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H. C. Jewett is before the iDnblic more prominently as a 

 breeder, but takes as much j)leasure and interest with his 

 road horses as he does in his stock farm. Mr. C. J. Hamlin 

 must have had the love of the trotter born with him, for as 

 long ago as I can remember he owned something in the way 

 of a speedy horse. Of late years he has had the i^leasure of 

 driving a pair of horses bred by himself, a mile better than 

 2:20, a feat that I believe has never been j^erformed by any 

 other man. 



In Cleveland, Mr. William Edwards, the president of the 

 trotting association and a wholesale grocery merchant, 

 always feels lost if he does not have one or tAvo road horses. 

 Mr. W. J. Gordon often takes a spin behind Clingstone, 

 and with his mate, William H., they make a very iDleasant 

 team and rejDresent in cash $35,000, which was the price he 

 paid for them. Frank Rockefeller, the youngest member 

 of the Rockefeller family, is a breeder who is not averse to 

 trotting his horses on the turf and driving them on. the 

 road, all of which he does with as much enthusiam as a 

 professional. 



In Philadelphia, the Bower Bros, are perhaps the repre- 

 sentative men of that city in the number and quality of 

 their road establishment. They both occasionally take a 

 flyer at the turf, and in his palmy days Uncle Billy Doble 

 was their leading driver, he always having the mount be- 

 hind their trotters. The ' ' Bower Boys, ' ' as they are called, 

 enjoy racing thoroughly, and for their vacation from busi- 

 ness in summer, take a trip down tlie grand circuit. Colo- 

 nel Snowden, a j)olitician, and vice-iDresident of the National 

 Trotting Association, manager of one of the largest insur- 

 ance companies in the world, and with many other irons in 

 the fire, finds time and has the interest to always own some 

 first-class driving animals. 



In Washington City, the Naylor Bros, and F. M. Draney 

 are the representative horsemen both on the track and road, 

 as they are men who take an interest in everything pertain- 

 ing to trotting horses. 



