days' training paced a mile on a half-mile track in 

 2.24 ; and the other, Bessie Hal, dam of Direct Hal, that 

 I trained a few weeks, and she paced a mile in 2.12. 

 What her ability would be if fully developed I cannot 

 say, as an accident to one of her feet compelled me to 

 cease her training before the measure of her speed had 

 been ascertained. How many others of the get of 

 Old Tom Hal that would have been sensational turf 

 performers had they been trained and given the oppor- 

 tunity the racing world will never know, as they spent 

 their lives at the plow and doing the drudgery of the 

 farm, and their possible brilliant achievements lie 

 buried beneath the dust that filled the eyes of a prej- 

 udiced and unappreciative public. Many people not 

 familiar with the form and beauty of the Tennessee 

 pacing-bred pacer have a wrong impression respecting 

 the conformation and qualities of that horse. From 

 what they have read, and been educated to believe, the 

 pacing-bred pacer is a horse carrying his head low, 

 with a steep rump, a ewe neck, crooked legs, and 

 sleepy-looking head, with no life or ambition except 

 what is injected into him by a vigorous application of 

 the whip ; whereas, the Tennessee pacer is a horse of 

 beautiful form and finish, with a head as intelligent 

 and showing as much fire and ambition as that of any 

 horse that ever looked through a bridle ; and in all 

 the qualities that go to make up an ideal race or 

 driving horse, they compare favorably with those of 

 any breed with which I am familiar. 



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