1966-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1966 October Voice RS | Page 67

Before he had time to think further on his “victory”
the phone rang. “Hello”, he said . . . “Lonny Barnes
Walking Horse Stables”. Lonny listened while the man
on the other end of the line told him what a great horse
he had in TIGER BAY and what a fine show he made. He
also asked if it would be possible for him to take two
coming-two year old colts for training. “Sure”, said Lon­
ny, “I still have two or three stalls empty ’. Little Joe,
who was listening from the hallway snickered. He knew
that Lonny actually had seven empty stalls and that Mr.
Staponovich was planning to take his two horses home
soon. Little Joe thought to himself that part of success in
he horse business must be making people think you are
doing them a favor to make room for their horses.
Just as Lonny was getting ready to leave for lunch, a
big car pulled up in front of the barn. Lonny did not
recognize any of the three men in the car. As they got
closer to the door, however, he realized that one of them
was Mack Malone, one of the Judges of the recent
Festival. Mr. Malone stepped up first and introduced him­
self. “You probably don’t remember me Lonny, but I spent
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EDITOR’S NOTE—Due to a tremendous interest in this story by
our readers we have decided to continue “In quest of a Blue”.
It was our original intention to end the story of Lonny Barnes,
Professional Walking Horse Trainer, with the Celebration issue
but we have decided to make it a monthly feature. We hope you