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all his crew are obviously very
happy with it. Visitors are always
made to feel welcome at Donald
Paschal’s stables.
The owners of GO BOY’S
BLACK JACK are justly proud of
his outstanding record and are con­
fident that this year he will “wear
the roses.” Captain and Mrs. E. A.
Self and their daughters are deep­
ly interested in Walking Horses
and own several fine ones other
than BLACK JACK. But of course
he is their favorite. You may be
sure that they will lead the cheers
for him when his greatest moment
comes.
CELEBRATION JUDGES (Cont'd.)
SHADY LADY, SUN’S TOP
BRASS, MISS SUN DOWN R, and
JUNE’S DIAMOND.
Charlie is married to the former
Martha Goodall, also of Lebanon,
Tennessee. He and his wife have
three children, Charles, 20; Bill,
17 and Martha, 12. Charlie has
many years experience as a Walk­
ing Horse trainer and judge. His as­
signment to the 1964 Celebration
is well accepted.
J. LEON HALL
Hillsboro, Missouri
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J. Leon Hall is originally from
the heart of Walking Horse Coun­
try in Jackson, Tennessee. How­
ever, he lived in St. Louis, Missouri
until 1945 when he and his family
moved to Hillsboro, Missouri.
There they started raising Tennes­
see Walking Horses, and at pre­
sent maintain a breeding establish­
ment that is headed by SEMINOLE
CHIEF.
AUGUST, 1964
Mr. Hall is well-known in the
Walking Horse world as a breeder
and a judge. He is a member of
the Tennessee Walking Horse
Breeders Association, the first
vice-president of the St. Louis Ex­
hibitors Horse Show Association,
and the president of the Missouri
Horse Show Association. He has in
the past judged shows in Alabama,
Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Penn­
sylvania, Kansas and Iowa. In Ten­
nessee he has judged at Lewisburg,
Murfreesboro, Chapel Hill and
Jackson.
Mr. Hall is married to the former
Mary Gooch from Jackson, Tennes­
see. They have two children; a
daughter and son and six grand­
children. Along with his interests
in horses he is also president of
Hall Drive It Yourself Co., Inc. and
Automotive Leasing Corporation,
both in St. Louis, Missouri.
One can see from the long list of
shows that Mr. Hall has judged in
the past that he has the experience
to judge the 1964 Celebration.
HERSHEL TALLEY
Baileyion, Alabama
Hershel Talley has sometimes
been called “Mr. Blue Ribbon” by
his friends and lived up to this
name in the 1963 show season when
he won 69 blue ribbons. He was
born and raised in Cullman
County on a farm with five sisters.
He developed a skill in handling
horses and hunting dogs at a very
early age. His first contact with
Walking Horses was in 1946, when
Dr. J. M. Crawford, Arab, Alabama,
hired him and sent him to the
Winston Wiser’s Stable for several
months to learn more about show
horses. He later moved to Rainbow
Stables in Gadsden, Alabama and
Tuscaloosa Riding Club in Tus­
caloosa, Alabama. He is now lo­
cated on Highway 69 between Arab
and Cullman at Baileyton, Ala­
bama where in 1963 he built a new
stable.
Hershel is married to the former
Dorothy Smith, who was a nurse at
the Arab Infirmary at the time
of their marriage. They have two
children, Priscilla, age 12 and Van
Buren, age 9. Priscilla and Van
Buren are seen at many of the
shows with their parents and both
are well known exhibitors in the
show ring. Hershel and his family
attend the Lystra Baptist Church
where they are all active members.
Hershel has much experience as a
trainer and a judge of Walking
Horses and he comes well recom­
mended to judge the 1964 National
Celebration.
DOROTHY DUKES
Brentwood, Tennessee
Dorothy Dukes will judge the
equitation classes at the Celebra­
tion this year, including the Walk­
ing Horse Equitation Classes. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Emory Dukes, Bowling Green,
Kentucky, and has shown gaited
and walking horses for many train­
ers in the Mid-South area.
Dorothy attended and graduated
from Stephens College, Columbia,
Missouri, in 1959. While she was
there she won the Outstanding
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