1964-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1964 June Voice | Page 10

By Gloria L. Spencer
CHILDHOOD DREAM
BECOMES REALITY
FOR BUD DUNN
The Bud Dunn Family of Florence,
Alabama — Steven, age 11, Mrs. Char­
lotte Dunn, David, age 14 and Bud.
Walking Horses have been a vital part
of their past and will be an important
part of their fuutre.
In our continued efforts to re­ Frank Smith of Georgetown, Ken­
late some of the personal history tucky. He worked for Dr. Smith
of our Walking Horse Trainers to for one and one-half years and left
their many fans, this month we to go to the Claud Brown Stables
went to Alabama and the Bud in Morehead, Kentucky. After a
Dunn Stables.
short stay there he moved to Mt.
Bud Dunn was bom in Scott Sterling, Kentucky, where he
County, Kentucky in 1918. Like stayed for five years. The Dunn
most of our Professionals, he was family then moved to Indianapolis,
raised on a farm and acquired his Indiana where Bud went to work
love for horses as a small boy. He for the Chet Bomham Stables.
says that as long as he can remem­ Here he began to come into his
ber he has wanted to be a horse own as a Walking Horse trainer
trainer, but since he was born in and trained and showed a top mare
gaited horse country, this was the named MIDNIGHT FLARE. She
breed that he started riding as a was Indiana State Champion in
1958, where she won many ama­
child.
Bud was educated in Conners- teur, Mare and Stake Classes. She
ville, Kentucky and met his wife, now has a colt by SUN DUST PER­
Charlotte Blythe in Georgetown. FECTION that is attracting a lot
Charlotte seems to be able to talk of attention.
Later, Bud and his family moved
“horses” and enjoy the circuits
with Bud and their children, David, from Indiana to Canton, Georgia
age 14, and Steven, age 11. Bud where Bud was to train for Ty
began his first training with gaited Jones at Toppertown Farms.
horses but retired from this early Shortly thereafter he was offered
in life and turned to farming for a good position as trainer for Mr.
seven years. But, as other trainers James E. Sherman in Florence,
have told us, it was “in his blood” Alabama and the Dunn family
to work with horses and after be­ moved again. They have been in
ing around Walking Horses he Florence ever since, and after sev­
liked what he saw and about 16 eral years of hard work and much
years ago began his Walking Horse ambition, managed to purchase
career. He first worked with Dr. this Stable and Farm last March.
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GO BOY’S
Miss Janie
bama. One
Bud Dunn
SUN DUST — Owned by
Henry of Russelville, Ala­
of the top horses in the
Stables. Bud Dunn up.
Bud Dunn is a quiet, unassum­
ing person that doesn’t have much
to say when you first meet him.
But . . . when he rides into the
show ring he is all to loud because
he is hard to beat. In talking with
his wife Charlotte, who shares his
horse activities and helps him man­
age his business, we learned that
Bud is honestly dedicated to his
horses. She says that she some­
times can’t understand the drive
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