XX CONTENTS. 



Page, 

 CHAPTER XII. 



Palo Alto, the Son of tte Thorouglibred Mare Dame Winnie — 

 His Early Promise — The Xame of " Palo Alto" Entrusted to 

 Him to Uphold — Almost a Clean Sweep in His Class in 1886^ 

 Beating Aged Campaigners in Long Races — Only One De- 

 feat and Eight Victories — Narrow Escape from Death by 

 Fire — The Brilliant Campaign of 1889 — Invincible and Un- 

 beaten—Record 2:121 154 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Sudie D. Takes the Yearling Honors to Kentucky for a Brie/ 

 Season— Norlaine, the Champion Yearling— Her Training — 

 She Breaks Sudie D.'s Record in 2:31*— Xorval, 2:17i, Her 

 gire — Sallie Benton, 2:17f, the Champion Four- Year-Old of 

 Her Day— Helen, 2:22f- Sphinx, 2:23— Bell Boy, 2:19^— 

 Chimes and Suisun — Other Stars 164 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Sunol, the Phenomenal Trotter of the Nineteenth Century— Her 

 Breeding and Her Form — Her Temper and Nervous Organi- 

 zation — Her First Lessons — Training on to Greatness — Details 

 of How She was Worked — Wins Her First Race — Lowering 

 the Two- Year-Old Record to 2:20^ — Lowering It Again to 

 2:18— The Winter of 1888-9— A List of Brilliant Perform- 

 ances—Champion Three- Year-Old of the World— 2:10i 173 



CHAPTER XV. 



A Chapter on Early Training— The Subject Considered in Various 

 Phases — Hiram Woodruff and His Day — The Advance Since 

 Then — Trotters Now Come to their Speed Early — The Preju- 

 dice Against Early Training Passing Away — A Practical 

 Necessity With Breeders Who Breed for Profit — Time that 

 Means Money — The Benefits of Early Training are Lasting — 

 It Must Not Be Overdone — The Past and Present Con- 

 trasted 182 



