( 2 ) GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDS ( 1 ) OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS ( 3 ) HIGH-POINT WINNERS
MID-SOUTH HORSE SHOW ASSOCIATION STAGES ANNUAL MEETING AND AWARDS BANQUET
by Larry L . Lowman
The Mid-South Horse Show Association held its annual meeting and awards banquet February 1 and 2 at the Holiday Inn in Jackson , Tennessee . The Saturday afternoon meeting opened with a membership dinner and the presentation of movies from the 1961 and 1967 Celebrations by Russ McCowan , WSVM-TV .
The Sunday afternoon meeting was opened by President Bob Henson and the invocation was given by O ' Neil Howell . The first order of business was discussion of the new rule changes for the 1969 show season and the new rules of the Association . New Association rules will include listing only paid member shows in the Association Date Book . The weeks of the year will be numbered one through twenty-eight and the first Saturday in January will be number one . Points from a member show must be reported to the Association within six weeks of the date of the show . Also , points cannot be obtained from two shows held the same day if they are within a 150-mile radius .
After the discussion , Mr . McCowan presented " Free and Easy ,” an old movie that was prepared by the Breeders ' Association during the late 1940 ’ s , and a
recent movie of the 1968 Celebration . The Awards Banquet began with a delicious dinner after which Bob Henson introduced the new slate of officers . Sam Gibbons was named president ; Ray Miller and Tom Banks , first and second vice presidents ; and Emmet Guy is the secretary of the organization .
The highlight of the meeting was the presentation of the Championship trophies and ribbons . Those receiving awards in the various classes were :
Walking Seat Equitation - Lori Fleming , Okolona , Ms .; Walking Horse Two-Year-Old - Championship , PER FECTION ’ S PEG , Ted Baier ; Reserve , CONGRESS MAN ’ S SHADOW , Ted Baier . Walking Horse Threeyear-old - Championship , GO BOY ’ S COPPER CAT ,
Mike Nichols . Walking Horse Four-Year-Old - Championshio , EBONY ’ S GO BOY , Bobby Stewart . Juvenile Walking Horse - Championship , MERRY MELINDA , Brenda Bramlett ; Reserve , MACK M ’ S MOTION , Pamela King . Walking Horse Amateur - Championship , SUN ’ S PLAYBOY , Mike Cherry ; Reserve , GO BOY ’ S
NIGHT PROWLER , Janie Bramlett Hugh . Walking Horse , Open - Championship , BLACK SOUTHERN AIRE , Sharon Terry Love ; Reserve , SUN UP R , J . W . Renfroe . The new board members are : Sam Gibbons , Marshall Ledbetter , and Ray Miller , three-year terms ; Jimmy
Cole , George Lenox , and O ’ Neil Howell , two-year terms ; ahd Joe Mitten , Penn Mohon , and Jimmy Oakley , one-year terms .
Columbia Spring Jubilee , Columbia , Tennessee , was elected the Show of the Year by the membership and Tom Walsh of Amory , Mississippi was selected to receive the Adult Good Sportsmanship Award . Laura
Corklin of Mobile , Alabama received the Junior Good Sportsmanship Award .
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