ALABAMA
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Gail B. Chambers Box 14 Morris, Alabama
ALABAMA HORSEMAN’ S ASSOCIATION AWARDS
A cold December day saw horsemen from all over Alabama gathering in Birmingham for meetings and a banquet. Officers for the 1969 season include: J. W. Renfroe, President; R. F. Ellis, Vice President; Mrs. Eugene( Gail) Chambers, Secretary; and Mark Williamson, Treasurer. The board members from the Walking Division include Sonny Southerland, Bill Hackney, R. F. Ellis, Claude Shaw and L. M. Hilley. The Association had a good year in 1968 and is looking forward to an even bigger and better year in 1969.
As members entered the banquet room, their eyes were caught by the tables laden with beautiful silver casseroles and huge Alabama State Championship ribbons. Listed below are the winners in the twelve classes of the Walking Division; horse, rider and owner respectively. A horse must tie at least four times in an AHA approved show in order to tie for a championship award.
TWO-YEAR-OLD:( 1) MAN ABOUT TOWN, Sonny Southerland, owner-rider;( 2) SUN’ S SPARK PLUG, Roger Westbrooks for Willie Flowers.
THREE-YEAR-OLD:( 1) CASTRO’ S WILD FLOWER, Billy Renfroe, owner-rider;( 2) CLOWN’ S MR. SPEC IAL, Hershel Talley, owner-rider.
FOUR-YEAR-OLD:( 1) MR. FREEWHEEL, Jimmy Ellis for Ellis Farms;( 2) SUN’ S STAR DUST, Sonny Southerland for Huddleston Homes;( 3) ALLEY CAT, Wayne Luna for Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Barger.
AGED MARES:( 1) MIDNIGHT REBA, Claude Shaw for Travis & Hamilton;( 2) Tied between- BARBARAS INK SPOT, David Bledsoe for Dr. O. H. Chitwood and CADILLAC’ S JEWEL, Jimmy Ellis for Ellis Farms;( 3) SUN DUST QUEEN, Peck Stone for Dr. J. D. Bush;( 4) BLUE’ S MARY DOLL, Jimmy Hicks for Dr. Harry Blaylock;( 5) SUN’ S JENNY LYNN, Hulon Humphrey for Hansel McElroy.
AGED STALLION & GELDING:( 1) MACK K’ S MAGNUM, Tex Smith for ' Jed Vaughn;( 2) SHIP’ S GO BOY, David Bledsoe for Dr. O. H. Chitwood;( 3) NATCHEZ JET PARADE, H. T. Renfroe, owner-rider.
JUVENILE 12 AND UNDER:( 1) 77 SUN DUST STRIP, Linda Kirchler for Herman Kirchler;( 2) SOCK IT TO ME GO BOY, Woody Marks, owner-rider;( 3) GO BOY’ S MISS NASSAU, Woody Marks for Ben Beckham;( 4) LITTLE AFTER DAWN, Liz Coffee, owner-rider.
JUVENILE 13 THRU 17:( 1) GO BOY’ S JOY, Clarence Daugette, owner-rider;( 2) MACK’ S FLAM ING MAMIE, Jane Yeager, owner-rider( 3) LET ME GO GIRL, Layne Lackey, owner-rider.
WALKING PLEASURE HORSES:( 1) GO BOY’ S COPY CAT, Ken Kirchler for Trio Acres;( 2) MY MIS TER LUCKY, Janet Hackney for Huddleston Homes;( 3) SUN’ S SILVER STAR, Gail Chambers for Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Barger;( 4) MAGIC MUSIC, Ricky Mason, owner-rider.
LADIES AMATEUR:( 1) PRIDE OFKNIGHT, Janet Hackney, owner-rider;( 2) CHEERLEADER’ S LADY, Betty Mock for Cliff Mock;( 3) Tied between ALLEY CAT, Gail Chambers for Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Barger, and SUMMER WINE, Jeffray Ryding, owner-rider;( 4)
RHYTHM JANE, Margaret Babb, owner-rider;( 5) BIG MAN’ S PERFECTION, Mrs. Joe Grooms, ownerrider. WALKING PONIES:( 1) LITTLE BIT O’ TROUBLE, Lissa Walls, owner-rider;( 2) SOCIETY 22, David Corley, owner-rider;( 3) GO BOY’ S FANCY MAN, Mike Hosch for M. J. Hosch;( 4) T. H. E. CAT, Buck Shaw for Shaw & Abrams.
AMATEURS ON WALKING HORSES:( 1) CLOWN’ S SPUR, Lloyd Wood, owner-rider;( 2) MACK K’ S MI GHTY MISSILE, Mrs. H. T. Renfroe, owner-rider;( 3) CASTRO’ S RED CLOUD, Tom Ellis, owner-rider. WALKING HORSE CHAMPIONSHIP:( l) CLOWN’ S IMAGE, Hershel Talley for Jim Yeager.
NEVER FORSAKEN
God is the hardest taskmaster I have known on this earth, and he tries you through and through. And when you find that your faith is failing or your body is failing you, and you are sinking, he comes to your assistance somehow or other and proves to you that you must not lose your faith and that he is always at your beck and call, but on his terms, not on your terms. So I have found. I cannot really recall a single instance when, at the eleventh hour, he has forsaken me.
Mahatma Gandhi
ALABAMA!
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE We will be open every Sunday in February from 1-4 P. M. Come by, talk horses and have a cup of coffee with us.
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