134 EVERY MAN HIS OWN TRAINER. 



sweetest going and pluckiest horses I ever saw, would try hard 

 to win, and I think when in condition can beat most any 

 man's horse in his class. 



I have never been fortunate or unfortunate enough to 

 handle many pacers, but they are horse flesh the same as a 

 trotter, and a man that can condition and drive a trotter well 

 can do well with a pacer, though they are as a class bad break- 

 ers ; it seems at that gait when they get out of their stride it 

 is hard work for them to get onto it again. 



The boys say a stable is not complete without a pacer or 

 two, but I can content myself with the trotters if I am per- 

 mitted to pick them out. 



No man's work is perfect, and I expect criticism on this 

 chapter. I have simply given you my experience in shoeing 

 bad-gaited horses, and the methods- recommended are those 

 which I have been successful with. 



