INDIANA ASSOCIATION SHOW ENDS SUCCESSFUL YEAR
by Gloria Cooley
The Indiana Walking Horse Association held its annual show on Sunday , September 21 at the Marion County Fairgrounds in Wanamaker , Indiana . This location has a great advantage for Walking Horses , for the ring is huge and no matter how large the classes were , there seemed to be plenty of room for everyone on the rail . The stabling facilities are also top-notch , and the hospitality of the Indiana Walking Horse people was just great .
Most of the work of organizing this show fell to Robert Bickham , President of the Association , and Mrs . Richard ( Dee ) Smith , Secretary-Treasurer . The show ran very smoothly during both the afternoon and evening performances , thanks to their efficient planning . They were assisted by the Association directors : Dr . J . F . Downing ; Raymond H . Smith ; Richard E . Smith ; Donn Perry ; Harold Hays ; David Kitley ; R . E . Sadler ; Leslie G . Hash ; George Case ; and Harold Civils . The trophies were outstanding , especially the challenge trophy in the Stake Class . The stake was won by GUNSMOKE ' S PRIDE , shown by Leonard Willis for Mr . and Mrs . Dean Marshall , Ipava , 111 . This big-striding black stallion made an outstanding show during the evening performance to top his class .
The juvenile riders in Indiana are an eager bunch of kids who know how to ride , and ride well . Jim Pearl made a faultless ride on ELDORADO ’ S BLACK LA BEL to win both the Walking Horse Amateur and the Amateur Stake . This mare has done some great winning during the past season . The Bob Lockes have a lovely two-year-old in BLACK JACK ' S SILVER , and this horse has a great future .
The show was judged by Herman Warren of Tennessee , who was very pleased with the large classes and the high quality of the entries . The complete results of the show can be found in the Horse Show Results section of this issue .
EAST TENNESSEE HORSE SHOW ASSOCIATION STAGES ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET
The annual awards banquet of the East Tennessee Horse Shows Association was held in October at the Green Meadows Country Club in Knoxville , Tennessee with 78 members attending . The banquet was highlighted by the election of officers for 1970 and the presentation of high-point awards for the 1969 season .
The officers elected were President John M . Carpenter , Madisonville ; Vice President Roy Thurman , Knoxville ; Secretary , Mrs . Roy Thurman , Knoxville ; and Treasurer Jim Hinds , Rockwood .
The high-point awards were presented as follows : Pleasure Ponies , SUNDUST , Nat Campbell , Loudon ; Pleasure Walking Horses , PACESETTER , Nat Campbell ; Two-Year-Olds , DUKE ’ S ELKHORN ACE , Mary Howell , Madisonville ; Three-Year-Olds , SATAN ’ S RE DEEMER , Richard Mason , Madisonville ; Junior Horses , CADILLAC ’ S DIAMOND , Roy Thurman , Knoxville ; Two-Year-Olds , Amateur , DUKE ’ S ELKHORN ACE , Mary Howell , Madisonville ; Amateur Walking Horse Open , WILSON DEAN ’ S HEIR , Scrugg Howell , Halacre Farms , Madisonville ; Juveniles 18 & Under , SUN ’ S REDMAN , E . C . Nichols , Knoxville ; Mares , LOVE OF GLORY , Mr . -Mrs . Leland Bacon , Rockwood ; Studs & Geldings , MYSTERY ’ S COMMAND , E . C . Nichols , Knoxville ; and Walking Ponies , JUNIOR SEN ATOR , Sharon Lee , Madisonville .
The Sportsmanship Award for 1969 was presented to Mary Howell of Madisonville .
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NORTH CENTRAL STATES WALKING HORSE BREEDERS ' FUTURITY & SHOW ROUNDS OUT SIXTH YEAR WITH ENTHUSIASM
October 4 started out as a dull , dark day , but by noon the weather had been affected by the high spirits of the crowd and it was a good day for the North Central States Walking Horse Breeders ’ Futurity and Show . The Livestock Pavilion on the campus at Michigan State University , East Lansing , was a beehive of activity as trailers with horses from Michigan and surrounding states were being unloaded .
Leo Barth of Brookside Farm Stable , Freeport , was show chairman , and he had good help . Don Hanson , announcer ( assisted by his daughter-in-law ), farrier Lloyd Shepard , veterinarian David Gregg ( now at Rogers City , but relocating within the next few weeks to Hastings ), ringmaster Glen Harmon , photographer Roger Buxton , and many , many others helped to make the show ' the very best ’ in the six years of its existence .
The crowd was enthusiastic and everyone seemed to find no fault with the judge — David Mason from Murfreesboro , Tennessee .
The highlight of the show was the presentation of the Victor Bucknell Challenge Trophy by Margaret Bucknell to Del Rush , Jr ., on the Brass Forging Company Stable entry , LIMOUSINE ’ S WARRIOR .
Results of the show can be found in the Horse Show Results section of this issue .
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