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J. B. Chandler writes: "I do not believe in jog 

 work for two-year-olds. I only brush my colts. 

 When the colt gets so he can brush a quarter in 32 

 seconds then I commence working miles. I be- 

 lieve in working colts in training a little every good 

 day. I start in miles about as fast as the colt can 

 go without tiring and let the colt drop himself 

 down at successive workouts as he learns to trot. 

 When you have speed enough (a man will have 

 to judge for himself) you can commence working 

 two-heat repeats. I do not believe in three-heat 

 repeats for two-year-olds.'' 



Amos Whiteley writes: "It is my opinion that 

 two-year-olds should never be prepared for futuri- 

 ties of that age. We bring our two-year-olds 

 along, commencing with them about the ist of 

 April of their two-year-old form, and go right 

 along mannering and jogging them for the first 

 thirty days ; then we commence making speed with 

 them for short distances, say a sixteenth to an 

 eighth of a mile, and keep brushing them for about 

 sixty days. We never give them any full miles 

 where they can step, but we do brush them quar- 

 ters, give them slow miles, stepping them the last 

 quarter. What we want is good three-year-olds, 

 four-year-olds, and five-year-olds, and we do not 

 approve of over-developing them as two-year- 

 olds." 



Dr. W. A. Barber writes: "I believe in starting- 

 early wnth a two-year-old, say January i, so as to 



