II CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IV. 



Earus wins his first race against the crack trotters of the country— A private 

 trial in fast time over the Fleetwood track— The trip to California with 

 Goldsmith Maid— Another fast mile in private, and a refusal of $45,000 for 

 the gelding — Andy Daniels and the cattle raiser at Chico — Inside facts 

 about the race in which Rarus beat Goldsmith Maid— Coming East again 

 and lowering his record to 3:16 — The wonderful race against jGtreat Eastern 

 at Fleetwood Park, . 83^ 



CHAPTER V. 



How Rarus was wintered at Cleveland — Barred from the free-to-all races in the 

 summer of 1878 — He trots in 3:14 at Cleveland— Uncle Ben Wright's 

 unlucky bets — The record lowered to 3:13i4 at Buffalo — A great race at 

 Hartford — Uus Glidden and Edwin Forrest — Trouble at Minneapolis, and 

 a great wagon performance at Chicago — Another trip to California — An 

 accident in the stable, and what the veterinary said — Trotting in 3:133^ to 

 save Mr. Conklin's $10 — The sale to Mr. Robert Bonner, etc. . 113. 



CHAPTER VI. 



The pacer Johnston, and the manner in which he was trained to beat all the- 

 records — A nervous, fretful horse that would not feed well — Treatment at 

 Cincinnati during the winter months — Slow work in the spring — Speed 

 comes gradually — Dave Colross turns up in the nick of time, and takes 

 care of the horse — A mile in 3:10 at Milwaukee, and then 3:06^ at 

 Chicago — Mattie Hunter, Sweetser, Gem, and other famous pacers. 14& 



CHAPTER VII. 



The story of the fast, game and reliable stallion Wedgewood — A horse that 

 had a succession of hard races during his career — Going close to 3:30 the 

 first time he started — Desperate contests in the mud at St. Louis and Cin- 

 cinnati, and a glorious victory at Washington— Down the central circuit 

 the next season, winning every race in which he started — A peculiar horse 

 to train and drive — What came of trying to please a friend — Laying up 

 heats, and sparring with the judges as well as the other drivers — A well- 

 told tale of a great horse's campaign from the lakes to the sea. . 173^ 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Trotters with romantic histories that I have driven-^The gray gelding Charley 

 Ford, that was first a turf outlaw, then madearecord of 3:16S; was valued 

 at $15,000, and finally sold for $300— Ford's match with the stallion Bone- 

 setter, and how he was trained for it — He is the only horse that ever won. 



