Chapter III: Appendix: History of the Wallace Publications

_By a Friend of the Author._

Mr. Wallace’s early life and education—Removal to Iowa,
1845—Secretary Iowa State Board of Agriculture—Begins work,
1856, on “Wallace’s American Stud Book,” published 1867—Method
of gathering pedigrees—Trotting Supplement—Abandons Stud
Book, 1870, and devotes exclusive attention to trotting
literature—“American Trotting Register,” Vol. I., published in
1871—Vol. II. follows in 1874—The valuable essay on breeding
the forerunner of present ideas—Standard adopted 1879—Its
history—Battles for control of the “Register”—_Wallace’s
Monthly_ founded 1875—Its character, purposes, history,
writers, and artists—“Wallace’s Year Book” founded 1885—Great
popularity and value—Transfer of the Wallace publications, and
their degeneration 547-559

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR _Frontispiece._

MAP OF ARMENIA, CAPPADOCIA, SYRIA, ETC. _To face page_ 24

MAP OF PHŒNICIAN COLONIES AND THE MEDITERRANEAN ” ” 36

GODOLPHIN ARABIAN, TRUE PORTRAIT }
} In one view ” ” 67
GODOLPHIN ARABIAN, DISTORTED }

STAR POINTER, THE CHAMPION PACER (1:59¼) ” ” 155

JOHN R. GENTRY, PACER (2:00½) ” ” 173

ALIX, THE PRESENT CHAMPION TROTTER (2:03¼) ” ” 255

HAMBLETONIAN (RYSDYK’S) ” ” 267

GEORGE WILKES, SON OF HAMBLETONIAN ” ” 284

ELECTIONEER, SON OF HAMBLETONIAN ” ” 289

ABDALLAH (ALEXANDER’S), SON OF HAMBLETONIAN ” ” 294

NANCY HANKS, BY HAPPY MEDIUM (2:04) ” ” 306

ETHAN ALLEN, BY VERMONT BLACK HAWK ” ” 381

NOTE.—Nine of the above engravings have been reproduced, by permission, from the Portfolio issued by _The Horse Review_.

THE HORSE OF AMERICA.