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ceive that he begins to tire, and soon renew it: this 

 will revive and rouse him, and take his mind oiF the 

 break which he has felt he was about to make. The 

 signs of a coming break will be discovered by watching 

 the head and ears of the horse. The attention of the 

 driver ought always to be fixed upon the head of his 

 horse. Many a heat is lost by neglect of this matter. 

 A driver is seen coming up the stretch a length or a 

 length and a half ahead. Both the horses are tired; 

 but the leading one could win. The driver, however, 

 when he gets where the carriages are, turns his head to 

 look at the ladies, or to see whether they are looking at 

 him. Just then the horse gives a twitch with his ears. 

 The driver don't see it. Up flies the trotter ; and the 

 ugly man behind keeps his horse square, and wins by a 

 neck." 



I have now touched upon the essential points in 

 reference to the training and driving of colts and horses. 

 I wish the reader to bear in mind that I have written 

 in the way of suggestion, and not of dictation ; my ob- 

 ject being to awaken thought, rather than to lay down 

 inflexible rules. Concerning the preparation which it 

 is necessary to give a horse in order to make him fit 

 for a public race, it does not seem to me that I am 

 called upon to speak. The object of this book does 

 not call for such a discussion. The men who will, for 

 the most part, I presume, purchase and read it, are 

 men in no ways interested save as spectators in public 

 racing. If any reader has a horse that he wishes to 



