MISSOURI WALKING HORSE NEWS
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I recently made one of the nicest barn visits since I have been back in Missouri . Louis Sloan of Dixon has an outstanding group of horses in training . I feel that , horse for horse , Louis has a tremendous show string , as his record in the ring this year will show . Mr . and Mrs . Sloan and all their friends and customers certainly make one welcome at their stables . If you have the chance , stop by and see their horses ; you won ’ t be disappointed .
Louis is standing THE WITCH DOCTOR , sire of the great WARLOCK , at his barn . This horse has a beautiful head and is producing some excellent colts . We saw nine WITCH DOCTOR colts and all of them look exactly ali ; e All of these weanlings were black , highheaded , fine-eared , and short-backed with plenty of head motion . One especially attracted attention . At the front of the barn they have a WITCH DOCTOR orphan that really attacks that bottle on the fence . They also have some nice yearlings by this stallion .
All of Louis ’ horses were fat and in excellent shape and could go ail day . MAGIC BOY is a beautiful black two-year-old stallion by BLACK MAGIC that is owned by Louis and Victor Wulff of Vienna . I have seen this colt show and in the hallway 1 saw him again . He can cock up and swell up like a Celebration champion . This great colt has been shown three times , with two
blues and a red to his credit . Louis says he is a better colt at this stage than his wras his HANDSHAK ER ’ S DELIGHT colt that owner Clyde Frey recently sold for a considerable amount . This horse made a tremendous show at Searcy and is now at Doug Wolaver ’ s barn . He is a horse to watch , and he was made by Louis .
Louis and Victor Wulff have another tremendous horse in MAGIC ’ S MIDNIGHT . This three-year-old stallion is undefeated this season and was beaten only once last year . He is quite a horse . Another of their
top money-winners is EBONY ’ S HIGH FASHION , a beautiful , fine sorrel stallion by EBONY MASTER PIECE out of a MERRY BOY mare . He is a four-yearold , and in addition to his winning ways , we saw two
beautiful weanlings by him . Watch out for this one ! f certainly enjoyed visiting with the Withers family of Dixon . Debby has several horses in training with Louis . Her smiling face is a familiar one at the shows and she and her black mare , MIDNIGHT KAY , have
124 been cutting a wide swath . This season KAY is undefeated with Debby in the saddle . So far they have eleven blues to their credit . The Withers recently purchased STORM WARNING for Debby to show but he has been off his feed lately . They had a new arrival the day they visited with us ; they had named it BLACK OUT .
We saw SHAKER ’ S SHAKER by HANDSHAKER
work while we were there and with his headshake he lives up to his name . This bay colt is between ages and hasn ’ t been shown yet , but is being readied for
the fall shows . He is owned by the Lawsons .
Mr . and Mrs . Jerry Robberson of Springfield have two horses with Louis . RODGERS ’ WONDER BOY , a three-year-old bay stallion , has made three excellent shows this season , winning two of them and taking the red in the third show . GLORY ’ S BIG SHOT , an eight-year-old chestnut stallion , also belongs to them . JO BON ’ S MIDNIGHT BOY , owned by John Anderson of Chamois , has been shown eight times to cap ture six blues . Although he is just a four-year-old , this chestnut stallion won the Open Walking Class a Eugene .
WITCH DOCTOR ’ S MAGIC by WITCH DOCTOR owned by Melody Major , is a pretty black mare with plenty of stamina .
BOMBER ’ S RED PEPPER , owned by Allen Humphrey of Dixon , is a full brother to SUN ’ S ROCK- AWAY BOMBER . He is an outstanding two-year-old .
GO BOY ’ S SCOOTER , a three-year-old bay stallion , is a full brother to SILVER SAM that is owned by Vic Wulff . Other outstanding horses in the barn include : STARDUST LAD , a two-year-old by SILVER SAM owned by Sam Doyel of Rolla that is doing well at shows ; MAGIC ’ S SUE , a mare by BLACK MAGIC and out of a GUNSMOKE mare that is owned by Nelson Wilson . She won the mare class at Republic although she has been in the barn only a short time .
BUD ON PARADE is another full brother to SIL VER SAM , and is owned by Mrs . Ken Wright . This roan stallion did exceptionally well last season .
Our Sonny Scrivner Stables is doing well and there have been a number of new arrivals lately . RAN DALL ’ S SNOWMAN , a five-year-old white stallion that Sonny showed as a two-year-old in Missouri when he was working for Jim Babb , is back at Scrivner Stables and he has shown tremendous improvement for owners Bill Bayles and Nancy Randall of Siloam Springs , Arkansas . PIDDLEY ’ S BLACK ACE , owned by Bob Bailey of Lebanon , is another recent arrival , and this beautiful little black stallion has been burning up the ring . Another new horse in the barn is SON ’ S PRIDE BOY , a bay gelding that will be shown by owner Jimmy Watts of Rogersville .
One of the most promising and foremost trainers in our state is Don Bolinger of California . Don always has a good string of show horses and easily keeps his barn full . The Bolinger Stables is a family affair and daughter Connie Bolinger is a well-known figure in the show ring . Connie recently won second in the ladies ’ class at the Searcy , Arkansas show . There are several younger Bolingers who also do an excellent job in the saddle .
Don is well known for his young horses , especially those by GO BOY ’ S COMMAND P . This well-known sire is standing at the California stables .
Probably the most talked-about horse in our area is the truly outstanding Junior horse , AIR GUN . George Logan of Nevada owns this beautiful black four-year-
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