BREEDING THE TROTTER 



mum price for a minimum expense. Colts at this 

 age not only appeal to the professional horsemen, 

 anxious to secure futurity prospects, but also to 

 the amateurs who like to try their hands at devel- 

 oping speed, particularly young business men 

 who wish to fuss around horses as a recreation 

 after office hours. 



PREPARING FOR SALES. 



In conditioning colts for sales they cannot be 

 too well broken. It somewhat enhances the value 

 of a colt to be broken to double harness, but that 

 is not difficult because a colt well broken to single 

 harness will drive double. 



The colt should be in the best possible physical 

 condition. 



I advise by all means to give the sale colt its 

 preliminary exercise beside a lead pony, in which 

 manner also it should be shown in the ring. The 

 best-bred and best-looking colt in the world will 

 not bring its full value in the auction ring if it 

 cannot show a promise of speed commensurate 

 with its breeding and individuality. A colt will 

 show more speed in the sale ring beside a pony 

 than in any other way. 



When the colt is ready to be sold it should be 

 shown by an experienced and competent man. 

 A green colt and a green exhibitor make a bad 

 combination which often results in a colt bringing 

 only half its value. The sale ring is no place to 

 curtail expenses. 



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