52 LIFE WITH THE TROTTEES.. 



David Mnckle, a gentleman wlio has made a reputation for 

 himself in the trotting world. Everybody knows him by 

 the name of "Davy." He started in, a boy, in the early 

 years of trotting, and served his time under such well- 

 known peox:)le as Horace Jones, Hiram Woodruff, and that 

 school of trainers. In Muckle's hands Kansas Chief, in 

 1876, beat some of the greatest horses on the turf, includ- 

 ing Rams, Bodine, Maud, Nettie, and a host of others. 

 This year ended his active turf career. Mr. Simmons let a 

 friend of his in Alabama have him, where he now is, and 

 I hear he has still got all his old-time fire and determination. 



