1968-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1968 May Voice RS | Page 9

EAST TENNESSEE NEWS
Carolyn and Skip Stansberry
The good weather in East Tennessee has been at a
minimum, but by the time this goes to press we
should be having good weather and some warm days.
I took a trip to New Tazewell, Tennessee to see
Bill Gibson, an awfully nice young trainer, and it was
worth every minute. Bill is working ten nice horses.
He brought out a pretty two-year-old stud colt owned
by June Poteet and Winford French. His name is
MACK K’S FIRECRACKER and he is a busy little
colt showing lots of potential.
Ernie Widener has a real nice two-year-old bay stud
colt in training. A. J. Rohan of Washington, D.C. has
a nice sorrel two-year-old stud colt by SOCIETY
MACK K in training with Bill. These colts should do
real well this season.
For the three-year-old classes, Bill has a sorrel mare
by INVASION owned by Ernie Widener, as well as a
black three-year-old stud by MIDNIGHT SPORTS­
MAN that belongs to Rohan & Hamblen. A four-year-
old bay stud owned by Bill Lampkin of Morristown
should do well in the shows this year. Also in the
four-year-old classes Bill will be showing a black mare
owned by Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Seward of Harrogate.
In the age classes, Bill has a chestnut stud owned
by Ralph and Tommy Cooter of Baileyton, Tenn. He
also has SUN’S DIXIE DARLING, owned by Junior
Venable of New Tazewell. Billy has really been suc­
cessful on this good mare by SUN DUST. Junior took
us out to see a full brother to her and he was really
worth going to see. Bill will put him under saddle
this fall and, from the way he looks, he might just be
better than his sister.
Bill has another age stud he will be showing this
year: a roan owned by J. V. Couch of Gate City, Va.
This horse should make the people sit up and take
another look. He has a lot of flat walk and when they
say come up, he will be right up front. Bill has some
good stock, so if you are up near New Tazewell, stop
in and see them.
CHATTAHOOCHEE CHARITY HORSE SHOW
SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 19-20-21 IN ATLANTA
Every effort has been made to make the 1968 ver­
sion of the annual Chattahoochee Charity Horse Show
a success from the standpoint of Walking Horse ex­
hibitors. The show is scheduled for June 19-23 with
May, 1968
Walking Horse classes being scheduled for the first
three days. The Walking Horse stake will be held
Friday night, June 21, to allow exhibitors to attend
other shows of their choice on Saturday night. It ap­
pears that this extra effort will be beneficial as a
considerable number of trainers and exhibitors have
expressed an interest in the show.
Sponsored by the Chattahoochee Plantation Club,
this show will feature a well-balanced schedule of
Walking Horse classes for the Hon. C. A. Bobo of
Shelbyville, Tennessee to judge. Mr. Bobo comes well
recommended as a qualified judge and is a card-
carrying official as well as a member of the profes­
sional Walking Horse Trainers Association. This show
looms as the "big” Walking Horse Show of the mid­
season in Georgia and exhibitors from several states
can be expected. The facilities are fine and the hospi­
tality great. Chattahoochee is a suburb of Atlanta and
is readily accessible to individuals coming into the
area from almost any direction.
Extra effort is being made to promote the Tennessee
Walking Horse as part of this show and on Monday,
June 17, Mr. David Howard, Associate Editor of the
VOICE Publishing Company, is scheduled to appear
on the Ruth Kent Show on WSB-TV in Atlanta with a
film presentation of our breed in the showring.
Anyone wishing information on this show should con­
tact Mrs. Mary Noble, 45 River Court Parkway NW,
Sandy Springs, Georgia.
JIMMY HOLLOWAY SENDS MARCH
"OUT LIKE A LION” WITH ROARING
GOOD SALE IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
Jimmy Holloway’s Sixth Annual Sale at the Jackson
Fairgrounds in Jackson, Mississippi attracted buyers
from many states and continued the trend of excellent
sales by Jimmy and his organization.
Jimmy was well pleased with the results of the sale
and made the following comment, "I’m glad to report
that we had a great sale. We are carried away with
the way everything turned out thi