ILLUSTRATIONS 



Lou Dillon Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



E. E. Smathers, driving Major Delmar ..... 14 



C. K. G. Billings, driving the Champion Trotter, Lou Dillon . 14 



Pace-maker with Wind-shield 24 



Wind-shield and Dirt-shield 24 



Major Delmar 30 



Dan Patch 34 



Prince Alert 35 



E. T. Bedford, driving York Boy and Bemay • ... 35 



Flora Temple 46 



Beautiful Bells 46 



Dexter 48 



Goldsmith Maid . 50 



Nancy Hanks 50 



Maud S 68 



Sunol 72 



Alix 76 



The Abbot 76 



Cresceus 78 



Kremlin 78 



Palo Alto 124 



Directum . 124 



Rysdyk's Hambletonian ........ 144 



Mambrino Chief ......... 144 



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