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there gave the horse a record of 2 -.26 j4, and sold him to 

 genial Jim Ogleby, of that place, for $3,150. His subse- 

 quent races have been an almost unbroken chain of victor- 

 ies, and a matter of turf history. That is the story of 

 McDoel, 2:15*4, the horse that defeated Allerton in the 

 Transvlvania of 1890. 



Don't let us loose sight of stamina and quality in our 

 wild scramble for speed. , 



The best method of training yearlings, in my opinion, 

 is to let them train themselves in the pasture fields. If, 

 however, you insist on having a hand in the training, get 

 Marvin's book, and follow instructions. 



Eliminate the luck element as far as it can possibly be 

 done, and let the race go to the best horse as often as 

 possible — the horse that can stay the best, act the best and 

 fight out the best race, rather than to a flashy, speedy one 

 that must win, if at all, in short order. 



There is only one really good sire in every ten thous- 

 and stallions, and there is also a very small percentage of 

 horses that are successful turf horses. Now, then, the 

 combination of a successful sire and a successful trotter in 

 any one horse must be an extremely rare one, and that is 

 all there is to the theory that developed horses have not 

 been successful sires. 



