1964-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1964 May Voice | Page 18

BAMA
BY-LINE
By Elizabeth Brannon
51 The Downs,
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
A little information about byself—
I am a newcomer to the Walking
Horse World getting interested after
working in the First Annual Charity
Horse Show in 1962. My Dentist hus­
band has always loved horses and has
owned pleasure horses, but after the
first Horse Show, we decided to get
some Walking Horses. We purchased
some Brood Mares and are now en­
joying breeding and raising a few
colts. I used to spend all my spare
time in antique shops looking at 18th
Century furniture — now I spend it
in barns looking at the horse of the
20th Century — The Tennessee Walker.
My son. Tommy, age 10, and daugh­
ter, Beth, age 5, love horses just as
much as my husband and I. However,
I am still trying to convert my eldest
son, Edwin age 14 — he is holding out
for his golf.
HELLO! I don’t know about all
of Alabama, but the activity here
in Tuscaloosa is at a new high.
Horses and Horse Show is the con­
versation of the day with every­
body pitching in to make the third
annual JWA Charity Horse Show
on June 12-13, at the Tuscaloosa
Riding Club our biggest success
yet. As Chairman of the Show for
the Junior Welfare Association this
year, I just have to start off by in­
viting each and everyone of you
to be with us here in Tuscaloosa.
We are planning a gay party for
all of our exhibitors after the per­
formance on Friday night, so come
on, show your horses, and then
have fun!
Dixie Weaver, formerly of Jack-
son, Tennessee, is the trainer at the
Tuscaloosa Riding Club now. He
moved down a few months ago,
bringing with him, his wife Wanda
and a barn full of good horses
Dixie is a friendly, outgoing per­
son never too busy to stop and
swap a little “horse talk.” He is
winning the blues here at our Ala­
bama show having won the Junior
Mare Class in Guntersville with
COLORADO ANN, owned by Dr.
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J. T. Brown of Loveman, Colorado
and the Stallion and Gelding Class
at Columbiana with GO BOYS’
BARON owned by Mr. Paul Harell
of Morristown, Tennessee. Dixie
not only trains horses he also
raises them and says he has some
good colts coming along, several
sired by OLD GLORY’S SHEP­
HERD.
Juvenile interest is at a new high
here now. Wanda Weaver has
started giving equitation lessons
and that has really spurred them
on. Some of our recent additions to
the riding club are Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Wood and their daughters,
Belva and Terria. Belva is the
proud owner of two new horses, a
three year old called COPPER-
TONE, and a pleasure mare, SON
CLOUDS’ LADY. Terria has a six
year old chestnut mare MACK K’S
JEWEL. The latest report is that
Mr. Wood is looking for a horse
for himself. Ann Jobson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jobson of
Northport, is one we see riding al­
most every afternoon. She has a
beautiful pleasure Walking Horse
called ROWDY’S RAMBLER.
Betty Lee tells me her two year
old. " LYNN’S MERRY LEGS is
coming along fine — guess she will
be in the show ring before long.
When you visit Tuscaloosa, drive
out to Lake View Stables and visit
with Fleecy and Mary Alice Pat­
ton. Fleecy is a friendly fellow that
never sees a stranger and when
you say the two magic words
“Walking Horse” you have a life­
time friend. Fleecy built him a nice
barn, a ring, got himself a trainer
and now his barn is so full he says
he is going to add on. Fleecy loves
the young folks and they love him
and some of his future plans in­
clude a recreation room for the
teenagers who have horses there. A
new juvenile at Lake View Stables
is Dana Raymon. She rode her two
year old mare, FIRST LADY, for
the first time in the show ring at
Columbiana. Vickie Newton is
learning to ride her pretty little
Walking Pony called A LADY
BIRD. Fleecy says his son Charley
is beginning to ride the three year
old stallion, HUNTERS’ WILSON
B, that Fleecy showed as a two
year old last year. Latest addition
to this barn is a walking pony
named DOUBLE TROUBLE own­
ed by Debbie Snow. I hear this
little pony has a great way of go­
ing and a lot of style.
Well, I want to tell you that the
folks in Columbiana don’t need
any lessons in putting on a horse
show. Their first show a few weeks
ago, was a big success and hospi­
tality was abundant. I understand
they are already planning for a
bigger show next year. I ran in to
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Whaley and
their daughter, Barbara there. The
Whaleys are from Mobil