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 8 CARBON COPY (Contd.) (Continued from Page 51 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