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formances, Peter Volo has founded a family of trot- 

 ters and pacers which carry the stamp of their sire. 

 His get have stood the acid test of the turf. They 

 bear the mint mark of victory. 



AMATEUR RACING 



Amateur racing started in 1870 when the Driv- 

 ing Club of New York leased Fleetwood Park and 

 transferred the road racing which was seen for so 

 many years on Third Avenue, Harlem Lane, and the 

 Bloomingdale Road, to the mile track under the hill 

 on the top of which a club house and grand stand 

 were erected. On this course the members had many 

 friendly races for a dinner, a basket of wine, or a 

 piece of plate offered by the club. These races were 

 not designated as amateur events as at that time 

 the term had not been thought of when applied to 

 trotters, but they complied with the conditions which 

 were later drafted to govern same. 



From the start the Driving Club of New York 

 was an exclusive organization. Only members or 

 men who were vouched for by members were ad- 

 mitted to the grounds or club house. The man on 

 the gate stopped all others unless they had a card 

 which was the plan adopted to admit the members 

 of the press. 



Sunday morning was the great day at Fleetwood 

 Park. It is true that Robert Bonner, John D. Rocke- 

 feller and a few others were not present on that 

 day but almost all of the other members were on 



