CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Boyhood days at Little Falls, N. Y. — Runuing away from home and reach- 

 ing the Buffalo track — Pelham Tartar, my first trotter — Something 

 ahout the stallion Byron — How old-time trotters were trained — Pilot 

 Temple, Tackey, and Dixie — The pacer Billy Boyce — A trip to Cuba — 

 I return to New York City and go to work for Dan Mace — "Lucy 

 Jimmy" teaches me to rub a trotter — Tempest and her fevered feet — 

 Starting out on my own account as a trainer — My first race and the 

 glory thereof — Lady Saulpaugh and her races — The great match at 

 Paterson, N. J. — Fun on Staten Island. ..... 5 



CHAPTER 11. 



Kansas Chief, first a cattle herder, then ridden by a gentleman, and next a 2:30 

 trotter — His feet fail and he is given away after being sold for $7,500 — 

 Traded to Mr. Simmons, he comes into my hands — How his feet were 

 treated — A great campaign from the lakes to the seaboard — Don't trot 

 your horse when he is out of condition — Kansas Chief 's last races — How 

 Dan Mace discovered Rarus — A talk in the hotel at night — The story of a 

 game, handsome, and honest horse. 28 



CHAPTER HI. 



Rarus, the first trotter to beat 2:14 — How he was bred and raised by a Long 

 Island farmer — The old gentleman thought by his neighbors to be too 

 enthusiastic about the colt — His first race on the Island — How he came 

 into my hands, after making a record of 2:20:^4— A successful trip through 

 the central circuit, winning all his races but one — How Jim Crawford 

 fooled the pool buyers— Going West and beating the famous Bodine — 

 Entering Rarus in a race against the crack trotters of the land. . 53 



