CONTENTS XV 



CHAPTER IX 



PACE 



The Pre-Victorian CoacMng Days — Joe Tollit — James Selby's 

 "Old Times" — Splan's Reply to Archer — Personahty in 

 Horsemanship — Jesse Beery — Everard Calthrop — The Indian 

 Cowboy — The Late WilHe Lane — The Likes and DisHkes 

 of Horses — Lord Lonsdale's Record Drive — The Late 

 Walter Winans — Lady Dalmeny — The Late Richard Bain- 

 bridge — Dr. H. W. Darrell — George Warman — A Perfect 

 Horsewoman — ^The Wheelwright Horse-breaker — Horse- 

 men I Met in the Army — Driving — The Ordinary Careless 

 Driver — The Way to Hold the Reins — The Journey Horse 

 — How to Avoid Colic — Types and Characters of the Harness 

 Cob — A Drive Behind Cashmere — James W. Packman — 

 Jack Skinner — The Trotter Mary Shawbay — Richmond 

 — Fred Metcalfe — The Woild's Champion, Lee Axworthy 195 



CHAPTER X 



The Necessity of Soundness and Correct Training — Balancing — 

 — Badly-fitting Harness — The National Trotting Horse 

 Breeders' Show — The Rascal Wins the Pacer Class — 

 Harvest Star Wins the Cup for Trotters — Prince Gay ton 

 Wins the £1,000 Handicap — Archibald by Alvander — 

 Some Famous Trotting Stallions : Their Records — The 

 Improvement of the Welsh Trotter — The North London 

 Road Matches — The Tradesman's Champion Welsh Mare 

 — The Dark Horse from Wales — The Late Walter Winans' 

 Harmony and Discord — The Iceland Pony, Little Bill — 

 The World's Champion Trotting Pony, Solomon — The 

 Trotting Stallion Neglected — Lord French and His Charger 

 Govair — The Midland Buggy Horse _ _ _ 231 



CHAPTER XI 



The American Pacer — ^The Greatest Sire, Peter the Great — 

 Champion Trotters as Sires — British Records and Perform- 

 ances — Pony Records — Flying Start Records — Pair-horse 

 Records — Guidelcss Records — The London Trotting Club 

 — ^The Colour Question — Foals — Picture Horses - - 253 



