The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-06-02
THE HOME
OF The Halls
MAROUE TELLS IN THE
HORSE REVIEW OF THE
MIDDLE BASIN.
TROTWOOB AND OLD WALSH

ssTrotwood'' calls the middle basin =
of Tennessee the land of poetry and
romance. After seeing it clothed. as
il now is, In the verdure of May, one
would have to be utterly dead to sentl-
ment to fail to appreciate its heanty.
sTrotwood' has long since charmed
us with his word pictures of Tennessee.
hat even "Trotwood, with his poetic
nen, cannot do justice to it. There IS
q thrill in these green hills and wide
valleys that finds ne expression IN
words.
This is the land of the pacing horse
and 'TrotwoOd" is his guardian angel.
He has weaved an irresistible fabric OF
sentiment about the Hal family, max
ing them the heroes of poetry and
prose, and the Halls have not disap-
pointed their poet. & i'd ''Trotwood'
on nv visit to him last Friday that.
being raised in such country as this.
the Halls could not do otherwise than
win and prove champions. There is
only one "TIotwoOd, and to really
appreciate him one must see him at
home. You find in the man s person
atty the rich vein of sentiment and
heartfulness which his writings
breathe. He makes you forget the
other side of life, and you begin to
take up again the youthful idea that
the world is all good and life is ever
happy and worth living.
''Trot,'' as he Is Familiarity called by
Columblans The knows every man,
woman and child about here and every
one halls him on the street, met me
at the hotel with team and surrey. A
nice little team of bay mares were IN
the harness, and after mounting l, OF
course, expected to see them amble off.
Think of this revelation, gentle reader,
YOU who have so long woIshipped at
the shrine of the pacing poet-they
were team of trotttersl One is by
Bostick' s Almont, dr., 2:29 and the
other by Mercury 1921, son OF Sidney
2:1994. / looked at ''TIot" and he
understood, fe. he coloIed and stint
tered and finally explained that the
Mercury mare really paced. but just
because of the presence of a tIotting
horse man from Illinois she had the
courtesy to trot in his honor.
~ rot" has a beautiful home on the
outskirts of Columbia, also he has the
things necessary to make the home
happy--a gracious wife and one of the
hnest two year-old boys | ever saw
No man living is getting more out of
life right now than '"TrotWood 'and
am certain the Reviews readers will
be glad to know OF it.
The past two years he has been oc
cupled with wiling a hook treating
OF child labor in the Southern cotton
mills Recently the manuscript was
finished and already three publishing
houses who have been sent sheets
containing Its most important matter J
are bidding for its publication, The
Bishop of Cottontown is the title of
the novel and its 45U pages are replete
with human interest, pathOs and q
good spIlnkling of humor. 'TIot' is
familiar with his subject and tells me
that white child slavery In Its present
form as found in the cotton mills OF
the south is far worse than ever black
slavery was before the Civil war. OF
course the pacing horse is made to play
a part in the book, and one story of
the Bishop winning a race is thought
by the author to outclass even his
story of "Ole Mistis''-I have my
doubts about ''Trot s. judgment on
this score, for ''Ole MistIs' comes
nearly being a classic of its kind.
From what can judge. the novel is
hklely to create sensation and have
very large sale.
I came nearly forgetting ''Old
:. Wash, Trot's famous negro character.
Wash is, OF course. fictitious char
acter, the personality of whom is
claimed by half dozen coloIed men OF
Columbia. Trot tells that Plummer
Webster. a sable and ancient janitoI of
ha .rth hua hest
claim to the title, for to him ''Trot
is indebted for some very sage phi
losophy. This old colored man is well
loved and has repeatedly beaten off all
the white aspiIants for his political
position. He was sent awsy to a
health resort recently by his friends.
so failed to see him.
The birthplace and principal nursery
of the Hal tribe is conferred in three
farms, Ewell, Cleburn and Henry
Pointer g place. all within few miles
of each other. I spent two days at
Ewell Farm, being entertained hy
George Campbell Brown aud his
brother, yeycy. Ewell, with its grand
old housts{ ID its true southern hos
pltality, hlnd one of F. Hopkinson
Smiths Tcrfcs of the south. George
Campbell and, Percy Brown are highly
educated and travelled young men, yet
they prefer country life, and IN doing
so display excellent Judgment The
old farm IS certainly one of the grand
est country places In America, and
couldn t help hut envy IT'S young pro-
prietors--they have city young men.
no matter how wealthy, discounted IN
the matter of living.
Ewell Farm has produced many great
horses, the get of Brown Hal 2:l2H
McEwen 2:1S4. Tennessee Wilkes
2:27 and other stations. During the
hard times interest In breeding Jagged
somewhat here, but now many I'M
provements are being made. The en-
gagelnent of Will Ewing as trainer was
piece OF good Judgment, as Will is
competent in every department OF
breeding establishment as well as
being a hlgh-class trainer and race
driver.