. The driving clubs of greater Boston .. . ETHEL'S PRIDE, 2:06 3-4 The Best Trotter Owned by John Shepard, the Dean of American Reinsmen "After a bit I said: 'Arloch, I'll give you Reina on one condition. As you say, she won't be much use to me after a time. Now, you like money pretty well, but it won't be of any use to you when you depart this life, ril tell you what; you make the Young Men's Christian Association a present of $TOO,ooo and you can have Reina.' "And at last he took the offer. True, he didn't do it right away, but after thinking- It over for quite a while he came up o
. The driving clubs of greater Boston .. . ETHEL'S PRIDE, 2:06 3-4 The Best Trotter Owned by John Shepard, the Dean of American Reinsmen "After a bit I said: 'Arloch, I'll give you Reina on one condition. As you say, she won't be much use to me after a time. Now, you like money pretty well, but it won't be of any use to you when you depart this life, ril tell you what; you make the Young Men's Christian Association a present of $TOO,ooo and you can have Reina.' "And at last he took the offer. True, he didn't do it right away, but after thinking- It over for quite a while he came up one day and told me that he had arranged the en- dowment, and when he died the association got the money. "The first horse I ever bought was in partnership with another man. I got the better of the deal in one way. This other chap was a good Christian, and couldn't be induced to go driving on Sunday. I always compunctions about going and coming be- hind his horse. Moreover he had no com- punctions either about passing me on the way without great difficulty. "He talked so much about this that I de- termined finally I'd get a horse that would beat him. I looked about, and after a bit I bought a nice fellow called 'Old Trot.' I paid $,300, and agreed to give $25 more if he turned out well. "Well, sir, that horse did turn out excel- lently well, especially on the Sabbath, I am pleased to say, and the man got his $25. "Not long ago, my son, who is now 57 years old, was telling me that as long as he could remember I was matching horses, and he wondered that I never got a pair. As a matter of fact, I had several good ones. I used to give away many of my best horses to
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