1969 Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1969 March Voice RS | Page 22

year — he will be tough competition in any show ring this year . A great little black mare , EBONY ’ S STAR- LETTE , who was held back and shown sparingly as a two- and three-year-old , will be something to reckon with in the four-year-old mare class . Tommy thinks she is capable of winning the Junior Mare Class at the Celebration . Tommy will show a MIDNIGHT SUN GLO-O black stud colt in the Junior classes this year . Owned by Mr . and Mrs . Joe Wood , he has worlds of motion and stride , and will be ridden in amateur classes by Lee Wood Dancey . Mr . and Mrs . John Diehl of Jonesboro have a four-year-old SHADOW gelding that will be shown by Roger Henegar , assistant trainer at Windy Hills , in professional classes . He will also be shown in Juvenile and Ladies classes by the Diehls ’ two lovely daughters , Barbie and Debbie .
Amateur riders are on the increase at Windy Hills . A comparative newcomer to the ring will be Dr . David Slagle on SUN ’ S MIDNIGHT SUN , and a big black stud by MIDNIGHT SUN - a six-year-old that has never been shown because of an accident . Amateur riders , beware ! he ’ s got lots of walkin ’ and noddin .’ Elaine Ellis , Abingdon , Ya ., will be back in the saddle on her MIDNIGHT SUN GLO-O stud in the Amateur Classes . She made some good shows last year and anticipates more ribbons to her credit this season . MR . MAGIC and Joe Wood will stroll in again to make ' em sit up and watch . Mr . Wood is taking his riding more seriously now , and MR . MAGIC just sits there and does what it takes to make a horse look like a Walking Horse . In the Ladies and Amateur classes , Mrs . Bowman will be showing GO BOY ’ S BARON for Mr . and Mrs . Charles I . Anderson of Bristol , Va . This is a black gelding with lots of form and action . Roger Henegar will also be showing this gelding some in the Stud & Gelding Classes . Mrs . Kenneth Gregory ( Terri ) anticipates hitting the show ring this year with LIT­ TLE BIT O ’ MISCHIEF , a cocky sorrel GO BOY gelding . Look for her in the Amateur and Ladies classes . Terri is from Johnson City .
Windy Hills ’ juvenile riders are veterans of the show ring . Cathy Chitwood will be back showing her fiveyear-old bay mare in style . This is the mare out of SIR HENRY ’ S ECHO . She will , no doubt , be showing in the Ladies , Amateur Mare and Juvenile Classes . The mare looks great this year . Art Smithdeal , Elizabethton , will return to the ring in Juvenile classes on a new mare .
A big surprise to everyone is a bay stud named THE SPOILER . By EBONY MASTERPIECE , he will be a contender in stake classes and the big stake at the Celebration . Dr . Bowman sent Mrs . Bowman to find him an Amateur horse for his own pleasure . It turned out that Dr . Bowman ’ s pleasure was in watching Tommy work and show this stud . He made a good record last year in the four-year-old division , and it is mutually agreed that Tommy will continue with him in the Open and Stake classes . They are a lively pair
- Tommy says , " A great horse to work and show .” As a matter of fact , Windy Hills liked him so well they purchased his mother , a GO BOY mare , and now have a young filly , a full sister to THE SPOILER , and the mare has been bred back to EBONY MASTER­ PIECE . Another delight will be a black MIDNIGHT SUN stud owned by J . L . Horton . MIDNIGHT SPLEN­ DOR will be shown in open classes by Tommy and^in amateur classes by Mr . Horton .
SHADOW ’ S COPY KAT will return to the Stake Class after the breeding season . He is owned by Mr .
22 and Mrs . Allen Smithdeal of Elizabethton . The Smithdeals are long-time lovers of horses , and it is hoped that Mary will make her debut this year on one of the many horses that she and her husband Allen own .
MONA LISA , a mare owned by Mr . and Mrs . J . L . Horton , Blountville , will be leading the way in the mare classes as well as the stake classes . She was a good mare last year , winning many shows , but is a better-than-ever mare this year after some rest and relaxation from training rigors .
Windy Hills has some of the best breeding stallions in the East Tennessee - Southwest Virginia - Western North Carolina area . They are : THE GOLDEN PROM- ENADER , by HALL ALLEN out of a LAST CHANCE mare , a sorrel , the 1959 Amateur World Champion ; HILLSIDE ’ S SHADOW , a black stud by GO BOY ’ S SHADOW and out of a MIDNIGHT SUN mare ; and MIDNIGHT SPORTSMAN , a black by MIDNIGHT SUN out of a MERRY BOY mare .
Tommy , as well as the Slagles and Bowmans , would be delighted to have you visit Windy Hills . This is a comparatively new operation , but they have the stock and facilities of which they can be very proud .
SUN ’ S HOLIDAY
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1968 CELEBRATION FILMS AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION
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The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration announces that the film of the 1968 show is ready for distribution . This is a 16mm film in color with sound track . There are two films of the 1968 show : one is the complete show , which runs for about forty-two minutes ; and the other is for the last two nights , Friday and Saturday , which runs for about twenty-four minutes .
The films are available for showing to any responsible , interested groups such as civic and riding clubs , schools , and horse show sponsoring organizations . There is no charge for the showing of the film other than the cost of return postage and insurance . Anyone interested in securing the films , please write Celebration , Inc ., P . O . Box 192 , Shelbyville , Tenn . 37160 .
APEL STABLES
Our good friend Dr . Otto Apel of Portsmouth , Ohio recently sent us a letter regarding his family horse activity . The letter was so interesting we decided to print it in Barnstorming . It read :
" We have built a new training barn and riding arena at our Stock Farm and at the present time it is quite active . The stabling facilities and the riding arena are more than adequate to make a show horse from the breaking period to the finished product . At the present time we are working two three-year-old fillies , both by an OLD GLORY , JR . stallion and out of half-sister mares , both by LAST CHANCE . One is a beautiful dark chestnut with white markings who has really been the star of the barn since she was started . She has a natural rear end with lots of stride
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