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Todd Swift, 2:15 1-4, by Todd, 2:143-4, out 

 of the great brood mare, Wyneta, by Wilkes 

 Boy, 2 124 1-2 ; the stallion Belgrad, by Bin- 

 gara, dam, the great brood mare, Kama, by 

 Kremlin; and the stallion Bertini (3), 2:22 1-4, 

 by Bingen, 2:061-4, dam Kiel (3), 2:293-4, 

 by Kremlin. 



No man attends to commercial affairs 

 with better system than does Mr. Allen in 

 running the Allen harm. With the system 

 of bookkeeping is included the period of 

 gestation of each mare bred, the per cent 

 of the foals that are colts or fillies, a bay in 

 color, or a chestnut, or a brown, or a black, 

 or a gray. The weight of each colt and filly 

 is also recorded at birth. 



For a lover of horses, indeed, is the trip to 

 the Allen Farm a treat, and one can well 

 spend several days in going about the farm, 

 seeing the trotters, stallions, brood mares 

 and youngsters, and enjoying the grand 

 scenery for which Pittsfield is famous. 



J. VERNON STEELE 

 J. Vernon Steele was born in Jamaica 

 Plain, Mass., in 1881, and received his educa- 

 tion in attending schools located in at least 

 six of the different states of the Union. In 

 1899 he entered the employ of J. Abbott 

 Clarke, Arlington, Mass., as clerk in his real 

 estate office. He started in business for him- 

 self in the Fall of 1903 in the manufacturing 

 of Gillian horse boots, etc., at Canton, 

 Ohio. He is at present in the wholesale 

 produce business, 29 South Market Street, 

 Boston, Mass. He became a member of the 

 Metropolitan Driving Club in 1905, and also 

 belongs to the Masons and the Somerville 

 Lodge of Elks. 



Mr. Steele has been interested in owning a 

 fast horse since a boy, but his first step into 

 prominence was with C. E. H., trial of 

 2:16 1-2, with which he was king-pin of the 

 Arlington snowpath for two Winters. In 

 1905 he owned the mare, Lady Rose, which 

 he raced with success in the matinees at 

 Charles River Speedway, winning the point 

 cup for pacers in the Spring series of that 

 season. In professional racing, Mr. Steele 

 became prominent in the campaign of Gvp 

 Walnut, 2:081-4, who was raced over the 

 mile tracks with credit. He also had out the 

 gelding, Lexington, 2:17, that headed many 

 summaries over the half-mile tracks. Mr. 

 Steele resides in West Somerville, Mass. 



Smith & Co., wholesale dealers in butter, 

 cheese, eggs and poultry at 33 Commercial 

 Street, Boston, in 1892, where he is still en- 

 gaged in business. He was one of the 

 original members of the Metropolitan Driv- 

 ing Club, and of the Fellsway Driving Club, 

 and also belongs to the Masonic order and 

 the Elks. In the first season of the Metro- 

 politan Club matinees, ar Charles River 

 Speedway in 1904, Mr. Smith, with his hand- 

 some, clean-gaited trotting mare, Lady Hil- 

 ton, won the point cup over a large held of 

 contestants. Among others that he raced in 

 the matinees were: Lady Wilkes, Baron, 

 Belle Mack, Victor C, Dotty Direct, Baron 

 Gwynne, Barney, etc. Mr. Smith resides at 

 22 Hudson Street, Somerville, Mass. 



SIMON W. PARLIN 

 A history of horsemen of New England, 

 in fact of America for that matter, would be 

 deficient if a reference to the personality and 

 labors of Simon W. Parlin were omitted. So 

 long did his nimble pen record horse events 

 and build incontrovertible arguments on the 

 value of thoroughbred blood in the American 

 light-harness horse, that his biography as 

 written here is all too brief. 



Mr. Parlin began in 1876 to write articles 

 of horse interest for the American Culti- 

 vator, out of which grew the American Horse 

 Breeder in 1882. From that day until 1912. 

 when he retired to his native state of Maine, 

 Mr. Parlin's editorial comment on equine 

 matters, and his historical articles, were 

 read throughout the civilized world and ac- 

 cepted as authentic. 



In all of his many discussions with various 

 editors and spasmodic critics, he stoutly and 

 intelligently maintained his position, and. in 

 fact, he was so well fortified with knowledge 

 of his subject, that he was an antagonist 

 worthy of any disputant's steel. 



Mr. Parlin's book, the "American Trotter," 

 enjoyed a large circulation, and is a classic 

 of horse literature. Mr. Parlin is a Civil 

 War veteran, he serving in a Maine Cavalry 

 Company throughout the war. He was the 

 first secretary of the New England Trotting 

 Horse Breeders' Association in the days 

 when the Breeders' meetings were held at 

 historic Mystic Park. 



A scholar, patriot, and withal a gentleman, 

 dignified, kindly, and lovable, the life of 

 Simon W. Parlin will ever be a source of 

 inspiration to those whose good fortune it 

 has been to know him. 



ERNEST C. SMITH 

 Ernest C. Smith was born in East Bethel, 

 Vt., in 1876, and attended the schools cf Mel- 

 rose, Mass. He entered the employ of A. M. 



HENRY W. BURRESS 



Henry W. Burress was born in Canal 

 Dover, Ohio, in 1842, and always said that 



