BREEDING THE TROTTER 



enter their mares. The more mares in foal to 

 your stallion that appear in the futurity entry 

 books, the more advertising the horse receives. 

 A futurity entry materially increases the value 

 of the foal and the more high-priced colts by your 

 horse that are sold, the quicker he reaches the top. 

 Nothing helps a young stallion more than to have 

 it known that you are breeding some of your best 

 mares to him. You might as well find out from 

 the first crop of foals whether your stallion is a 

 success or not. 



CARE OF STALLION. 



In preparing the stallion for the stud season 

 he should be jogged every day except Sunday, 

 when he should be walked for half an hour and 

 grazed when there is grass. The horse should 

 be jogged early, before eight o'clock, so that he 

 will be ready for visitors. 



My method of jogging stallions is to jog them 

 four miles on Monday, eight on Tuesday, four on 

 Wednesday, eight on Thursday, four on Friday, 

 and eight on Saturday. This was the practice at 

 Village Farm, where the stallions lived to a hale 

 old age. 



I prefer that most of the time the stallion be 

 jogged on the road, taking a different route on 

 different days. Twice a week he should be jogged 

 on the track. Let him brush through the stretch, 

 say a quarter in thirty-four or thirty-five seconds, 

 but never urge or force him to his limit. Stal- 

 lions like the brushing and delight in it. 



