EDITOK S PREFACE. VU 



in that time was quite voluminous, and the work of 

 editing it called for an expenditure of time and labor 

 which, I presume, no one can appreciate who has not 

 tried his hand at the " making of books." 



I have to here cordially and thankfully acknowledge 

 the assistance kindly afforded me by Mr. Ariel Lathrop 

 (the manager of Senator Stanford's vast interests in 

 California) in placing at my disposal plans, drawings, 

 and other material for use herein. 



In the hope that this book may be welcomed into 

 the libraries of the trotting-horse breeders and trainers 

 of America, it is submitted to the public, not without a 

 sense of its imperfections, nor yet without confidence 

 that in it will be recognized sufficient merit to assure 

 it a place among standard works on the trotting-horse. 



L. E. M. 



ISTew York City, April, 1890. 



