BREEDING THE TROTTER 



SOURCES OF REVENUE. 



The two chief sources of revenue on a stock 

 farm are the racing stable and the stallions. The 

 success of the former depends on so many contin- 

 gencies that the latter generally prove the surest 

 means of income. 



Unless the stallions are being reserved for pri- 

 vate use, it will be the superintendent's duty to 

 use every effort to attract public patronage to 

 them. 



ADVERTISING AND CATALOGUES. 



If your stallions are worth advertising at all 

 they are worth advertising well, and space should 

 be contracted for in the principal turf papers. It 

 is generally advisable to issue yearly catalogues 

 of your stock to mail to prospective patrons and 

 purchasers. A tastily arranged catalogue, statis- 

 tically correct, is a great advertisement for a 

 stock farm and will receive the support of the 

 turf press because it makes it easy for the writers 

 to look up the breeding of your stock when occa- 

 sion requires. 



BREEDING RECORDS. 



To make the breeding department a success it 

 is imperative that the records be properly kept 

 and in such a manner that, in case the superin- 

 tendent is absent through illness, any other com- 

 petent man may refer to the records and run 

 things till the superintendent's return. Blank 

 forms for a trial sheet, breeding certificates, etc., 

 were given in chapter four. 



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