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to 3 :30 to start on.. I would drop a colt from 

 3 :oo in the latter part of March to 2 :30 by the first 

 of May. Commence to repeat colt when you cut 

 down to 2:30, that is by fore part of May. When 

 we start repeating we usually go the first heat in 

 2 40 to 2 145 and second heat in 2 :3o ,to 2 135. 

 About dropping one down, I. can give you my idea 

 from Sweet Alice's work as a two-year-old. She 

 worked in 2:30 about May loth, went from there 

 to 2 :25 by June 5th. Was working her thre,e heat 

 repeats by May 20th. Two heats the forepart of 

 week and three the latter part, altpgetJbier five 

 heats a week. She went in 2:23 by June, 20th, 

 going seven heats a week then, three first of. week 

 and four latter part. During Grand Rapids njeet 

 she" worked in 2 :ig, at Kalamazoo two heats the 

 same day in 2 :ig}4. and.2 :i9, at Detroit. two miles 

 in 2:1754 and 2:17, at Cleveland two. miles in 

 2:18 and 2:i6j4. Then went to the post the next 

 week at Pittsburgh. This is about all I can te\\ 

 about working colts. You can seldom, w'ork any 

 two colts alike because you seldom see two of the 

 same kind, some want more work and some don't 

 need as much. Some want to be brushed a lot 

 and others need very little brushing." 



Ed F. Geers writes: "Two-year-old colts shoula 

 be taken up in February, if possible, and jogged 

 two or three miles every day, except Sunday. 

 After the colt is seasoned he should be' brushed 

 a little every other day at three-quarter speed. 



