CONTENTS . XIX 



Page. 

 CHAPTER IX. 



The Great Trio,Wildflower, Bonita and Hinda Rose — Wildfiower, 

 tlie Two- Year-Old Cliampion of Her Day — Bonita a Great 

 Two- Year-Old and Cliampion Four- Year-Old — Hinda Rose, 

 Cliampion Yearling and Cliampion Three- Year-Old of Her 

 Time — Her Great Campaign of 1883 — How She was Shod 

 and Balanced — The Career of the Fastest Young Trotters 

 that Had Yet Been Produced — A Story of Record-Breaking 

 by Palo Alto Colts — Hinda Rose's Famous Brother, St. Bel — 

 His Pure Gait and His Resolute Performances 118 



CHAPTER X. 



The Great Four-Year-Olds of 1886— Manzanita and Palo Alto— 

 The Breeding, Training and History of Manzanita — The 

 Memorable Three-Year-Old Battles of 1885 — Manzanita Beats 

 Patron, Silverone, Eagle Bird and Greenlander at Chicago — 

 The Smart Men Discover a "Quitter" and Pay for the In- 

 formation — The Memorable Race for the Gasconade Stakes 

 at the St. Louis Fair — Patron Wins Through Bad Starting — 

 A Great Stable in 1886 133 



CHAPTER XL 



Manzanita as a Four- Year-Old — A Race Lost by Laying Up 

 Heats — She Starts Against a Great Field of Aged Horses at 

 Cleveland — Lowers the Four- Year-Old Record to 2 :16:^ — Beats 

 Eagle Bird Easily at Maysville — Defeats Greenlander at Lex- 

 ington — The Four- Year-Old Record Lowered to 2:16 — Win- 

 ning from Greenlander and Haverstick in a Jog — The Glori- 

 ous Victory at the St. Louis Fair Over Patron — The Defeat 

 of 1885 Wiped Out, and Manzanita's Superiority as the 

 Greatest of Four-Y"ear-01ds Established — Her Retirement — 

 Her Great Qualities as a Race-Mare 143 



