CHAPTER XIX. 



Preparing the colt for the yearling race — Accustoming him to objects about the 

 track — No training necessary at this stage — Be on time when the race is 

 called, and don't keep people waiting — Scoring half a dozen yearling 

 colts a tedious job — What to do after the word is given — No occasion to be 

 in a hurry to get the pole — Do your best work on the straight side — How to 

 drive when you look like a winner in the home stretch — The secret of your 

 success is in careful and intelligent methods of training — Shipping the 

 colt home again and preparing him for another race in October — A mile 

 once in awhile well within his speed — The quality of sulkiness — Some 

 inside history about the famous trotter Guy — How he went a mile to pole 

 in 2:17 — An exciting experience with Guy when he ran away on a trot, 

 and stopped only from force of habit — A terrible accident prevented by 

 the horse's intelligence — What the writer accomplished in one season by 

 the methods of training deseribed. 



Tuesday morning opens bright and pleasant. The colt 

 eats well, is contented, and acts like an old campaigner. 

 He appreciates the fact of his friends being with him, that 

 is, having the same man to take care of him, and j^recisely 

 the same attention he received at home, besides, a horse to 

 see and smell of that he hn s known at home. Give him a walk 

 about the grounds, hitch liim up and drive him on the 

 track. Get him accustomed to groups of men, standing 

 here and there, also to the horses hitched to the fences 

 inside and outside of the track, which is done by walking 

 and driving past them slowly. Notice any particular object 

 that he is shy of, and manage to get him acquainted witli it 

 if possible; you have plenty of time. The yearling race 

 will not be called until Tliursday, and I think more of get- 



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