286 LIFE WITH THE TR(n"TERS. 



a railroad contractor by occupation and while lie does not 

 go around the country making bonfires of his monej^, he is 

 always Avilling to pay the top price for a good horse, and 

 whenever General Turner says so he is ready to win, backs 

 his oj)inion till the books are closed. John Driscoll, a 

 young man whose name has long been before the public, he 

 having started in his public career as a boy under the tute- 

 lage of the world-renowned William Hey wood, trains for 

 Mr. Shults of Brooklyn, a man who has expended as much 

 money of late years for horses as anyone I know of. For 

 Driscoll to be placed in charge of all these valuable horses 

 and pror)erty by a man of Mr. Shults' s business experience 

 is recomendation enough for anyone. John is a little under 

 the medium size, weighs about 135 or 140 i^ounds, has 

 plenty of determination, and his early education could not 

 have been better to fit him for a trainer and driver. 



Hiram Howe, one of Hiram Woodrujff's scholars, made 

 his mark in connection with the American Girl. Of late 

 years he has given uj) training and trotting, is the pro- 

 prietor of one of the best hotels on Long Island, and in the 

 Avinter days more races have been trotted around Hiram' s 

 stove than on any other part of Long Island. The two 

 Perrin boys, George and Ed, trace the trotting-horse strain 

 in their j)edigree back to the third generation. Not only 

 their father, but their grandfather Avas always a lover and 

 strong supporter of the trotting turf, and their father at one 

 time owned Flora Temple. The boys in their youthful 

 days brought up in luxury, did not like some other young- 

 men when the storm came and swept their fortune away, 

 sit down and wait for someone to bring them another. 

 They took off their coats and went to work. While neither 

 one of them has ever been fortunate enough to have a star 

 performer, should they ever get one that can step a mile 

 in about 2:10 I will guarantee they will not have to be tied 

 in the sulky to keep from being blown out. Steve Phil- 

 lips sprung to the front with one bound as it were with 

 the celebrated pacing horse Sleepy Tom. Many people 



