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cannot but believe that had Maud S. never worn toe- 

 weights she would have gone even faster than she has. 

 Had she been educated from her youngest days to trot 

 naturally balanced there is no doubt in my mind that 

 she would have been a greater mare than she was on 

 the turf, even though that be saying a great deal. So 

 my earnest advice to the reader is to train up his colt 

 without any artificial balancing, assuring him that the 

 naturally balanced youngster will on the turf have a 

 great advantage over the rival that has to lift even a 

 quarter of a pound of lead on each front toe at every 

 step. In the stress of battle this handicap is bound 

 to tell before the wire is reached in the last heat. 



