BREEDING THE TROTTER 



best driver of colts he can afford, if he has not 

 already done so. Many fast colts have been 

 spoiled by cheap trainers who were thought well 

 of by their employers, because they were nice 

 fellows and good dressers. After the experienced 

 trainer gets the colt it is useless to advise as to its 

 training. No person can lay down rules that will 

 fit all cases and the writer does not intend to try 

 the experiment. 



USE OF BANDAGES AND WASHES. 



Of course I have opinions on certain points in 

 training colts, which apply to all cases. For 

 instance, I am opposed to the constant use of 

 bandages unless absolutely necessary. I do not 

 believe in washes, unless just after a race. If the 

 groom would spend as much time rubbing the legs 

 as he does in applying liniments and lotions the 

 horse would be much better off. 



PACKING OF FEET. 



I attach considerable importance to the proper 

 packing of horse's feet and have obtained the best 

 results from blue clay. If this be too expensive 

 or hard to get use linseed meal and bran, propor- 

 tions two-thirds meal to one-third bran, mixed 

 with warm water. The very worst possible pack- 

 ing, but one now seldom used, is cow manure. 



The programme as outlined in this chapter is 

 the one used in developing all the Village Farm 

 horses. Many of them afterwards became cham- 

 pions and raced and stayed sound for years. 



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