PREFACE. 



FOR several years past friends and horsemen in 

 different parts of the country have importuned 

 me to give in published form my experience in train- 

 ing and driving light-harness horses, and as no work 

 of this character has appeared in this country for a 

 number of years, it occurred to me that if I was ever 

 to do so the present is a very proper time to com- 

 ply with this request, therefore I have rather reluc- 

 tantly decided to publish this volume. I am indebted 

 to Mr. P. M. Babcock, an old friend of mine, now re- 

 siding in Buffalo, for whatever merit the editorial 

 work of this book may possess, as the main part of it 

 has been written by him, aided by such suggestions as 

 I have been able to give. I have never kept a diary 

 or other memoranda and hence the dates herein given 

 are mainly from recollection, and, while some of them 

 may be wrong, I believe them to be substantially cor- 

 rect. With the expectation of a generous criticism of 

 its merits and defects this book is submitted to the 

 consideration of all who care to peruse its pages. 



E. F. GEERS. 



Buffalo, March i, 1901. 



