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After a horse has learned to trot fast I like to have it take 

 the bit just enough to steady it in its races. 



It is a noticeable fact that the most successful drivers of 

 trotting horses seldom use a whip ; even when hard-fought 

 races are on and sensational finishes are made and the extreme 

 limit of speed is secured, it is, in most cases, without the use of 

 the whip. There is a lesson in this, not only for the driver of 

 the trotting horse, but for those who handle any other kind of 

 horses. 



It is seldom that the fastest yearlings make the swiftest 

 two-year-olds, or the fastest two-year-olds the sensational 

 three-year-olds. 



Sixty-four trotting two-year-olds took records better than 

 2.30 during the present season of 1894, thirty-nine pacers being 

 included in the same list, a total of 103, a larger number than 

 ever entered the list in one season before, at two years of age. 



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