great big black stud by MIDNIGHT SUN , and both horse and rider are ready to go ! Elaine Ellis of Abingdon , Virginia and her gelding have captured a lot of blues , as have the Woods family on MR . MAGIC . barn . storniin &
IRBY STABLES
This Mobile , Alabama stable is having a good show season . The trainer is Ty Irby and he is ably assisted by his two sisters . Heading the list of show stock at present is QUARTERBACK ' S HAN ' T . This fine black stallion has shown extensively , never tying lower than
second . R . B . Jeffries of Citronelle , Alabama has a great pony , FREDDIE THE FREELOADER , in training . In the juvenile classes this year , Sally Irby will be aboard FAIR LADY NAN , a mare owned by the Irbys . In the Ladies ' Amateur Class , Sue Irby will show her good mare , MISS LURLEEN .
Ty also has some good two-year-olds . W . R . Mitchell owns EBONY ' S EBB TIDE , a colt that ’ s showing a lot of promise . In the three-year-old classes , Ty will show PRIDE ’ S MERRY MAN for W . J . Brown . In the Men ’ s Amateur Class , Tv ’ s father . Dr . L . E . Irby , will show SUN ' S MR . PICK . EBONY ’ S DIAMOND HEAD will be a tough contender in the stake classes . Dr . Irby owns this fine bay stallion , also .
WINDY HILLS STABLES Tommy Wetzel will be taking a good string " ovei the hill ” for the Celebration this year from Elizabeth ton , Tennessee . You will be seeing Tommy qualifying THE SPOILER for the big stake . He is a bay stallior owned by Dr . and Mrs . Hoyle Bowman , co-owners o . Windy Hills . THE SPOILER is undefeated for 1968-6t in East Tennessee .
MAC KAY ’ S MONA LISA , owned by Mr . and Mrs , J . L . Horton of Bristol , has laid up a pile of blues foi
her owners . In addition , this mare received a silvei tray and the honor of being selected the " best horse ' at the Jonesboro show this year .
A fine black junior stallion , EBONY ’ S ECHO C owned by Dr . and Mrs . C . C . Chitwood of Lafayette V J * VTfVr11S comPetltfon « Celebration MR \ .; TKEK is another four-year-old black stallior an^dmot n ° dS & 1 ° ng with IotS of style ana motion . i , ook for him at the CelehraH^ r ers Mr . and Mrs . Joe Woods of Johnson City ^ ° W "
A blac * lour-y ear-old mare , EBONY ’ S START FTTP tied high at the Columbia Spring JubiWARl ' hTTR > ting better . . . and better . . Nnd betterNf ‘ S get ed by Chitwood , Slagle , Bowman a d ,, ^ 18 own Tommy says of her , " Boys , you betterV ^eS ’ anC her at the Celebration .” ' etter look out foi
Tommy is also working thrpp for Bob Carr of Watauga anda ^T \ B , g0Od h ° rses mare for Art Smithdeal of HizahLu , 1 httle iuvenilc one of the coowners of Windv Hill l ° n ' Dr- Slagle to make his debut with SUN ’ S MlDNl1fUng read >
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MUSSELWHITE STABLES
Celebration Bound !
Three of the nicest fellows in the Middle Tennessee area are working for H . S . Musselwhite , Jr ., in Shelbyville . Sam and Frank Witherspoon are the trainers and Charles Witherspoon is the manager , and these three brothers operate the facility for Mr . Musselwhite , who is from Maitland , Florida . They are taking good brood mares and breeding them to the top studs in Tennessee , and from the colts they pick five or six
select prospects and break and train them for the showring . They do not put the emphasis on showing , but on selling this stock to other trainers that will take them on their showring career . Last year they sold just such a two-year-old , DELIGHT ’ S CAN DO . Trainer Sam Caldwell took this colt to Texas and has done a lot of winning with him . During the Celebration this year , Sam and CAN DO will be stabled out at Musselwhite Stables .
All the stock is owned by Mr . Musselwhite , and they have several top two-year-olds this season . HAWK ’ S IMAGE is a bay stalhon that Frank is very pleased
with . A really pretty " fancy dan ,” MAID ’ S FLYING ACE is a blue roan with perfect black markings . CLOUD NINE ( by FLYING CLOUD ) and DELIGHTS GOLD MINE ( by SUN ’ S DELIGHT ) are two more they would like for you to come by and see during the Celebration .
PREACH FLEMING STABLES
Preach Fleming brought some of R . D . Keene ’ s horses from Florida a few weeks ago to make some of
the Middle Tennessee shows , and will be stabled at J ack Montgomery Stables until after the Celebration . He made six shows in Middle Tennessee and won six blues . Pretty good record ! Making the tr . ek from Florida were the undefeated two-year-old gelding SHAD OW ’ S DELIGHT ; the three-year-old stallion , SUNDUST JAMBOREE , that won the Florida Circuit this year ; and a two-year-old filly that won the Murfreesboro show recently , MARK ’ S SUMMER DREAM .
L . FRANK ROPER STABLES
Another Florida trainer stabled at Jack Montgomery ; Stables in Shelbyville is Shorty Thomas , who has L . Frank Roper ’ s horses . He seems to have been making many shows recently including Louisville , Ky . and the Chattahoochee Horse Show in Atlanta , Ga . Mr . Roper won the Chattahoochee Amateur Stake and tied second in the Louisville Amateur Class and Stake on his mare , SUN ’ S ANGEL . Shorty has been showing SHA DOW AT MIDNIGHT and tied reserve in Louisville . They plan to stay through the Celebration at Jack ’ s spacious stables .
Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse