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feet from the ground, a piece of scantling, and in stn.o-. 

 ghng against being shod she got beneath that bar and 

 raised nght up under it. V^e tried to get the scantling 

 oif and could not, but we finally succeeded in puUin" 

 her out. She promised to be the best of Maid of Clay's 

 family, but from that day, although not crippled, she 

 never jvas .-orth a dollar. Her heart was broken, her 

 spirit, her courage and ambition all gone. She would 

 never go up on the bit again, and she was, in short, a 

 subdued, useless and spiritless mare, where, had she 

 been trained young, she would have been docile and 

 educated without the loss of ambition and spirit So 

 my fnend, who may be training a two-year-old, don't 

 magine, because you are not going to rtart him this 

 jeai, that you are doing no good and might as well 



comes The work now is of more importance than at 

 any other time, for you are laying safe and sure the 

 founda ion for the future, and if i^ is being well done 



ZflrT ''""'f ^''■'^™^'»''« «ork you were "building 



bette than yon knew."' There is a great lesson in th'e 



Ime . Learn to labor and to wait." 



Beyond the instructions already given I need say 



little more about working the two-vear-old, as any 

 average horseman will, after following through my 

 remarks, be able to judge of how much\-ork to o-ive 

 and when to ease up temporarily. If you are goin^c to 

 start him in a race-and I advise von not to sTart 

 unless you feel pretty sure that you have the speed to 

 wm-you can fit him for the race much on the nlm 

 pursued with Sunol. Do not give him too ma^y m'S 



