104 CARE AND TRAINING OF TROTTERS. 



tfiiie' 2:1^; '-At' Fresno, on Oct. 2, she went against 

 time in 2:1334. At San Francisco, Oct. 12, she 

 walked over in 2:15%, and again on November 

 9' in 2:ioJ'2. She closed the season at Napa, on 

 Nov. 16, when she trotted against time in 2:15. 



Axtell, 2:12. 



Axtell's training as a' two-year-old, as re- 

 counted by C. W. Williams, appeared in the last 

 chapter. From November i of his two-year-old 

 form till, the first of March following he was not 

 jogged, but turned out every day and fed all the 

 oats, bran and carrots he coul'd eat, with corn- 

 stalks for coarse feed. On March i his jogging 

 commenced with one mile. This was increased a 

 mile a day till he Wa.s taking twelve miles of road 

 work a day. This was kept up till May i, when 

 he was worked on the track twice a week, but 

 jogged twelve miles every other day. His track 

 work was on the brush system, In addition to ail 

 this work he was bred to 22 mares between March 

 I and July 4, but was not given much work the 

 days he served mares. Up. to the last of June he 

 had not been a mile faster than 2 140, but had 

 been speeded fast quarters and halves. The last 

 week in June, at Cedar Rapids, la,, he reduced the 

 three-year-old half mije track i'ecord irova 2:26^2 

 to 2:21^. On July 2, at Minneapolis, Minn., he 

 started against the threetyearhold gtalHon record 

 of 2:18, held by Sable Wilkes, and, although it 



