ALABAMA
WALKING ON
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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 .
BRIDLEWOOD STABLES MORRIS , ALABAMA
WAYNE LUNA TRAINER
GAIL & GENE CHAMBERS OWNERS
96 Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse