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SOLITUDE STOCK FARM
This beautiful spread just outside Nashville in Goodlettsville , Tennessee is truly one of the real show places of the breed . H . L . Worrell is the owner of Solitude and he recently informed us of a major sale out of his farm .
DELIGHT DANDY was purchased by Stoney Lonesome Farms owned by Eleanor Grove in Hamilton , Ohio . This fine two-year-old chestnut stud is one of the highest-priced horses for his age ever to be sold . He was shown and sold by trainer Fred Brake .
DELIGHT DANDY will be trained by Doug Smith and James Grove at the farm in Ohio .
Mr . Worrell extended an open invitation to those interested in horses to visit his farm and check over his stock .
PIERCE JOINS BIG TALK FARMS
We recently learned from Douglas Cagle , ownermanager of Big Talk Farms in Atlanta , Georgia , that he has acquired the services of Alton B . ( Junior ) Pierce in a training capacity . Junior is well-known throughout the show horse world and is recognized as a capable trainer , judge and horseman : in business for several years , Big Talk Farms has been showing a lot of open and amateur horses with great success . Their stable operation was built around GO BOY ’ S BIG TALK , a horse with an established reputation several years ago and from this fine start they have done very well . Mr . Cagle , an accomplished horseman in his own right , is also an executive with a chicken processing company and can probably use the assistance that Mr . Pierce can obviously give him . Junior Pierce is best known for his activities several years ago with a top stallion named TOM DOOLEY . Together they took on and defeated almost all of the top competitors in the country . We hope to see Junior get back into the big-time and bring Big Talk Farms to the top in the Walking Horse world .
MACK K ’ S HANDSHAKER GOES TO CIRCLE A RANCH
It became known several weeks before the Celebration that there would be some changes made in the breeding arrangements of MACK K ’ S HANDSHAKER , the 1960 World ’ s Grand Champion . Purchased by Frank Talbot and William Fickling in 1965 , HAND SHAKER had been well received by southern breeders at the Fickling Rivoli Farm in Macon , Georgia . Management , however , was a problem during the sixmonth period that he stood in Macon , and during the Celebration it was revealed that he would stand the 1969 season at the Circle A Ranch in Sandersville , Georgia , home of the Gene Adams Walking Horse Stables . Mr . Adams , a well known and respected horseman with years of experience , will manage the breeding activities of HANDSHAKER next season . He will be assisted by Mr . Roger Hand , an Auburn graduate with considerable experience in the breeding field . Anyone interested in booking for the 1969 season can call Gene Adams , Sandersville , Georgia , 912 / 552-2292 . The fee is still $ 200.00 . No announcement has been made as yet regarding the agreement to stand HANDSHAKER part of the year at Wolaver Stables in Cornersville , Tennessee . More on this later !
AUXIER FARMS
Auxier Farms , one of the newer Ohio stables , is located east of Cincinnati at Batavia . The thirty head of registered Tennessee Walking Horses are in the capable hands of Jay Cobb , who came to Batavia a year and a half ago after having worked with Bobby McQuerry at Claude Brown Stables .
SHADOW ’ S KING BEE , a truly spectacular threeyear-old stallion , has captured the hearts of spectators and judges alike . Although conceding a year ’ s age and experience , he decisively captured the blue in the large junior stake at Dayton , Ohio . Previously he had claimed the reserve spot in a field of twenty-two junior horses at Cincinnati .
BOMBARDIER ’ S HAINT , a two-year-old stallion , has proven himself one of the top two-year-olds in the Ohio-Kentucky circuit . Never tied out of the money , this exciting youngster already has four blues and several reds in his collection .
TOP CAT , the Auxiers ’ aged stud , is one of the seasoned pros on the circuit . Always turning in a sterling performance , he consistently accounts for his fair share of top ribbons in open and stake classes .
Launching a promising career in correct fashion is WELLS SHADY LADY . This two-year-old brought home the blue on her first attempt just a short time ago .
GRIFFIN , GEORGIA 30223 1 PHONE ( 404 ) 228-1637
W . D . ELLIOTT Manager & Trainer Invites You To Visit
DELTA VALLEY STABLES
One of the newest and nicest training facilities in the country is located in Cleveland , Mississippi . This new stable is appropriately named Delta Valley Stables and is owned by Alvin Roberts of Cleveland .
Alvin has hired John Stroud to train his stock and John is certainly doing a good job . The barn is an upto-date training facility with 37 stalls . Living quarters and a lounge are included to make this stable one of the nicer ones to visit . The operation has been open about four months and already 32 horses are in training . The stable is planning to show at all of the Deep South shows this year .
SUN ’ S CRIMSON TIDE , by MIDNIGHT SUN out of a GO BOY mare , is standing at Delta Valley . John says he also plans to show this horse at some shows . By the way , John is again working MACK K ’ S SOU VENIR , and with great results . Watch for this great team and all of the blue-ribbon entries from Delta Valley Stables .
22 Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse