1964-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1964 October Voice | Page 21

IN THE
WALKING
HORSE
WORLD
By BETTY
MARGRAVE
Box 168
Union, Kentucky
The VOICE takes pleasure in intro­
ducing another outstanding Contri­
buting Editor to our growing staff.
From Union, Kentucky, just 15 miles
from Cincinnati, we present Miss
Betty Margraves, who will report on
Walking Horse activity in the Ken­
tucky and Southern Ohio area.
About Betty — She was born and
reared in the horse state of Kentucky.
A life long lover of horses, Betty be­
gan her horse career at an early age
and became an endowed lover of
horses. Her first horses were Quarter
horses, she later acquired Gaited horses
which she showed for two years. Then
she went to her real love, the Ten­
nessee Walking Horse. Betty has been
riding and breaking her own colts as
they come along. Living on the farm
she has ready access to the barn and
horses. She dearly loves the farm and
horse activities. Being a sophomore at
the University of Kentucky’s Northern
Center her riding time has been cut
but she still finds time to ride the 595
acres weekly. She also finds time to
make a show somewhere almost each
week in the Southern Ohio or Ken­
tucky show circuit. Betty owns a Jr.
horse that has been doing real well for
her this season, MOONLIGHT SENSA­
TION. He is being trained and hand­
led by the well qualified trainer Wil­
lard Tenpenny at Calico Farms. Betty
is looking for an enjoyable year in
1965 with this mount as an aged horse.
Readers and horse show enthusiasts
having knowledge of horse and show
news please write or phone [phone].
I would like to express my ap­
preciation for the opportunity to
write this column for the VOICE.
It is indeed an honor and I will
endeavor to do my best as an ama­
teur writer. I request the help of
all the horse owners and enthu­
siasts of my area, I will contact
you personally in the near future
but in the mean time please for­
ward me your news.
Dr. and Mrs. John Sawyer gave
a dinner at their home in Frank­
lin, Ohio for the members of the
Amateur Horsemen’s Association
OCTOBER, 1964
of America and their families. The
group was priviledged to have the
managing editor of the VOICE, Mr.
Bruce Spencer as guest of honor.
The Sawyer girls Janie and Sally
have won blues all over the Ohio
and Kentucky shows on their
horses SPURS JUBILEE and
MAID OF THE HILL. Their
younger sister Barbie is making
her debut in the show horse
world next year on MAID OF THE
HILL and Janie has a new horse
TOP CAT which she is going to
show.
My neighbors Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Lovett, owners of the Bea­
con Hill Farm, Union, Ky., their
son, Terry , and daughter, Julie,
have enjoyed a good season of
working and showing their own
horses, taking many blues at the
shows. Julie really made an out­
standing show with her powerful
chesnut gelding SUN’S DESTINY
at the Kenutcky State Fair win­
ning the Juvenile Class and plac­
ing second in the Ladies Class.
Since Terry has entered Ohio State
College and Julie has returned to
school, Mr. Lovett has hired Mr.
C. C. Reese to train their horses.
Julie’s pride and joy is JUL’S
LOVE, a young filly which Mr.
Reese has just started working re­
cently.
Proud is the word for Mr. Con­
rad Stephenson of Dry Ridge, Ky.
He has one of the first foals from
the 1963 World’s Champion, SUN’S
DELIGHT and from what I hear
he has everything you can look for
ina Walking Horse Colt.
The Georgetown, Ohio horse
show was a great success despite
the fact that part of their bleachers
were destroyed by fire the week
prior to the show. Fray Escue won
the Stallion and Gelding Class
with SUN’S DUST MERRY BOY
and came back the next day and
won the stake class. Mr. L. R. Jones,
trainer for the Triple N Farm,
Blanchester, Ohio won the Jr.
Class on the beautiful black stal­
lion RHYTHM’S SHADOW. The
Amateur Walking Horse Class was
won by the noted gelding SUN’S
DESTINY with Mr. Ralph Lovett
up.
Please send me any news you
have.
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