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Tom Hal was a Canadian pacer imported to Kentucky. 

 He was a blue roan, foaled in 1802, and lived to the great 

 age of forty-one years. He was the founder of the Hal 

 family of Tennessee, of the Blue Bull family of Indiana 

 and the noted Tom Hal saddle horses of Kentucky. 

 Among many others, he was the sire of the noted horse 

 Bald Stockings 76, which was the first horse ever noticed 

 to go the running-walk. The dam of Cabell's Lexington 

 was by Tom Hal. Here we catch genuine Morgan blood, 

 for Cabell's Lexington was by Gist's Black Hawk, 

 which was by Blood's Black Hawk, which was 

 by Vermont Black Hawk. In Coleman's Eureka we 

 again find Morgan blood on the sire's side and Thorough- 

 bred blood on the dam's. He was a dark chestnut, sixteen 

 hands high, and won about one hundred and twenty-five 

 premiums in saddle and combined rings. Van Meter's 

 Waxy was unquestionably a Thoroughbred horse. On the 

 sire's side he traces to the two Barb horses sent to Thomas 

 Jefferson by the Bey of Tunis. Stump-the-dealer was a 

 Thoroughbred, tracing on the sire's side to Saltram and 

 on the dam's side to Imp. Diomed. He was a famous race 

 horse. The Halcorn strain is recognized as a separate 

 and distinct saddle family. Peter's Halcorn, the head of 

 the family, is described as a remarkably handsome bay 

 stallion. Of the breeding of Davy Crockett we know 

 nothing. He was imported to Kentucky from Canada 

 and has been a great producer of saddle horses. He was 

 characterized by power and endurance, and had large, 

 yellow eyes which he frequently imparted to his get. Pat 

 Cleburne is noteworthy for his production in the hands of 

 Missouri breeders. 



This list might be greatly extended by the addition of the 

 noted horses of more recent years. Mention should be 



