the HI LINE from the Deep SOUTH
By Billy Joe Ann Estess Box 222 , Kentwood , Louisiana
Hi ! We arrived home from the Celebration just in time to welcome , if you can call it that , the Hurricane Season . Miss Betsy didn ’ t quite do us in , but you can be assured that she did her best to try !
With the Natchez show just days off I am anticipating seeing who-all bought new mounts while in Tennessee . There should be a good turnout , as the Celebration alwaysseems to put back into each of us the drive that long hot summer months of hard work has taken out . And right on the tail of this show is the Brookhaven , Mississippi show the next weekend , then the Mobile show , the Jackson , Miss ., State Championship Show , and the Dixie Jubilee . Then on to Montgomery , if by that time you ’ re up to it . All these shows are top-notch , so come be with us .
Congratulations go out to all the winners at the Celebration representing the sisterstatesofLouisiana and Mississippi that I am fortunate enough to be a part of . Especially proud am I of Mrs . C . M . WATERS of Alexandria , who won the newlyformed Ladies Amateur Stake Class . Spur ’ s Summer Dream and LOU
WATERS did an excellent job . Miss D ’ LEESE WILLIAMSON astride her Bomb ’ s Bally Hoo showed all you boys a thing or two in the Amateur Championship Stake , too . These two girls work hard at the thing they love most — showing their ' hosses ’ — and it seems to pay off , doesn ’ t it ? Space just doesn ’ t permit me to tell you of all the loot my Louisianians and Mississippians brought home , but you can be sure of one thing : We got our share ! Results of the Seminary , Mississippi show held just before the Celebration will be found in Show Results , and what a mess that was ! It rained the entire show and mud got yeadeep a-fore it was over , but all classes were well represented . My Fancy mare took me to the winner ’ s circle and 1 was especially happy . A friend told me that my husband commented that every time he had me talked into the notion of breeding Fancy , she won something and that did it for a while . Oh well , the truth of the matter is that Fancy and I know we ’ re not the best , but we have a good time teasing our trainer . Bye for now , and I ’ ll see ya at the shows !
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At present they have seven Tennessee Walking Horses in training , as well as a good selection of pleasure horses which they rent out to horse lovers on an hourly basis . The current lineup includes : Wilson ’ s Sellador , a three-year-old sorrel stud ; Go Boy ’ s Champ , a six-year-old chestnut gelding with an impressive show ring career ; Platinum Panic , a four-year-old white gelding ; and Wilson ’ s Glenadora , a sorrel stud .
They are just beginning a program of concentration on TennesseeWalking Horses and we hope to hear more from this stable in the future .
LLOYD WOOD STABLES
From Tuscaloosa , Alabama , comes news of importance to all Walking Horse enthusiasts in that part of the country . Mr . PHIL GOODWIN , formerly employed with the Vic Thompson Stables in Shelby ville , has recently gone to work with the Lloyd Wood Stables as head trainer . Phil and his wife , FLO , moved to new quarters three weeks ago and have their work cut out for them in assisting Mr . Wood with a general expansion program . They are going to add sixteen more stalls to the present bam to make a total of thirty-two .
At present , Phil will concentrate on Go Boy ’ s Scooter , the 1964 World Champion Amateur Horse that Mr . Wood recently purchased ; Go Boy ’ s Nodding Star , the outstanding Juvenile horse that BELVA WOOD shows ; and a three-year-old mare with plenty of future named Go Boy ’ s Silky . Phil says he has a good sorrel two-year-old owned by Dr . and Mrs . NELSON , as well as several good coming-two colts . More on this later !
HORSE INSURANCE NOW PROVIDED BY JIMMY RICHARDSON
" THE HORSEMAN ’ S INSURANCE MAN " P . O . Box 85 Shelbyville , Tennessee
All Coverage Is Now Available At Once .
Agent for ST . LOUIS FIRE & MARINE INS . CO .
By Phone : 684-6836 Area Code 615
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