50 CARE AND TRAINING OF TROTTER?. 



every morning th&t we had favorable weather con- 

 ditions, with a brush at the end of the mile. A little 

 later in her work we began to take her down to the 

 eighth pole at, a good, stiff clip, then ease her up 

 to within a short distance of the wire and let her 

 step a short distance at the end of the mile. • 



"She was worked very early in the morning in 

 order that she would have a light rub; and then' 

 walked through the dewy grass and allowed to have 

 a good lunch of grass; and made an efifort to havp 

 her legs well bathed in the cool dew each morning 

 when it was at all possible. She never had a bandage 

 on, and her legs or her general physical condition 

 would hot indicate that she had ever worn harness. 



"She was gradually dropped down in her work 

 to the 2:40 mark and beat that notch upon two oc- 

 casions prior to her record mile. One mile was in 

 2:33^, with the last h^lf in 1:10. On the 29th day of 

 August, at the Columbus, O., State Fair Grounds, 

 upon a track that was exceedingly slow due to rainy 

 weather, she was sent against the record of 2:345^ 

 made by Senear at Goshen, N. Y., with the result 

 well known to all that love the American trotter. 



"Her shoeing and rigging was of the simplest kind'; 

 in front she wore a 4^-oz. shoe, no toe weight at 

 any time, with a short toe, 'and behind she wore a 

 shoe a§ light as could be made to aflford sufficient 

 protection to her feet. 



"Her harness was plain, breast collar, blind bridle 

 with a nose band attached to a standing martingale, 

 and carried her head levfel with her body. Her boots 

 were the lightest that I could procure and she never 

 showed any marks on them." 



The present champion yearling trotter over a 



half-rtiile track is U. Forbes. Despite a sticky 



track and high wind he trotted a mile in 2:213/2, 



driven by Hunter C. Moody, at Louisville, Ky., 



September 17,- 1913. The colt was sent away 



slow, first eighth in :ig^. The next eighth was 



in 17 seconds, making the quarter in :36^. The 



