Tennessee Walking Horse

[Bill Mullins]

OED has 1938
Baton Rouge LA _Advocate_ 22 Mar 1936 p 7B col 2[classified ad]"At Stud Handsome Allen No. 530103 Tennesee Walking Horse"
Tennessee Walker -- OED has 1960_Dallas Morning News_ 26 Jan 1941 sec 2 p 9 col 2[classified ad]"Palomino stallion at stud.  Golden Sandstorm sires five-gaited Palominos and Tennesee walkerby mares of same breeding; the last word in a golden stud." 		 	   		  
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