T) ROWN HAL, a full brother to Little Brown Jug, 

 j J was purchased by Major Campbell Brown and 

 Captain M. C. Campbell when he was three years 

 old, and, by reason of the brilliant achievements of 

 Little Brown Jug, it was but natural to expect that his 

 full brother would prove to be a race horse of a high 

 order. His early training clearly indicated that this 

 expectation would be realized. In looks and conforma- 

 tion there is scarcely any resemblance between Brown 

 Hal and Little Brown Jug. Brown Hal has a long 

 body and rather a rangy conformation. He is about 

 15. 2J^ hands high, and wil Iweigh about 1,100 pounds. 

 One of the peculiarities of the Hal family is that they 

 are rather slow in developing speed, and it is rather 

 uncommon to find a young colt of this family show- 

 ing a fast gait ; but from the time Brown Hal com- 

 menced to be used under the saddle, when he was two 

 years old, he could pace fast ; and when he was pur- 

 chased by Messrs. Brown and Campbell he was recog- 

 nized as a very promising colt. At that time Mr. 

 John Bostwick, an experienced trainer, was handling the 

 horses in Major Brown's stable, and he gave him his 

 first education in speeding in harness. At one time it 

 was thought he could be converted to the trotting gait, 

 and Mr. Bostwick experimented with him the first 

 season he handled him in an attempt to make a fast 

 trotter of him. While this experiment was in prog- 

 ress I saw him trot a mile in 2.21, and I believe that 

 was about as fast as he ever trotted. He was a pure- 

 gaited natural pacer, and the weight required to make 

 him trot was so great it became evident that if he suc- 



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