212 TEAINING THE TEOTTING HOESE. 



The fact that his growth is arrested shows that after 

 weaning he has insufficient or unsuitable food, and 

 every breeder should be watchful at this period, for a 

 set-back in the first year is never made up for. Feed 

 them well, and especially if you are working the colt 

 see that he is getting plenty of good food. You will 

 not hurt him by giving him too much at this age, for 

 he will not eat too much. 



The colt will be worked in the miniature track in 

 the manner described until he is, sa}^ fourteen months 

 old, when he will be broken to harness. In judging of 

 how much work he should have both before and after 

 he is broken to harness, you will be guided largelv by 

 what you expect to do. If he is to be driven for an 

 early record as a yearling or two-year-old, he will re- 

 quire pretty strong work, while if he has no engage- 

 ments until later his education will be more gradual. 

 But do not under any circumstances let \^our anxiet}^ 

 for early reputation get away with your judgment. 

 Eemember the injunction I have already sought to 

 impress upon tho reader — do not overdo it. 



We wdll suppose we have worked our colt every day 

 in the miniature track, and now that he is a strong 

 youngster, just past a year old, it is time to get him 

 into harness. At Palo Alto we send him to the 

 " breaking barn," and if you are a large breeder you 

 will have a department of that kind in your stables. 



However, as far as these instructions go, it does not 

 matter whether you have a breaking barn or not — it is 

 the modus ojoerandi pursued with each colt that you 

 are interested in, rather than knowing how to arrange 

 to do it by wholesale. The first lesson in this breaking 



