1969 Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1969 December Voice | Page 9

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TWO STARS
FROM THE
LEONARD WILLIS STABLES
ELDORADO, ILLINOIS
Jim Pearl on ELDORADO’S BLACK LABEL, outstanding black
aged mare, are shown winning the 1969 Illinois National Amateur
Walking Horse Championship at the Illinois State Fair in Spring-
field, III. This mare was also the Open Mare and Stake
Champion at the Illinois Walking Horse Show held in Decatur,
III. and the Amateur Champion at the Indiana Walking Horse
Show in Wanamaker, Ind. ELDORADO’S BLACK LABEL is
owned by Jim and Ryland Pearl of Carbondale and Anna,
Illinois.
CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT II, with Dr. Jack Cooley up, is pictured
winning third place in the Amateur Stake at the Illinois State
Fair. This three-year-old bay stallion by MIDNIGHT SUN has
been a consistent winner in junior competition this year with
blues at Pulaski, Illinois and the Illinois Walking Horse Show
with trainer Leonard Willis riding. Look for him in amateur
classes in 1970 with Dr. Cooley in the saddle and in junior
classes ridden by Leonard Willis. CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT II is
owned by Dr. and Mrs. Jack Cooley, Champaign, Illinois.
FLASH!
CAPTAIN
MIDNIGHT
JUST TIED THIRD IN THE JUNIOR CLASS
at the C hicago I nternational *.
Both of these fine horses are in training
with
LEONARD WILLIS
ELDORADO, ILLINOIS
II