Bits & Spurs
By Sharon Terry Box 1178 Slale College , Miss .
Hello again for this beautiful month of July . I have recently returned from the Portsmouth , Ohio Show , where I saw many good horses perform . The Portsmouth classes were well filled with horses from several states , and the show was a big success . I particularly enjoyed seeing some of the different breeds of horses which we don ’ t have in this vicinity , such as the Morgan horse .
Another note of interest at the Portsmouth Show was the fact that stallions . were permitted to show in Ladies ’ and Juvenile classes . A prominent Ohio Walking Horse exhibitor told me that in that part of the country people do not discriminate against ladies showing stallions , but fully believe that the capable ladies should be allowed to show their mounts where they choose . The rule which bars stallions is not entirely fair because it does not bar stallions from the Walking Pony classes . If stallions are to be barred , they should be barred altogether or not at all .
Marvin Wilson won the Stallion and Gelding Class and the Stake at Portsmouth on my Gelding , SUN ’ S DARK DEMON . I showed him to win the Amateur Stake there that Saturday night . Marvin is doing a great job with all of the horses he is working .
While at Portsmouth , I talked to Paul Sickles , who has a training stable in Athens , Ohio . Paul is working a black roan two-year-old stallion by SHADOW ’ S REPLICA , who really promises to be a great horse . This colt is owned by M . L . Magnusson and Paul Sickles . Paul has a lot of good horses in his barn and will be making many of the Ohio shows this year .
Fray Escue of Covington , Kentucky , has a top string of show horses this season . The star of the Escue stables , though , is Nancy Escue , riding her well-known pony , SHADOWr ’ S JET . Nancy and JET have won most of their shows this season and I predict that they will win many more .
Eleven-year-old Muriel Ann Brinkley of Shelbyville wrote me to tell me about her gelding , CHANCE ’ S GYPSY SUN , who is in training with James N . “ Casey ” Jones , also of Shelbyville . Muriel is new in the horse business and will be riding in juvenile classes this summer . She also owns a Walking Pony , SUN ’ S GLITTER BOY , and a two-year-old colt . SHADOW ’ S RED
FLAME . Thirteen-year-old Jane Yeager of Blountsville ,
Alabama , says she has a nice juvenile horse , a six-yearold gelding bv the name of ELDER ' S SUNSET . Jane ’ s parents own a three-vear-old stud by SPUR ’ S CLOWN , CLOWN ’ S IMAGE . They also have a tan chestnut mare by CLOWN , CLOWN ’ S FIRST LADY .
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T . W . H . B . & E . A . A . OBSERVES RECORD YEAR Annual Meeting of Breeders ' Association
Indicates Expansion of Walking Horse Interest
Saturday morning , May 22 , 1965 , President W . W . GILL called to order the annual meeting of the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders ’ and Exhibitors ’ Association of America in the headquarters building of the Association in Lewisburg , Tennessee .
Recognition of guests and new members was followed by a motion to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the last meeting . This motion carried unanimously . Mrs . MARIANNE HAWKINS ( Secretary-Treasurer ) then read the Treasurer ’ s Report , listing total income in 1964 in excess of $ 122,000.00 and expenses of $ 88,512.57 . The report of the Treasurer was accepted and ordered to be filed .
COLONEL H . TOM FULTON ( Executive Secretary ) then reported to the membership that 1964 was indeed a record year for the Association . " More than 5,200 colts were registered in 1964 , brgining the total number of Walking Horses registered here with the Association to more than 70,000 ,” Colonel Fulton reported . The membership of the Association now exceeds 2,000 , and public acceptance of the Walking Horse is at an all-time high , with shows , classes and exhibitors featuring the breed growing almost beyond belief . Colonel Fulton cited particularly the rapid increase in classes for Walking Horses at the Kentucky State Fair as evidence of public acceptance . " Your Board of Directors is working hard to clean up the problems in the Walking Horse business ,” the executive continued .
Upon Colonel Fulton ’ s suggestion a motion was made , seconded and carried ratifying the actions taken by the board during the past year .
A rising note of thanks was given to Colonel Fulton for his continuing labors in a difficult and demanding position .
Mr . CARL HENGEN , President of the American Walking Horse Association , was recognized , and he expressed the desire for his organization to further the aims and purposes of the Association in making the Tennessee Walking Horse the most popular breed of all . There being 807 votes by proxy held at the meeting and about 50 in person , a quorum was declared and two new Directors of the Association were elected for three-year terms . The nominating committee presented Mr . ALBERT WRIGHT , Sharpsburg , Kentucky , and Mr . JOHN AMOS , Franklin , Tennessee ; there being no nominations from the floor the nominees were elected by acclamation .
Among the topics discussed following the formal business session was the financial position of the Association . In response to a question raised by Mr . L . C . FRITSCHE , Shelbyville , Tennessee , the Treasurer reported that the total assets of the Association are currently $ 186,897.78 : $ 161,859.65 in cash , and $ 25,038.13 for the book value of the headquarters building and equipment and for other items .
Soon to be released , Regulations for Registrations were discussed briefly , as were several other topics .
Upon a motion to adjourn , the group went to the Marshall County Recreation Center for a delicious luncheon and a period of further discussion of their interest in the Tennessee Walking Horse .
VOICE of the Tennessee Walking Horse