?0 CARE AND TRAINll^G OP TROTTERS. 



harden . it , tip : for the brush work later. I 

 believe 'in jogging every good day, but as to how 

 much .of it, that depends on the .colt. Many, colts 

 take as much work as an aged horse and thrive on 

 it 'Xlrhsgin working/heats as soon as weather and 

 ^tradfe'get good in the spring. I work every other 

 ^dfiy- at first, if colt is strong, starting in with miles 

 from '3:30 to 3:50^and drop down very gradually. 

 I ibegirr'giying slow repeats within 40 days after 

 working a full mile, the first one very slowj the 

 second ; one ' the. same to past the: three-quaTters, 

 with a brush home. I never- give three-heat re- 

 ipeats-.^until within a few weeks of first engage- 

 ment," ; ■ ■.','. 

 ; James Benyon writes: "All the colts I have been 

 ^connected with were worked a little in the fall as a 

 yearling and jogged all winter. In my opinion, a 

 colt should be taken up in its two-year-old form as 

 soon as possible. A colt has everything to learn 

 and the more chance you get to' school him or her, 

 the more it is bouiid to learn; The colt should be 

 jogged every- day that is favorable.' I never jog a 

 two-year-old over three miles and the next day 

 after working one I usually jog only two miles. 

 We start working them one heat, every other day, 

 f roni the rtiiddle of March, when the weather per- 

 mits. How fast the colt should be worked at first 

 depends entirely on how fast the colt is. We 

 usually go very slow miles and step the last eighth 

 or quarter near its limit, say miles around 3 :oo 



