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that colt riglit, for the reason that his head was 

 checked out of its natural poise, and his whole carriage 

 was unbalanced. When you run fast or walk fast you 

 carry your head, your arms, your body in a certain 

 way, and if you are forced to carry your head higher 

 or lower, or to one side, all you have to do is to try to 

 get up speed in that position to appreciate what it may 

 mean in a colt's action to check his head an inch or two 

 out of its natural place. 



Therefore, before you take him on the track for the 

 first time, it will be a good thing to adopt as a founda- 

 tion principle to act upon throughout, that the natural 

 balance and action must be preserved, and that the 

 moment your colt begins to hitch or become unbalanced 

 and irregular in his gait he is doing no good. Keep 

 him going true, smooth and level, don't drive him 

 faster than he can go squarely and he will develop 

 speed if it is in him. " The matter depends not upon 

 the doing, but upon the manner of its doing." 



