1967-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1967 March Voice RS | Page 28

PRIDE OF PANOLA
By SHARON TERRY AND J. MACK JONES
(Much of this article is taken directly from a letter from Mr. J. Mack Jones.
A very special thanks is extended to Mr. Jones for the time, effort, and
trouble he took in helping to write this story of his beloved stallion,
PRIDE OF PANOLA).
In the month of March of the year 1943 a beautiful
chestnut colt was foaled. Little did he know that he was
destined to become one of the greatest Walking horse
sires that ever lived.
PRIDE OF PANOLA was bred by he late J. S. Wood
of Sardis, Mississippi, in Panola Countv. SIR MAU
GRAY by WILSON’S ALLEN was PRIDE’S sire and
his dam was MISSISSIPPI SWEATHEART by YEAR-
ICK’S BOURBON KING by HUNTER’S ALLEN F-10.
In 1944 PRIDE was sold to E. L. McGhee, Port Gib­
son, Mississippi, and was moved to his new home. When
PRIDE was a coming two-year-old Mr. McGhee let Mr.
B. W. Pettway start him. Mr. Pettway broke him and
even bred him to a few mares, but due to his advanced
age and PRIDE’S increasing