- 33 - was always evident in our home district from away back. The Writer can remember as a boy listening to elderly men of an old veneration talk deep in their beards of great horses of the pastt - horses whose names, record, and the reputation of the stock they sired on the Island, had become a by-word and legend. Names such as • Island Chief, Brazilian, Flying Frenchman, and his ntock which were ever known as •The 1, Abadella, Salidin, Eamando, Don Juan , Black Pilot, and Sam Slick . A later generation opoke of Cor^medope, Kickapoo, Tom Medium , Ntatwood^ Bronze Chief, and Bean Swift. Many farmers owned one light driving horse for the road; nearly all oi' them with great endurance and a number with considerable speed. Some Yew of these local horsemen had specially built, racing or trott¬ ing sleighs. Organised winter racing on the old Harbour .> .