1968-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1968 September/October Voice RS | Page 74

The annual auction sale of yearling colts and fillies
at the Harlinsdale Farm in Franklin, Tennessee was
one of the highlights of Celebration week activity. The
three-day sale got underway on Wednesday, Septem­
ber 4 and saw approximately 150 colts go through
before completion on Friday.
The auctioneers did a splendid job of keeping the
sale moving while giving the buyers a full explanation
on all colts. The two auctioneers working the Harlins­
dale Sale were Col. Fulton Beasley of Franklin and
Hunter McDuffie of Camden, Alabama. The other per­
sonnel on the Farm did their usual outstanding job
in keeping buyers and sellers fully informed on their
horses.
The prices on colts at the sale was very good. The
overall average was near SI,300 with three colts sold
for over $5,000. The top twenty horses in the sale
averaged S3,107; the top fifteen colts averaged S3,586;
the top ten colts averaged $4,400 and the top five
colts averaged just over $6,000. These averages point
out that there were many top colts going through the
sale and they brought good prices. Harlinsdale has
established a reputation for top colts and this sale
certainly provided buyers with plenty of colts in this
category’.
The top-priced