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of his feet and prevent them from cracking, and they will grow and seldom 

 contract. 



Now your colt has been driven four weeks, very little fast work. He is 

 well seasoned in wind, body and legs. Now drive him regularly ever)' day,, 

 and when you first go out with him drive him slowly for two miles, then 

 increase his speed a little for three miles, yet not to liis best — go about half 

 speed. Next day drive him three miles slowly, the third mile let him move 

 along a little faster, then turn round the right way of the track, and when 

 you come to a straight and level place in the track let him move up strong 

 for two hundred yards, then hold him up and let him go slow till you come 

 to the same place again, then let him go again; don't force him to a break, 

 but keep well in hand and square; now jog him a mile and take him off the 

 track. If he is a high-strung fellow and inclined to be refractory give him 

 more work. All colts are not alike; some require more work than others. 

 By training them this way you will soon get them so they will like to trot 

 and to know what you want of them, and every time they come to that place 

 they will want to trot, and like it. Work your colts this way for two weeksy 

 not speeding oftener than every other day. Now that your colt has been six 

 weeks in training, and he knows what is wanted of him, you can speed him 

 a little further, three hundred yards, and force him a little faster; tap him 

 lightly with the whip and keep him level. If he is inclined to mix, take him 

 up a little and shift the bit in his moutli and speak a little rough to him, and 

 touch him with the whip, he will square himself out and trot faster. Never 

 let him go into a break. When your colt has been in training two months 

 you can increase his work in distance and speed him further, but not over a 

 quarter of a mile at a time. As seen as he trots a quarter well and squarely, 

 and finishes well, 'let him up' for a week, that is, drive him slow and let him 

 Iiave some grass for ten minutes every day; it will not hurt him. He is now 

 rested for a week ; he is feeling fine and full of trot — you can increase his work, 

 drive him seven miles every day, and speed him half a mile three times a 

 week. When you have got your colt where he will trot a mile handy without 

 a break, he is doing better than the average, and if you have been driving 

 him up to this time without a break, now is the time to learn him to break 

 and catch in a trot quickly." — The Turf, Field and Farm, 



