Tom Bass | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Tom_Bass_and_Belle_Beach.jpg) Bass riding Belle Beach | |
| Born | January 5, 1859 Boone County, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | November 4, 1934 (aged 75) |
| Occupation | American Saddlebred trainer |
| Spouse | Angie Jewell Bass |
Tom Bass (January 5, 1859 – November 4, 1934) was an American Saddlebred horse trainer. Bass was born into slavery, but became one of the most popular horse trainers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Bass trained the influential Saddlebred stallion Rex McDonald, as well as horses owned by Buffalo Bill Cody, Theodore Roosevelt, and Will Rogers.