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A Look Backward
Like the “ Mugwump Bird ” which flies backward so he can see where he has been instead of where he is going , we too would like to take a look backward and see what has happened during the year 1965 .
The new year opened with TRIPLE THREAT , the 1965 World Grand Champion , still making headlines as he started his first official season at stud at the Harold Wise Stables in Lewisburg , Tennessee . CARBON COPY , the 1964 Champion also made the news as it was announced that he would stand the season at Si , 000 , at GLL Farms in Collierville , Tennessee . MIDNIGHT MACK K , sire of two World Champions , was purchased by Larry and Clinton Gribble and Morrison Lowe of McMinnville , and was moved to Hariinsdale Farm in Franklin , Tennessee to stand .
Death claimed two leaders of the Breeders Association in the early part of 1966 . The passing of Mr . JOHN H . AMOS and Mr . W . W . GILL , Chairman of the Board and President , respectively , forced special elections within the Association in March .
MR . E . S . MALLARD of Georgetown , Kentucky , was elected as president of the Kentucky Walking Horse Association the early part of the year and announced a promotion program designed to stimulate breeding , training and sales of Kentuckv-bred Walking Horses .
The TENNESSEE STATE COLT SHOW ASSO CIATION was organized in Murfreesboro , Tennessee , and a new Futurity was organized by the group . Dr . BOB WOMACK was elected as President of the new ' organization .
The “ TYDINGS BILL ” was introduced in Congress with much fanfare by Humane Officials in Maryland and Virginia . The bill was designed to regulate the interstate transportation of horses and was aimed specifically at the Tennessee Walking Horse business . The Senator quoted from material furnished by opponents of the breed in his introduction of the bill . It never got out of committee but served as ample proof that some people are still dedicated to the elimination of our breed as a show horse .
The Spring MURRAY FARM SALE kicked off the activity of Middle Tennessee Walking Horse enthusiasts as SHADOW ’ S GAY LADY , the 1965 World Champion Mare topped the sale at $ 17,200 . She was purchased from R . D . Keene by Buddy Hugh for Miss Sara Hickerson of Shelbyville .
The PORTER RODGERS STABLES got into the news as they announced their first Annual Sale of horses from their stable . The sale was held in conjunction with the Annual Searcy , Arkansas , Horse Show and both were reported to have been very successful .
The TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION held it ’ s annual meeting in May at which time major change in leadership was voted on by the membership . Newly elected officers were : Jerome Ryan , President ; Dr . B . S . Henry , 1st V . P .; M . G . Williams , 2nd V . P .; Dr . DeWitt Owen , 3 Yr . Director and Hugh Gillen , 3 Yr . Director .
MACK K ’ S HANDSHAKER , the 1960 World Grand Champion was purchased in June by Mr . William A . Fickling and Mr . Frank Talbot of Macon , Georgia . The popular stud was moved to Macon in July but was sche * duled to return to the Doug Wolaver Stable in Cornersville , Tennessee , in April of 1967 to meet his stud committments in Middle Tennessee . He will be there for four months each year .
TRIPLE THREAT again made the news as he was sold for the record high price of $ 130,000 to Mr . Gottlob Koenig and Mrs . Ellen Metzger of JPort Orange Stables in Daytona Beach , Florida . He continues to stand at the Harold Wise Stables . His much talked about colt — TRIPLE THREAT AGAIN , was moved to Doug Wolaver Stables to go into training .
The FLORIDA SUNSHINE CIRCUIT saw Fashion Two Twenty Stables come home with the High Point Award . Both Greg Gochneaur and V . G . “ Red ” Gochneaur , won their share of honors on the early season circuit .
By May of 1965 the horse show business had reached full steam with shows being held weekly from coast to coast . Walking Horse activity remained oriented to Middle Tennessee as the annual PTA show and the Columbia Spring Jubilee headlined activity in the Volunteer State . Walking Horses w ' ere exhibited for the first time on Long Island , New York , in an early Spring Show ’ in that part of the country and the 4th Annual California Walking Horse Celebration was held in Pomona in May .
June , July and August saw Walking Horses participate in horse shows from coast to coast , as the tempo built up for the Celebration .
As the summer began to fade , all eyes turned toward Shelbyville , Tennessee , and the T . W . H . National Celebration , to be held the last week of August and the first week of September . Entries and enthusiasm toped all previous records as over 1,500 horses were scheduled to show . As usual th ebig question was “ who would win the big stake .” Predictions fell apart as the show got underway and none of the pre-show favorites appeared to be a serious contender . When the smoke cleared the winner of the big one was a “ surprise entry ” . . . Miss Betty Sain on SHAKER ’ S SHOCKER , Reserve Champion 3 Year Old of 1965 and winner of the Junior Stallion Class this year . Reserve was GO BOY ’ S CHATTERBOX , a surprising stallion from Dallas , Texas .
Another top stallion got into the news in August as PIDDLEY , formerly standing at Bailey-Montgomery Stables in Shelbyville , was bought and moved to Oakwood Acres in Fayetteville a £ the Celebration . The VOICE gave away over 10,000 tickets on a top filly sired by this stallion . The colt was given away at the Celebration and was won by Mr . and Mrs . Don Stewart of Birmingham .
BLACK MAGIC LM was moved into new quarters at Bailey-Montgomery Stables to stand with GO BOY ’ S SHADOW . He will stand the 1967 season here .
In July of 1965 , Mr . Joe Vann Clayton of A ttalla , Alabama , announced his purchase of SUN ’ S BIG SHOT . This top stallion had been standing for many years at Hariinsdale farms and was previously owned by the owners of MIDNIGHT SUN . The stallion was moved to Fort Oglethorpe , Georgia , to stand at the Billy Brantley Stables .
The Kentucky Walking Horse Celebration sparked Horse Show activity immediately after the Celebration and filled the gap between the National Championship and the Deep South Circuit , which began in October . Climaxing the end of Southern activity for the year was the annual Southern Championship at Montgomery in November .
Other parts of the country wound up their activity also as the West Coast ended up their season with the Cow Place Show in San Francisco , a week after the Northern California Walking Horse Association show the first of October . The fall Murray Farm Sale and the
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