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got to hold the reins a little tighter, and he " opens out " 

 and is soon trotting a three-minute gait — that equals 

 twenty miles per hour. 



I well remember a great drive I had with a trotter. 

 It happened that an old professor called at my farm 

 one day to see a colt I was training for him ; he wanted 

 to get to a particular destination in a certain time. Upon 

 looking at the time-table he found it could not be done 

 by train, so I suggested driving him with Cashmere, a 

 young trotting mare by Silk Twist. The professor said 

 he felt sure the mare could never do it . It was to be a 

 ten-mile journey, and I knew within a little that the 

 mare could cover the distance in about forty minutes. 

 However, we started. The mare jogged the first mile, 

 as I had always taught her to do. 



The professor said, "I'm afraid I shall never be there 

 in time." 



So I asked him to sit firmly on the road-sulky and 

 to hold tight. The mare was increasing her stride 

 and trotting a four- minute gait comfortably when we 

 arrived at my favourite five miles of level road. The 

 mare drew us through the air as if she had wings ; her 

 action behind was wide and strong ; she trotted clean 

 and did not require boots of any description. We 

 covered the five miles in approximately fifteen minutes ; 



