200 TRAINING IN INDIA 



To do tills, one will require a good stop-watch, the best 

 kind for this work being one which has a double second- 

 hand so arranged that one of its branches can be made 

 to stop at any moment, and by a second pressure rejoin 

 its fellow, which in the meantime continues to go on, 

 but which can be stopped, together with the other, at any 

 moment. Thus each quarter of a mile can be accurately 

 timed, as well as the entire gallop. With such a watch, 

 the time of the second horse, as well as that of the first 

 horse in a race, can be ascertained with precision. 



Young horses should generally have a horse to lead 

 them in their gallops, and should occasionally be allowed 

 to draw level and pass the other on nearing the winning- 

 post. In doing this, the pace of the leader should be 

 checked so as to allow the change of position to be made 

 without an effort on the part of the youngster, who in 

 this way will gradually learn liis business, and towards 

 the end of his training will be accustomed either to wait 

 or to lead. 



When horses are trained for short-distance races, as 

 for half or three quarters of a mile, they may be run 

 much bigger than were they intended for longer ones; 

 and the trainer should avoid ever sending them long 

 gallops except at a canter now and then, which will be 

 less detrimental to their pace than gallops at, say, three- 

 quarter speed for a mile or a mile and a quarter. They 

 should have lots of walking and hacking. Three gallops 

 a week over the short distance they will have to race will 

 usually be enough. Another point is that, for short races, 

 horses should never be galloped on a heavy course, as it 

 teaches them to dwell in their stride and to lose the 



