1966-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1966 June Voice | Page 6
SCENIC CITY HOSTS WALKING HORSES AT
EARLY SHOW
Chattanooga Pilot Club Show Successful
The Annual Chattanooga Pilot
Club Horse Show, managed by the
Red Bank Riding Club, was held at
the Warner Park Field House in
Chattanooga, Tennessee, April 29-
30. Despite threatening weather
that dampened the spirits of the
crowd, the Saturday evening show
was a great success.
The Hon. C. A. BOBO, from Col
lierville, Tennessee, did his usual
good job as judge of Walking Horses,
tying them "exactly as I saw'em,”
as he puts it.
Coming on strong in the inside
arena during the Walking Horse
Stake was Shadow’s Top Flight, rid
den by FRANK RU SSELL for owner
BRUCE REYNOLDS of Etowah,
Tennessee. Top Flight proved to be
a good three-gaited Walking Horse
with plenty of action and motion
to receive the blue.
The mare class saw another top
horse come to the winners’ circle
as DON BELL of Boaz, Alabama,
made a great show on Setting Sun’s
Supreme for Dr. W. L. COOLEY.
This mare has great potential for
1966.
In the Junior Walking Horse class
(four-year-olds), a local trainer took
the limelight to defeat some of the
best with Top Wilson Merry Man.
BILL BAILEY, training for Mr. W. L.
BROWN of Signal Mountain, Ten
nessee, has made quite a name for
himself in this part of the country
with this horse and a few others.
You will hear more about him later!
The Untouchable, with pert JUDY
TILLETT up, added yet another
blue to her growing list of conquests
as they walked right into winners’
circle during the Juvenile Class. This
horse is Celebration material and
is considered one of the best around,
especially with Judy up.
DEBBIE POLLARD, riding her
well-known Dream at Midnight, took
top honors in the Amateur Class.
This big sorrel mare can go places
with the best of them and, with
trainer ROY STARKY handling the
chores for owner E. C. NICHOLS
of Knoxville, she should win many
more blues this year.
In the Walking Stallion and Geld
ing Class, ELMORE BROCK kept
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his horse on the rail in a three-
gaited Walking Horse performance,
exhibiting the "Brock skill” at its
best to win with The Contender.
Features of the afternoon perform
ance were seen in the Two-Year-
Old Class, the Three-Year-Old Class,
the Ladies’ Amateur Class and the
Walking Mare Class. Starting the
day off in fine form was Apollo’s
Gold Crest, with CHARLES MAS
SEY up for WELCH & RANDALL.
This young colt proved what a win
ter of hard work can do when train
er Massey put his horse to the test.
Don Bell, making his second trip to
receive a blue in this ring, bested a
top field of three-year-old Walking
Horses with his outstanding Major’s
Image, owned by GILLESPIE and
Cooley of Boaz, Alabama. Image
attracted the crowd with his walk
ing ability and form. He is a good
one!
Riding one of the famous'troopers’
of the showring, Midnight Queen Bee,
MARIANNE LEECH of Winchester,
Tennessee, put on a top show in the
Ladies Class to take the blue in this
event. The Walking Mare Class saw
Mr. W. D. ELLIOTT take the blue
with his Penny Poker, a top mare
that put on a great performance
in this show.
Complete results are found else
where in this issue.
Flight, Bruce Reynolds, owner.
WALKING MARES: Setting Sun Supreme,
Dr. W. L. Cooley, owner.
WALKING MARES. 4 YEARS AND UNDER:
Penny Poker, W. D. Elliott, owner.
j . mlliuins and GELDIN
4 YEARS AND UNDER: Top Wilson M
Man. Mr. W. L. Brown, owner
PHOTOGRAPHS WERE NOT AVAILABLE
FOR ALL CLASS WINNERS AT THIS SHOW.
VOICE of the Tennessee Walking Horse