CHAPTER IV 



TRAINING THE TROTTER, COACHER AND 



ROADSTER 



Training horses for speed, high action and style 

 requires much patient effort, unUmited tact and na- 

 tive abihty. No set of rules can be laid down that 

 will apply in every case. No two horses are of the 

 same disposition or temperament, and the successful 

 training of each is a law unto itself. While study 

 and the experience of others may serve to increase 

 one's skill, he will never be reheved of the necessity 

 of using his own resources. The method is still 

 further complicated by the fact that while there are 

 many horses that have a tendency to show speed, 

 action and style, and which can undoubtedly have 

 the same very much improved by the adoption of a 

 proper system of training, there are a great many 

 others without this inclination and which it is hopeless 

 to try to develop to a degree that makes it worth while 

 spending time and effort on them. Since the method 

 employed must be modified to meet the needs of the 

 animal and the convenience of the trainer, only a 

 general plan is given, which applies especially to the 

 trotter, but which is to be modified as circumstance 



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