384 LIFE 'vTITK THE TROTTERS. 



Mr. E. H. Brodhead of Milwaukee, a banker, has always 

 taken such, a lively interest in trotting horses that he might 

 almost be rated with the professionals, and when he drives on 

 the road he seems as contented in that class as he does with 

 the amateurs. C. C. Wliite, manager of the Plankinton. 

 House, is just as good a judge of a road horse as he is man- 

 ager of a hotel. W. R. Armstrong is another one of Mil- 

 waukee's citizens who invests his money inroad horses with 

 a view to pleasure solely. 



In St. Paul, Mr. E.G. Long perhaps leads the way in the 

 quality of his road horses, he having in his stable such tried 

 turf performers as Fanny Witherspoon, with a public rec- 

 ord of 2:16i at a mile, and 4:43 at two miles, which is the 

 best in the world for that distance. Governor M erriam leads 

 off with Belle F., that has a record of 2:15^, and besides her 

 he has Adelaide, 2:18, and any number of others that have 

 proved themselves first class in genuine battles. 



In Louisville, the well-known Steve Maxwell and George 

 Linderberger appear to carry the banner with the number 

 and quality of their fast roadsters. These are only a very 

 small part of the gTeat number of people who interest them- 

 selves in owning trotters and if it could be greater compu- 

 ted, the amount of money that is yearly invested in horses 

 for this purj)ose it would, I think, appear wonderful, even 

 to people who are used to large transactions. 



Mr. Nathaniel Wheeler of Bridgeport, Conn., who has 

 proven by his works that he admires everything that is 

 good and true, is a great lover of the trotter, and not only 

 keeps and drives them himself but has also brought his 

 children up to believe it is perfectly proper for a gentleman 

 to own and drive a trotter. He gave his boys a 2:40 trotter 

 to drive at a time in their lives when most boys were amus- 

 ing themselves with a top. That their education in this 

 matter has not done them any harm is proven by their after 

 life, as they have developed into first-class business men 

 and citizens that any country might be proud of. Mr. 

 Charles Clark of Pittsburgh, Pa., a pillar in the chu-cb. 



