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Brush the colt off and then put him away in 

 cotton. Be sure and pack his feet, for they are 

 growing and developing and need plenty of 

 moisture. The bandages should be changed 

 again in the evening and legs given a good, hard 

 rubbing." 



''As to blanketing," one horseman writes, "the 

 guy at the wheel is supposed to know when to 

 blanket. I always put on a blanket and hood 

 on cold, windy days. Never allow a direct 

 draft to hit the cnlt wlien he is in a heated con- 

 dition." 



We have now given the essential features of 

 speed work. The subject might be extended in- 

 definitely, but further details would make our re- 

 marks too cumbersome. As Charles Valentine 

 very expressively set forth : "This thing of be- 

 ing able to find out in a book how to break, shoe, 

 train and feed a colt is all a frost. As you know, 

 you can't handle all colts alike. The first thing 

 owners should do with a colt ready for speed de- 

 velopment is to send it to a first class trainer." 



The man who wants to win a futurity, and who 

 can aft"ord it, should either hire a good trainer, or 

 send his colt to one. But if an owner cannot 

 aft'ord this, or if he is one who owns colts for 

 the pleasure of training them himself, he must 

 carefully study what others have done and apply 

 the knowledge gained to his own colts to the best 



