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to 3 130 to Start on. I would drop a colt from 

 3 :oo in the latter part of ]\Iarch to 2 130 by the first 

 of May. Commence to repeat colt when you cut 

 down to 2 :30. that is by fore part of May. When 

 we start repeating we usually go the first heat in 

 2 140 to 2 :45 and second heat in 2 130 to 2 :35. 

 About dropping one down. I can give you my idea 

 from Sweet Alice's work as a two-year-old. She 

 worked in 2:30 about ]\Iay loth, went from there 

 to 2 :2^ by June 5th. Was working her three heat 

 repeats by ^lay 20th. Two heats the forepart of 

 week and three the latter part, altogether five 

 heats a week. She went in 2 -.22 by June 20th, 

 going seven heats a week then, three first of week 

 and four latter part. During Grand Rapids meet 

 she worked in 2:19, at Kalamazoo two heats the 

 same day in 2 :i9>^ and 2 119, at Detroit two miles 

 in 2:173/2 and 2:17, at Cleveland two miles in 

 2:18 and 2:16^4. Then went to the post the next 

 week at Pittsburgh. This is about all I can tell 

 about working colts. You can seldom work any 

 two colts alike because you seldom see two of the 

 same kind, some want more work and some don't 

 need as much. Some want to be brushed a lot 

 and others need very little brushing." 



Ed F. Geers writes: "Two-year-old colts shoula 

 be taken up in February, if possible, and jogged 

 two or three miles every day, except Sunday. 

 After the colt is seasoned he should be brushed 

 a little every other day at three-quarter speed. 



