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total membership of the Board of Review fifteen. 

 There are, in addition to the president, two vice- 

 presidents, a secretary, and a treasurer. The 

 Board of Review meets twice a year. May and 

 December, to decide cases that have been 

 appealed from the individual tracks, and the most 

 careful consideration is given to each case. The 

 Board of Review is the court of last resort, and 

 its authority extends from the Atlantic to the 

 Pacific Ocean. The executive ofifice of the 

 association is at Hartford, Connecticut. 



The American Trotting Association was 

 organized at Detroit, Michigan, March 2, 1887. 

 The element which was dissatisfied with the 

 administration of the affairs of the National 

 Trotting Association was the backbone of the 

 new^ organization. The relations between the 

 National and the American are now harmonious, 

 and they race under the same rules and give 

 force to each other's penalties. W. P. Ijams 

 is president of the American Trotting Associa- 

 tion, and W. H. Knight, secretary, and the 

 executive office is in Chicago. 



The office of the American Trotting Register 

 Association is also in Chicago, and it is closely 

 affiliated with the National and the American. 



