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put to work until he gets back to his two-mile canters again. 

 He is now a horse in perfect condition, and there will be no 

 further trouble with him if he is cared for properly. Go on 

 as before carefully for another week. Then let him move a 

 fast quarter say, about thirty seconds. At the end of this 

 week send him along for a half mile in about 158, and one 

 week later breeze him along at the rate of a mile in two 

 minutes. Do this twice a week. 



Five weeks remain in which to prepare for the race. 

 Gallop him two miles and repeat each day, making him do 

 the last mile in about two minutes. 



Four weeks remain. Work him again in about 1:50 in 

 order to tighten him up. There are three weeks. Give 

 him a mile and a quarter in as good as 2:15 or thereabouts. 

 If this is done on Monday or Tuesday, he should be given a 

 mile in 1:50 five days later. Two weeks remain. Send him 

 a couple of miles on Monday in 3:50. The latter part of the 

 week send him down a mile in 1:45. Plate him at this junc- 

 ture, and send him with company, if possible, whatever the 

 distance is, in about as fast time as he will go of his own vo- 

 lition. Four days later (he has but two days left) give him 

 another two miles well within himself, not pushing him. 



He is now fit and ready to run his first race of the sea- 

 son. The usual gallops may be given the last two days. 

 Early in the morning on the day of the race he should be 

 moved a quarter or an eighth with some horse as a test to 

 show whether he had retained his speed with all this work. 

 If he is cheerful, feeds and shows the proper example in 

 the stable, he may be pronounced fit to race. 



This method is not infallible, for the horse may be a dif- 

 ferent one than I have described. A wholly different treat- 

 ment is needed where the animal is delicate and not strong 

 and hardy. There can be no special mode of treatment 

 given for the care of any horse, for he may be of a different 

 temperament. Then another horse may not need one-fourth 

 of this treatment to get him in condition. This is something 

 that the level-headedness of the trainer must determine. 



