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The liveliness of the night did not end when the horses had been worked, however, for Alvin sold his two-year-old bay MACK K stallion to Paul Dabbs of Jackson.
The party was quite a success and continued into the morning hours. The tackroom became a dance floor before it was over.
Delta Valley Stables is a workable barn and its owners extend a cordial invitation to visitors.
MOONGLOW STABLES
Boyd Melton, trainer, and his assistant Chesley Black have a number of fine entries from the Moonglow Stables, Barnwell, South Carolina. Owners Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Black, Jr. have had to expand with a five-stall addition and a new office to take care of these fine horses.
Their starting two-year-old entry will be KAY’ S MISS SECRET, a black filly owned by Miss Kay Flowers, Bishopville. Kay also has an aged black stud, SHADOW’ S SNAPBACK, that Boyd will show in the Stud & Gelding Classes.
SPIRIT KING OF ROAD by SPIRIT OF MIDNIGHT will be their three-year-old entry. This chestnut stud, owned by Edward Richardson, Barnwell, is reportedly doing well in all three gaits.
A blue roan SUN’ S DELIGHT stud, LITTLE DE- HT. owned by Paul and Earl Hartzog of Norway, ily " walk on” in Junior Classes. Boyd also rej '. eri--. hat excellent progress is being made with two is, one a chestnut sorrel by BOMB’ S BALmc the other a black stud by SUN’ S DE-
-TT a; \ owned by the Blacks., ise was held recently for friends from South ac Tennessee, with an old-fashioned barn-r.: working display of their horses.
RYDER WALKING HORSE STABLE
... Crowder Stable will be presenting many
.• vines in 1969. The most recent of these is an. C ng gelding, EBONY’ S OLD CROW, purchased S. W. Beech and Billy Hale, with C. A. Bobo as agent, for young Joanne Childre to show in Juvenile ■- vents. Joanne is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Fields of Goldsboro, North Carolina. OLD CROW’ s long record of wins is sure to continue for his new owner and we predict they will make a top Juvenile team.
Premiering in the Amateur ranks for the first time in Montgomery was another of Dude’ s outstanding teams— CRIMSON TIDE and A. Hobgood of Smithfield, North Carolina. With a few months of practice, this pair will be ready!
Those who have watched him work say that Bill Medlin’ s two-year-old Futurity stud, DELIGHT’ S RED SHADOW by SUN’ S DELIGHT, will create an even greater sensation than did his 1968 star, COPY’ S RECORD. This will be one to really watch for!
Another outstanding two-year-old colt who will be
A‘ H ° b good’ s black stud colt, STAIk^ KNIGHT by STATELY GO BOY AGAIN This is a beautiful bold-moving colt.. A bTl^ck three-year-old mare by MIDNIGHT SUN ACAI.\, owned by Sunny Chumbly, Drake Branch,
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48 teammate, Nancy Elliott. COLONIAL’ S MIDNITE MASQUERADE E. will be a new entry for the Colonial Horses owned by Boyd Elliott, Raleigh, later in the season. This flashy filly will debut in three-year-old classes with Dude up and will switch to juvenile classes in mid-season with Nancy taking the reins.
O. B. Stansfield’ s tremendous stud, SUN’ S BLACK SHADOW, will be a most formidable entry in stake classes this season. His performance in the Murfreesboro Show last year left no doubt that he can go
with the best.
Also attracting a lot of attention last year was Clarence Edwards’ stud, GREENBACK’ S SHADOW by GREENBACK MONEYTREE. He’ ll be back this season in junior classes.
ELLIS, LOWE AND LOWE MOVE DOUBLE DELIGHT TO STEVE HILL STABLES
DOUBLE DELIGHT 00, perhaps the most discussed horse of 1968, considering his limited showring action, has been moved from Elmore Brock Stables in Sparta, Tennessee to the Steve Hill Stables. Brock, who showed this brilliant deep sorrel stallion to victory in the Two-Year-Old Championship in 1967, showed him sparingly last year as a three-year-old and did not compete with him at the Celebration.
His owners, Jim Ellis of Greensboro, North Carolina, and Morrison and Bob Lowe of Cookeville, Tennessee, stated that Mr. Brock had done an excellent job with DOUBLE DELIGHT and that it was with his full consent that they moved the horse. Now a junior horse, he poses a genuine threat to all horses in this class for 1969. Reportedly he is greater than ever, and Steve Hill is getting along very well with him.
ELLIS AND WRIGHT BOAST TOP BREEDING PROGRAM
Dr. Jim Ellis and Dr. Bill Wright, partners in a wellplanned Walking Horse breeding program, boast one of the finest brood mare bands in the nation. A recent letter from Dr. Ellis said that their breeding program started with MY SHADY LADY, the dam of DOUBLE DELIGHT 00, and has grown to include a band of select mares that produced eight top colts last year.
They have diversified their program to include mares with such top breeding as LITTLE MERRY BOY, GO BOY’ S SHADOW, SHADOW’ S RED WARRIOR, MERRY GO BOY and MIDNIGHT IKE. Crossing these fine mares with such blood as SUN’ S DELIGHT, MIDNIGHT SUN GLO O and EBONY MASTERPIECE has produced a crop of colts that has been truly outstanding. Colts from the 1968 crop have already distinguished themselves and it looks as if the 1969 crop will also be distinguished.
Dr. Ellis is particularly pleased with the continued good results with the colts out of MY SHADY LADY. She has had four colts and all have been top colts. Her four crosses of WILSON’ S ALLEN in four generations and the " one shot’’ of GIOVANNI have added something extra to the productive quality of this mare.
Ellis and Wright are also proud of their stallion, MIDNIGHT SUN GLO O, now standing at Stallion Stables. He was bred consistently last year and it looks as if 1969 will be even better with James Rowland handling the program. This black stallion first attracted attention as the sire of MR. GLO, 1967 Reserve World Grand Champion, and it is said that he has amazing ability to pass on his own qualities to his colts.
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