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by imported Diomeed. So you will perceive that 

 Snow Heels and Tom Hal's dams had a great deal 

 of fine, thoroughbred crosses which gave such speed 

 and endurance to their descendants. Mr. Edmond 

 Geers stated to me that Hal Pointer was the best 

 campaign horse that he had ever pulled a line over. 



The late Major Campbell Brown in writing me for 

 the pedigree of Snow Heels stated that his mares 

 were greatly sought after. Snow Heels' second dam 

 was sired by Mr. Wm. Thomas' noted stock horse, 

 Brown Solomon, and his pedigree ran back to the 

 old Sir Archie and Diomeed crosses. This noted brood 

 mare was exhibited at Shelbyville, Bedford County, 

 Tennessee, when a sucking colt in a large lot of colts 

 and was awarded the first premium. I purchased 

 her from Dr. Daniel Johnson when a filly at a large 

 price. He told me that the dam of this filly was the 

 best saddle mare he ever saw or owned. The doctor 

 was an old man and had practiced medicine for many 

 years at Liberty, in Rutherford County. I bred this 

 mare to my jack. Monarch. She brought me a mare 

 mule that I sold at weaning for one hundred dollars. 

 This was the first and last sucking mule colt I ever 

 saw sold for that price. 



Tom Hal and Snow Heels were both fine, com- 

 manding saddle stallions and very popular. I owned 

 them when the Civil War was going on and the officers 

 of both armies wanted them. The Federal army got 

 Tom Hal three times and we succeeded in getting 

 him back twice, but the third time he was taken I 

 never was able to recover him. Was offered twelve 

 hundred dollars for him before the commencement of 

 the war. 



