CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Introduction 5 



Shoeing, Feeding and Watering 7 



Teeth 9 



Clothing, Harness, Bits, etc 13 



Shoeing, Boots, Care after Work 16 



Faster Work, Repeats, etc 19 



Sweating Scrapes, Their effects and Reasons for 22 



The Sweat 27 



Treatment After the Sweat 30 



Watclifulness now the Order of the Day 32 



Financial Matters Discussed a Little 34 



How to Develop a Horse 36 



Win if You Can 39 



Toe Weights changing the Way of Going 41 



Management Before and in the Race _ , 43 



Value of Trotters Compared with Pacers 46 



Wintering a Trotter or Pacer 48 



Developing a Pacer 50 



Harnessing and Driving Horses 54 



Buying a Horse 57 



Conclusion .... 61 



Rules National Trotting Association.. 63-92 



Betting Rules. . . 93-99 



List of 2:30 Trotters, 1883... 100-134 



List of 2:30 Pacers, 1883 135-141 



List of 2:30 Trotters, 1884 143-150 



Trotters that Lowered Their Record in 1884 151-154 



List of 2:30 Pacers, 1884 154-156 



Pacers that Lowered Their Record in 1884 156 



The Fastest Records 157-158 



Fast Trotters, Under Their Sires 159-181 



Appendix 183 



How to Make Money witli a Trotter 188 



