUELINE MCDON ALD , a Tennessee bred mare which was twice champion at Nashville and which placed third in the Louisville 810,000 stake , and FIT-FOR-A-KING , great seven-year-old gelding which is a son of ROAN ALLEN F-38 . These riders and trainers carried their winnings with a smile and were happy today upon being showered with congratulations for their performances .
During the seven days that this big show has run in the tanbark arena of the Garden , which will be converted into a " sea of ice ” on Sunday for hockey games , enough silver plate and silver trophies have been awarded to stock a sizeable jewelry store of no mean proportion . Some of the cups have been so tall and some of the platters have been so large that the winners had considerable difficulty in carrying their prizes away while seated on their horses . All winnings in the Tennessee Walking Horse classes have been turned back into the treasury of the Walking Horse Breeders ’ Association at Lewisburg to help defray the expenses of the long trip from the bluegrass section of the Volunteer State to the heart of the Empire State . Whiteman , who gave another dinner party to a group of his Tennessee friends last night after the big
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Paul Whiteman , famous orchestra leader , sianos uesiue mi i-uk a kINC winner of the Walking Horse Stake in Madison Square Garden National Horse Show . Whiteman purchased the champion from Kempkau and Goodrich of Nashville . Martin Goodrich is the rider
horse show , said he was happy to win with his new gelding , FIT-FOR-A-KING . He had as one of his guests Arthur Hopkins , owner of Hambletonian Farms at Goshen , N . Y ., and Greta Stueckgold , prima donna of the Metropolitan Opera Company , both of whom said they believed the Tennessee Walking Horse was destined to assume a larger place in the horse world .
Beginning a trek southward today were many of the Tennessee delegation who have seen their native saddle horses walk their way into the hearts of Easterners and perform on the tanbark of Madison Square Garden just as they are wont to do on the bluegrass field and the dirt roads of Bedford , Coffee , Moore , Lincoln , Marshall , Maury , Giles , Lawrence , Williamson , and Davidson Counties in Middle Tennessee .
These departing Tennesseans have also been treated royally by New Yorkers and will carry home with them many happy memories of a great week at a great horse show ; and they will long remember the magnificent and superb horsemanship of the Chilean Army team last night to place first over the teams of Mexico and the United States . Too , they will not soon forget the jumping of PORT LIGHT , bay gelding which was ridden by Morton W . Smith to cop the sixday knock-down-and-out championship in the final lap last night . Other events of Friday which are too numerous to mention will continue to crowd into the memories of the visitors from the Volunteer State who have had a great week in New York . Tonight when the pink-coat trumpeter lays down his long silver bugle , and the beaver and top hats are taken off , and the fences , barriers , jumps , evergreens and shocks of corn are stored away , and the tanbark goes out through the trap doors of the horse show arena to make ready for other sporting events in the Garden , another national horse show will have passed into history ; but the Tennessee walking horse will continue to do the flat-foot walk , the running walk and the canter among the rolling hills and fertile valleys in Middle Tennessee which is now definitely known as " the walking horse capital of the world . And as they are saying in New York today , in speaking of these great horses , " It ’ s a dollar to a doughnut , if you ride one today , you ’ ll probably own one tomorrow .”
Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse