1969 Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1969 July Voice RS | Page 18

NEW HORSEMEN’S TRAVEL GUIDE
PLANNED FOR FALL RELEASE
Drive all day, then spend half the night looking for
overnight horse stalls.
Few horse owners or trainers who have done any
traveling across the country with their horses have
not encountered this distasteful situation at one time
or another.
Back in the early 1960’s, R. A. Phillips, then of
Ocala, Florida, was such a horseman. Phillips was
trailering loads of his stock from his Florida ranch to
California, and other parts of the country and back to
Florida, when he hit upon the idea of the Horsemen’s
Travel Guide, a handy little book that has since gain­
ed universal popularity with traveling horse owners.
Phillips, who published his first Guide — a listing of
motels with nearby stalls and stables available — in
July, 1963, and eight additional annual or bi-annual
editions since, now plans to publish a completely re­
vised edition this year on a new approach.
Phillips urges the cooperation of all horsemen who
have overnight stables for rent to contact him for a
free listing in the Guide. In order to get the Guide
into the hands of more horsemen, it will be made
available to anyone who requests it for only 25c to
cover handling and postage charges. Phillips encour­
ages all horse owners to get their Guide orders in now
to assure them of a copy when it is printed this Sep­
tember or October.
"Anyone who has stalls, stables or pens for rent
overnight should send me their name, address, zip
code, phone number and area code for their listing,”
Phillips notes. "They should also send in the name of
the nearest recommended motels including the man­
ager’s name and address along with the distances
from the stabling facilities to the motels. All cooperat­
ing motels will be identified by the attractive 'Recom­
mended' decals which we furnish.
"We feel that with the combined efforts of horsemen
across the country, we will soon have a complete
Horsemen's Travel Guide to include all sections of the
United States and Canada.”
The increased demands and requests from scores of
horse owners has prompted Phillips to undertake a
1969 revision of his Guide. (It is carried in your shirt
pocket.) The handy little booklet was last printed
early in 1968.
An additional feature of the new Guide will be the
listing of private stables — as well as fairgrounds and
campgrounds — which make handy stopovers for
horsemen traveling in pickup campers which may need
electric plug-ins for overnight stays.
Phillips has set up headquarters in Arlington, Texas,
as a central base for publication of the new Guide. He
invites all horsemen to join in his effort to make trav­
eling with horses more convenient. To order your
Guide or to submit stabling or camping information,
write R. A. Phillips, 910 Johnson Avenue, =151, Arl­
ington, Texas 76010. Phone [phone] call from
either Fort Worth or Dallas.
1969 DIXIE JUBILEE JUDGES ANNOUNCED
In a recent news release to the VOICE, Mr. C. W.
"Dub" Kennedy announced that the judges for the
1969 Dixie Jubilee would be Benvis Beachboard of
Bell Buckle, Tennessee; K. L. O’Callahan of Sherrill,
Arkansas and Sheriff Clyde Orton of Caruthersville,
Missouri. The show will be held November 6 through
9 at the Agriculture Center on the campus of Louisi­
ana State University in Baton Rouge.
The Dixie Jubilee is one of the finest horse shows in
the country and every effort is made to provide the
finest facilities and accommodations for both exhibi­
tors and their horses. The Jubilee is a real "fun
show” and everyone thoroughly enjoys being in this
classic deep-south city. If you have never attended
this one, make plans to go this year. It is a good one!
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COLT SHOW ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES
SHOW PLANS FOR 1969
The Tennessee State Colt Show Association has ex­
panded its annual show this year into a two-night af­
fair to be held August 22 and 23. The first night’s
show will center around Pleasure Tennessee Walking
Horses and the Open Division of the colt show, while
the second night’s events will consist of the Futurity
Division of the Colt Show and the State Championship
Sweepstake rings.
Due to the popularity of the pleasure horse, this
division has been added to the activities of the Colt
Show Association. There exists no opportunity at pres­
ent for crowning a pleasure horse champion and many
trainers and owners requested that such an addition
be made to the show. The World’s Champion Pleasure
Tennessee Walking Horse will be crowned on Friday
night, August 22.
Preliminary classes will include Lady Riders, Gen­
tleman Riders, and Juveniles on Pleasure Horses.
Rounding out the Friday night show will be Tennessee
Walking Horse weanlings and yearlings showing under
halter. No entries will be taken for this night’s events
prior to the date of the show, so those interested need
only to bring their stock and enter before their class.
Saturday night’s events will center around the Futur­
ity Division of the Colt Show Association. These en­
tries must have been entered prior to the show and
all fees must have been paid for a colt to be eligible
to compete. The only exception to this will be the
mare and colt class, which will be open and in which
entries can be made on the date of the show. Satur­
day night’s show will end with the championship rings
in the weanling and yearling divisions. All winners of
the open division from Friday night will be eligible to
compete with the Futurity winners for the title of Ten­
nessee State Champion in both the weanling and year-
ling divisions. This will be the second year in which
futurity classes will be held for two-year-old fillies and
horses.
According to the Tennessee State Colt Show Associ­
ation judging procedures, six judges will be present
both nights although these will not necessarily be the
same people. After each class is in the ring, three
judges will be selected by the turning of a wheel. The
judges for Friday night are Clyde Jernigan, Murfrees­
boro; Johnny Warmbrod, Belvidere; George Henson,
Winchester; Harold Dean Givens, Murfreesboro; C. A.
Bobo, Shelbyville; and N. E. McFarland, Triune.
The judges for the Futurity will be selected at a
later date by the popular vote of the membership.
The show will be held in Murfreesboro on Grantland
Rice Field beginning at 6:30 each night. The officers
of the Association invite all interested people to bring
their stock and join in making this show a significant
event on the horse show calendar.
Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse