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ter, and all I need say on this point is: Take the best 

 advantage you can of your climate. If you have long 

 stretches in the year when you cannot drive for speed, 

 you can at least, almost every day, exercise the horse, 

 whether it be over a snow-path or over winter roads. 

 Aim to keep the horse in as near the good, hard condi- 

 tion he would be in if work on the track were possible, 

 as you can, and he will at least be well prepared for 

 track-work when the season comes for speeding. 



The work of the three-year-old will be in great 



measure a repetition of that given the two-year-old, 



though he will now be given a little more of it, the 



main object being to keep him speedy. The brushes 



should not be very much lengthened, but he should go 



at a higher rate of course, though in your anxiety to 



have him do this do not "drive him over himself," as 



we say in stable parlance, or force him off his gait. I 



know if you are schooled in the ordmary ideas of 



training you will be impatient with my methods. He 



shows great speed for you at a )rush, and you are 



anxious to drive him miles. You will not be likely to 



dispute the fact that the brush system— going a short 



distance at a high rate, rather than a long distance at 



a slow rate— develops muscle, lung power, speed and 



hardiness of the legs quickly ; but, all the same, you 



Avant to go miles against the watch for the satisfaction 



of seeing what he can do. This is a tendency to be 



guarded against. There are miles enough ahead to be 



trotted and time enough to trot them in. You can go 



a mile at a certain rate, but you must go a fast quarter 



before you can go a fast mile. So first concentrate all 



vour attention on getting the high speeding capacity 



