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have soinething else to do ; either tliat must be neglected 

 or the colt, and neglect ruins him. 



What tlien ! We must hreed a class of horses with a 

 good natural turn of speed, especially a fast walk, of good 

 style, fine carriage, good color, and of a size sutficient not 

 to be dwarfed by a top wagon with tlie top ujp^ and that 

 can draw it and its driver, and perhaps a friend wdth him, 

 from twelve to fourteen miles the hour, wdth occasional 

 bursts of speed to get away from dust, or dvcep company 

 with friends, or for the fun of going fast ; and, by the way, 

 I know of no exercise more exhilarating, of a mile in three 

 minutes or better. If of uniform colors and make, so as to 

 match easily, and are large enough for carriage horses, with 

 plenty of style, a little less speed will do, and yet bring 

 price enough to richly pay their cost. 



In other words, the little horse will do for the race track 

 if fast enough ; if not, for no other jjlace. The large 

 horse, with the same conditions of speed, for the race track 

 too ; but withal the road, with or without great speed. 



But few horses arrive at the point of great value "foi- rac- 

 ing purposes. The great mass are required for the road. 



The percentage of trotters of this value is exceedingly 

 small in the best of families. Some writers say five per 

 cent,, others less, make trotters of especial value ; at the 

 best five trotters, ninety-five not trotters, in the huiuli-ed. 



The breeding of the five, remunerative to the breeder if 

 he is horseman enough to develop their speed hi7nself ; 

 otherwise some lucky or dishcest dealer or tramer gets the 

 profits of the fast colts, and the breeder the expense and 

 chagrin of finding himself burdened with a lot of trash, if 



