leave it on all night. Take it off early in the morning, 

 and rub the leg lightly with a soft towel. Leave every- 

 thing off until he has had his exercise or work, so the 

 leg can have air. I think Mr. Marvin has used this 

 tincture for several years. 



It is hardly necessary to say anything about driving, 

 as that is one of the first things most trainers learn, 

 but I would make a few suggestions. The first is, 

 learn to drive with a light hand. Never pull on the 

 horse's mouth more than you can possibly help. A 

 pulling horse is disagreeable to drive, and cannot trot 

 as fast when he pulls, as he is liable to cut off his wind 

 a little and possibly choke ; and, above all, never drive 

 a horse with the arms extended straight, as you do 

 not have control of the horse, and cannot help him 

 when he is tired. A great many horses will pull a 

 little at times, especially in scoring with a field of 

 horses. Then it is necessary to take hold of him a 

 little, but ease away to him as soon as possible. With 

 some horses you can tell when to do this by the move- 

 ment of the ears and head. If you fail to do this at 

 the right time, and the horses are evenly matched, you 

 will certainly lose the heat. Another suggestion I 

 would make is : if you have a horse that cannot trot 

 better than 2.14 or 2.15 and you are in a race against 

 horses that can trot in 2.10 or 2.12 and happen to 

 get away well and trotting second to a horse you know 

 can go in 2.10, it is bad policy to try to drive your horse 

 faster than he can go in chasing the 2.10 horse. If 

 you do this, you will certainly get left, as there is no 

 chance for you to win, and you are apt to make a mis- 

 take and other horses may come on and beat you for 

 a place. A great many horses lose races they could 

 win if the driver had patience to sit still a little longer. 



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