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As far as breeds the TWH was for a long time a brance of the saddle 
horse regestry. At the local shows that were were very common in the 
small southern towns, there were class for saddle horses - three and 
five gaited and walking horses. It was not uncommon for a horse to enter 
as a walking horse and then turn around and come back in the five gaited 
class.

Truman



Ed Kilpatrick wrote:

> i have a book entitled,  the ultimate guide to horse breeds, by andrea 
> fitzpatrick.  in this book it says that the gaited stock used to 
> develop the american saddlebred and later, the tennessee walking 
> horse, was a breed called the narragansett pacer, which of course, has 
> a pacing gait, also known as the stepping pace.  the naragansett was 
> crossed with thoroughbred, and in later years combined with morgan and 
> standardbred blood to produce the american saddlebred.   the tennessee 
> walker is of similar extraction, but the foundation horses for the 
> tennessee walker didnt come along until 1886.    cowboy ed




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