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The
MOUNTAIN SLASHER family was established by MURRILL'S COPPERBOTTOM.
The dam of this original family was from the Thoroughbred
family of TIMOLEON with one infusion of WHIP blood.
The American Morgan Horse Register gives the following
information on the original MOUNTAIN SLASHER: MOUNTAIN
SLASHER (1-32), 6416, (1) gray: foaled about 1850; said to be by
James Murrell's COPPERBOTTOM, son of COPPERBOTTOM 90; dam by YOUNG
TIMOLEON, son of TIMOLEON; and 2nd dam by Smith's JULIUS CEASAR, son
of imported WHIP. died 1879 property of Hiram Weakley, Rutherford
County, Tennessee. He
was very noted as a sire of fine saddle horses. For
the purpose of examining this family of horses it will be assumed
that MOUNTAIN SLASHER F-59, accepted as one of the founders of the
Walking Horse breed, is representative of the entire clan.
There are so many of these horses that bear this same name,
that it would indicate superior breeding and so far, all the
MOUNTAIN SLASHERS that have been traced were of the very best.
However, it is believed that the MOUNTAIN SLASHER above
mentioned (in the Morgan Registry) that died in 1879, Rutherford
County, Tennessee, was most likely the sire of the others.
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Regardless
of which MOUNTAIN SLASHER came first, it is evident the grey
stallions from the COPPERBOTTOM family exerted substantial influence
on the horse stock of Walking Horse country.
The MOUNTAIN SLASHERS were both excellent saddle horses and
formidable race horses. It
was accepted as fact by the people of Shelbyville that one such
stallion, commonly referred to as BUCK, was the only horse ever to
beat TOM HAL F-20 in a race. Supposedly, this race took place in
Shelbyville between the town square and the depot. It would appear that many communities had a MOUNTAIN SLASHER
stallion and that often such horses were the pride of the people who
lived there. The legend
of the MOUNTAIN SLASHERS no doubt grew as it was repeated. The
early stud books of the Walking Horse breed list many MOUNTAIN
SLASHER stallions as sires of Walkers. Among the most prominent
POINTER'S SLASHER, GRANBERRY'S SLASHER, FERRELL'S SLASHER, DRAKE'S
MOUNTAIN SLASHER, BELL HAWK MOUNTAIN
SLASHER, and JIM SLASHER.
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