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about twice a week for a few weeks, say at 2 140 

 to 3 :oo, and then go back to short brushes through 

 July and get more brush. In August the w'ork 

 would be quite severe, say 2 140 down to about 

 2 :20. The week before his race I would work him 

 to step one mile in 2 :i4 and then I w'ould be ready 

 to beat Lord Allen in 2 :ii. If the colt came out of 

 his first race sound, I would expect him to race 

 well the next week, and then I w^ould not be great- 

 ly disappointed if he trained off. ]\Iany of them 

 do, and you must expect it. Possibly I would get 

 another good race out of him later. Condition is 

 like an ax, once you lose the edge it is hard to get 

 back. ^Manners in shipping is a big help. Many 

 race horses work good at home, but as soon as 

 loaded on the cars, the stuff is oft'. Anna Axme 

 2:o8'4, the futurity winner of 1912, w^ould lay 

 down on the cars and snore w'hile they were 

 running. She was at home wherever I was. The 

 futurities should be w^on by men with only one 

 colt, as they have more time to educate it than 

 we fellows do who have a great many. I think 

 all colts should be worked and raced in bandages. 

 I do not believe in working a two-year-old three 

 repeats." 



Harold M. Childs writes: "A colt to be trained 

 with a view of starting in the tw'o-year-old fu- 

 turities should, in the first place, have natural 

 speed and be good headed and good gaited. I 

 think also that they should have enough work as 



