1967-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1967 October Voice RS | Page 16

Bailey-Montgomery Sale of SHADOW Colts
FALL SALES
INDICATE
CONTINUED
UPWARD SWING
OF MARKET
The week’s activities got off to a good start with
the annual sale of colts at the Bailey-Montgomen,
Sale August 29.. Featured this year were colts bv
GO BOY’S SHADOW, SUN’S BLACK MAGIC and
PIDDLEY, and some of the best prospects for lggg
were seen at this event. Mr. Jack Montgomery and
Mr. H. C. Bailey can be pleased with their sale, as
good crowds were in attendance. A total of forty-two
horses were run through. The last horse to sell was
named NO REGRETS, and seemed to be a fitting
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Sale of Showring Champions
Topped by World Champion Yearling
The Sale of Showring Champions is always one of
the features of the Celebration week, and this year
we saw a maximum number of entries go through in­
cluding GO BOY’S LADY’S MAN. This World Champ­
ion Yearling brought the top price of $13,500 and was
purchased by Capt. E. A. Self of Mobile, Ala. This
five-day sale saw some of the most active bidding
ever, and overall results should be most satisfactory.
Owners S. W. Beech and Pete Yokley continue to
provide the best in facilities, service and stock as
the Sale of Showring Champions continues to grow.
A good selection of stock was presented every day
and buyers from all parts of the country purchased
pleasure horses, broodmares, show horses and colts.
Harlinsdale Sale Gets Top Price for Champion Filly
The annual Harlinsdale Farm Sale in Franklin, Ten­
nessee, August 30 and 31 and September 1, was an­
other great success as the last crop of MIDNIGHT
SUN colts hit the market for sale. A total of 164
horses went through this noted sale with top prospects
sired by SUN’S DELIGHT, MIDNIGHT MACK K,
SPIRIT OF MIDNIGHT, MIDNIGHT DUKE and MID­
NIGHT BEAU being offered as well as the MID­
NIGHT SUN colts.
Tops in the sale was SWEET SPIRIT, the World
Champion Yearling Filly owned by Charlie Williamson
of Brentwood, Tennessee. This beautiful prospect was
sold for $7,000 to Mr. W. S. Tomlinson of N. Wilkes-
boro, North Carolina.
Everyone involved appeared to be well pleased with
the sale and only thirty-three horses were "no saled”
out of the total. Prices were good and averages were
high. It was a good sale.
The auction sales held each fall during the week of
the Celebration usually serve as a "guide post” for
the condition of the Walking Horse business. This
year they seemed to indicate that the Tennessee
Walking Horse business is still on the upswing and
that prices are stable for all types of stock. The rule
that "horses are bringing about what they are worth”
seemed to apply as pleasure horses, broodmares,
show horses and top prospects were run through the
four sales held this year.
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OLL Farms Sale Gets Off to Great Start
The first annual sale of CARBON COPY colts got
off to a fine start as GLL Farms held their first sale
in Shelbyville on September 2. An unusually good
crowd showed up as the hammer fell on what a lot of
observers say was one of the best groups of colts ever
assembled for auction. Only seventeen GLL Farms
colts were sold and three were consigned by others.
Tops in the sale was CALL OF THE WILD, a fine
bay stallion purchased by Mr. W. L. Tomlinson of N.
An?010’ N' C’ Prices averaged a shade under
$^,000 per colt. We will all be looking forward to the
second edition of this sale next year.
Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse