CHAPTER VII 

 TENNESSEE AND NORTH ALABAMA 



COL. GEORGE ELLIOTT, after the passing of his elder 

 contemporaries, continued "the dean of the institution" 

 among all the younger men, who, prior to the Civil War, 

 labored zealously to keep Sumner's greatest industry up to 

 the high standard set by "the fathers." 



Thomas Barry, who, late in life, was Chancellor at 

 Gallatin, succeeded his father at "Barrymore." He did 

 much to improve Tennessee stock and was a frequent con- 

 tributor to The Turf Register; and to similar publications 

 of later days, down to the time of his death about 1892. 

 To Judge Barry the passing of the old time 4-miIer was 

 the cause of great regret. 



James Cryer's son, Rev. Hardy Murfree Cryer, was 

 born in North Carolina in 1792; married in 1812; was a 

 member of the Tennessee Conference, Methodist Episcopal 

 Church, 1813-16, and served one year on the Nashville 

 district. After withdrawing from the itinerant ranks he 

 served as a "local" preacher and continued to exercise 

 the offices of a minister the remainder of his life. His 

 many contributions to The Turf Register and The Spirit 

 of the Times are rich in Biblical and classical allusions, 

 after the style of that day; show much force and orig- 

 inality; and amply support the statement of McFerrin 

 that he was of an ardent temperament and had a brilliant 

 mind. His ardor distinguished him as a breeder no less 

 than as a preacher. He kept more thoroughbred stallions 



