382 LIFE WITH THE TKOTTEES. 



trotted his horses in public, and liis road establishment has 

 been for a number of years one of the most prominent feat- 

 ures of Boston. Mr. George Hall may surely be called a 

 self-made man, as from a clerk he has, by liis own deter- 

 mination and close attention to business, made himself pro- 

 prietor of one of the handsomest hotels in this country. 

 His attention to business and his methodical ways are sel- 

 dom equaled. In appearance he is a handsome man of 

 medium size with the appearance of an Englishman. His 

 ability as a diiver would certainly make him a success in 

 the professional line. The speeding ground of Boston Las 

 a reputation nearly as great as the Bunker Hill Monument. 



In Providence, Messrs. Barnabee & Winship, the lead- 

 ing clothing-house proiDrietors of that city, are perhaps the 

 largest owners of road horses. They have also owned many 

 that have made their mark on the turf, among them H. B. 

 Winship, that has made the best record, 2:06, with a run- 

 ning mate, and several others of greater or less fame. 



In Chicago, we have Mr. H. V. Bemis, proprietor of the 

 Richelieu Hotel, who has owned driving horses and trotted 

 them for a long while, and has in his time had a fortune 

 invested in that way. Mr. Chas. Schwartz has everything 

 from a four-in-hand to a road horse with a record of 2:20 in 

 the shape of a gentleman's turnout. John Dupee, Jr., 

 while he has not taken as active a part on the turf as his 

 partner Mr. Schwartz, has always been as near the front 

 with road trotters as it was possible for him to get. 



In Rochester, N. Y., Mr. George Archer, one of the 

 leading merchants, and j)re:;ident of the trotting associa- 

 tion, has proven his taste for the trotter by the numbers 

 that he has owned and driven. Mr. Jas. Whitney of the 

 same city is never without one or more first-class road per- 

 formers and occasionally takes a fly on the turf. 



In Buffalo, W. I. Mills, a man who trotted horses in 

 Flora Temx3le" s time, who at that time owned Belle of Sara- 

 toga, and has ever since been connected with the turf, has 

 a small but select stable of first-class performers. Mr. 



