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about twice a week for a few weeks, sayiat 2.:40 

 to 3^00^ and then go back to short brushes through 

 July and get more brush. In August: the wOrk 

 w^suld be quite severe, say 2:40 dowh to about 

 2:20. The week before his race I Would work Mm 

 to step one mile in 2 : 14 and then I would' be ready 

 to beat Lord Allen in 2 :ii. If thecolt came out of 

 his first race sound, I, would expect him to ra^e 

 well the next week, and then I would not^be greait- 

 ly disappointed if he trained dflf. Mariy of 'them 

 do, and you must expect it. Possibly I would gtet 

 another good race out of him later. Coftdition is 

 like an ax, once you lose the edge it is hard to gtet 

 back. Manners in shipping is a big help. Many 

 race horses work good at home, but 'as soon as 

 loaded on the cars, the stuff is off. Anna Axme 

 2:o8j4,.the futurity winner of 1912, r wOurd;lay 

 down on the cars and snore while , they -were 

 running. She was at home wherever -I Was. 'The 

 futurities should" be won by men with- only 'one 

 colt, as they have more : tittle to educate it than 

 we fellows do who have a great many. I think 

 all colts should be worked and faced in bandages. 

 I do not believe in working a twb-year-old three 

 repeats." 



Harold M. Childs writes : "A colt to be trained 

 with a view of - starting in the two-year-old fu- 

 turities should, in- the first place,! have natural 

 speed and- be good headed and good gaited. I 

 think also that they should have enough work as 



