[NOTE.—The History of this remarkable family of horses was begun in the first number of _Trotwood’s Monthly_, and has proven to be so popular that nearly all of the back numbers of the magazine have been bought up and bound by the admirers of this great family of horses. Orders are coming in daily, often as many as ten to twenty, for a complete set of last year’s _Trotwood_. We regret, therefore, that we will be unable to furnish back numbers much longer. This History will be continued during the year, including the story of Brown Hal, Star Pointer, Mattie Hunter, Hal Dillard, Old Brooks, Star Hal, Hal B., and many others now known to fame. It will close with a beautiful tribute to the life and the career of Edward F. Geers, the “Silent Man from Tennessee,” who is to the turf world what Napoleon was to war.—Pubs. TAYLOR-TROTWOOD.] THE REVERY RACE Quadrupe dante putrem sonitu quatit ungula campum.—_Virgil._ In days agone, Upon that shore which mortals call the Unreturning Past, What bursts of speed from gallant steed have come like bugle blast! What battles have been fought and won, what names to fame been given, What mighty shout has put to rout the thunder notes of heaven, When, coming in his pride and scorn The old horse won in days agone! In days to come, Upon that shore where Memory’s twilight skies hang o’er, Oft will the old horse race as he has never raced before! His silent ghost will come to post while spectral grandstands listen To the noiseless beat of his phantom feet—as the silver moonbeams glisten On the gray-haired horseman who tells it o’er— How the old horse won in days of yore! —_John Trotwood Moore._ “Seeing an article in a turf paper about pacing horses being natural swimmers,” remarked a friend to Trotwood a few days ago, “reminds me of an experience I had a dozen years ago down in the piney woods of Alabama, that convinced me that whether a pacer is a born swimmer or not, one thing is certain, the trotting horse I was driving that February day didn’t act like he was a South Sea Islander, by any means.