SS CARE AND TRAINING OF TROTTERS. 



ruining colts. In addition to working miles, it is 

 assumed that those who believe in the brush sys- 

 tem will make speed with it as described before. 



After the colt has been worked mile heats, and 

 from two weeks to two months later (according 

 to individual judgment, location, or weather), the 

 colt should be worked two heat repeats. Later, 

 say from two to four weeks (by this time it will 

 be May or June) three heat repeats are in order. 

 Still later most trainers work four heats, includ- 

 ing the "opener," but very few go beyond that, as 

 most futurities are decided under the 2 in 3, or 

 three-heat system. In midsummer, if it is ex- 

 pected to start in the Kentucky Futurity (a 3 in 

 5 event) it may be thought advisable to work five 

 heats. 



It is important that a colt be worked in com- 

 pany as much as possible and taught to trail, also 

 to come out from behind and race beside another 

 horse without trying to rush past. 



Experience Not Always a Criterion. 



, It would be useless to go into the minor de- 

 tails of training and working colts. No set rules 

 can be laid down. If the colt shows considerable 

 speed he will doubtless be placed in the hands of 

 an experienced trainer. Experience even is not 

 always a teacher. Take, for instance, the case 

 of Don Chenault and Etawah in 1913. Don 

 Chenault won the Review futurity at Columbus, 



