Tom Hal, or Tom Hal, Jr., as he is known in the 

 registry. Betsey Baker was a mare fully one-half 

 thoroughbred. Gibson's Tom Hal was speeded under 

 saddle at the country fairs and spent much of his time 

 before the plow and the log wagon, and was never 

 hitched to a sulky. 



He was a roan horse about 15}^ hands high, and 

 one of the strongest and best muscled horses I ever 

 saw; and when he died, in 1890, being then twenty- 

 seven years old, his back was as straight as a two-year- 

 old, and his muscular development showed no signs 

 of impairment. 



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