Walking ‘ Free and Easy ’ by Mrs . Jimmie Gray
The Howard Starnes family of Sweeden , Kentucky are very enthusiastic about their horses and the horse business in general . OLD HICKORY ’ S TRAVELER is their double-bred WILSON ALLEN stallion ; he is a pretty bay six-year-old being trained by Fred Ray at Thompson Ranch , Edmonton , Ky . Shown extensively throughout Kentucky , he ’ s in the money almost every time . Two of his best shows were at Edmonton and at Lebanon , Tennessee .
Daughter Ann has great fun showing SUNSET SHA DOW in pleasure classes . She ’ s proud as punch of her blue ribbon won at Thompkinsville , Kentucky and her second-place tie at Edmonton .
The Starnes have a good prospect in a two-year-old black GO BOY ’ S RAMBLER filly that will be put in training this fall .
When I talked with the Starnes family , they were all real excited about a new one they had just bought . SOCIETY SUN S is a two-year-old stallion , ready for trainer Fred Ray to start his schooling . Best wishes for many ribbons to these nice people ’ s horses .
Ray J . Fogarty , Medina , Texas , is the only Tennessee Walking Horse breeder in his vicinity . His Command Hill Tennessee Walking Horse Farm should do much toward establishing our breed in the midst of Quarter Horse country . Stand at the farm is his stallion , SECRET COMMAND . He ’ s by MIDNIGHT SE CRET and out of MIDNIGHT SUNBONNET M . Mr . Fogarty owns a total of fifteen head ; of these , four are producing mares and another has been bred to RODGERS PERFECTION .
Congratulations to Edd Hill on a job well done with the great three-year-old mare , WINSTON ’ S BLACK GAL . Owned jointly by Mr . Hill and P . O . Harrison , she sold late in the season for the top dollar . I saw her show for the first time as a two-year-old at the Fayetteville Lions Club show and mentioned her in my first article for VOICE . Edd showed her quite successfully throughout Middle Tennessee . New owners Mr . and Mrs . Porter Hickerson must be very proud of their mare ’ s winning the blue ribbon in her class at the Celebration with George Livingston in the saddle .
John Keese recently put a top filly in training with Joe Byrom and is real pleased with her progress . Mr . Keese loves horses and has had his share of bad luck . Let ’ s hope this filly makes the grade for him .
Jim and Ruby Vanzant enjoyed their first trip to the Montgomery Horse Show . They report that it is truly " Montgomery the Magnificent .” The Vanzants own two fine brood mares and , come spring , are looking forward to foals by SUN ’ S CELEBRATION and GO BOY ’ S SUNDUST .
Glen Stewart , Marshville , North Carolina , is the owner of PERFECTION ’ S SON , a black six-year-old stallion by RODGERS PERFECTION out of an ADMIRAL GLEAVES mare . This is an exceptional animal , already a proven breeder and good enough for show
purposes .
Word from the J . W . Tolbert Stable , Waukesha , Wisconsin , is all good . Trainer Glynn Syler is working seven colts . Two he ’ s especially high on : one is a filly by Mr . Tolbert ’ s stallion , SUN ’ S CREATOR , that is very much like her illustrious sire ; the other is a black stud colt that Glynn compares to SHOTGUN , the good horse owned by Sheriff and Mrs . L . O . Ledford . In addition to the seven colts , six other horses are in training here . One of these is the top EBONY MASTERPIECE mare that belongs to the C . Pattons of Hale ’ s Corner , Wisconsin . Glynn and the Tolberts are elated that SUN ’ S CREATOR won his class at the Chicago show .
James Norris Neal enjoys working with his threeyear-old stallion . This one is black , a fine big horse that ’ s showing lots of promise . Youngster Ronnie Neal is riding now and hopes to show some in the future .
I ’ m looking forward to seeing Kenny Kerkeles , son of Tommy and Barbara Kerkeles , show his good pony next year .
Bill McPherson has a great-going aged stallion that he owns himself . JET ’ S ALL AMERICAN is , as the name implies , black .
PINE HILL FARM OXFORD , MICHIGAN TRAINING AND SALES SHOW AND PLEASURE HORSES HOME OF SHADOW ' S ROVER
( - ) wner : Trainer : R- B . CHAMBERS H . JOHNSON MCDONALD
3765 Matermora Road — Phone 313 / 628-1887
© 60 HAROLD KENNEDY WALKING HORSE STABLES
LEWISBURG , TENNESSEE -fr PHONE 359-4211
LOCATED JUST THREE MILES EAST OF LEWISBURG Gf \ HIGHWAY 31 ALT . TO SHELBYVILLE .
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