CONTENTS. Ill 



a heat from Maud S. ; the story of the incident — The great race at Chicago 

 with Haunis, where "the talent" was on the wrong side — Adelaide, a 

 little mare that had one remarkable peculiarity; no matter how hot the 

 day, or severe the race, she would not sweat — Drawing wood into Water- 

 town, N. T., by the side of her dam, she is purchased by a horseman and 

 makes a record of 3 :19 j — A pony in size and weight, she beats some of the 

 best horses in the country, every ounce of her being race-horse material — 

 Planter and his good qualities — The wonderful afEection of the trotter Say 

 for an old white horse 19S 



CHAPTEK IX. 



How Maud S. trotted In 3:084, as seen by the man who drove a runner 

 alongside of the mare — "What Splan knows of Guy, the sensational trotter 

 of 1888 — Driving him to a road-cart in 2:17i, the horse being barefoot — The 

 story of how Colonel "West discovered Kentucky Prince, the sire of Guy — 

 Trotters are born, not made — Jay-Eye-See's good races down the circuit 

 in 1887, beating Arab, the crack trotter of the year — Clingstone's, race 

 against the watch in 3:14 — His great victory over Harry "Wilkes at Detroit — 

 How he was trained for this race and driven in it. . . . 315 



CHAPTER X. 



Nobby, the njost peculiar horse Splan ever drove; a wild, scary fellow that had 

 a wonderful flight of speed — The race at Cleveland in. which Nobby 

 beat a lot of cracks— Mr. David Bonner's well-remembered compliment — 

 Stufling a horse's ears with cotton, and some incidents connected with the 

 practice — Needle Gun, and the trouble he made on a ferry boat — "W. J. 

 Gordon's horses, his breeding farm, and his character as a man — Chat 

 about what certain drivers have done with particular families of horses — 

 Protection's great race against J. B. Richardson. . . . 345 



CHAPTER XI. 



Other drivers who have made a name in connection with certain families of 

 horses — Morrill Higbee and the Sprague strain of blood— Prank "Van Ness 

 with Harry and Rosaline "Wilkes— Jock Bowen, and how he fooled some 

 people who imagined that he could not drive a pacer well — Horace Brown 

 comes from a family of practical horsemen — Billy Weeks an excellent 

 rider, as well as a good reinsman-:-Charles Marvin the man who has brought 

 out nearly all the fast sons and daughters of Electioneer — Some facts about 

 Governor Stanford's venture in the breeding of trotters — Pluck has a 

 good deal more to do with success than luck— Governor Stanford in some 

 respects like General Grant— A colt of his breeding sold for $50,000. 373 



