1966-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1966 June Voice | Page 11

the latest edition was the best yet.
When word was received that over
575 horses would be going through
the sale in four days, your editor
could not help but make a few notes
regarding the various sales of Ten­
nessee Walking Horses and to ques­
tion the significance of these sales.
What does it all mean? On a year­
ly basis we now have scheduled
two major Murray Farm Sales, a
Sale of Champions held during the
Celebration week, the Magnussons’
Gold Star Walking Horse Sales in
Middle Tennessee, the Mid-West
Walking Horse Sale in Kansas City,
a twice-annual Kentucky Walking
Horse Sale in New Castle, the East
Tennessee Walking Horse Sale in
Kingsport and various minor sales
from coast to coast that promote the
(and we hope that we have con­
tributed somewhat to this) is more
knowledgable and critical than ever
before. They will not pay show horse
prices for pleasure stock no matter
what the blood lines or how much
training the horse has had. They
know a good horse when they see
one!
The Murray Farm Sale has done
much to add depth and trust to
the Walking Horse business. Per­
haps the most significant factor re­
garding a "sale” was the fact that
the 1965 World Grand Champion
was sold through the sale in the
Spring and went on to win the big
stake at the Celebration.
A lot of good horses went through
the sale this year but several were
Other key transactions included:
Miss Alabama Gypsy, Ben Beckham,
Jr., No Sale at $4,200; Sir Galahad
C, Joe Webb purchased separately
from Fred Condry, $10,000; Rolling
Sun’s Aurora, Doris L. Hootman,
Keosauqua, Iowa, bought by Joe
Van Clayton, $2,050 (resold); Pretty
Woman, consigned by Vic Thomp­
son, No Sale at $8,200; Midnight
Special, sold by E. F. Shuford, South
Augusta, S. C., to.Larry Gribble,
$2,850; California Rose, sold by Har­
old Wise to Buford Chitwood, $2,150;
Jet’s Miss America, consigned by
Riverbend Stables, no sale at $4,900;
Black Dust Girl, sold by Sam Pas­
chal to Cashion Farms (Midnight
Sun colt by side, bred back to Merry
Go Boy), $4,000; a mare, full sister
A COMPLETE PICTURE STORY OF THE
1966 SALE CAN BE SEEN ON THE NEXT
PAGES.
IWTH AND
LKING HORSE BREED
A GOOD CREW — It fakes manpower to
put on an effective sale. This group com­
prises the auctioneers and ground staff
of the 1966 sale.
sale of Tennessee Walking Horses.
We have questioned many knowl­
edgeable people regarding the ef­
fect that these sales have on the
business at large and the majority
state that there is no cause for
alarm. It was our first impression
that we are, in effect, "buying and
selling from each other.” This has
proven to be far from the truth,
however, when we study the num­
ber of new people getting into the
horse business and determine where
the new people are from that are
buying our horses and what they
plan to do with them after purchase.
One significant factor regarding the
sales is that the lesser horses are
bringing lower prices and the top
horses are more costly than ever
before. The Walking Horse public
June, 1966
outstanding. Sunglow’s Diamond B,
by Midnight Sunglow O, owned by
Mr. CLYDE ROBINSON, of Cooke­
ville, Tennessee, and trained by
NEIL CLARK, topped the early days
by bringing $7,000 from Dr. FRANK
McDONALD of New Castle, Indiana.
He is a good three-year-old stud
now in training with MOSE OPPEN-
HEIMER of Lawton, Kentucky.
Feature attraction of the sale was
the 1965 World Champion Mare,
Shadow’s Gay Lady, owned by Mr.
R. D. KEENE, Winter Garden, Flori­
da, and ridden by PREACH FLEM­
ING. This mare brought top dollar
at $17,200 from Mr. and Mrs. POR­
TER HICKERSON of Shelbyville,
Tennessee, and will be shown in
Juvenile Classes by their daughter,
SARA.
to Setting Sun, with colt by Carbon
Copy, was sold by Clyde Orton to
Dr. Barry for $8,300 - Dr. Barry
then sold the colt to GLL Farms
for $2,100; Go Boy’s River Road,
sold by Russell Pate to R. F. Hood,
Jr., Attalla, Alabama, for $6,300 -
resold to D. L. Putman, Huntsville,
Alabama; Go Boy’s Ace Sensation,
sold by Bud Dunn Stables to Dr.
John Sawyer for $3,550; Hi Hat’s
Shady Lady, sold by Pate Brothers
to Gladys Ferree, Kalispell, Mon­
tana, $5,500; Sun Dust Midnight,
McArthur sol to H. A. Sears, Hous­
ton, Texas, $5,100; Triple Lasso,
Claude Brown’s aged gelding, no
sale at $23,000.
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