1969 Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1969 May Voice RS | Page 4

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AIR GUN Takes Aim at Stake Classes
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from Missouri. AIR CUN is owj
Missouri has long been a stronghold for Walking
Horse activity in the Mid-West with many people
playing prominent roles in the development and pro­
motion of the breed here. It is interesting to note
that several horses have come along in recent years
that have been bred by people from Missouri and
have made their way through the ranks of the Walk­
ing Horse world to achieve a measure of stardom in
the show ring.
such
horse George
is a beautiful
black
stallion
owne.
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Logan of
Nevada,
Missouri
^he hors" namedAlH GUN (and we will tell yo
more about that later), is in the capable hands c
professional
Don two
Bolmger
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the past
years of he California
has made Mis
hi
S°^k av a top contender throughout the Mid-Wes
Middle Tennessee. This is his story
Needless to say, one of the most prominent breeder
and toto
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riding
Ain
GUN, a
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age SUUion
and supporters of the Walking Horse in the Mid-West
is Barkley Brock of Clinton, Missouri. Mr. Brock, who
for years has personally promoted a line of stock
known as the GUNSMOKE strain, is the owner of
GUNSMOKE’S SON, the 1963 World Champion Junior
Walking Horse. In 1963 he bred a fine mare by SUN’S
GUNSMOKE to PIDDLEY, then standing at Bailey-
Montgomery Stables in Shelbyville, Tennessee. The
result was an exceptional black stallion that attracted
considerable attention as a colt.
In an effort to promote the GUNSMOKE line, which
is limited insofar as names is concerned, Mr. Brock
named the colt AIR GUN, a name which indicates
that he is not much of a threat. The name, however,
became well known, and his current owners decided
to keep it when their horse entered the showring.
AIR GUN was sold to L. E. Bertz of Odessa, Mis­
souri when he was still a young horse and it was here
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