1964-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1964 June Voice | Page 15

PROFILES
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has recently assumed duties as
CNATECHTRA Assistant Chief of
Staff for Training.
Captain Wood, who spearheads
the horse show on the naval base,
states that the purpose of the Navy
Show is two-fold, first to provide
entertainment for Navy personnel
and to encourage more participa­
tion in horse shows by the people
who ride and enjoy the horses
maintained by the Special Services
Department on the base. He also
maintians that such activities bring
Navy personnel and civilians to­
gether in wholesome sports acti­
vity.
Captain Wood is a recognized
judge, meeting the requirements of
the American Horseshows Asso­
ciation, the Mid-South Horse Show
Association and the TWHB&EA.
Captain wood and his wife Ma­
rion also have two sons, Robin, 21,
a second classman at the U. S.
Naval Academy and William, 3,
another potential rider.
SUITS-ME FARMS OFFERS
TOP AMATEUR HORSES
The newly established SUITS-
ME FARMS of Mr. Pat Kimbrough
is covering a phase of the Ten­
nessee Walking Horse business
that needs some concentration. Be­
ing an amateur exhibitor, “Mr.
Pat” is well aware of the current
demand for top amateur Walking
Horses and is making every effort
to acquire the type of stock that
horsemen, both experienced and
novice, can buy with some assur­
ance of getting top quality horse­
flesh.
The SUITS-ME FARMS is lo­
cated just five miles west of Mur­
freesboro, Tennessee on Highway
96 and lays on a beautiful spread
that is large enough to maintain
a good size band of brood mares
as well as show horses. The faci­
lities, which appear to have been
converted from a livestock breed­
ing operation, consist of a small
stable located at the bend of a
horseshoe drive and a large barn
out back. The small stable con­
tains the office, which is graced
with a life-sized cut out picture of
JUNE, 1964
LAZY ANCHOR RANCH . . . Horse headquarters for Captain Woods and a host
of other Navy personnel at Navy Memphis who share his love for horses. How
would they get this on board ship? WHOA MATE!!
“Mr. Pat’s” grandson, and is filled
with various blue ribbons, trophies,
and other mementos of the horse
activity of the owner. The large
stable has 10 stalls and is obviously
designed to care for the finest
Walking horses. All appointments
are deluxe. The outside paneling
for stalls is of finished grooved
hardwood with sliding doors open­
ing to each stall. Extra heavy wire
separates each horse, yet allows
plenty of ventilation throughout
the stable.
SUITS-ME FARMS, which is
owned by Parkway Manor, Inc., of
Atlanta, Georgia, represents a long
time effort of Mr. Kimbrough. He
has been interested in various
phases of the horse and livestock
business since 1919. He says, with
much pride, that he started out
dealing with some of the finest
mule stock in the south. In recent
years he has turned his attention
toward the Tennessee Walking
Horse and since 1961 has owned
some of the finest stock the breed
represents. The first top horse that
Mr. Pat acquired was SUN’S GO
BOY AGAIN, the 1962 Junior
Champion Walking Horse. In re­
cent years he has owned and sold
such horses as GO BOY’S MIL­
LIONAIRE, Amateur Champion of
the Chicago International Horse
Show; YANKEE
DOODLE,
World’s Champion Amateur Geld­
ing; SHADOW’S GAY LADY,
1963 Southern Champion Mare;
SHADOW’S INVASION, Top Win­
ner of the Southwest Circuit; and
STORMY MIDNIGHT, current
West Coast Champion and winner
of the Grand Championship Stake
at the San Francisco Cow Palace.
Leading the SUITS-ME FARMS
stable at the present is ALVIN, a
currently undefeated amateur
horse which Mr. Pat has been
showing. This horse, like almost
all stock at the SUITS - ME
FARMS, is for sale.
In his years of dealing with
horses, Mr. Kimbrough has not
overlooked the stallion market and
has owned and sold such outstand­
ing stallions of the breed as SUN
DUST, SHADOW’S LUMINAIRE
and the Famous TRIPLE THREAT.
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