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tion. The Preceptor's ideas of the best form for a model roadster. " Points," 

 and why a particular form gives superiority. Nerve force. How to detect it. 

 Action. The natural action a horse should have to make a trotter. Long and 

 short horses. Driving colts. How they ought to be worked, sweated, &c . . . 378 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



Walking in the dew. Hoof ointments. Cracked heels. How to dress them. 

 Glycerine, and its uses. Driving the Falcon, with instructions from the Pre- 

 ceptor. Care after the drive, and how he is to be treated in the future. The 

 race, the best school to teach horses to trot. How to manage a " dark 

 horse." The work of Never Mind. How to drive him to keep him off his 

 quarters, and manage him in a break. Galloping a horse with a trotter. 

 Driving Jane. Her speed and length of stride. Short and long striding 

 horses. The stride of horses, with diagrams showing the position of the feet 

 in the trot and gallop. Length of stride explained. Advantages of measuring 

 strides so as to know the reasons for a falling off in speed. May's trial. 

 Necessity for further care that she does not strike her pastern. Skill more 

 effectual in managing a horse than physical strength. Running away. The 

 order horses should be in when commencing a campaign 400 



CHAPTER XXVIIL 



Trials. "Weather and track favorable for making fast time. The way the horses 

 were prepared for the trial. The Preceptor recommands changes. Time re- 

 quired for digestion. Clipper's legs. Symptoms of "breaking down." Ef- 

 fects of weight. Qualifications of a driver. Trial of the Falcon. Directions 

 for driving. Difference in the appearance of the sweat. Instructions for driv- 

 ing Never Mind. His first mile. Scraping him on the track, and the reasons 

 for doing so. How to drive him in the repeat. The time made. His dis- 

 tress. How to recover him. The after care. Preceptor's instructions how to 

 feed, work, &c., till the morning of the race 416 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



Never Mind, trots in a race. Minute instructions for driving. Management be- 

 fore the race. The treatment between the heats, and the care after it is 

 finished. The manner of feeding, making a mash proper for a horse to eat 

 after a hard race. Boots, &c 430 



APPENDIX. 



Dexter. His Measurement and Description. , 4AQ 



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