ANNO FNCEMENT. 



THE present is the sixth annual supplement to the parent volume of these publica- 

 tions, which appeared in 1884, and brought the history of trotting and pacing to the 

 close of 1883. Each year the size of the book increases, but, as yet, there has been no 

 increase in the price. Subscribers to the 1889 supplement will receive shortly an Index 

 of Dams, a small pamphlet by itself, for which no charge is made, but it will be useful 

 only to those who have the complete work. This pamphlet, it is thought, will be 

 ready about June 1. It will be a novelty, and one upon which I expect great improve- 

 ments can be made in the future. 



The methods of gathering reports of trotting and pacing performances by the 

 National and American Trotting Associations are growing better every year, and it is 

 my own aim to add to these by collecting summaries of many races over tracks that 

 are not members of either Association. The arrangement of this mass of matter in 

 alphabetical order, the individualization of horses of common names, and the research 

 for pedigrees involve an amount of labor that is hard to estimate, and which is not 

 duly appreciated by those interested in the light harness horse. This labor, for a 

 thorough and careful work like these supplements, must all be done after January 1, 

 and this fact renders it impossible for the book to appear as early hi the season as could 

 be wished. It will be my endeavor to invent some system by which its publication 

 can be hastened in future years. 



The price of the works is now fixed as follows, there being the parent volume of 

 about 1,000 pages, bound in half Turkey morocco, complete to the close of 1883, and 

 supplements for each of the years 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, and 1889: 



ANY SINGLE SUPPLEMENT $2.10. 



ANY Two SUPPLEMENTS 4.00. 



ANY THREE SUPPLEMENTS 5.00. 



ANY FOUR SUPPLEMENTS 6.50. 



ANY FIVE SUPPLEMENTS 8.00. 



ALL Six SUPPLEMENTS 9.00. 



PARENT VOLUME ALONE 7.00. 



COMPLETE WORK (2 vols. bound, 1889 separate) 17.00. 



WALTER T. CHESTER, 

 P. O. Box 1021, NEW YORK CITY. 



