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tracks and fair tracks throughout the 

 country. There are three places where, 

 each year, from two to three large trot- 

 ting horse auction sales are held. At these 

 tracks and auction sales, you meet the 

 richest and the poorest, the most distin- 

 guished jurists, railroad presidents, mer- 

 chants, ministers, priests, and, in fact, 

 representatives of all trades, mingling, 

 hobnobbing and discussing horse interests 

 and breeding with the most ordinary un- 

 educated men on even terms. There is a 

 spirit of comrade-friendship among trot- 

 ting horsemen that is marvelous. Such a 

 phenomenon does not exist in any other 

 organization of business in the world. I 

 have a list of fifteen thousand men who 

 are in the habit of attending these various 

 auctions and bidding. 



The trotting horse breeders' associa-' 

 tions and these newspapers have their 

 various futurity stakes, which generally 

 amount to several hundred thousand dol- 

 lars and are raced off every season. 

 All this gives competition and stimulates 

 the breeding of good horses. With it all 



