Nancy Lindsey ' s
Go Boy ' s Jet-Bought At Murray Sale- Wins 40 Blues
Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse 21
Nancy Lindsey ' s
Celebration spectators at the big show — starting Aug . 26 at Shelbyville — will see a horse ridden by Little
* Rock ’ s , Nancy Lindsey , that was bought at the Murray Farm Sale ( Lewisburg ) and became one of the
% great Amateur Tennessee Walking Horses of this era for juvenile riders .
He is Go Boy ’ s Jet , ridden to 40 blue ribbons and 17 second place ribbons in 66 times at shows by his owner . He took her to the Juvenile Walking Championship of the World in the 1960 Celebration . ( Nancy is pictured in this issue winning the Shelbyville PTA women ’ s class this year .)
The Voice Editor thinks this record is important in Murray Farm Sale History — it shows that a horse ' without an outstanding name or record ( at the time ) has been bought at this ttviceannual auction sale and subsequently carried to heights in the show ring .
Harold Wise has announced the Murray Farm Fall Sale is scheduled October 10-11 , starting each day at 10 a . m . and running as long as necessary . A host of entries have already been received and more are expected .
The Voice Editor asked Nancy Lindsey to write her own story about Go Boy ' s Jet . Nancy is a special person in Shelbyville . She was stricken ill during the 1961 Celebration . Her father , Robert P . Lindsey , says a Shelbyville physician saved Nancy ’ s life . She was returned to Little Rock by airplane after hospitalization in Shelbyville . This summer Nancy attended the University of Hawaii but is back home for the Celebration .
Nancy has written the following first person story of her life with Go Boy ' s Jet :
Go Boy ' s Jet , sired by Merry Go Boy , is out of Midnight Flower by k Midnight Sun . He is a beautiful black gelding , and stands 15 hands , 2 inches v tall . He has no markings ,
Jet was raised on the R . F . Ellis Farm in Orville , Ala . When three years old , he was sold at the Murray Sale to Mr . Ned Wilfong of Eldorado , Ark . Mr . Wilfong rode him for two years as a pleasure horse in the field trials . When Jet was four he was gelded and placed in “ T " Burton ’ s training barn . “ T " realized Jet ’ s great
Go Boy ' s Jet-Bought At Murray Sale- Wins 40 Blues
potential as a show horse . Mr . Wilfong said he didn ’ t want a show horse , so Dr . R . B . Vanhorn of Minden , La ., bought him .
Doctor Suggested Horse Hobby
In 1957 my father ' s doctor informed him that he had an ulcer . He suggested that Daddy get a hobby . Since we had been begging Daddy for a horse , he decided to buy one . The doctor said that would be fine provided Daddy also bought one for himself . He purchased a Walking pleasure mare who had been trained Western . My little sister Robin soon took her over . For himself he bought Giovanni ' s Ace , that he shared with me . We showed him at several local shows and did very well . When sve sold Ace to Mr . Bob Berry , we bought Merry Top Man . In 1959 I began showing him on the Southwest circuit in Juvenile and amateur classes . However , I decided I needed a better horse , if I wanted to be a top contender in hot amateur stakes .
In July of 1959 we went to the Minden horse show . It was there that we first saw Go Boy ' s Jet . He was then a five year old and had been shown only a few times . He was ridden in the grooms class . A week later Dad went to Minden and bought him . We placed him in training at Wallace Brandon Stables .
My first show on Jet was at Nacogdoches , Texas . It was the second time that I had ever ridden him . I was put in a three horse work-out with two world ’ s champions ; Sunday Bonnet and College Boy . I tied second to Sunday Bonnet , shown by W . T . Baynard . My next show was at the Celebration . I showed in the Tuesday night amateur class and placed second to Go Boy Again ridden by E . J . Flaccus . After the Celebration I went on to Bastrop , La ., where I won the Ladies class and the Amateur Stake . I had been second six times before I finally won this blue . Next , Jet won three blues at the State Fair of Texas . My last show in 1959 was the Dixie jubilee , where I won the Amateur Gelding Class . During the winter Wallace worked him , getting him ready for the Southwest Circuit in 1960 .
High Point Winner In Southwest
I began the 1960 show season at Beaumont , Texas . I won the Ladies and Amateur Stake . We continued our winning streak at Little Rock , Oklahoma City , Tulsa , and Houston . I won six blues and one reserve to capture the High Point Award in the Amateur Walking Horse Division on the Southwest Circuit for 1960 . During the summer I made several shows in Mississippi , Missouri and Tennessee with great success . Wallace took Jet to Mississippi and won three big stakes . In August , at the National Celebration , I won the Juvenile Walking Horse Championship of the world . Afterwards , I went on to win Blues at Bastrop , Dallas , and the Dixie Jubilee .
In 1961 I made every amateur class I was eligible for on the entire Southwest Circuit . I won blues and three reserves . After Houston I entered the hospital for a lung operation . I was in for three months . While I was in the hospital , Wallace showed Jet in Mississippi . He won four open stakes . Daddy showed him once in Covington , Tenn ., and won the Amateur Stake . I went to the Dixie Jubilee and Montgomery , Ala ., but strickly as a spectator . During the winter we took the shoes off Jet and turned him out in the pasture . While he was getting stronger , so was I . In the spring we were both fresh and ready to go .
I began this show season at Huntbolt , Tenn ., with a blue in the Amateur Stake . The next week I went to Beaumont where Jet won the Ladies and tied second in the Amateur Stake . Jet also won the Ladies Class at Little Rock , Lewisburg , and Shelbyville P . T . A . this year . At this writing that was his last show . He has won five and tied second once .
Since tve have owned Jet , I have shown him 66 times . I have been first 40 times and second 17 . I have never been out of the money . All this has been a tremendous amount of fun for me . But I must give full credit to Wallace Brandon who trained him and kept him in perfect show shape these past three years . Also , it has brought Daddy and me much closer together .