TALES OF THE- TURF 



By WM. B. FASIG. 



Twenty-Seven Stories with Memoir. 



Each show the spirit of a master hand, a glint of wit, and 

 of Nature which makes the whole world kin.' 



'That Touch 



THE TABLE OF CONTENTS INCLUDE 



TROTTING TRACKS.— How to build, 

 take care of and manage them, with 

 plates showing how to lay out a 

 half-mile, a mile and a kite-shaped 

 track. 



THE SANDPIPER. -How the Dutch- 

 man did not balance his bill for 

 gravel while the little man in brown 

 stood pat, and won. 



McDOEL. — How the the best green 

 horse in Missouri broke into turf 

 history. 



ANDY AND /.—What the well-known 

 pair learned in France and England. 



GOOD LUCK.— The magical words 

 which make many a man's little 

 world hum. 



AMERICAN TROTTING HORSE.— 



The idol before which we all salaam. 



THE SECRETARY.— His trials and 

 tribulations in the merry days of 

 racing. 



A STRANGE LAND.— How a ship- 

 wrecked Buckeye showed his ingenu- 

 ity in another racing world. 



STRANGER. — A lightning going 

 pacer of Northern Ohio, whose his- 

 tory has a pinch of romance hooked 

 onto it. 



IN BRET HARTE'S COUNTRY.-Uow 



Fasig identified Starbottle and the 

 Kentucky Colonel. 



MUSKET.— The unluckiest horse that 

 ever breathed. Don'trun. Heisdead. 



RIDE OF A LIFE TIME.— How 



Flying Jib put a crimp in the boss 

 trotter on the speed drive in Wade 

 Park. 



Their are Others. 



To this is added a MEMOIR in which is presented a sketch of William B. 

 Fasig's career on the turf and in the sale business, an outline history of the 

 Cleveland track, and how the Quadrilateral Trotting Combination, which 

 grew into the Grand Circuit, originated. 



A Few Press Comments 



The Tales of the Turf are full of 

 quaint humor and interesting anec- 

 — Kentucky Stock Farm. 



dotes. 



When you open the volume, you 

 will not close it until you reach the 

 end. —Turf, Field & Farm. 



The statistical value of the book is 

 much greater than its selling price. 

 — The Horseman. 



In our judgment it is one of the 

 most interesting books to a trotting 

 horseman ever published. 



— The Horse Review. 



Of all the books that have been pub- 

 lished regarding the trotting horse 

 business, there is certainly none that 

 contains such a varied and valuable 

 amount of information. 



— American Horse Breeder. 



Every man who has a particle of 

 love for harness racing, will find a deal 

 of pleasure in reading "Fasig's Tales 

 of the Turf." —Horse World. 



It is admirable in style and the 

 reminiscences are couched in such 

 beautiful diction as to make them ex- 

 ceedingly entertaining. 



— Rider & Driver. 



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'FASIG'S TALES OF THE TURF" is a three hundred and 

 fourteen page book, bound in cloth. Price $2.00, all charges prepaid. 

 Address orders to 



W. H. GOCHER, 



Hartford, Conn.,U.S.A. 



