MR. C. J. HAMLIN says that when he was a 

 young man he used to attend dancing parties, 

 and was very fond of dancing with a young 

 lady that was a good dancer, but he soon found that it 

 added much to his enjoyment to dance with one that 

 was beautiful to look upon as well as a good dancer; 

 and that when he commenced to breed trotters, having 

 in mind his experience in the gay whirl of his giddy 

 days, he determined, if possible, to combine beauty 

 with speed in the animals he should produce, and he 

 has consistently adhered to that theory during all the 

 long years he has been engaged in the business. 



The black stallion Dare Devil is a product of this sys- 

 tem of breeding, and is one of the most beautiful horses 

 ever seen upon the race track or in the show ring. 

 He is a coal black, with three white ankles, a small 

 star, and snip foaled June i, 1893, sired by Mam- 

 brino King, dam Mercedes by Chimes. His first race 

 was at Detroit, when he was four years old, in which 

 he won the last three of four heats in 2.15^, 2.16^, 

 and 2.1 5 J^. He also won at Cleveland, Columbus, 

 Fort Erie, Glens Falls, Portland and Louisville, and 

 met his only defeat that season at Lexington, after 

 winning the first heat in 2.09^. His showing that 

 season was so good that it was decided to keep him 

 in the stud in 1898, which proved a very unfortu- 

 nate experiment, as, somehow, in his stall he 

 wrenched one of his hips, and he has never been 

 strong enough since to stand proper training. I 

 trained him the best I could in 1899, but he plainly 

 showed the effects of his injury. I started him in 



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