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Mid-South Horse Shows Assn. Launches Record-Breaking Year
Championship award winners pic­ Sun’s Blue Shadow; Suzanne Jolly,
tured at the Mid-South Horse Show Jackson, Tenn., Shetland Fine Har­
Assn, on Feb. II after announcements ness with Fernwood Frisco Larigo;
were made, included the above indi­ Jane Coats who received the award
viduals. They are: Linda Robinson, for Dr. John Morris, Somerville,
West Point, Miss., Walking Seat Equi­ Tenn., Five-Gaited title with Genius’
tation; King O'Leary, Parade; with Masterpiece; Jack Coats, trainer,
Rex Beau; Mrs. Penn Mohon, Cov­ holding two other Dr. Morris awards
ington, Ky., Walking Horse with for Roadster Championship and Three-gaited title with Paladin; Ca­
mille Lane, Memphis, and Jack Ful­
lerton, Memphis. Not pictured were
Danny Stubbs, Juvenile Walking
Championship with Little Red
Rooster; and Imogene Hudson, Ger­
mantown, with Equitation—Hunting
Seat Championship.
Mid-South Horse Shows Assn, mem­
bers smashed all records again at
Jackson, Tenn., on Feb. 10-11 by
scheduling the greatest number of
horse shows in Lhe history of man­
kind-presenting a highly informative
program, and reelecting officers. More
than 120 shows were tentatively listed.
(See another page for the list to date.)
Here's an official report that also
tells just exactly how members be­
come eligible for championship
awards in the various divisions. Point
score winners are pictured above with
their quotas. Here is the official an­
nouncement. The Voice Editor and
his Wife-Secretary attended the Sun­
day afternoon session—then headed
for Nashville in Lhe driving rain so
the Editor could get to work on make­
up of the February edition.
Here’s the official announcement of
results, mailed to us by the amiable
and efficient Association Secretary Em­
met Guy of Jackson, Tenn. (We both Open and Amateur competi­
tion.
Both the individual membership
deadline and the recording of horses
deadline is set at June 15 each year.
Both the owner and the rider of
horses so nominated must be individ­
ual members of the Mid-South As­
sociation except that Show Stables
may obtain an annual membership
and nominate horses before June 15 of
each year, in which event the require­
ment that the rider be an individual
member to receive points is waived.
This was clarified by Mid-South
offi cials explaining that a stable may-
own two or more horses showing in
the same division and, in this event
may not always be able to provide
an individual Mid-South Member as
rider for the second horse. This ap­
plies only to the horses in actual
ownership by the stable and does not
apply to individually owned kept in
the stable.
finally have Emmet's first name
spelled right. He is that great per­
ennial announcer of the Celebration.)
Here’s the Association report:
Officers re-elected for 196S: Presi­
dent, Fred T. Fowler, Somerville,
Tenn.; Vice President, O'Neil Howell,
Memphis, Tenn.; Second Vice Presi­
dent, Eli Long, Jr., Germantown,
Tenn.; Secretary Emmet Guy, Jack-
son, Tenn.
Three new directors were elected
by the membership: Leon Hall, Hills­
boro, Mo.; Leon Forrester, Martin,
Tenn.; Tom Banks, Murray, Ky.
To be eligible for a Mid-South
championship award in one of the 15
divisions offered, individual members
of the Mid-South may nominate or
record the horses in their ownership
prior to June 15. Each member must
select either from the Open or Ama­
teur classes in their respective divi­
sions, for point awards for the sea­
son. No horse will receive awards in