Bits & Spurs
By SHARON TERRY
I am very sorry to report that Mr . and Mrs . Frank Parnell of Newbern , Tennessee , were involved in a terrible accident en route to the West Point show . Mrs . Parnell was not hurt too seriously , but Mr . Parnell received a compressed vertebrae and will have to lie in traction for quite a while . The whole horse show world sympathizes with Mrs . Parnell in the loss of her brother , Mr . Johnson , in this same accident in which Mrs . Johnson and the Johnson ’ s eighteen year old daughter were also injured .
At West Point I had a long talk with Dixie Weaver , who is now training in Tuscaloosa , Alabama . Dixie has a barn full of good horses , including E . L . Burgess ’ s roan gelding , SULTAN ’ S CLOWN , and COLORADO ANNE , the junior mare . BOMBS AWAY , the good two year old stud owned by Charles Phillips , made an outstanding show to place second in West Point with Dixie up . Brooks Randall is the pleased owner of a two year old SUN DUST colt that Dixie is working . Dixie is especially proud of the black aged stallion , GO BOY ’ S BAREN , who won the stallion and gelding class and the stake at Columbiana , Alabama . Barbara Whaley has several horses with Dixie , one of which is her fine amateur mare , SPUR ’ S REBEL
QUEEN , who recently won the Carrolton , Alabama show .
A very sweet young lady with a top string of horses this year is Marjorie Gill of Louise , Mississippi . Marjorie ’ s pride and joy is her black mare , MAGIC NIGHT , who has won ladies ’ classes at West Point , Magee , and Batesville . Under her trainer , Jimmy Holloway , MAGIC NIGHT has also won the stakes at Guntown , Tylertown , and Okolona .
One of the best young riders I ’ ve seen in a long time is thirteen year old Donna Day from Jackson , Tennessee . Donna ’ s parents bought her the lovely mare CONFEDERATE CAMEO , who was third in the mare class at the Celebration last year . Under the skillful direction of trainer Jimmy Waddell , Donna and CAMEO were third in the Spring Jubilee . CONFEDERATE CAMEO was victorious in the mare class at Lewisburg with Jimmy up .
I have had many inquiries over the matter of a lady or juvenile rider showing a stallion . I do not think a stallion should be barred from Ladies and Juvenile Classes . After all , it is supposedly the horses ’ s way of going that is to be judged — not what sex he is . In the split Amateur classes ( Ladies and Gentlemen ), it is not right for the men to be allowed to show stallions while the ladies cannot . In my opinion , if a lady or juvenile rider can handle a stallion , by all means they should be permitted to show in the classes they choose .
I am proud to announce a new photographer to the horse world . His name is Mr . Robert W . Sharp , and he is from Craig , Alabama . I met Mr . Sharp at West Point , and he is a fine man as well as an excellent photographer . Anyone interested in having Mr . Sharp make action or still photos can contact him at his home in Craig .
Kirk Haynes has a black two year old stallion by MIDNIGHT SUN and out of a MILLERS ’ WIL SON ALLEN mare . This Jonestown , Mississippi colt , MIDNIGHT WALKAWAY , has already won blues at Grenada , Charleston , and Nettleton , and will capture many more before the season is over . Dr . Pegram has a truly outstanding two year old colt who won Westpoint ; Alan Tidwell of Oxford , Miss ., is working for Russell Pate this summer ; Curtis Daniels ’ good roan mare was second in the mare class at Verona ; Blanche Lockard of Meridian won the Waynesboro show and was second in Meridian on her mare SAL U- BAR ; Beth Gaillard , also of Meridian , owns a nice looking junior gelding known as SILVER SEN SATION ; Gordon Flowers won the Junior Juvenile class in West Point on a fast going bay roan horse ; Alan Flowers has been making some extraordinarily good shows on a big roan stallion called SPE CIAL ACE .
MIDNIGHT DARK ANGEL has won the Clarksville , Ark ., and Humboldt , Tenn . Ladies ’ classes for her happy owner , Mrs . Mary Laidlaw of Memphis , Tenn . This biglick black mare was second in Tipton and Savannah , and third in West Point .
Vic Thompson brought mama ’ s BLACK SOUTHERN AIRE down to the Greenville show where he gave an excellent perforance to carry home two blues — the stud and gelding class and the stake . My own SHADOW ’ S REPLICA and I won the Amateur stake .
That ’ s about all the news I have for this month . Please send any information you have to Box 1032 , Cleveland , Mississippi .
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