CONTENTS. Xlll 



APPENDIX. 



HISTORY OP THE WALLACE PUBLICATIONS. 



By a Friend of the Author. 



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Mr. Wallace's early life and education Removal to Iowa, 1845 Secretary 

 Iowa State Board of Agriculture Begins work, 1856, on " Wallace's 

 American Stud Book," published 1867 Method of gathering pedigrees 

 Trotting Supplement Abandons Stud Book, 1870, and devotes ex- 

 clusive attention to trotting literature "American Trotting Reg- 

 ister," Vol. I., published in 1871 Vol. II. follows in 1874 The 

 valuable essay on breeding the forerunner of present ideas Standard 

 adopted 1879 Its history Battles for control of the "Register" 

 WcMace's Monthly founded 1875 Its character, purposes, history, 

 writers, and artists "Wallace's Year Book" founded 1885 Great 

 popularity and value Transfer of the Wallace publications, and their 

 degeneration 547-559 



