1967-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1967 July Voice RS | Page 34

Horsein’
Around
by
Cathy Ellis
Humboldt, Tennessee
I want to thank all the horse lovers who have read my
article and have written to me. I have received some
wonderful letters from friends in Missouri, Arkansas, Ken­
tucky, and Tennessee.
Well, we are in the middle of the horse show season
and there are many shows to go to. It seems there are
more horses and better horses at the shows this year.
Jimmy Waddell. Brownsville, John Stroud, Millington,
Chalmus Davenport, Humboldt, Russell Pate, Collierville,
Neil Robinson, Cordova, and Ted Baicr, Rutherford, are
riding some good horses and getting that Blue Ribbon.
Dr. Barker here in Humboldt has a new trainer by the
name of Coon Jones from Trenton. Dr. Barker has about
22 horses and Coon is working and showing eight of them.
In the two-year-old class, he is showing KID RON GO
GIRL and took first place at Millington. He is also rid­
ing BLACK JACK AGAIN as a three-year-old, and GO
BOY’S MIGHTY MAN is his stake horse.
Mr. Jones has been making a lot of the shows for the
first time this year and is doing quite well. He is 27 years
old, married, and has three young daughters.
I have been making several of the shows with my juve­
nile horse JET’S MIDNIGHT GLORY and plan to make
a lot more before the season is over. So in order to keep
him in top shape, I expect I had better run out to the
barn and ride him this afternoon and also do a little
extra ‘ HORSEIN’ AROUND.”
WISCONSIN WALKS
Jean S. (Mrs. Leo)Baum
Box 250
Ixonia, Wisconsin 53036
What a way to start the show season—at Madison,
Wis., in the gorgeous new five million dollar coliseum,
perfectly constructed for horse shows (and many other
events), and complete new stabling facilities. This show
committee does its utmost to please.
Fritz Jordan judged the Saddle and Walking Horses.
The Walking Horse classes were large, with twelve to
fifteen horses in most. For brevity’s sake, we’ll just run
down the first and second in each class:
Madison: Open: (!) the well-liked Eddie McCoy on
QUEEN BEE for the j. W. Tolberts: (2) SOUTHERN
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COMFORT, Joan (Mrs. John) Krumm up for Mr, and
Mrs John Krumm. Amateur: (1) MIGHTY GO BOY
rook the blue, with a mighty happy Mrs. R. C. Ouden-
hoven up for Dr, and Mrs. R. C. Oudenhoven; (2) that
oood going SOUTHERN COMFORT. Ladies: Coming in
first in a big class, SOUTHERN COMFORT, putting on
a beautiful performance; (2) Sharon Torreano on QUEEN
BEE took the red for the Tolberts. Junior: MERRY
GLORY’S GAL, ridden by George McGilvra (coming
all the way from Missouri) for Dr. Edna Cree; (2) Ed
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The Grayslake, III., Countryside Hospital Charity
Show, usually plagued by cold weather, was beset by-
rain this year. Robert Holt judged. Open: (1) COUN­
TRY MUSIC, Clarence Johnson up, did owners the Wal­
ter Petersons proud; (2) DICTATOR AGAIN, ridden
by new owner Harold Schwengel. Amateur: Reversing the
Open, DICTATOR AGAIN took the blue, and COUN­
TRY MUSIC with owner Walter Peterson up took second.
Junior: (1) BOB AND UP, Clarence Johnson up; (2)
SHADOW’S STAR, Ed McCoy the rider.
The Silver Anniversary big Milwaukee Spring Horse
Show was a great one, done to the hilt in every way, in­
cluding an extravagant FREE gala exhibitors’ party—
as a “Thank You” for the 25 years. Claude Alexander
and Robert McCray judged the saddle horses. Open: (1)
RED BOMBER, putting on a show as he never has before,
had the crowd bringing the rafters down—owner Leo
Baum up;