THE VIRGINIA VOICE by CHARLOTTE BARNES Lauderdale Stables Rt. 2 Buchanan, Virginia
Lauderdale Stables was recently visited by one of the prominent Virginia trainers, Ernest Bugg of Lawnvale Farms, Haymarket. Ernest is presently working 12 horses. For Guy Simpson of Annandale he has a beautiful black stud by GO BOY’ S JIM DANDY which he claims is one of the best he’ s ever broken. DE LIGHT’ S DELUSION, the good two-year-old that Ernest showed last year, is taking very well to the canter and is improving in his other gaits. Mr. Simpson also owns SILVER TEMPTATION, a five-year-old dapple-grey stud which Ernest hopes will be a top stake horse.
In the filly department is a real good little bay by MAJOR WILSON that is owned by John Ferguson, Denver, Colorado. For Miss Helen Riddle, Altoona, Pa., Ernest has a coming three-year-old filly by a SUNDUST stud out of a MERRY BOY mare that sounds very exciting. Of course you all remember PIED PIPER’ S HELLINA, that great little sorrel filly owned by Ernest and E. J. Whitlock... she’ s cantering now and looks as though she’ s going to make a great three-year-old.
The Amateur Division at Lawnvale will be headed by H. B. Johnson of Haymarket, who placed second in the state in 1968 on SOUVENIR’ S FLASH.
On the local scene, our friends and neighbors, Mr. and Mrs.( Ed & Red) Bryant are well stocked with black studs. Ed has been a Walking Horse enthusiast for many years and Red, along with their four sons, shares his interest. At present they are the proud owners of a beautiful fourteen-month-old MERRY GO BOY black stud out of MIDNIGHT GLORY GIRL. The Bryants purchased this beautiful colt from C. C. Turner, Broadway, while at the Broadway show.
Another nice colt that Ed and Red have is a twoyear-old, JET AT KNIGHT, sired by Clarence Goodson’ s good stake horse, SUN’ S JET RETURN, and out of an OLD GLORY mare. This handsome, pacy black colt was purchased from Sheldon Epperly of Vinton and Cecil Firebaugh, two more local devotees of the breed.
DANDY ANDY ALLEN, a big-licking three-year-old by MIDNIGHT G out of a MIDNIGHT SUN mare, is Ed’ s kind of horse. He’ s close to 17 hands, has the bone structure to go with the height, and can really " go yonder”!
One of our good friends, Dick Myer, trainer at Marwood Farms, Stuart’ s Draft, came by the other day and we went to take a look at the stock of another neighbor, John Shiflett. Heading the list at John’ s barn will once again be the popular GO BOY’ S ES QUIRE, owned by John and O. R. Robinson of Buchanan. ESQUIRE has more speed and front end that he did as a two-year-old and he’ s taking the canter just fine. O. R. has a great little filly by EBONY MAS TERPIECE and out of a MACK K mare that is really a walking piece of machinery. DOLLY, as they call her, really keeps that back end up under her and gets out with the front end... and can she come up! O. R. may show this little gal himself.
John also has a beautiful black filly that he purchased in Alabama last summer and just broke in the fall. Unless I miss my guess she’ ll make a SHOW mare. She’ s just as cocky as you could want and has a real pop eye on her and the spirit to go with it. With her loose, free way-of-going and the guts she’ s got, she’ ll make a top colt!
Dick is working eight two-year-olds and, unless I’ ve heard wrong, has been joined by Everett Majors of Brookneal. Everett has a black stud colt he is really excited about. Everett says SUNDUST WAR EAGLE, owned by James Bailey of Brookneal, is the best colt he has ever started and is walking a hole in the ground!
For Carlton Elder of Roanoke Everett has a MAJOR WILSON stud colt that was broken too late to show as a two-year-old, but will make a " booger” this year. Robert Marshall of Brookneal has a MAJOR WILSON five-year-old with Everett that they say looks just like his old daddy and goes just like him, too. Robert also has a two-year-old stud, same breeding, that is just as loose as he can be and looks like he’ ll make a good ' un!
Kyle Knott of Brookneal has a sorrel two-year-old stud, FLAMING STAR by MAJOR WILSON out of a WILSON ALLEN mare, that is doing real good.
Eddie Parson of Lynchburg has returned from his tour of duty in the service and is presently working four horses. Good luck to you, Eddie, and also to the new team of Dick Myers and Everett Majors at Marwood Farms in Stuart’ s Draft.
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