XXU CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 CHAPTER XX. 



Weiglit in the Slioe — Use and Abuse — The Last Resort — When 

 Weight is Needed — Reducing — Value and Necessity of Early 

 Work — Early Training Necessary for Highest Results at 

 Maturity — In Accord with Science — The HI Effects of Neg- 

 lected Education — A Case in Point — A Valuable Mare 

 Ruined — Work Few Miles, if Any — The Mouth — Checking 

 and Driving — The Colt Not to Be Controlled by Main 

 Strength — To Drive with "a Silken Thread" — Light 

 Hands — No Breaking if Possible — Catching — The Whip — 

 Side Pulling 328 



CHAPTER XXL 



Climatic Conditions — The Track- Work of the Three-Year-Old — 

 The Speed- Mailing Brushes — Speed Wins Races — Manzanita 

 and Patron — Brush at Different Places on the Track — Stop- 

 ping at Spots and Its Remedy — Amount of Work Given — 

 Working Twice a Day when Necessary — Another Caution 

 Against Overdoing It — A Tired Horse Ripe for Break-Down — 

 The Error of Persistently Driving Fast Miles — Working 

 Mature Horses — Work Differs Only in Degree — Excessive 

 Reduction — Condition — Peculiarities to Be Studied 2S8 



CHAPTER XXII. 



Stables and Stabling — Palatial Stables Not Necessary — The 

 Prime Essentials Cleanliness, Air and Light — Large and 

 Small Barns — Advantages or the Latter — Roomy Boxes — 

 Flooring — Clay Floors — Bedding — Feeding — Cracked and 

 Ground Food — Bran — Importance of Good Quality of Food — 

 Water — California Climate and Grasses 248 



CHAPTER XXIIL 



The Daily Programme with a Horse in Training — The Morning 

 Meal and Exercise — Caring for Him After Work — Rubbing, 

 Blanketing and Bandaging — Temperature of Stables — Cloth- 

 ing — Muzzles — Hoods — Good Men for Rubbers — Boots — 

 Some Specially Good Patterns of Boots — Toe-Weights — Sel- 

 dom Necessary and Much Abused — The Perfect Trotter Will 

 Not Wear Them 257 



