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the knowledge that he can kill one with that 

 which will not be half enough for the next. 



With the colts thirty months old or there- 

 abouts and the show season over they will be 

 practically mature. They will grow some more, 

 to be sure, but it will be little in comparison to 

 what they have done in the days through which 

 we have followed them. Exercising now be- 

 comes a most important factor, though many 

 people think a colt coming three years old will 

 do very well if given a yard in which to run 

 during cold weather. A show colt, and it does 

 not matter how good he is, should now be broken 

 and made to* work as I have already described. 

 Then comes his season as a three-year-old and 

 more work. If the colt is moderately worked 

 and in full round flesh at July 1, say 60 days 

 before the shows open, these 60 days will be 

 ample to put on the extra flesh he must have to 

 win. It is unnecessary to have him right on 

 razor edge when you first take him away from 

 home. The same amount of grain and less work 

 will put on all the needed flesh and his legs will 

 stay right, while he will feel so much better 

 than an idle colt that there will be no compari- 

 son between them in the ring. Never forget 

 the lessons that make for handlines in the show 

 ring at the halter. During the month that 

 comes just before he goes away from home let 

 him have these lessons daily. If he is suddenly, 



