LIFE WITH THE TROTTEES. 389 



being able to drive a trotter well as there is in the sensation 

 of his drawing you over the ground at a high rate of speed. 

 Be just as careful in driving him down the road for fun as you 

 would if you were driving him on a race- track before a large 

 audience for money, and remember at all times that to drive 

 a horse at a high rate of sx)eed with the weight of an ordinary 

 driver and wagon, you have the animal under a greater strain 

 than you would driving him at his top speed to a lighter ve- 

 hicle. And if you i3ersist in this sort of thing you will be 

 very apt to spoil your horse' s gait, get him to hitching and 

 hobbling, and in other ways make him unsteady. My idea 

 is to protect your horse in every way that you can. Don' t 

 overload him ; don' t speed him where the footing is bad and 

 deep. When you do sx^eed him be sure that everything is fa- 

 vorable for the horse and that he is in proper condition to 

 stand that sort of exercise. Most men who have valuable 

 horses for road purposes and are successful with them kee^) a 

 first-class man who trains and looks after them with as much 

 care and attention as I would a stable of race-horses. If a 

 man should hire a hod-carrier to run the engine in his 

 pleasure yacht, and in that way get blown up, people would 

 say: " What could you expect ? " Then what can you ex- 

 pect if you hire a man who is no more fit to take care of 

 your horses than a hod-carrier is to run the engine, if jouv 

 horses get lame, take sick and die i 



Not only in the Eastern country, but all through the 

 Western country gentlemen are greatly interested in trotters. 

 In Cheyenne, Phil Dater, who used to be one of the pillars 

 of trotting about New York, has been located for a number 

 of years and took with him his love for the trotter as is 

 shown by the large number which he owns, many of Avhich 

 he has bred. In Denver, Mr. William Bush, proprietor of 

 the Windsor Hotel, keeps a fine stable of road horses, as 

 well bred and perfect in every way as money co uld buy. His 

 brother Jim, proprietor of one of the leading stables, keeps his 

 horses both for turf and road purj^oses. Is willing to take 

 a flyer at the turf at any time, and is always ready to j)ro- 



