ANNOUNCEMENT. 



THE scope and plan of these works is now so generally understood that it is not 

 necessary to spend many words upon a preface. Since their inception, the Supple- 

 ments have been published upon the same lines, and their arrangement has proved 

 satisfactory to those interested in such matters. It has been urged upon me that I 

 should devote some special attention to the 2 :30 list, as performances at that rate of 

 speed are the basis for registration. My reason for not doing so is that, in the nature 

 of things, books built upon a 2 :30 foundation must be ephemeral. The instant that 

 2 :30 ceases to be the basis of registration, they become practically worthless. They 

 are, also, repetitious. Each annual volume of such a work contains all that were hi 

 preceding works, with additions. The latest is the only one that has any value, its 

 forerunners being superseded. In my works, on the contrary, there are no repetitions. 

 They contain all the summaries, in convenient form, and are the only compendium 

 of the great national sport in existence. Nothing can ever take their place, and the 

 demand for "back numbers" must be perpetual. Complete sets, in two bound 

 volumes, with the 1890 Supplement separate, will be furnished for $20. The price of 

 single Supplements is $2 each, except the present one, which is issued at $3. 



WALTER T. CHESTER, 

 P. O. Box 1021, NEW YORK CITY. 



