384 LIFE Tv-ITiI TID'] TKOTTEES. 



Mr. E. H. Brodliead of Milwaukee, a banker, has always 

 taken such a lively interest in trotting horses that he might 

 almost be rated with the i)rofessionals, and when he drives on 

 the road he seems as contented in that class as he does Avith 

 the amateurs. C. C. A'^Hiite, manager of the Plankinton 

 House, is Just as good a judge of a road horse as he is man- 

 ager of a hotel. W. R. Armstrong is another one of Mil- 

 waukee's citizens who invests his money in road horses with 

 a view to i^leasure solely. 



In St. Paul, Mr. E.G. Long perhaps leads the way in tlie 

 quality of his road horses, he having in his stable such tried 

 turf performers as Fanny Witherspoon, with a public rec- 

 ord of 2:1GJ at a mile, and 4:43 at two miles, which is the 

 best in the world for that distance. Governor Men-iam leads 

 off with Belle F., that has a record of 2:15J, and besides her 

 he has Adelaide, 2:18, and any number of others that have 

 proved themselves first class in genuine battles. 



In Louis vUle, the well-known Steve Maxwell and George 

 Linderberger appear to carry the banner with the number 

 and quality of their fast roadsters. These are only a very 

 small part of the great number of people who interest them- 

 selves in owning trotters and if it could be greater compu- 

 ted, the amount of money that is yearly invested in horses 

 for this purpose it would, I think, appear wonderful, even 

 to people who are used to large transactions. 



Mr. JN'athaniel Wheeler of Bridgeport, Conn., who has 

 proven by his works that he admires everything that is ' 

 good and true, is a great lover of the trotter, and not only 

 keeps and drives them himself but has also brought his 

 children up to believe it is perfectly proper for a gentleman 

 to own and drive a trotter. He gave his boys a 2:40 trotter 

 to drive at a time in their lives when most boys were amus- 

 ing themselves with a top. Tliat their education in this 

 matter has not done them any harm is proven by their after 

 life, as they have developed into first-class business men 

 and citizens, that any country might be proud of. Mr. 

 Charles Clark of Pittsburgh, Pa., a pillar in the cliu^cb, 



