1965-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1965 May Voice | Page 27
THE MISSOURI MESSAGE
by Diana Daniel
(The VOICE Editor submits the following letter
from Miss DIANA DANIEL to introduce her to
the Walking Horse World.)
Dear Mr. Spencer:
I would like to use this means of telling you
how delighted I am at the opportunity of writing
for the VOICE.
I will cover all of the Walking Horse stables in
Missouri. We will be showing at some of the major
shows on the Southwest Circuit this season and if
you would like for me to cover any of them, I
would be delighted to do so.
1 am a junior at Glendale High School in Spring-
field, Missouri. I am an honor roll student, a mem
ber of the Latin Club, and play on the golf team.
I have been riding and showing for two years.
My horse, BLUE RHYTHM, is in training at the
Jim Babb Stables. We were second in the juvenile
and the equitation classes at Fort Worth, Texas
the first of this month and the last of last month.
(ED. NOTE- February and January respectively.)
We are looking forward to a good season and
to making a lot of shows.
Sincerely yours,
DIANA DANIEL
All training barnsinMissouri seem
to have at least one top new pros
pect, and most of them have even
more. It looks as if it is going to be
a good year for young horses. Many
of these are ready to go and will be
making their debuts at some of the
earlier shows.
DEBBY ADKINS, of Springfield,
Missouri, will be entering the ama
teur classes this year on her new
five-year-old stallion, The Raven.
This horse was shown successfully
last year by Mrs. LACEY WEST.
JOE URQUHART, Columbia, Ten
nessee, was agent in the sale. He
will be in training with JOHN SELF
at Kerr Stable, Ava, Missouri. Also
in training there is Debby’s good
juvenile horse, Pleasure’s Mr. Zip,
and her three-year-old filly, Barron’s
Black Rena.
May, 1965
A. W. LANDES, West Plains, Miss
ouri, has a new Mack K three-year-
old. This young horse can hit a big
lick and will undoubtedly make his
start at the early shows. He will be
shown and trained by John Self.
Yogi Berra, owned by Kerr Stable,
has spent a restful winter, buthewill
be raring to go soon. This good bay
stallion should be a top contender in
stake classes again this year.
O. L. HALL. Springfield, Missouri,
has recently purchased a new two-
year-old. This beautiful black colt is
one of Merry Midnight Air’s first
colts. He has a great deal of natural
ability which, combined with his good
looks, should spell trouble in the
two-year-old classes this year. He
will be shown and trained by CHES
TER BESHEARS at Hall’s High
Haven Walking Stable in Springfield.
C. L. FRATES is the new owner of
the chestnut stallion, Mack K’s Big
Shot. He is in training at the JIM
BABB Stable at Carthage, Missouri.
CLIFF can really team this big going
horse. They will be a top contender
for the amateur classes at the major
shows this year.
KARI.EEN LeDUC will be showing
Mack K's First Lady again this year
in the juvenile classes. Her new stal
lion, Sun’s Go Boy Bonanza, will be
shown by both Karleen and her fa
ther. This horse will be outstanding
in the amateur classes. Both LeDuc
horses are in training at the Jim
Babb Stable.
PAUL HONTZ, JR., of Indepen
dence, Missouri, is liable to be a
threat in open classes this year with
Shep’s Carbon Copy. Paul was
mighty proud of his horse last year
as they won many a junior class,
including Missouri State Fair, and
went high point junior horse of the
Heart of America Walking Horse
Association.
Sun’s Mighty Man, owned by
LOUIS CALLAHAN, will be shown
again this year in some open classes
by Paul Hontz, Jr. This pretty black
stallion is improving with age and
should be better than everthisyear.
Paul will have two two-year-olds
this year. Evening Sun, a fine little
stallion owned by PERRY GIFFORD
is one, and Shadow’s G Lou Lou, a
sweet little filly owned by PAUL
HONTZ, SR. is the other. Both of
these young horses are coming along
fine and should soon be ready to
start their careers.
Paul and his parents are anxiously
awaiting the start of the season and
are looking forward to making quite
a number of show's this year.
O. L. HALL of Springfield, Missouri
has purchased turn new additions to
his High Haven Walking Stable in
Springfield. One is a three-year-old
filly, Dark Shadow by Go Boy’s Shad
ow, purchased from Dr. J. R. JONES
in Manchester, Michigan. The other
is the red sorrel gelding Magic Boss
Man, purchased from PETE MOUL
DER of Rolla, Missouri. Both have
had excellent show records and are
being trained by Chester Beshears.
The loss of a stable through fire is
one of the most tragic things that can
happen. All of us were shocked and
very much stunned when we heard
that the Cedar Meadows Stable had
burned to the ground February 16.
Located in Springfield, Missouri,
Cedar Meadows is owned by JOHN
MORRIS. The stable was leased to
trainer FLOYD POSNKE. It was
the largest barn in Greene County.
Neighbors notified the Morris fam
ily of the fire. Fortunately all horses
were rescued safely. Everyone sends
the Morris family and Floyd their
deepest r egrets for that unfortunate
accident.
As everyone knows, spring is just
around the corner. We Missourians
are anxiously awaiting the start of
the shows and are expecting this to
be our biggest and best season yet!
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know better, he thinks he's smart enough
not to be caught at it.
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