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advocate of their use. He first used them on a big bay geld- 

 ing* named Jim Brool^er, who had made a record of 2:44| 

 in 1885 and had afterward broken down from terrible quar- 

 ter cracks that developed whenever he was put in training. 

 The horse was sent to Mr. Trimble, who substituted tips 

 for the troublesome shoes, and the trotter's feet healed up 

 in a wonderfully short time. The veteran turfite considers 

 tips a valuable boon to the horse suffering from ailments 

 caused by Avearing shoes. 



A notable instance where tips are worn by a modern star 



Fig. 157— Toe- Weight and Tip Combined. 



of the trotting turf is that of the gray gelding Jack, 2:19|, 

 the Chicago crack that stood at the head of the Grand Cir- 

 cuit Avinners for 1888. Jack is remarkably pure gaited and 

 could be barefooted if necessar3\ Budd Doble used tips of 

 about four ounces weight on Jack in his races last year, and 

 the horse kei^t improving all the time, gradually lowering 

 his record from Cleveland to New York, where he made his 

 fastest mark in the Fleetwood Stake. 



