Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-05-27

unquestionable. His insisting THAT the
sire of his horse was a bay added good
deal to my difficulties in tracing him,
until found that he had never seen the
sire, and was only giving his recollec-
ton of what Kirtley had said 40 years
before on what was then an immaterial
point. There is no trace whatever of
any such bay stallion as he is described,
owned by Clark or any one else in the
neighborhood.'
1t would seem probable from the
above that the bay son of Bald Stock
ings taken to Tennessee by Simeon Kirt-
ley was the stallion now know as Kit
rell's Tom Hal, yet it may be claimed
that this is not established. Kittrells
Tom Hal owes his fame largely to his
son, Gibsons Tom Hal, now registered
as Tom Hal Jr., 1884. Mr.. Brown
states that it has been established be-
You'd reasonable doubt that this Glib
sons Tom Hail was by kittrell's Tom
Hal, and adds that "as to his (Gibson's
Tom lIal) dam there is no question what
CNtl' IDIlc was hllOWH us julia OOlI-
son. She was roam in color, got by
Adams Stump, son of the thoroughbred
horse Stump-the-Dealer. The latter was
by rimoleon, a son of the renowned Sir
Archy, by imported Diomed."
This Tmoeon got Boston, sire of the
second dam of Maud S. @ :Osl) and Nut
wood. Boston got Lexington, sire of
the second dam of Sunol q :0SD. Bos-
ton also got Jack Hawkins, sire of the
second dam of Direct (2:06), the only
PAGER that has been able to beat Hal
Pointer in a race. The dam of Stump-the-
Dealer was by Potomac, a distinguished
race horse got by imported Diomed.
Gibson's Tom Hal, sire of Hal Pointer,
also got the fast, game PAGER Little
Brown jug (2:llD and the brown stall
lion Brown Hal (2:l24), both from the
a pacing son of Henry's Tom Hal, by
Kittrel's Tom Hal. The dam of LIZZIE
was Blackie, by John Hal, "a son of
Smiths John Eaton, and Smiths John
Eaton was by the thoroughbred John
Eaton, whose sire was Virginian, anoth-
err son of the great Sir Archy.
Hal Pointer was foaled in 1891. His
sire's breeding has already been given
above. His dam is Sweepstakes, by
Knights Snow Heels, son of Knights |
Tom Hal, by Kittrell's Tom Hal, giving
him three crosses to the last named
horse. The second dam of Hal Pointer
was Kit, by McMeen's Traveller, a son
of Sugg's Stump-the-Dealer, by Stump
the-Dealer, son of Timoleon, by Sir
Archy. This gives Hal Pointer four
crosses to old Diomed, three of which
are through Sir Archy, the fastest, gam
est race horse of the world in his day,
as was also his sire, the old English
Derby winner.
Hal Pointer started in eight races in
1890. and did not suffer single defeat.
Last year he was one of the busiest pa
GERS on the turf. He started in II races
and won first money in eleven of them.
He was sick at Philadelphia, where he
started Sept. =, against Johnston g :06D,
and y Olo Maid.
Hal Pointer won the first and second
heats in 2:l2, 2:l5t, but Johnston got
the next three in 2 :l5t, 2:2l4, 2:234. Hal
Pointer was drawn in the last heat. He
was defeated in straight heats by Direct
at Nashville, Tenn, Oct. 81, in 2:l0,
, :09t, Pail. He was also beaten by Di-
rect over the kite-shaped track at Column
bia, Tenn, Oct. 20, but forced the little
black wonder to go three faster heats
than were ever before made in single
harness, viz. 200, 2:OS, 2:0sl. They
say Hal Pointer has wintered finely, and
will give good account of himself this
season.