CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEK I. 



Boyhood days at Little Falls, N. Y. — Bunning away from home and reach- 

 ing the Buffalo track — Pelham Tartar, my first trotter — Somethiog. 

 about the stallion Byron — How old-time trotters were trained — Pilot 

 Temple, Tack^y, and Dixie — The pacer Billy Boyce — A trip to Cuba — 

 I return to New York City and go to work for Dan Mace — "Lucy 

 Jimmy" teaches me to rub a trotter — Tempest and her fevered feet — 

 Starting out on my own account as a trainer — My first race and the 

 glory thereof — Lady Saulpaugh and her races — The great match at 

 Paterson, N, J. — Fun on Staten Island. .... 5 



CHAPTER II. 



JKansas Chief, first a cattle herder, then ridden by a gentleman, and next a 2:30 

 trotter — His feet fail and he is given away after being sold for $7,500 — 

 Traded to Mr. Simmons, he comes into my hands — How his feet were 

 treated — A great campaign from the lakes to the seaboard — Don't trot 

 your horse when he is out of condition — Kansas Chief's last races — How 

 Dan. Mace discovered Rarus — A talk in the hotel at night — The story of a 

 game, handsome, and honest horse. 38 



CHAPTER III. 



jRarus, the first trotter to beat 3:14 — How he was bred and raised by a Long 

 Island farmer — The old gentleman thought by his neighbors to be too 

 enthusiastic about the colt — His first race on the Island — How he came 

 into my hands, after making a record of 3:30;^ — A successful trip through 

 the central circuit, winning all his races but one — How Jim Crawford 

 fooled the pool buyers — Going West and beating the famous Bodlne — 

 Entering Rarus in a race against the crack trotters of the land. . 53 



