BREEDING AND 



DEVELOPING 

 THE-TROTTER 



Chapter One 

 PERSONAL 



" Who Is He? " My First Horse. My First Brood- 

 Mare. Jane Brown. Pelham Tartar Jr. My First 

 Stallion. A Mare that Hambletonian did not Cover. First 

 Day on a Race Track. Three Card Monte. A Full 

 Fledged Farmer. A Hotel Keeper and Public Trainer. 

 A Liveryman. My First Race. Reading It. Ice Racing. 

 On to Buffalo. "Derricked." Back to Buffalo. Super- 

 intendent at Village Farm. A Betting System. Village 

 Farm Graduates. Ideal Stock Farm. 



11 WHO IS HE ?" 



SOME of my readers will ask the questions, 

 "Who is this man Bradburn? What exper- 

 ience has he had? Does he know what he 

 is talking about?'* 



These questions are pertinent. It is not enough 

 for me to say that I have had experience, covering 

 the points on which I give advice, I must ex- 

 plain just what that experience was and how it 

 was obtained. Here goes for some of the dark 

 secrets of my past. 



