THREE-YEAR-OLDS. 75 



In the late fall of its two-year-old form, the 

 trainer must decide whether the colt is to be 

 turned out. Some horsemen turn two-year-olds 

 out from Xovember i to February i and then 

 commence jogging, while others prefer to jog the 

 colt all winter — each owner or trainer must de- 

 cide this point for himself. 



The jogging will consist of from three to six 

 miles a day (trainers' opinions differ) except Sun- 

 day. As the jogging progresses a little brushing 

 may be indulged in, at the end of the jog, if de- 

 sired. About April ist the trainer should begin 

 to work colts for speed. Some drivers start with 

 a full mile in about three minutes, others start 

 with half-mile heats and gradually increase the 

 distance till a mile is reached. Each succeeding 

 work day the colt is asked to go a little faster mile, 

 but the drop must be gradual, and, if the colt gets 

 to going rough or bad-gaited, the fault should be 

 corrected, if possible, before much more is done, 

 unless the colt be one that improves in gait as he 

 improves in speed. The dropping down has to 

 be done as the trainer thinks best. W. O. Foote 

 says : "The more speed a colt shows at this time 

 the less fast work I give him.'' This is good ad- 

 vice, for many colts are made speed crazy .by 

 dropping them too fast. In some families the 

 colts come to their speed more quickly than oth- 

 ers, and, as a consequence, careless trainers have 

 militated against the success of such families, by 



