Champion the Wonder Horse public appearances. Autry paid $1,500 for the horse, which was part Morgan and part Tennessee Walking Horse. Touring Champion is seen in several scenes of "Gaucho Serenade" (1940), including the "Song at Sunset" scene with Mary Lee, and appeared with Autry in rodeos and stage shows throughout the late 1940s and early 1950s, including an appearance in England in 1953. His hoof prints appear next to Autry's handprints at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. It is not known when Touring Champion died. Champion Three, a sorrel with four white stockings and a crooked blaze, appeared with Autry at personal appearances
Al Autry Al Autry Albert Autry (born February 29, 1952) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. Autry was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the fourth round of the 1969 amateur draft, and started playing minor league baseball with Winnipeg in the Northern League. On September 14, 1976, he was the starting pitcher for the Atlanta Braves against the Houston Astros at Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium. He pitched five innings, gave up four hits, three earned runs and struck out three and was credited with the win in a 4–3 Braves victory, in what would be his only appearance in