280 HANDLING AND MANAGING TEOTTEES. 



After the heat treat your horse as in his brushes of " work- 

 outs " while in training. If he fails to scrape well, however, 

 and seems unduly distressed, sprinkle him with tepid water 

 from a watering-pot, then sponge him over., Sometimes cold 

 water will do as well, and either will generally relieve him. 

 In some rare cases it may be necessary to give some internal 

 stimulants, — whisky is, perhaps, as good as anything, then, — 

 although as a rule I do not approve of using any such stimu- 

 lant. 



Between heats (after the second or third), feed your horse 

 one or two quarts of good clean oats, as it cannot be expected 

 that a hungry horse can trot and last through a long, hard 

 race. He cannot trot on a full stomach but requires some 

 nourishment to keep him strong and to prevent that gnawing, 

 " all-gone " feeling at the stomach. 



Make up your mind to win the race if possible ; do so fairly 

 without trickery or jockeying. Don't try to say smart things 

 to the starter ; give the judges no back talk. 



It has been truthfully said that drivers are born, not made, 

 and it is impossible to teach any man so that he can get up be- 

 hind a horse and drive him successfully in a race, unless he has 

 the natural gift for it. 



A driver going out on a campaign with horses is not, by 

 any means, on a pleasure excursion, if he should attend prop- 

 erly to his business. He should stay right with his horses, 

 always remembering 



" The time to succeed is when others, , 



Discouraged, show traces of tire; 

 The battle is fought in the home-stretch 

 And won 'twixt the flag and the wire." 



