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CHATTER by Charlotte Lee Neill P . 0 . Box 191 Tuscumbia , Alabama Y
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In the northwestern part of Alabama , things are really swinging . Everyone is working hard trying to get all those new colts ready for show-time . I guess this is true of the training stables all over the country .
“ Ole ” John Phillips and his trainer , Phil Goodwin , of Phillips Stables , Tuscumbia . have a good lineup of young horses this spring . Among their two year olds are : a striking , dark bay filly by EBONY MASTERPIECE , owned by Fred O . Kimbrough of Tuscumbia : a loose black filly
by GLORY ’ S MACK K , out of a MIDNIGHT SUN mare , owned by our local D . V . M . Hillard Whitlock ; a
blue roan filly by MR . SUNDUST , owned by Charles Carmichael of Tuscumbia ; a roan filly by GLORY ’ S MACK K . a bay SUNDUST gelding , and a sorrel gelding by GLORY ’ S MACK K , all owned by John Phillips .
In the three year old category , they have : COLONEL SAM , a sorrel gelding by MR . SUNDUST . owned by Gus Davis of Florence ; and a bay SUNDUST gelding owned by John Phillips . One of their top horses is a three year old black stud colt by GLORY ’ S MACK K out of a
MIDNIGHT SUN mare . This big , handsome colt , GLORY ’ S GRAND PRIX . is proudly owned by Dennis Reid , our local Pontiac dealer .
In the Juvenile Division are : the popular , young Miss Rhonda Marmann will be showing a new juvenile horse this year . MAUGREY ’ S SOCIETY GIRL is a great young mare owned by Rhonda ’ s grandmother . Mrs . Fred
Kimbrough of Tuscumbia . Also Miss Tana Reid and her good pony , SHADOW ’ S GTO , are getting ready to bring home the ribbons . Then there ’ s that well known fatherson team of Dr . W . R . Trapp and Rustv , showing GOLD SUN ’ S GOLDEN GIRL and GO BOY ’ S LADY LOU in amateur and pony classes , respectively . Good Luck to all !
Phillips Stables is standing GLORY ’ S MACK K this
year . He is OLD GLORY — MIDNIGHT SUN bred and has a great future as a sire of walking colts . There are a
few under saddle now ' that will be shown this year .
Sam Hall Stables
I regret to report that MR . PIDDLEY , the renowned big , black stud shown by Sam Hall in Amateur Classes all over the country accidentally broke his right foreleg on
February 25 . He was taken to Auburn University for further treatment of the compound fracture . We all know Sam was looking forward to showing his great stud this season and we extend our sympathies . But , we hope to see him show some of those good colts he has by MR PIDDLEY and MR . SUNDUST .
Wallace Dunn Stables
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Our good friend Bob Krabbenhoft , from Scottsville , Kentucky , has been doing some Barnstorming and was kind enough to send in some interesting information regarding what he saw . From all indications the Walking Horse activity in Kentucky is at a fever pitch with the approach of show season . We appreciate Bob ’ s efforts on our behalf and the Walking Horse interests in Kentucky .
We haven ’ t visited the Kentucky areas as much this past year as we have in previous years , inasmuch as we have had horses stabled in Tennessee . However , I think we have some news that may be of interest to you . Young Buddy Clay and his wife , Faye , have enlarged their bam and now have 18 stalls . All of these are filled and they have a waiting list that would almost fill the bam again . There seems to be a great deal of interest created in Southern Kentucky , and more and more people are wanting to own and show Walking Horses . They have ten two-year olds in training , and it would appear that they should have some very good stock coming out of this group . Buddy bought two SUN ’ S DELIGHT fillies at the Harlinsdale Sale last fall . One of these was for Mr . Allen of Franklin , Kentucky , and the other is owned jointly by Buddy and Ralph Eugene Johnson of Bowling Green , Kentucky . Both of these fillies are doing very well , and Mr . Allen has turned down a great deal of money for his filly . They also have a MIDNIGHT BEAU stud colt , owned by Wayne Coker of Russellville , Kentucky that anyone would be proud to have in their bam . Mike Simmons of Russellville has a MIDNIGHT SE CRET filly , and his brother , Sonny Simmons , has a double bred MACK K stud . Both of these young horses are also doing very well . The black three-year old mare that Buddy showed so successfully last season has taken to canter very well and should again bring home her share of the ribbons . This mare was shown very heavily last season , and beat some very highly regarded two-year-olds throughout Kentucky and Tennessee . They have four three-year-olds in training and also have two aged horses .
This young couple has come a long ways in about three years , and they should make a good name for themselves
in the Walking Horse business .
David Bailey of Glasgow , Kentucky did very well last year with his little gray amateur horse , MR . CLUE , and placed high in the high point award for the State of Kentucky . David also has a MIDNIGHT SUN threeyear old in training with Carl Young at the Bendor Farm that should come out as a very good three-year-old this year . Robert Bishop also of Glasgow did very well last season with SPECK ’ S MOONSHINE . This four-year-old is by SPECK OF THE HILLS and is a good junior horse . I am sure that he will be noticed wherever he shows this coming season . Billy Huffman of Glasgow informs me that
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