1963-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1963 November Voice | Page 4

HG H0RS£
demonstrate the three true gaits
of the Tennessee Walking Horse.
He is certain to add prestige to the
breed throughout the Pacific
Coast. STORMY MIDNIGHT is a
“Great Horse for the Great North­
west.”
Your Editors Column
By Ben A. Green
"VOICE" Tribute to a
Special Friend . . .
L. C. FRITZSCHE'S
L. C. Fritzsche, a great friend of
the “VOICE” and the Voice Editor,
has a new mission — to plant more
seeds for more interest in the Ten­
nessee Walking Horse. He is the
Godfather of the “Biography of
the Tennessee Walking Horse.”
Without his interest, there would
have been no book, no magazine—
dedicated to the breed.
He’s the guy who started the
wonderful Celebration Flag-bearer
Ceremony with his own White Wil­
son carrying the flag, held by
world’s champion trainer-riders on
his back (as told on Page 162 of
the “Biography.” It says Leland
Fritzsche went to the Celebration
Grounds day-by-day to teach White
Wilson to circle the track — using
a Purina Sack for a flag. He is
probably the best known Purina
Dealer in the Southeast.)
On Tuesday night at the 1963
Celebration he didn’t bat an eye
when told a bam with $2,000 of
his hay in it for Celebration horses
was burning up or down — how­
ever a barnfull of hay burns. He
just had his aides crank up the
telephones to mobilize more fuel
for the Celebration “hay-burners”
(1110 horses) to munch the next
morning.
Of course L. C. “strutted his
stuff” when his Jet’s Atomic
Thrust (Hoyle Alexander up) —
took the reserve championship
close behind Go Boy’s Starlight in
the Breeders’ National Futurity 2-
Year-Old Class, among some 15
entries. He sold some horses to far­
away lands during the Big Show.
And after the show he became the
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NOVEMBER
Note To Horse Show Managers
And Sponsoring Organizations
The 1963 Horse Show Season,
for the most part is over. The
“VOICE” has made an effort to
give coverage to each show ac­
cording to the general interest, lo­
cation and size of performance.
For 1964 we plan to extend our
coverage of all shows that have a
proportionate number of Walking
Horse classes. However, we can
only print what you send us.
Specifically ... we would like to
have information on the number
of Walking Horse classes, total
number of horses entered for com­
petition, attendance, Judges, ring­
master and information regarding
the sponsoring organization and
other interesting and informative
phases of the show. This informa­
tion, in addition to the results,
will enable us to prepare an in­
teresting article covering your
show.
We will continue our listing of
scheduled horse shows during 1964.
Please send in the dates and lo­
cation of any and all horse shows
of interest to Walking Horse
trainers and owners. Our listing
will begin in January with the
Florida “Sunshine Circuit” and will
continue for the remainder of the
year.
A Horse Show does not have to
be national in scope in order to be
listed or to receive coverage. The
“VOICE” has readership in large
numbers in all areas where in­
terest in Walking Horses is great­
est and we feel that you all deserve
adequate mention.
Two late season shows of re­
gional interest were held in Mur­
phy, North Carolina and Chatts-
worth, Georgia. General informa­
tion is as follows:
Murphy Lions Club Show
On October 5, the Lions Club of
Murphy, North Carolina made
their second attempt to put on a
horse show for the Carolina, Ten­
nessee and Georgia horse enthu­
siasts. The show had been rained
out the week before. For their first
show, the results were gratifying.
Over 130 horses were entered in­
cluding enough Walking Horses for
6 fast classes. More than 1500 area
horse lovers attended the show
and generated enough enthusiam
to ward off the cool mountain air.
The show was well handled and
moved along at a rapid pace. Mr.
Max Blakmore, the announcer,
along with ringmasters J. B. Allen
of Knoxville and Tom Palmer of
Murphy kept the horses moving in
and out in fine fashion. Judge Tom
Chase of Jonesboro, Tennessee was
put to the task in several classes
with top area Walking Horses
competing in top form. Mr. Ben
Palmer, the Lion’s Club General
Chairman for the show gave spe­
cial credit to Mr. Ed Hooper and
Tommy Lucas of the Valley view
Stables in Andrews, North Caro­
lina for the contributions they
made in helping organize the show.
Blue Ribbon winners were: 2-
Year-Old Walking Horses — Sun’s
Sir Echo, Kenny Dickson up for
Jess and Dorothy Staley, Florence,
Alabama; Pleasure Walking Horses
—Sycamore’s Pride, Linda Lee,
Ducktown, Owner-Rider; Walking
Mares — Stella Dallas, Ray Miller
up for Claude Wade, Dalton, Geor­
gia; Amateur Walking Horses —
Merry Blue Boy, Kenny Dickson
up for Owen Fullen, Athens, Ten­
nessee; Juvenile Walking Horses—
Allen’s Big Shot, Chuck Isbell,
Etowah, Tennessee, Owner-Rider;
Walking Horse Stake — Merry
Blue Boy, Kendall Armstrong up
for Owen Fullen, Athens, Tenn.
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PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL
LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION
By Alelha Wiehl
5211 E. Sunset Drive
Yakima, Washington
NORTH PORTLAND, Oregon—
The Fifty-third annual Pacific In­
ternational Livestock Exposition
was bigger and better than ever
October 12-20. The show included
Walking Horses among twelve dif­
ferent classifications of horse com­
petition with Thomas S. McCray
judging this breed. There were
10 entries in the stake. The tenth
horse did not appear although he
had been saddled and made ready.
Later we learned that his rider,
my friend, Alfred R. Erickson, the
widely-known trainer and Ameri­
can Horse Shows Association
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