Tennessee , including the stake at Sparta , with trainer Donald Paschal up , and the amateur stakes at Pulaski and Murfreesboro with D ’ Leese up . D ’ Leese nd I have been friends for a long time and it was a big thrill for me to see her win the Amateur Stake at the Celebration .
One of the greatest geldings I have ever seen is HILL ’ S PER FECTION . Trained by Steve Hill and owned by Mrs . Dwain Clark , HILL ’ S PERFECTION does three honest gaits and has speed and conformation to boot . His exciting victory in the gelding class proved that he is everything said about him and more .
Harry “ Doc ” Ball from Orlando , Florida , does horse dentistry on all types of horses . “ Doc ” travels 70,000 miles a year from Chicago to Boston and Maryland through the south covering 38 states . “ Doc ” has 28 years of solid experience behind him , and he is the only man in the business who works without help and without the aid of a spectrum . “ Doc ” never gives a tranquilizer when extracting teeth , and his trademark is cuff links made from horses ’ teeth . Among “ Doc ’ s ” patients are four champion walking horses and a $ 250,000.00 standardbred stallion . “ Doc ” may be reached at either his home address , 221 S . Hampton , Orlando , Florida , or at his office in Syracuse , Apt . 11 , 442 Taylor Street , Syracuse , New York .
Donald Paschal is working a lot of top horses this year . Among these is CINDY ’ S SHADOW , junior mare owned by Mr . and Mrs . W . G . Robinson of Chattanooga . One of the best amateur horses out this year is Mr . Pat Kimbrough ’ s AL VIN . ALVIN is a four year old sorrell stallion and he won eight blues prior to the Celebration .
The entire horse show world sympathizes with Mr . Hugh Gillen of Chesapeake , Ohio , in the loss of the great show stallion , BLACK GOLD . BLACK GOLD was a seven year old black stallion with a white strip and two stockings behind . Having a record of many blues behind him , this little horse was all heart and will be mourned by thousands of admirers .
Dr . Franklin Day , of Jackson , Tennessee , has quite a two year old gelding . Jimmy Waddell rode SPUNKY DAY to win the hot two year old gelding class at the Celebration . Donna Day gave her mare , CONFEDERATE CAMEO , an excellent ride to place sixth in the Junior Juvenile Class in the Celebration . Donna and CAMEO will be the pair to watch out for in the juvenile classes next season .
Vic and Marilyn Thompson threw quite a party Saturday night after the Celebration . Atlhough I didn ’ t stay til the end , I imagine it was still going on around five ! Vic , that was the nicest party I have been to all year , and the decorations were just beautiful . Thank you , in behalf of all the horse show folk !
Fred Bailey of Lambert , Mississippi , has a black two year old called ESTHER ’ S GO BOY who will be a horse to keep an eye on next year . This sharp looking colt has a big lick and a bold way of going .
Talking to Paul Whitehead “ Whitey ,” I found out that Kibler Farms of Mount Orab , Ohio , has a lot of top notch colts by BLACK RHYTHM . Trainer “ Whitey ” also informed me that this year they bred the famous show mare , CAN DY JONES to BLACK RHYTHM . I foretell that this little colt will really be a big time horse someday .
Although this is a walking horse magazine , I want to congratulate my very dear friend , Mr . B . H . McChesney , for the outstanding show he made with SWAMP-CAT to win the coveted trophy in the Roadster to Bike championship .
Mrs . Victor Bailey , of Lambert , Mississippi , was telling me a very interesting story about a child who sat in the box adjacent to theirs . Two and a half year old Ellen Beveridge , daughter of Mr . and Mrs . Boyd Beveridge of Shelbyville , was one of the closest observers of the horse show . When one of the fine harness classes entered the ring , little Ellen said , “ Daddy , I want one of those horses with the trailer behind .”
BAMA BI-LINE by ELIZABETH BRANNON 51 The Downs Tuscaloosa , Alabama
Hello ,
The past few weeks have proven to be quite busy — horse show season is at its peak here in Alabama and everyone is either going or getting ready to go .
I really enjoyed going to the Pick-A-Winner sale in Huntsville July 18th . The sale was held at Mr . James K . Taylor ’ s farm , and it is certainly a lovely place to hold a horse sale . The sale was well attended by the Alabama trainers and interested horse people . Some good stock was sold . I think this is a wonderful thing for Alabama to have its own horse sale and I am really looking forward and planning to be there next year . While there I chatted with Bud Dunn , Hershall Talley , Zollie Derryberry , Dr . Bill Cooley , and L . M . Hilley . Tuscaloosa was well represented with Dixie Weaver , Fleecy Patton , Carolyn Rice , and Mr . B . W . Coleman from Greensboro . It was my first time to take horses to a sale and , as my husband was working , I had the job all by myself . Now I can mark up another experience — every day is something new when you are learning about horses ! Fleecy brought a good three year old mare called GO BOY ’ S NAUGHTY LADY back from the sale . We are always pleased to get another good horse in our area .
I know all of you “ Voice ” readers will be sorry to hear that “ Dixie ” Weaver , our local trainer , had an accident while catching a colt and is now nursing a broken shoulder . However , you can ’ t keep a good man down ! He is already back at work — not riding , but supervising all the activities at the barn . Well , he even tried riding when he first came home from the hospital , but I think one round of the ring convinced him that even tho ’ these Tennessee Walkers are SMOOTH , they are not what the Doctor would order for a broken shoulder . The picture of the day is Dixie sitting in his rocking chair out in the middle of the ring giving
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