TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Page. 

 Why I Decided to Write This Book. - - - - - 3 



CHAPTER II. 



The Weanling Colt — Halter Breaking — Should Be Well Bred— Commenc- 

 ing to Develop Speed — Leading with Halter — Working with a Saddle 

 Horse. &c.. -------- 7 



CHAPTER III 



Hitch Colt First Time Double — When to Hitch Single— Kicking Strap — 

 His Work Single — Put on Light Shoes or Tips — How to Put on Tips — 

 Tips Necessary Beliind to Attach Toe Boots, - - - 13 



CHAPTER IV. 



How to Hitch Colts to Road Cart — How to Drive Colt the First Few 

 Times — When to Let Up on Your Colt— Protect with Boots — Winter 

 Treatment of the Yearling Colt, - - - - - 16 



CHAPTER V. 



W^hen to Commence to Work and How at Two Years Old — A Light 

 Road Cart Necessary — Bits, Leather the Best — Care of Colt After 

 Work — Leading Colt Behind Cart — Shoeing and Toe Weights — 

 Track W^ork Management — Care of Colt When Giving a Repeat — 

 Neck Sweat — Body Sweat — Too Much Work a Detriment — Cases 

 Cited, Bonner, Great Eastern, Black Frank and Norwood — Condi- 

 tioning Great Eastern and Bonner Required Opposite Treatment — 

 First Race with Your Colt — Treatment After the Race — Sale of 

 Lysander Boy to William H. Vanderbilt, - - - - 19 



CHAPTER VI. 



Working Colt or Horse on Snow Sometimes Great Improvement Over 

 Track Work — Their Care and Management in Winter — Case Cited, 

 Wm. Kearney, 0:20 J— If a Colt Is Good-Gaited and WVll-Bred— If 

 He Don't Trot, Do Not Get Discouraged, But Persevere— Case C'ited, 

 Flora F., 2 •.24^— Treatment of Colt After a Winter's Work— His 

 Work at Three Years' Old — Changes Necessary — Look to His 

 Teeth — If Lips Peel, Cover Bit with Pork Rind — Changing Feed 

 Sometimes Beneficial— Booting Very Necessary — A. B Smith's 



