314 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



of Spring Hill, who bred her to Brown Hal. 

 She is the dam of five in the list, — Star Pointer, 

 1-594 ; Hal Pointer, 2.04^; Elastic Pointer, 2.06J; 

 Cloud Pointer, 2.24J; and Tennessee Pointer, 

 2.2 3|-. Brown Hal is the sire of 48 in the list, 

 including Hal Dillard, 2.04f ; Hal Chaffin, 2.05 J; 

 Elastic Pointer, 2.06^; Star Hal, 2.06J; and Hal 

 Braden, 2. 07 J. 



Mr. John K. Ottley, a banker and breeder of 

 Georgia, and one of the moving spirits of the 

 Atlanta Horse Show, which commands the sup- 

 port of the fashion of the South, rides a gaited 

 saddle horse, but is not an admirer of the pacer 

 in harness. In a recent letter to me he says : — 



*' In the small towns of the South and on the 

 plantations the walking horse is a great favorite. 

 In the larger towns and cities the gaited horse 

 takes its place. 



" In the Southern cities some few people have 

 copied, from our English cousins and brethren 

 of the North, the walk-trot horse, but a large per- 

 centage of the gentlemen prefer the present 

 gaited horse, which has the three gaits of walk, 

 trot, and canter, with the addition of the rack, 

 slow gait, fox trot, or stepping pace. 



" The pacing horse is not popular in the South. 



