112 THE TROTTING-HORSE OF AMERICA. 



that he is not up to the mark in condition, and the work 

 should be increased. In any case, it will be of great im- 

 portance to have the wind clear for the race, and four or five 

 days prior to that event the horse should have a light 

 sweat. A jog with hood and wrapper, so as to get a nice 

 scrape, is all that will be required, the cooling-out to be as 

 before directed. All through the preparation, if the race is 

 to be in harness, it will be advisable to change the sulky 

 for a skeleton wagon occasionally, so as to get the weight 

 off the back. If the race is to be to a wagon, the horse is 

 not to be worked in a sulky at all. 



