74: TRAINING THE TKOTTING HORSE. 



trainer must have observed many times. That is, that 

 a hurried preparation will not do for a campaign, 

 whatever it may accomplish for a race or two. 

 Smuggler had been blistered the previous winter, 

 and had been given no work, and not even enough 

 exercise to have him in good shape to begin work. 

 Therefore, when I commenced preparing him in the 

 spring for his engagement in Philadelphia in May, the 

 time was too short for gradual and proper conditioning. 

 So, while not in the best shape to receive a hurried 

 preparation he had to have it, and after his fast per- 

 formance at Philadelphia, and that hard five-heat battle 

 at Cleveland, it is not surprising that he " went back" 

 temporarily. I have learned both by experience and 

 by observation that, while you can sometimes hur- 

 riedly prepare a horse and get him up to pretty keen 

 edge for a race or two, he will likely soon fall away 

 from his best form, while the well-seasoned ones will 

 go on getting better, if raced judiciously throughout 

 the campaign. To fit a horse for a campaign in which 

 you expect to keep him in first-class form, week after 

 week, the preparation must be gradual and thorough. 

 The horses that break records very early in the spring 

 seldom are the winners of the first-class summer and 

 fall battles. 



At Kochester, a week after the Buffalo race. Smug- 

 gler began to improve, and beat Judge FuUerton, 

 Lucille Golddust and Bodine in a pretty good race. 

 Goldsmith Maid not starting. Dan Mace got into 

 trouble at Buffalo, and was under expulsion, so that 

 another driver — Yoorhis — had to be put up behind Ful- 

 lerton, and he did well with him, but Smuggler won in 



