Windy Hills Stables
This fine stable is located in Elizabethton , Tennessee , and at the present time activity is hot and heavy . Tommy Wetzel is working some good horses and he took time out to let us know about them .
Tommy is working seven two-vear-olds and each one shows plenty of promise . Tommy is anxious to get them in the show ring to see what they can do . He also has two good three-year-old marcs under saddle , a BLACK RHYTHM mare that was purchased from “ Whitey ” Whitehead and a SIR HENRY ' S ECHO mare owned by Cathy Chitwood of LaFayctte , Tennessee .
Windy Hills will have some formidable entries in juvenile classes this year . Dr . Bowman ’ s and Dr . Slagle ’ s children will show on SUN ’ S LUCKY7 LADY , a real fine mare . Another juvenile rider from this stable is Art Smithdeal . He will be showing a gelding named PRIDE ’ S SUN . This horse was sixth in his class at the 1966 Celebration .
Tommy will be showing HILLSIDE SHADOW in stake classes this year . This fine-looking black stud is owned bv Allen Smithdeal .
GOLDEN PROMENADER , the 1959 World ’ s Grand Champion amateur horse , has been brought to stand at stud at Windy Hills . This horse is owned by Dr . Charles Chitwood , Jr ., who will exhibit him a few times at local shows this year . PROMENADER is a sorrel stallion by HALL ALLEN out of a LAST CHANCE mare .
Fashion Two Twenty Stables
Horse sense can go a long way towards making a success out of a stable operation . And , looking at another side of the ledger , it is easy to see that this same sense can go equally far in making a success of one ’ s business . Vernon G . “ Red ” Gochneaur of Fashion Two Twenty Stables has enjoyed plenty of success in both of these fields .
MR . FASHION TWO TWENTY , Gochneaur ’ s most prized Tennessee Walking Horse has captured every major honor on the horse show trail , including his most recent triumph in the deep south . The show points accumulated by this magnificent Tennessee Walker earned him the title “ Grand Champion Walking Horse of the 1967 Florida Sunshine Circuit .”
“ Red ” Gochneaur is widely known among amateur horsemen . Owner of the Fashion Two Twenty Stables in Aurora , Ohio , he is a past vice president of the American Walking Horse Association , founder and first president of the Buckeye Walking Horse Association , and has ridden a long list of Tennessee Walkers into the limelight .
Fashion Two Twenty cosmetics is headquartered in Aurora arid has recently moved into a new $ 300,000 warehouse and office . This company markets one hundred and thirteen cosmetic products .
The Fashion Two Twenty Stables show string presently includes MR . FASHION TWO TWENTY ; SHAD OW ’ S BLAZE , the 1964 Florida Sunshine Circuit champ ; ME AND MY7 SHADOW , winner of the four-year-old Gelding Grand Championship ; HOT CARGO , named for a Fashion Two Twenty perfume ; JUDGE ’ S CHOICE , also sharing his name with a Fashion Two Twenty perfume and winner of the Florida Junior Walking Horse Stake .
Three of Gochneaur ’ s children also show horses and do a fine job . Roger shows in amateur classes , Gregg in juvenile classes and Candy in the ladies division . The Fashion Two Twenty Stable is indeed a beautiful layout . The 50 x 300 foot stable houses 23 stalls , an indoor work ring and a walnut-and-glass paneled tack room . A spacious outdoor ring is lighted for night use .
J . B . Coker Stables
The J . B . Coker Stables of Joppa , Alabama are presently working 33 horses . They have 10 two-year-olds under saddle , and some of them are really looking good . A two-year-old grey stud colt , DANS GO BOY , is the kind you like to see ; he is set up right and can really get the job done . This colt is owned by Mr . and Mrs . Dan Turney of Somerville , Ala . A black stud , DOUBLE MIDNIGHT , owned by Mr . and Mrs . R . L . Boyer of Hartselle , is a good prospect . A black filly , MIDNIGHT PRINCESS , is doing well for Mr . and Mrs . Gwinn Mason of Somerville .' PIDDLEY ’ S PARTY GIRL , a sorrel filly owned by Mr . and Mrs . G . G . Daily of Cullman , is a top contender . A bay three-year-old stud , INVA SION ’ S HEADMAN , owned by Woodrow Gord of Huntsville , shows lots of promise . A grey three-year-old filly , MISS SILVER CITY , owned by Mr . and Mrs . Ray Blackman , has taken her canter and is even better than last year . A bay filly , MAGIC ’ S LADY7 MARY , owned by Mr . and Mrs . C . C . Alexander , is doing well . A four-yearold bay mare , LADY INVASION , owned by Dr . Kenneth Swafford of Hartselle , is the kind you dream about . An aged mare , MISS DISTANT STAR , owned by Mrs . Joyce Keith of Pittsburgh , Pa ., won the mare class at Crossville in her first time out this season .
Geneva Lee , Walking Horse Enthusiast , Dies in Accident
East Tennessee Walking Horse enthusiasts were saddened by the recent death of Mrs . Geneva Lee of Mc
Donald , Tennessee , who died of injuries sustained in an automobile accident May 28 .
Mrs . Lee was an avid Walking Horse rider and for the past several years had worked with her husband George and son Mike in training and showing their own horses . Geneva was well liked by the Walking Horse community and she was an excellent example of many of the smaller backyard type of trainers that make up the mass of our juvenile and amateur competition .
Those who knew her know that she loved this breed and the people connected with it and it will be a while
before we are used to her absence in the show ring . Our sincere regrets and sympathies are extended to her family and friends .
Mr . George Lee also suffered extensive head injuries in the accident but was released from the hospital and is recuperating at home .
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