FRANK MERRIWELL'S RACES

BY

BURT L. STANDISH

AUTHOR OF

"Frank Merriwell's Schooldays," "Frank Merriwell's Trip West," "Frank Merriwell's Chums," "Frank Merriwell's Foes," etc.

PHILADELPHIA

DAVID McKAY, PUBLISHER
604-8 South Washington Square

Copyright, 1903
By STREET & SMITH

Table of Contents

1. HORSE TALK.
2. AN ADVENTURE ON THE ROAD.
3. TEACHING A RASCAL A LESSON.
4. BIRDS OF A FEATHER.
5. WHAT A HAIR CAN DO.
6. PRINCE AND THE EAVESDROPPER.
7. THE PLOT.
8. TAKING CHANCES.
9. A STRONG ACCUSATION.
10. A FIGHT AGAINST ODDS.
11. A MATTER OF SPECULATION.
12. THE CHALLENGE.
13. THE WRESTLING MATCH.
14. PLOTTING FUN.
15. THORNTON'S "MASH."
16. ANOTHER CHALLENGE.
17. PURE GRIT.
18. AFTER THE BOAT RACE.
19. THE YALE SPIRIT.
20. SPURNING A BRIBE.
21. ON THE SPECIAL TRAIN.
22. THE FIGHT ON THE TRAIN.
23. SEEN AGAIN.
24. TWO WARNINGS.
25. THE THEATRE PARTY.
26. TRAPPED.
27. AN EMISSARY FROM THE WEST.
28. FRIENDS OR FOES.
29. TALK OF A TOUR.
30. A HOT RUN.
31. AN INCENTIVE TO WIN.
32. THE RUN TO THE STATION.
33. ENEMIES AT WORK.
34. BASEBALL.
35. KIDNAPED.
36. THE TOURNAMENT.
37. TO VICTORY—CONCLUSION.

FRANK MERRIWELL'S RACES

CHAPTER I.

HORSE TALK.

"He's a beauty!"

Jack Diamond uttered the exclamation. He was admiring a horse Frank Merriwell had lately purchased.

"He is," agreed Danny Griswold, with his hands thrust deep into his trousers pockets and his short legs set far apart. "But think of paying a thousand dollars!"

"He looks like a racer," declared Bruce Browning, who showed unusual interest and animation for a fellow who was known as the laziest man at Yale.

"He's got the marks of a swift one," asserted Diamond, walking around the bay gelding, which Frank Merriwell had led out into the middle