THE SADDLE BREEDS OF HORSES 12: 
Tom Hal was a Canadian pacer imported to Kentucky. 
He was a blue roan, foaled in 1802, and lived to the great 
age of forty-one years. He was the founder of the Hal 
family of Tennessee, of the Blue Bull family of Indiana 
and the noted Tom Hal saddle horses of Kentucky. 
Among many others, he was the sire of the noted horse 
Bald Stockings 76, which was the first horse ever noticed 
to go the running-walk. The dam of Cabell’s Lexington 
was by Tom Hal. Here we catch genuine Morgan blood, 
for Cabell’s Lexington was by Gist’s Black Hawk, 
which was by Blood’s Black Hawk, which was 
by Vermont Black Hawk. In Coleman’s Eureka we 
again find Morgan blood on the sire’s side and Thorough- 
bred blood on the dam’s. He was a dark chestnut, sixteen 
hands high, and won about one hundred and twenty-five 
premiums in saddle and combined rings. Van Meter’s 
Waxy was unquestionably a Thoroughbred horse. On the 
sire’s side he traces to the two Barb horses sent to Thomas 
Jefferson by the Bey of Tunis. Stump-the-dealer was a 
Thoroughbred, tracing on the sire’s side to Saltram and 
on the dam’s side to Imp. Diomed. He was a famous race 
horse. The Halcorn strain is recognized as a separate 
and distinct saddle family. Peter’s Halcorn, the head of 
the family, is described as a remarkably handsome bay 
stallion. Of the breeding of Davy Crockett we know 
nothing. He was imported to Kentucky from Canada 
and has been a great producer of saddle horses. He was 
characterized by power and endurance, and had large, 
yellow eyes which he frequently imparted to his get. Pat 
Cleburne is noteworthy for his production in the hands of 
Missouri breeders. 
This list might be greatly extended by the addition of the 
noted horses of more recent years. Mention should be 
