15(5 CARE AND TRAlXING OF TROTTERS AND RArERS. 



raise it to the top of the head, squeeze it and let 

 the water run down at will all over the face and 

 head, take the empty sponge, wipe all the moisture 

 off the head and face. Now give your horse two 

 or three sw^allows of water from the other clean 

 pail of water. 



Take off the cooler, sponge out behind and 

 around flanks and hind legs, then scrape the sweat 

 off. Scrape him lightly all over, the lighter the 

 better (do not think you are scraping hogs after 

 they have been scalded). Then take a damp 

 sponge, go all over your horse, the way the hair 

 lays, repeatedly squeezing out the surplus mois- 

 ture and rinse out your sponge. 



Throw a light cover on him, not too heavy. 

 Many times you see a horse with entirely too much 

 cover on. Do not sw-eat a horse any more than 

 possible because it weakens him. After standing 

 for about twenty minutes turn the horse loose and 

 shake the straw- up a little, and nine times out of 

 ten he will urinate. It is important for him to 

 urinate after each heat. Give the horse another 

 swallow of water and put harness and boots on 

 and he is ready for the next heat. The second 

 warming up heat will probably be in 2 130 or a 

 little better with a brush at speed from the dis- 

 tance flag home. Whether or not the trainer goes 

 two or three warming up heats depends on the 

 horse and how fast it is expected he will have to 

 race. If he is to race around 2:10 a third warm- 



