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colt has been dropped down to 2:20, brush it to 

 the half in one heat and then home from the half 

 in the other fast heat, but rating the slow half so 

 both miles will be practically the same. Finally 

 the colt may be worked four heats, the first an 

 opener, the second mediunily fast, and the last 

 two the fastest but in about the same notch. 

 Never allow the colt to slow up immediately after 

 passing the wire. I trained Waverly, p., 2 :o4j4 

 (which I drove a quarter in 28 seconds as a three- 

 year-old), Maggie Winder (3, p.), 2:o6j4> and 

 Fleeta Americus (3), p., 2:09^^, in this manner." 

 W. O. Foote, who trains in Texas, writes : 

 "The colt should be taken up the fall or winter 

 before he. is three years old and jogged three to 

 five miles a day, Sunday excerpted. In March 

 start working half mile heats and gradually in- 

 crease to a mile. The time of these heats depends 

 oh speed shown. The more speed a colt shows, 

 the less fast work it should have. No two colts 

 are alike, so cannot give any advice about drop- 

 ping them down. Two heat repeats may com- 

 mence in April in a warm climate, then three 

 heats in May. Four heats are plenty. A very 

 important thing in educating colts is their shoeing 

 and balancing. Unless this is done carefully and 

 correctly it will be almost impossible to win a 

 futurity. Colts should be shod as lightly as pos- 

 sible, and, as a rule, with as short feet 

 as possible. The balancing of a colt depends 



