CONTENTS 



CHAPTER J>AGfi 



I. THE CORNER STONE OF BREEDING ? i 



II. GENERAL GRANT AS A LOVER OF HORSES 7 



III. ROBERT BONNER ON SHOEING ,, , * 14 



IV. WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT SELLS 



MAUD S. . . . . . 26 



V. THE STRUGGLE TO HOLD THE THRONE 39 



VI. JAY-EYE-SEE AND SOME MATCH RACES 44 



VII. EDWIN THORNE AND MAMBRINO CHIEF 52 



VIII. CHARLES BACKMAN AND STONY FORD 64 



IX. LELAND STANFORD AND PALO ALTO . 79 



X. WOODBURN FARM ALEXANDER BROD- 



HEAD ...... 94 



XL THE TRANSYLVANIA CORNING 



HAVEMEYER . . ., , 113 



XII. C. J. HAMLIN AND VILLAGE FARM . 118 



XIII. HAMLIN AND SPEED DEVELOPMENT . 126 



XIV. HENRY C. MCDOWELL AND ASHLAND 148 

 XV. DOUBLE HARNESS RIVALRY . . 161 



XVI. HORSE SHOWS AND THEIR CONTRO- 

 VERSIES . . . . .174 



XVII. R. S. VEECH AND INDIAN HILL . 183 

 XVIII. E. H. HARRIMAN AND OTHER 



BREEDERS 188 



XIX. WILLIAM EDWARDS AND DISCIPLINE . 197 



XX. S. S. HOWLAND AS A BREEDER . . 2OI 



XXI. SIMMONS, STONER, AND THAYER . 207 

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