viii CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XII. 



PAOD 



Building a track on the breeding farm. The form, a parallelogram connected 

 with semi-circles. Eeason for plowing it deep. Form of a track scraper, and 

 manner of using it. Track harrow Brush for sweeping the track. How to 

 make it Prairie soil an admirable material. Fencing. Close board. Wire, 

 with growing cottonwood for supports. Breaking the colts the fall after 

 they are a year old. Details of the method employed. Lessons to be given 

 before they are put in the shafts. A practical exemplification. The cruelty 

 of the old plan of bitting. Forming a mouth Allonging. Breaking the 



check The Keinble Jackson check. Commands to be distinctly given and 



rigidly enforced. Style and fast trotting compatible. Horses to be closely 

 watched to apportion the feed rightly. Teeth to be looked after 161 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Bits. Snaffle Bar. Chain. Leather. Curb. The snaffle, the best adapted 

 for all horses of any one pattern. Necessity for frequent changes to find out 

 which suits the best. The Injury done to colts' mouths with the old appli- 

 ances. The chain bit can be made very severe. Pulling horses. Patents for 

 controlling them. The only cure is not to pull at them. Chiffney' s slack rein. 

 Not "taking hold of the bit." The reason why they do not. The bearing 

 rein in the education of the trotter. The Kemble Jackson check. The 

 advantages of the check and driving bit being distinct. Illustration of the 

 effects of the head check. The weight differently distributed by elevating the 

 head, as shown by experiments of French veterinarians. When the Kemble 

 Jackson should be used, and when avoided. Allonging with a small rope. 

 If proper care is observed, there is no danger to the feet and legs. Instance 

 where a curb bit was of benefit. Trotting on Michigan Avenue. Carrying 

 the tongue out of the mouth, a large leather bit often cures the habit. Soreness 

 of the angles of the lips, wash for it. Contrivance to keep the bit in the lower 

 part of the mouth. Pulling on one rein. Harry Hieover's advice. Callosities. 

 Retrospect of the training. Time to recuperate. Inertness of the muscles. 

 -Food. Fat forming necessary. Walking exercise. Roman bath. Direc- 

 tions for working the colts, &c 175 



CHAPTER XIV. 



The return of the Preceptor from his country jaunt. His description of Silver 

 Lake and the residence of his friends. The Falcon is harnessed, and driven 

 by the Preceptor. He is delighted with him. Instructions for working. 

 Difference between the track and road. Never Mind is harnessed. A habit 

 of backing. How a mare was treated " that would not stand for a person to 

 get into the wagon." Breaking King. The mode adopted The work the 

 colts have had. Green food, and bran mashes. The benefit of allowing a 



iioi-se to pick grass. Van Leer's method. May-day, her form and action 



The eet of her hocks and hind legs influencing her gait. Cutting between 

 the coronet and upper pastern joint. How to remedy it. The way a horse 

 laovee his feet in the trot and gallop. Speedy cut. Delie Nervousness 



