1964-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1964 November Voice | Page 8
big tent a true horse lover has to
fight his natural urge to raise his
hand, wink his eye or scratch his
head to indicate to his favorite
ground man that he wants to bid.
More than one person has been
busy waving to a friend or just
cleaning his glasses and looked up
to find that he had just bid on a
horse.
It’s all part of the Murray Farm
Sale and nothing can top the over
all experience of sitting on a rail
fence in Middle Tennessee, jes’
whittling and eating a genuine
salty country ham sandwich and
talking horses. This is the place
to sit back and listen to the old
timers talk about Mr. “Jimmy Joe”
Murray and the days when selling
was art and the horse was the fav
orite product of the auctioneer.
One hears tall tales about Mr.
Murray and his selling ability . . .
like the time that a man in Vir
ginia ended up with a horse that
was purchased by a man in Ar
kansas and he in turn came home
with the other man’s horse. Did
Jimmy Joe try to workout return
transportation for these horses?
No indeed! He proceeded to sell
each man the horse he had taken
home and made him glad that he
was so fortunate.
The Murray Farm Sale . . . clas
sic experience of the Walking
Horse breed. Mr. Pete Yoklev and
Mr. S. W. Beech are working now
to make the Spring sale even
greater! See you then!
CARBON COPY and MR. G.L.L.
NEED
FARM SECRETARY &
PUBLIC RELATIONS GIRL
THE ENTRY: Green broke filly — Age 28 — 15.2 to
16 hands — Good conformation — Alert with
showy way of going — Traveling free and unres
trained — Unblemished and sound.
THE TRACK: Stud book and record keeping. Income
and expense ledger. Transfers and Registrations,
Advertising, Promotion and Public Relations. Show
G.L.L. Stock in Ladies Amateur Classes.
THE JUDGES: CARBON COPY — World's Greatest
Walking Stallion. Mr. George L. Lenox — World's
Hardest taskmaster. G.L.L. Farms — World’s Largest
and Finest Walking Horse Training and Breeding
Farm.
FOR PERSONAL INTERVIEW,
SEND HANDWRITTEN RESUME TO
MR. GEORGE LEE LENOX
GLL FARMS
9735 .Holmes Road • Box 88 • Route 3
Collierville, Tennessee
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CARBON COPY (Contd.)
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Perhaps memories flashed
through his mind as he made the
last round and headed for the cen
ter and the waiting blanket of red
roses with the words “CARBON
COPY” in white roses. Perhaps he
could see a wobbly black colt on a
hillside running after his mother
and visualize the intent he felt
when trying to convince other
people that this was “the horse.”
He probably relived the feeling
of pride when they won the Cham
pionship as a Two-Year-Old and
the hurt at losing the Junior Cham
pionship last year. And surely he
had memories of that big moment
only two months ago, as together,
they rode out of the “big ring”
with the roses of supremacy in the
Walking Horse Kingdom.
Joe pulled up, paused for a mo
ment and then dismounted. He led
the horse to the blanket of roses
and chatted with little Lee Lenox,
who was busy rubbing down one
leg of the great horse. The Gover
nor of Alabama, George C. Wal
lace, did the honors and Mr. and
Mrs. Lenox and a host of show of
ficials were all lined up for pic
tures of the event. Cameras caught
every phase of the retirement in
motion and still shots. The only
thing that was not put on film was
the genuine and humble feeling of
pride of Mr. George Lee Lenox and
the obvious feeling of sadness of
trainer Joe Webb as he led his
show horse . . . PERFECTION’S
CARBON COPY out of the ring
and into the waiting hands of Rus
sell Pate, trainer and manager for
the GLL Farms. From now on the
horse will stand at stud at GLL
FARMS, officially as CARBON
COPY.
The retirement of C