33 HAY SEED, OR HOW TO 



CHAPTER XI. 



A FAST TROTTER OR PACER 13 ONE THING, BUT A RACE- 

 HORSE IS another: and nothing makes race-horses 



BUT races. NECESSITY OF RACES TO THOROUGHLY 



DEVELOP A HORSE AND FIND OUT WHAT THERE IS IN 

 HIM. 



You will never be satisfied as to the capacity of your 

 horse until you have had him in a race. So you will 

 naturally look around and see where you had better enter 

 him. You will probably select the three minute and two 

 forty classes as the proper place to give him a chance to 

 distinguish himself, although there is more danger at the 

 present time of getting a record for your horse, that you 

 would rather not have in the three minute, than in the 

 *' two forty class, " as nearly all the fliers make their 

 debut in the slower classes. But make your entries 

 where you think you will have a fair chance given you to 

 win, if you can, and I would select a meeting where the 

 track belonged to the National Association, for such or- 

 ganizations are responsible, and in case you are not satis- 

 fied with the treatment you get, you stand a chance to get 

 some satisfaction if you are really in the right, by an ap- 

 peal. Make your entry according to the conditions 

 published and send the money to pay the entrance fee. 

 you will have to pay it any way, and you might as well 

 do it first as last. 



If possible get to the track in time to secure good 

 stabling for your horses, and get an extra stall for a feed 

 room, to put your hay and feed in, as well as the rest of 

 your traps. You want above all things a good sulky, 

 made by one of the reliable makers, of which there are a 

 number, which vary in price from one hundred to a 



