50 THE TROTTING-HORSE OF AMERICA. 



his very best, perhaps past liis best. Put them together at 

 eight, and I have got by far the best and most useful horse. 

 At ten,, you have probably got no horse at all worth men- 

 tioning : while mine is now " all horse/ 7 and in his true 

 prime. 



If anybody thinks to follow the old starving, corn-stalk 

 fodder, fed-in-the-snow system, under cover of what I have 

 said on this subject, he must go to the devil his own road. 

 My system is one of generous feeding, but not of stuffing a 

 young colt with all the highly-stimulating food he can pos- 

 sibly be got to swallow. Above all, avoid Indian corn in all 

 shapes for young colts, and take care that they have plenty of 

 pure water. If there is not a running-stream in the pasture 

 where they are kept, be sure that they are watered at least 

 three times a day, and that they have all they want. 



We shall next come to the regular breaking, harnessing, 

 and driving of the young colt in his two-year-old stage, 

 which is z very great importance to his after character. 



