. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 106 %\xt grtete awd j^ Feb. 16 DOBLE, 2:14 SPLAN, -: 2:13 1-4 THE GREAT HORSE BOOK, DUNBAR. 2:14 "Uf £ WITH THE TWITTERS," NOW READY. JOHN SPLAN OivpR the historv of the eelebrated horses lie has driven, and a full account of hmv thev were prepared for their races, chapters on stable management of the trotter, on how he should he made readv for any Btyle of nee on how the old-time trot tors were trained, a,id all about the stable and track history of such famous performers as K A it US the p icer .10 HN -TON, WSIWBWOnti, MAT TIE HUNTER, CHA


. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 106 %\xt grtete awd j^ Feb. 16 DOBLE, 2:14 SPLAN, -: 2:13 1-4 THE GREAT HORSE BOOK, DUNBAR. 2:14 "Uf £ WITH THE TWITTERS," NOW READY. JOHN SPLAN OivpR the historv of the eelebrated horses lie has driven, and a full account of hmv thev were prepared for their races, chapters on stable management of the trotter, on how he should he made readv for any Btyle of nee on how the old-time trot tors were trained, a,id all about the stable and track history of such famous performers as K A it US the p icer .10 HN -TON, WSIWBWOnti, MAT TIE HUNTER, CHARLIE FORD, kInSASOHIEP KINK WILKBH COL [>KWia, KANNIiii WITHER^POOX, MINSIb; K., RwVJiiJiUK PKOTECTIuX, PKED F0LUE<, WILSON J. Q. CLINGSTONE, UDY, MAMBKIXO KPARKLE, AUBLAIDB , S\Vi*,E iVTEK, CALM Alt, GOV. HILL, BELLE P., OLIVER K.,and man? th-tt have at one time and another been in Splan'B stable, and to most of them he gave their best records ' In lact't will be a comprehensive treatise on the subject of trort-rs tnd pacers, and how to drive and train them, bv a man whose reputation iB worlrt wide. That * he book will have a tremendous sale is rot a matter of doubt No work of the kind has appeared since that written by Hiram Woodruff more tiian twenty years ago, and since then the history of the trotting horse has been made. John Bplan has been thirty ears with the trotters, and that he should write a book in which there will bean uni-iterestiiiK line ii impops ble. BUDD DOBLE TelJs in a graphic manner the interesting circumstances of how the famous old-time trotter, DEX ! ER, wan placed in his hands by Hiram Woodruff when Doble was hnt a boy; how, in his first race, the Youthful driver made the son of RVSUYK'S II AM AN beat his best previous record; how he won races with him at all ways of going-in harness, to wagon, and unoer the saddle, finally terminating a brilliant turf career by beating all the trotting records when he went a mile a


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