1969 Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1969 July Voice RS | Page 42

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HARBER & CHERRY STABLES
THE HIGH CHAPARRAL is now back in training
with Bob Cherry at his stable in Centerville, Tennes­
see. This three-year-old chestnut stallion was shown
in two-year-old competition last year by Bob. The
horse was purchased by the Fashion Two Twenty
Stables and later sold through the Murray Farm Sale
where he was purchased by Ken Newbern of Orange­
burg, South Carolina. The horse is in good shape and
Bob has high hopes for him.
Clarence Patton of Hales Corner, Wisconsin recently
purchased a full sister to TIGER LILLY and THE
LANDLADY. Only two months old, this colt has a
great future if she follows in the steps of her older
sisters. She was purchased from Rock McEwen of
Williamsport, Tennessee.
Bob has also received a top colt named SYNDI­
CATED RHYTHM for training from a syndicate head­
ed by Mel Norman of Battle Creek, Michigan. This
two-year-old black stallion will not be shown until the
latter part of this season.
ELDER LANE FARMS
(Affiliated with Harber & Cherry Stables)
West Bend. Wisconsin is the site of a brand-new
breeding and training operation of interest to all Mid­
west Walking Horse people. This is the first time that
a major training stable in Middle Tennessee has
branched out into the Midwest area. We talked with
Bill Kuehl, the genial host of Elder Lane Farms, about
the details of this major affiliation. Bill informed us
that, with Bob Cherry as the Head Trainer and Ad­
visor of the operation, they can bring to the Midwest
a closer association with Middle Tennessee and can af­
ford people the choice of showing their stock in either
show circuit. They also have the highest calibre of
stock for sale — stock that the people in the Midwest
may have thought was out of reach for them before.
Elder Lane Farms has embarked on an investment
program that affords every person an opportunity to
own all or part of top stock all the way from wean­
lings to finished show horses. The interest in this
program has been very high, and Bill and Bob have
made quite a few people happy in the stock they have
selected for them. A list of sires of this operation’s
horses includes: MERRY GO BOY, SUN’S DELIGHT,
SPIRIT OF MIDNIGHT. EBONY MASTERPIECE,
CARBON COPY, SUN’S BLACK MAGIC LM, HILL’S
MERRY GO BOY, SUN’S COMMANDER, and others.
Axt present Bill is working six horses at the West
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Bend farm and is building his show string for next
year. He has started off this year as a top competitor
in the northern show circuit. One of the top horses in
the barn is EBONY’S SECRETARY, a fine black mare
owned by Mr. and Mrs. C. Patton of Hales Corners,
Wisconsin. Their daughter Sally is making quite a
good juvenile rider under Bill’s guiding hand. This
team won the blue at the Milwaukee Spring Horse
Show, and will be strong contenders for top honors
the rest of the season. Bill will also show the mare in
four-year-old mare classes the rest of this year. The
two-year-old MISS DITTO COPY is a beautiful black
high-headed filly with a lot of natural action. She is
ready to go to the show ring right now. Another two-
year-old black filly, HEATHER GO BOY, is showing
great improvement and should be ready by midsum­
mer. A black weanling filly caught our eye — she is
out of a SUN’S BLACK MAGIC LM mare and is by
HILL’S MERRY GO BOY. Talk from Middle Tennes­
see is that this may be the best one ever foaled by
this mare and the best one ever sired by this stud.
Elder Lane Farms is standing at stud the popular
and handsome black stallion, GO BOY’S IMAGE K by
MERRY GO BOY. He was selected by Bob Cherry to
provide the northern area with this fine blood line of
Middle Tennessee.
Bill Kuehl and his lovely wife, Susan, extend a most
sincere and cordial welcome to all to stop and see
them at any time.
BOYD HUDGINS STABLES
Down in Gainesville, Georgia, Boyd Hudgins has a
stable full of good show stock. Heading the list of
horses is that aged stallion that has given so many
spectators a thrill just watching him work, M AN OF
RHYTHM. As the name implies, he is all rhythm and
motion, and owners Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Hardage have
the blue ribbons from the Atlanta and Milledgeville,
Georgia, and Chattanooga, Tennessee horse shows
this season. Needless to say, he is headed for the
Celebration.
Winner of the Stallion Class and the Stake at the
Chattahoochee Horse Show in Atlanta, Georgia is
another aged stallion that Boyd has been winning a
lot of Georgia championships with — BEST JET YET,
owned by Jack Smith of Monroe, Georgia. For W. T.
Ellison of Gainesville, Boyd is showing an aged geld­
ing, PRIDE’S LEGAL HEIR, and a three-year-old
mare, DELIGHT’S HONEY GOLD. Boyd is working
several top two-year-olds by SUN’S PRIDE E, Mr.
Ellison’s stallion. Just to mention a couple — a filly
for E. P. Riley, Gainesville, and a colt for Dr. Richard
Parks of Gainesville.
G. D. Sauls of Lawrenceville has four horses in
training with Boyd: DELIGHTFUL DREAM, a four-
year-old mare; GO BOY’S ANTENNA, a three-year-
old stallion that won the junior class at the Chatta­
hoochee Show; and two colts by EBONY MASTER­
PIECE and SPIRIT OF MIDNIGHT.
Curtis Hudgins’ top gelding, SUN’S DARK DEMON,
and a four-year-old SUN’S DELIGHT stallion owned
by J. K. Crumley of Clermont are two more favorites
from this stable. In the amateur classes, Blanche
Thomas of Atlanta with SUNDUST DANDY LOU and
SUN’S B. C., and Merrill Talbot with GRAND JOY
are top riders and competitors in all the shows that
Boyd attends.
Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse