M'iliiiiiiiiifffl i\\OR several years It has been apparent that a book 

 having to do with the present history of the trotting 

 turf would be welcomed and appreciated by a vast 

 constituency who take an active Interest In the light- 

 harness horse; and this volume has been prepared 

 with that fact in mind. Of the men who have 

 written what appears in Its pages, little need be said. 

 Budd Doble's name is known wherever the trotting 

 horse has been heard of; his ability has never been 

 questioned, and he stands to-day nearer, perhaps, to the 

 American public than any other man in his profession. 

 John Splan is an artist in the sulky, a man of positive genius 

 in the matter of driving a horse, while his wonderful memory, 

 keen appreciation of what is interesting to the public, and 

 entertaining way of relating It, combine to make his portion of the 

 book of exceptional interest and value. Mr. Dunbar, in addition to 

 being a trainer and driver of the first rank, possesses an analytical 

 mind of the highest type, and that his literary style is at once simple 

 and fascinating, the readers of this book will, I am sure, admit. That 

 his chapters on the training and management of young trotters are 

 the most valuable in the book. Is my deliberate judgment. 



I desire to in this public manner express my obligations to 

 Messrs, Doble and Dunbar for the more than generous manner in 

 which they have shown their friendship for me, by contributing to- 

 this volume matter which money could not have secured, and without 

 which the work would have been of far less value. 



Mr. Robert Bonner, who has done more than any other man to 

 elevate the trotting turf, and who has made it possible for a business 

 man to own a trotter, either for road or track use, without his standing 

 in the commercial or social world being impaired thereby, I would 

 thank for the encouragement and endorsement he gave me at a time 

 when such action was of more value than money could possibly have 

 been. 



For unsolicited acts of friendliness that can be but partially 

 repaid by an acknowledgment of this character, 1 am indebted 

 to Messrs. R. A. Bower., John R. Walsh, and C. H. Durphy, of 

 Chicago. 



H. T. WHITE. 



