144 EVERY MAN HIS OWN TRAINER. 



tween heats. I never yet had a groom so good that I thought 

 it would do any harm to watch him while cooling out his 

 horse, and I believe I have had as good men as were ever in 

 the business. I always thought I could form a better opinion 

 how my horse was going to trot the next heat if I could see 

 him cooled out, as many times the men working about the 

 horse are thoroughly heated up themselves and are not com- 

 petent to judge of the weather — the day might be cool, but 

 they would think it warm — and when starting to walk the 

 horse would not put covers enough on him, and again they 

 might put on too much, which would be. just as injurious to 

 the horse, and as I said before, it is no harm to look after 

 them, and I always feel this a duty and think it just as neces- 

 sary as to drive the heat. I might not have occasion to dic- 

 tate in cooling out a dozen horses, and again I might with one 

 word of advice win the race, as often times two heads are bet- 

 ter than one, as no one is perfect ; we are liable to err or forget 

 some important point. I have had horsesin warm weather that 

 would in cooling out dry all up if a heavy wrapper was 

 thrown over them, and would puff and blow and seem to be 

 distressed, when if ^the heavy wrapper was replaced with a 

 light lindsy and walk them about they would break out and 

 sweat nicely and stop blowing, and when the bell rang would 

 be ready to go out and go another good heat for me. 



I think many cases of horses being distressed and dried 

 up are caused by the men putting too much clothing on them. 

 I think, as a rule, we are apt to use too much, and it is a 

 detriment to them. 



Again a horse would seem to be all burned up inside and 

 yet would not sweat a drop and would seem to be choked for 

 the want of water. I think, as a rule, there are more horses 

 injured for the want of water than there are in giving it to 

 them in the proper way. A man must use judgment. 1 have 

 many times given a horse a bucket half full, sometimes a full 

 one, then throw the blankets on him and walk him smartly, 

 say for five minutes, and the sweat would pour out of him 



