1962-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1962 October Voice | Page 35

SON OF MERRY GO BOY INVADES IDAHO
AS TWO YOUNG BUSINESS MEN MAKE
4,600-MILE TRIP WITH 2-HORSE TRAILER
This historic scene took place Sept.
Mervin Selle, holding the mare Times-Gazette gave front-page dis­
27, 1962 near Shelbyville, Tenn., as above, is treasurer of an insurance play to the picture above. It said
two Idaho lovers of the Tennessee firm at Coeur D'Alene that also does the 4,600-mile overland trek by the
Walking Horse started their 2,300- business in Alaska. Weidner and two young fdaho businessmen rep­
mile return trip to Coeur D'Alene Selle made their prchases after a two- resented one of the longest personal
with Merry Go Midnight, a 14-month- day visitation of most of the Ten­ trips made by purchasers of Tennes­
old stallion, and Black Dahlia M„ a nessee Walking Horse stables within see Walking Horses for their own use.
This story pointed out that others
3-year-old mare who is a granddaugh­ a 40-mile radius of Shelbyville. The
ter of the great Midnight Sun. The mare was bought tit Wise & Warren have made longer trips to buy horses—
stallion is a son of the twice-champion Stables, Lewisburg, and the stallion but usually the animals were hauled
Merry Go Boy. S. I- (Speed) Weid- at Bailey-Montgomery Stables (home to their destination by professional
ner, purchaser of the stallion (on of Piddley and formerly of Go Boy’s transportation personnel. Weidner is
distribtor for Shell petroleum prod­
left), plans to stand him at public Shadow) on the Lewisburg Highway ucts—including heating oil—in the
service starting with the next breed­ near Shelbyville. The visitors were as­ Coeur D’Alene area. He also owns
ing season. He will be the only Merry sisted in their tour by David Oxford, several Walking Horses. The mare
Go Boy descendant at stud over a former Tennessee Walking Horse was purchased for a friend. The two
wide area. His dam is Midnight’s trainer in Mississippi who has re­ made the trip in an Oldsmobile, the
Dream Girl, a daughter of Midnight turned to his native Tennessee and Weidner family car, with a two-horse
Sun.
lives in Shelbyville. The Shelbyville trailer attached.