i)'2 CAKE AND TRAINING OF TKOTTEKS AND PACERS. 



lian Wilkes after she had won the fast heat in 

 2:21^1/2. A week later, at Oakland, she turned 

 the tables and won in straight heats, best time 

 2:20. At Sacramento, on Sept. 12, she walked 

 over in 2:16^2. Five days later she won, best 

 time 2:18. At Fresno, on Oct. 2, she went against 

 time in 2:133^. At San Francisco, Oct. 12, she 

 walked over in 2:15^, and again on November 

 Q in 2:io}2. She closed the season at Napa, on 

 Nov. 16, when she trotted against time in 2:15. 



Axtell, 2:12. 



Axtell's training as a two-year-old, as re- 

 counted by C. W. Williams, appeared in the last 

 chapter. From November i of his two-year-old 

 form till the first of March following he was not 

 jogged, but turned out every day and fed all the 

 oats, bran and carrots he could eat, with corn- 

 stalks for coarse feed. On March i his jogging 

 commenced with one mile. This was increased a 

 mile a day till he was taking twelve miles of road 

 work a day. This was kept up till May i, when 

 he was worked on the track twice a week, but 

 jogged twelve miles every other day. His track 

 work was on the brush system. In addition to all 

 this work he w^as bred to 22 mares between March 

 I and July 4, but was not given much work the 

 days he served mares. Up to the last of June he 

 had not been a mile faster than 2 140, but had 

 he-en speeded fast quarters and halves. The last 



