1968-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1968 February Voice RS | Page 6

CARROLL STABLES
As the show season rolls nearer most trainers are
putting more and more time in the saddle. One such
trainer is Don Bell, trainer for the Carroll Stables in
Fayetteville, Tennessee. Don and his partner, Marvin
Carroll, are leasing the south stable on the Oakwood
Acres farm and have eighteen horses in training. Don
is concentrating on young stock and has some of the
best around. We saw several young horses working,
including a fine black MIDNIGHT SUN stud colt
owned by V. A. Russo of Hueytown, Alabama, and
another good black colt owned by Hollis and Slayton
of Fayetteville. Johnny Wambrod of Winchester has
a sorrel SUN’S DELIGHT filly that is making real
progress and Marvin Carroll has a sorrel HAND­
SHAKER stud colt that is doing well.
Mr. W. E. Broughton of Perdue Hill, Alabama has a
couple of two-year-olds in training as well as a fine
three-year-old sorrel stud by SHADOW. Two other
three-year-olds that are doing well are a black stud
by SIR WINSTON and a black stud by SUN’S DE­
LIGHT. The SIR WINSTON horse is fast becoming a
contender for his owners, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Lim-
baugh of Chattanooga. The SUN’S DELIGHT horse
is owned by Marvin Carroll.
Big news at the Carroll Stables was the recent sale
of two fine Tennessee Walking Horses to Sr. Ricardo
Vargas of Bogata, Colombia, South America. The as­
sociation of the Vargas family with Tennessee Walk­
ing Horses goes back to the time when the Rambo
Farms in Fayetteville were prominent in the business.
It was through this association that the horses were
recently sold. The horses were both fine specimens
of our breed. They were both three-year-olds and were
both by SUN’S DELIGHT, one being black and the
other sorrel. The horses are to be trucked to Miami
and then flown to Colombia. Congratulations to Don
Bell and Marvin Carroll on the sale of these horses.
LEWISBURG HORSE GROUP
HONORS KENNETH BROWN, JR.
A group of Walking Horse enthusiasts met recently
in Lewisburg, Tennessee to honor the return of Dr.
Kenneth Brown, Jr., who has been in Alaska. Dr.
Brown has been active in the Walking Horse business
for many years and expressed pleasure at his return
to this part of the country. Kenneth has just com­
pleted a tour of duty in the Army and will begin four
years of resident medical practice in Birmingham,
Alabama. Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Brown, Sr., long­
time residents of Lewisburg and also Walking Horse
lovers, attended the party, which was held at the
recreational park building in Lewisburg.
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After a fine covered-dish supper, the hundred-plUs
in attendace were treated to full-color movies of the
1967 Celebration which were presented by the VOICE
The movies brought on more horse talk and a lot of
reminiscing by Kenneth Brown. He showed for many
years as a juvenile and an amateui and is best re­
membered for his performances on LADY LOU and
SUN’S CADILLAC. The story goes that he was given
a choice of having a new car or a show horse when
he was sixteen, and he took the horse. He compro­
mised somewhat by naming him SUN’S CADILLAC
It was good to see horse folks get together for a
friendly meeting, and a fine time was had by all. We
are glad to have Dr.