24 CARE AND TRAINING OF TROTTERS. 



trainers are advocates of this method, and as you 

 say, if carefully done, and within reason, by some 

 one that understands his business, good results can 

 be expected." 



Booting. 



Now comes the disputed question of when to 

 boot a colt. One colt man writes : "Before being 

 led at any speed the Colt should be fitted with a 

 few boots for protection against injury. Put on 

 shin boots in front and behind, quarter boots in 

 front and scalpers behind. If the colt has nqt 

 been shod, then in place of scalpers use a small 

 rubber bell-boot behind. In booting remember 

 that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of 

 cure. If the little fellow once hits himself he is 

 apt to lose confidence. It is .better to put on too 

 many boots than too few. When the colt is turned 

 in paddock, put on front shin and quarter boots." 



Another man writes: "Don't get too anxious 

 to put on boots. When a colt gets sick because it 

 has scalped a little, then it is time to inject a little 

 new blood into your great stable. When you see 

 marks on your colt's feet, call them to the atten- 

 tion of your blacksmith, or write the shoeing 

 editor of The Horseman. The chances are the 

 angle of the foot is wrong." 



Ned McCarr says : "I never put boots on colts 

 or shoe them until they are perfectly broken and 

 ready to be trained for speed. This idea of boot- 

 ing and shoeing a colt, that is not perfectly broken. 



