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first; Colonel Lewis of the last. Judge Fullerton had such excess- 

 ive action of the fore legs, that a padded band was necessaiy to pro- 

 tect the chest from injuiy from the blows of the fore feet, and though 

 a change in shoeing has obviated the use of this buffer, he still brings 

 the shoe in close pi'oximity to the part. His speed is immense. It 

 is doubtful if there is a horse on the track which can show a faster 

 brush, and I have never heard of one which made half a mile in a 

 race as fast as he has shown. I consider that the speed of Colonel 

 Lewis is yet untested. He has shown a quarter in a race at a 2:11 

 gait, and at this high rate appeared to be "jogging." I will allude, 

 hereafter, to the action of these horses, and, in the case of Fullerton, 

 endeavor to show that the change of shoeing which has resulted so 

 favorably is an approximation of my theory of the benefit of tips, 

 and theii" superiority to shoes in a case where there is an excess of knee- 

 action. It is more to the point, however, to show that tips have 

 done more to develop the trotting speed in my practice than 

 shoes, and endeavor to jDi'ove that such is the logical sequence follow- 

 ing the study of the action of the trotter. 



I regret exceedingly that my attention had not been directed sooner 

 to this portion of " stable economy." When at Atwood Place, in 

 the vicinity of Chicago, I had so many horses that the test would 

 have been complete ; and from the result of shoes, differing in shape, 

 in weight and in other respects, I am satisfied that had I then known 

 the practical application of tips and tee-weights, I could have 

 done much better. As I noted daily everything in relation to the 

 horses, I can look over my journal and see that I am correct in the 

 statements, without depending on memory, which is proverbially 

 treacherous regarding past occurx'ences. Every day the exercise was 

 written down, the animals were weighed: before going into training, 

 and the effects of every sweat, fast drive, gallop, or run, so far as 

 lessening the weight was concerned, noted. The time of all the fast 

 work and of the trials was registered, and the dates of shoeing and 

 changes of shoes x'ecorded. I had scales in the barn, and employed a 

 blacksmith who had his shop on the place ; in fact, there was every- 

 thing needed to make whatever experiments I desired, with the op- 

 portunity of fully testing the result of them. I had upward of 



