HANDBOOK OF THE TURF 



A TREASURY OF INFORMATION 

 FOR HORSEMEN 



EMBRACING 



A Compendium of all Racing and Trotting Rules ; 



Laws of the States i]S{ their Relation to Horses 



and Racing; A Glossary of Scientific Terms; 



The Catch-Words and Phrases used by 



Great Drivers, with 



MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION ABOUT HORSES, 

 TRACKS, AND RACING 



BY 



SAMUEL L. BOARDMAN 



The literature of the turf is sometliing almost sui generis. It abounds in 

 mysterious technicalities and phraseology intelligible only to the initiated.— The 

 London Times, January 26, 1894. 



NEW YORK 



ORANGE JUDD COMPANY 



1895 



