1968-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1968 March Voice RS | Page 52

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CARBON COPY for S125,000.00 ; TRIPLE THREAT for S 130,000.00 ; and THE ENTERTAINER for $ 85 , - 000.00 point out that top stock brings top prices . The Celebration emphasizes the increase in interest
in the breed . In the past six years , attendance has doubled with well over 100,000 people attending the
1967 show . In the pleasure market there is greater interest than ever before . Last September a new National Registry was formed for Half-Walkers in Mansfield , Ohio . This group has sent out over 7,000 replies to inquiries , w ' hile registering 1,100 horses and gaining memberships from 1,200 people . The breed still has many nagging problems but major steps are being taken on a number of fronts to alleviate these areas of concern . The prime need is determination to solve the problems and willingness to work to see this accomplished .
In addition to strides already mentioned , the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders ’ Association is also making progress . They now have registrations under control and are almost completely caught up on back material . They have plans to complete construction of a new national headquarters building in Lewisburg this year and we understand that they now have initiated a new major film on the breed , as well as starting a 4-H Club project and other promotional ideas . Congratulations on this program !
Another indication of progress is the development of the Walking Horse Trainers Association . This organization has been needed for years and we trust that these men will accept their vast responsibility regarding the future of the Walking Horse business While working hand-in-hand with other organizations they represent a most important segment of the business and , as they develop , so should the Tennessee Walking Horse . They have worked long and hard to get started on the right foot and indications are that they have . We wish them much success !
The VOICE is very proud of the rapid progress that has been made by the breed and by our magazine . The interest and enthusiasm of those people connected with Walking Horses are responsible for this development . We appreciate your past support and look forward to your continued cooperation in helping to further the Tennessee Walking Horse breed .
ALABAMA WALKING ON
by Gail B . Chambers Box 14 Morris , Alabama
It is not much longer until show season , and everyone is hustling around trying to put the finishing touches on all their horses . Cooley ’ s Stables in Boaz , Alabama is no exception . Albert Byron has taken over as trainer and has been breaking a number of colts by SPURS CLOWN which are good prospects
for the coming season . Dr . W . L . Cooley , owner of the barn , will be showing STAN THE MAN this season ,
and his daughter Dee Ann will show a gelding owned by Dr . C . L . Hampton of Galax , Virginia . This horse was high point winner in the state of Virginia for two years and should be one to watch ! Dr . Cooley also has a three-year-old and a four-year-old gelding that will be showm by Mr . Byron .
Dr . Cooley has interests other than Walking Horses . On his 250-acre farm he raises Hereford cattle and quarter horses . Adjoining the farm is Sandy Downs , the much-talked-about quarter horse racetrack . Dr . Cooley invites everyone to come by and visit .
Mrs . A . W . Washburn of La Fayette tells me they have been raising Walking Horses for twenty years and how have a black stud colt believed to be their best one yet ! He is by STATELY GO BOY out of CRICKET GIRL , a twenty-year-old HOLDENS AL­ LEN mare . She tells me that this mare is also the granddam of the HANDSHAKER KAY mare Doug Wolaver has been showing for the past several years .
Wayne Luna , trainer at Bridlewood Stables here in Morris , plans to be ready when the gates open ! All the horses are looking good , including three new horses in training with Wayne . Mr . Emmett Cavett of
Birmingham has a beautiful black two-year-old filly by EBONY MASTERPIECE that is working good , and Mr . Douglas Price of Clay is the owner of a tv / o-year-old
SPURS CLOWN colt . Raymond Phillips of Corner has recently put his big black four-year-old stud in training here .
ALLEY CAT is feeling his oats after a short rest here at home , but has now gone back to work at Bridlewood . We plan to be ready , too !
Bank-Note Stables , located between Hartselle and Decatur , was started three years ago by Jimmy L . Jones . He was joined last year by Dr . Kenneth Swafford and Bill Hampton . Recently Dan Dobbs has started helping Jimmy work some of their stock . MIGHTY GO BOY ’ S PRINCE is standing at stud here ; he belongs to Dr . Harold Blanton of Hartselle . Dr . Blanton
owned GO BOY ’ S SUN DUST at one time . PRINCE is solid black and , I understand , has some fine colts to
his credit . A shocking blow at Bank-Note Stables was the recent death of IKE ’ S IMAGE , the junior horse that Jimmy showed last year . He was owned by L . B . Williams of Haleyville .
Heart of Dixie Stables , owned by Dr . and Mrs . N . S . Luton of Phenix City , is going strong . Trainer Bill Cantrell , from Smithville , Tennessee , has been training here since May 1966 and is presently working sixteen horses . GRISHAM ’ S ROMEO , a three-year-old stud , will be shown by Dr . Luton . A sorrel with light mane and tail , ROMEO is showing very good prospects . BUI says SUN ’ S COLT 45 , another three-year-old stud , is the best horse he has ever ridden . SUE ’ S ROYAL LADY , Mrs . Luton ’ s black mare , has done well for herself in past years and is looking for an even better year as a four-year-old . EBONY ’ S MISS NANCY , a blue roan owned by Norman Luton , Jf- > will be shown in three-year-old mare classes . The Lutons have two horses by DEVILS GO BOY that they have raised ; LUTON ’ S LITTLE MAN and DEV
AvLSUPER sport- EBONY ’ S DEBUTANT , by EB­ ONY MASTERPIECE , wUl make her debut in the
two-year-old class this year . BUI also has high hopes torSUN ’ S LOVELY LADY and GO BOY ’ S CYCLONE .
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