this cruelty talk ; the horses like to race, they 

 are bred to race, and trained and prepared to 

 race, and show as plainly by their actions as 

 man can in words that the}^ are onty too will- 

 ing to do man's bidding, I hear a voice saying, 

 ''I can tell vou of one that didn't like the 



game." 



Sure ; and I can point to a man occasionally 

 who doesn't like to work for a living. There 

 is something lacking in his make up. It is the 

 same with the horse you refer to ; he wasn't 

 all there. 



^'You cannot imagine how it hurts me to 

 drive that filly in her present condition. I wish 

 Mr. Blank would order her sent home," said a 

 great trainer and race driver to me a few years 

 ago, talking about a great three-year-old that 

 was quite lame in front, but would forget her 

 trouble and race as far as she could when 

 turned for the word ; and that remark reflects 

 the feelinor of nearlv all harness-horse drivers. 

 If there is an exception his name has been kept 

 a secret. 



This little digression leads to the subject of 

 pads and rubber horseshoes. Two of the most 

 essential and humane articles that have ever 

 been invented for the protection of the horse's 

 feet are rubber pads and the rubber horseshoes. 

 Some years ago we used to make a combina- 

 tion pad of felt and split leather — the felt being 

 cemented on to the leather and placed next to 

 the foot. It makes a splendid pad to put on a 

 sore or lame horse just for a race or a stifif 

 workout, especially if the track is hard, but its 



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