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to call on him as you approach the half mile pole and 

 send him for all he is worth till you get to the win, with- 

 out letting him leave his feet. Have some friend you 

 can rely on to hold the watch that can catch the time 

 correctly, and that won't lie to you. If your horse has 

 shown a half in 1:25, you have got a quite promising 

 young horse that has only been worked four weeks. This 

 is a 50 clip, and lots of them can't do it that have been 

 worked all summer. Now jog your horse to the stable 

 and do him up in good shape. The first thing you do, 

 put a set of linen bandages wet in warm water on his 

 legs, all round, and let them stay on till they get dry or 

 the horse has cooled out, then take them off, hand rub 

 the legs a little, and if you don't see any swelling or heat 

 in the legs they are all right and he has done well. Work 

 him now just the same as you have all along; in a week 

 give him a trial a mile out. If he has improved he ought 

 to show you a mile in 2:45. I^ ^^ should chance to be 

 one of those phenomenal trotters of the period, he might 

 go so fast your hair would turn gray in the mile. Soberly 

 speaking, the speed shown at the pre':ent day by horses 

 with comparatively little training, and in the hands of 

 amateurs in some cases, is truly marvelous. They break 

 out at different places, hundreds of miles apart, but al- 

 most without exception upon investigation it is discov- 

 ered that these horses are bred to go fast and stay the 

 distance. You will, by observing how your horse finishes 

 his first mile, be able to determine to a great extent 

 what kind of a horse you have. If he finishes his mile 

 as though he had another mile in him, and trots the last 

 half a couple of seconds the fastest, and does not show 

 much distress in breathing, and his legs tremble but 

 slightly if any, you may conclude you have got quite a 

 horse, providing, of course, he has done his mile in as 

 good time as you have reason to expect of him. You 

 ought not to have driven him to a break in either of these 

 trials. He had better have a little speed left in him than 

 to have gone to a break. In ten days, if he is improving, 

 give him another trial, a mile and repeat. Don't try to 



